NIJMAN TAKES THE TITLE! 🏆 Wessel Nijman wins Development Tour 21! The Dutchman is now confirmed as the DT Order of Merit winner and qualifies for the Grand Slam of Darts!
Wessel Nijman qualifies for Grand Slam of Darts 2024 thanks to Development Tour dominance
PDCSaturday, 12 October 2024 at 17:30
Wessel Nijman is set to make his debut at the Grand Slam of Darts in November. The Dutchman on Saturday secured qualification for the prestigious tournament in Wolverhampton via the Development Tour Order of Merit.
In recent years, the number one seed on the Development Tour, the PDC's youth circuit, has been invited to compete in the Grand Slam of Darts. The Development Tour is a circuit consisting of a series of 24 tournaments, with the winner of each tournament collecting 2,500 pounds.
After 20 of the 24 tournaments, Nijman had already built up a comfortable lead. Saturday afternoon the 21st tournament of the season was played and it was won by Nijman, who captured his sixth title already. With this title, Nijman's lead over his closest rivals has become unbridgeable and he has secured first place in the final standings.
It will be Nijman's first time to compete at the Grand Slam of Darts. After Michael van Gerwen and Gian van Veen, he is the third Dutchman to qualify for this tournament.
Nijman has three more tournaments this weekend to gain extra rhythm toward the start of the PDC World Youth Championship on Monday. Then 128 players in the under-23 category will begin the Youth World Championship. Games will then be played until the two finalists are known. The final will then take place on Nov. 24 at the Players Championship Finals.
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- I dont like individuals or crowds trying to put any player off when they are trying to check out, how anyone can think its okay for the crowd to whistle or shout as someone is throwing for a double is beyond me but it does seem to have become part and parcel of the modern game. I no longer play now, darts is as good as dead at a local level round my way but when i did play many years ago, no matter how intense the rivalry you never shouted out or whistled when an opponent from the other team was throwing for a double.Mysstree17-11-2024
- The pundits glossing over the other factor at play in that match. They appear to be somewhat constrained in what they can say publicly.
UndartedWaters16-11-2024 - So, you don't like Littler, then? I was cheering him on, being a fellow Englishman. Honestly, some of us get far too offended nowadays. If you want to see crowd passion... watch a match when German and Dutch players face off... that can be just as bad if not worse for crowd noises. It happens, I have watched and heard Littler being jeered - Dirk van Duijvenbode in Holland, January this year. Where was your outrage then? Yes, I can clearly see what is going on here.MrYnyslas197116-11-2024