ENTRIES for the PDC Unicorn Under-21 World Championship have now passed the 501 mark as young stars prepare to challenge in the inaugural tournament.
The event will offer £30,000 prize money - including £10,000 to the eventual winner - as well as places in the Grand Slam of Darts and a PDC ProTour Card for the finalists.
The first of three stages will see players in the UK battling in knockout qualifiers to be held in Rileys DartsZones, with 46 different venues staging a qualifier.
Those winners will join a series of International Qualifiers and the leading eight Under-21s from the PDC Order of Merit in competing in the Last 64 at the Barnsley Metrodome on November 6, before the Final is played during the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace.
Entries close on Friday October 1, but the strong early interest from players has seen entries so far pass the 501 marker!
The entries include Jamie Green (pictured), the son of former PDC professional Robbie, who made his TV debut at the Rileys Darts Zones UK Open in June.
The opportunities for players to qualify has also increased with the addition last week of four new Darts Zones to host Rileys Qualifiers, at Liverpool (Birkenhead), Stafford, Reading and Southend.
Rileys Qualifiers - Entry Information
Entries for the Rileys Qualifiers must be made by October 1 2010, and can be made online through this link to the Rileys Website.
The Rileys Qualifiers will be held at the following venues:
Saturday October 16
Aberdeen, Bolton, Burton-on-Trent, Chester, Chesterfield, Coventry, Edinburgh, Hull, Inverness, Ipswich, Leicester, Lincoln, Liverpool (Birkenhead), Liverpool (Bootle), Loughborough, Manchester (Chorlton), Middlesbrough, Norwich, Peterborough, Scunthorpe, Solihull, Stafford, Stirling, Sunderland, Wigan.
Saturday October 23
Bournemouth, Basildon, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Colchester, Croydon, Exeter, Gillingham, Gloucester, London (Victoria), Oxford, Plymouth, Reading, Southend, South Benfleet (Essex), Stevenage, Taunton, Torquay, Wolverhampton, Worcester.