Cullen Claims Youth Double

JOE CULLEN won his second PDC Unicorn Youth Tour event of 2011 with a 4-2 defeat of Holland's Gino Vos in Saturday's final in Nuland.

Cullen followed up last month's victory in Austria with another Continental triumph as he took the €660 first prize at the Van Der Valk Hotel.

He had whitewashed Jimmy van Schie in his opening game, and edged past Jamie Landon and Wouter Vaes before picking up a 3-0 quarter-final victory against Holland's Ryan de Vreede.

Cullen then defeated last week's Youth Tour winner Reece Robinson 4-2 in the semi-finals, and produced a classy display in the decider against Vos.

Cullen hit double top and double eight to break in two of the opening three legs, with Vos hitting back with a 58 finish in the second after a missed double 18 from his opponent.

Cullen finished 87 on double five for a 3-1 lead following leg four, and although Vos took out 80 to stay in the game, Cullen took out tops for a 13-dart leg in sealing the win.

Vos, a 20-year-old from Oss in Holland, defeated fellow countryman Michael van Gerwen 4-0 in the semi-finals with an impressive display, and also defeated Dirk van Duijvenbode 3-2 in the quarter-finals on his way to a €440 prize.

Van Gerwen, a two-time Youth Tour winner this year, followed up his quarter-final appearance in Saturday's Dutch Darts Trophy Players Championship by reaching the semi-finals in the Youth Tour event.

Van Duijvenbode and de Vreede were two of four all-Dutch losing quarter-finalists, alongside Jimmy Hendricks and Co Stompe Jnr.

The PDC Unicorn Youth Tour now takes a summer break before returning for Event 11 in Derby on September 3, which will be followed on September 17 by a further Dutch event in Nuland on September 17.

Entry is available for both events via the PDC Head Office on 08712 501 180, while players can also enter the Nuland event via www.pdc-europe.net.

PDC Unicorn Youth Tour
First Round

Jimmy Hendricks 3-1 Dave Cardineel
Paul Barham 3-0 Pascal van Mourik
Jeffrey De Zwaan 3-0 Rainer Hofweber
Sam Hill 3-1 Marco van Rens
Dave van der Lee 3-0 Patrick Papfendorf
Tim van der Hoek 3-0 Ryan Harrington
Roy Westerlaken 3-1 Sjoerd Janssen
Ryan de Vreede 3-1 Gilbert van der Meijden
Wouter Vaes 3-2 Connor Durham
Joe Cullen 3-0 Jimmy van Schie
Steve Haggerty 3-2 Bjorn Fransen
Shaun Griffiths 3-0 John de Kruijf
Martino Tagliapietra 3-1 Jisse de Boer
Co Stompe Jnr 3-0 Santino Broer
Michael Smith 3-2 Mike Nissen
Jake Jones 3-0 Manuel Topp
Chris Aubrey 3-1 Hermie van Orsouw
Matthew Dicken 3-0 Sharon Jansen
Gino Vos 3-1 Ryan Maher

Second Round
Jimmy Hendricks 3-2 Paul Barham
Jeffrey De Zwaan 3-0 Mike De Kruijf
Sam Hill 3-1 Niclas Grabowski
Reece Robinson 3-1 Dave van der Lee
Tim van der Hoek 3-0 Roy Westerlaken
Ryan de Vreede 3-2 Mike Zuydwijk
Wouter Vaes 3-1 Rico Dera
Joe Cullen 3-2 Jamie Landon
Shaun Griffiths 3-0 Steve Haggerty
Michael van Gerwen 3-0 Martino Tagliapietra
Co Stompe Jnr 3-1 Curtis Hammond
Adam Smith-Neale 3-2 Michael Smith
Dirk van Duijvenbode 3-1 Jake Jones
Chris Aubrey 3-1 Josh Jones
Matthew Dicken 3-2 Ryan Herrington
Gino Vos 3-1 David Coyne

Third Round
Jimmy Hendricks 3-1 Jeffrey De Zwaan
Reece Robinson 3-0 Sam Hill
Ryan de Vreede 3-2 Tim van der Hoek
Joe Cullen 3-2 Wouter Vaes
Michael van Gerwen 3-0 Shaun Griffiths
Co Stompe Jnr 3-2 Adam Smith-Neale
Dirk van Duijvenbode 3-0 Chris Aubrey
Gino Vos 3-0 Matthew Dicken
Losers €27.50 (£25 on Order of Merit)

Quarter-Finals
Reece Robinson 3-1 Jimmy Hendricks
Joe Cullen 3-0 Ryan de Vreede
Michael van Gerwen 3-1 Co Stompe Jnr
Gino Vos 3-2 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Losers €110 (£100 on Order of Merit)

Semi-Finals
Joe Cullen 4-2 Reece Robinson
Gino Vos 4-0 Michael van Gerwen
Losers €220 (£200 on Order of Merit)

Final
Joe Cullen 4-2 Gino Vos
Winner €660 (£600 on Order of Merit)
Runner-Up €440 (£400 on Order of Merit)