Lovely & Smith-Neale win European Tour spots

Adam Smith-Neale (PDC)

Thomas Lovely and Adam Smith-Neale have secured European Tour debuts after winning through Monday's UK Associate Member Qualifiers in Milton Keynes.

Lovely won a spot in the Hungarian Darts Trophy, to be held in Budapest from September 3-5, by coming through the field of over 70 players at the Marshall Arena.

The 25-year-old won seven games in the qualifier, including three in a deciding leg as well as defeating Robert Collins 5-3 in his final contest.

Smith-Neale, meanwhile, defeated former UK Open semi-finalist Robert Owen 5-3 in the final of the day's second qualifier to win a Gibraltar Darts Trophy place.

The Coventry thrower also won a UK Challenge Tour event on Saturday, and will now make his European Tour debut in Gibraltar from September 24-26.

Full results can be seen in the Match Centre at this link.