Crabtree completes Development Tour hat-trick In Hildesheim

Cam Crabtree (PDC Europe)

Cam Crabtree secured his third Winmau Development Tour title of the weekend with a thumping 5-0 victory over Jenson Walker in Hildesheim on Sunday.

Crabtree - a two-time winner on the Challenge Tour - was without a Development Tour title prior this weekend, but he performed magnificently to complete a memorable hat-trick at Halle 39.

The 21-year-old won eight consecutive games to pocket the £2,500 top prize, whitewashing emerging star Walker in Sunday’s showpiece.

Crabtree kicked off his bid with a 102.53 average and a 4-1 win over JJ Wright, before easing past German duo Felix Springer and Keith Zahner.

He continued his charge with successive 4-1 victories over James Buckby and Florian Preis, before averaging 99 to complete a 5-1 victory over Beau Greaves.

Having swept aside Dutchman Moreno Blom in the semi-finals, Crabtree then dispatched Walker to cap off a remarkable three days on German soil.

Walker relinquished just five legs in his run to the final, following up an emphatic 5-1 victory over Poland’s Sebastian Bialecki with another crushing victory against Germany’s Yorick Hofkens.

Crabtree’s latest triumph sees him cement second spot on the Winmau Development Tour Order of Merit, with Greaves now occupying a £150 lead at the summit.

The top two players from the 2025 Development Tour Order of Merit will each win a PDC Tour Card for 2026-27 and a place in the 2025/26 Paddy Power World Darts Championship.

The Winmau Development Tour season continues later this year, as Events 16-20 take place at the Robin Park Leisure Centre in Wigan from September 5-7.

The event results are listed in the Match Centre.

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2025 Winmau Development Tour
Sunday May 11, Halle 39, Hildesheim
Event 15
Quarter-Finals

Yorick Hofkens 5-3 Jack Male
Jenson Walker 5-1 Sebastian Bialecki
Cam Crabtree 5-1 Beau Greaves
Moreno Blom 5-2 Charlie Manby

Semi-Finals
Jenson Walker 5-1 Yorick Hofkens
Cam Crabtree 5-2 Moreno Blom

Final
Cam Crabtree 5-0 Jenson Walker