Nijman & Bialecki prevail as latest Winmau Development Tour weekend begins

Winmau Development Tour

Apr 28 2023

Wessel Nijman and Sebastian Bialecki celebrated victories as the second weekend of 2023 Winmau Development Tour action began in Wigan on Friday.

Littler secures second Development Tour crown at Event Five

Winmau Development Tour

Apr 02 2023

Luke Littler secured his second Winmau Development Tour title in as many days to cap off an incredible opening weekend of action in Milton Keynes.

Littler and Van Veen secure Development Tour 3&4 titles

Winmau Development Tour

Apr 01 2023

The 2023 Winmau Development Tour season continues with Events Three and Four in Milton Keynes on Saturday.

Toonders & Slevin prevail on opening day of 2023 Development Tour

Winmau Development Tour

Mar 31 2023

Christopher Toonders and Dylan Slevin claimed their maiden PDC titles on a thrilling day of Winmau Development Tour action in Milton Keynes, as the 2023 season began in sensational style on Friday.

PDC Women's Series & Winmau Development Tour entries open

News

Jan 24 2023

Player entries for the 2023 PDC Women’s Series and Winmau Development Tour are now open, with both tours set to get underway over the coming weeks.

Ruthless Rock races to Winmau World Youth Championship title

PDC Winmau World Youth Championship

Nov 27 2022

Shooting star Josh Rock was crowned as the PDC Winmau World Youth Champion following a 6-1 win over Nathan Girvan in Sunday's final at Butlin's Minehead Resort.

Prize funds boosted for Winmau Challenge & Development Tours

News

Nov 22 2022

Increased prize funds will be on offer for Winmau Challenge Tour and Winmau Development Tour Events from 2023.

Rock & Girvan to contest Winmau World Youth Championship final

PDC Winmau World Youth Championship

Oct 09 2022

Josh Rock and Nathan Girvan will contest the 2022 PDC Winmau World Youth Championship final in Minehead next month.

2022 PDC Winmau World Youth Championship field confirmed

PDC Winmau World Youth Championship

Oct 08 2022

The 96-player field for the 2022 PDC Winmau World Youth Championship has been confirmed following the conclusion of the Development Tour season.

Rafferty tops Development Tour Order of Merit following dramatic final day

Winmau Development Tour

Oct 08 2022

Nathan Rafferty and Joshua Richardson shared titles as the 2022 Winmau Development Tour season drew to a close in Wigan on Saturday.

Gian van Veen and Lewy Williams celebrated maiden Development Tour titles on a thrilling day of darts in Hildesheim on Saturday.

Following Josh Rock’s heroics on Friday, Van Veen denied the 21-year-old in a dramatic deciding-leg clash to seal Event 18 glory, averaging 96 to scoop the £2,000 winner’s prize.

The 20-year-old fired in a 14-darter to deny Rock in a high-quality contest, to halt the Northern Irishman's incredible 22-match winning run in Germany.

Van Veen relinquished five legs en route to the quarter-finals, posting a sensational 115.92 average in his third round win over Cavan Phillips, featuring winning legs of 10, 13, 12 and 14 darts.

The Dutchman also accounted for his compatriots Kevin Doets and Owen Roelofs to set up a showdown against Rock, who kicked off his campaign with five straight whitewash wins.

The 21-year-old also demolished Keane Barry in the last eight to extend his lead at the top of the Order of Merit, before overcoming former World Youth finalist Adam Gawlas in the semi-finals.

Williams then claimed the Event 19 spoils after defying a spirited fightback from emerging Dutchman Doets to prevail in a last-leg shoot-out.

Williams opened up a commanding 4-1 buffer before Doets reeled off three consecutive legs to force a decider, but the Welshman kept his cool, completing the job with a classy 13-dart hold.

The 20-year-old also survived last-leg shoot-outs against Keanen Norris and Jonas Aplowski, before storming past Robin Beger and Daniel Perry in the latter stages of Saturday’s action.

Doets came agonisingly close to securing a fourth Development Tour crown on Saturday, producing a series of classy displays, which included a 98 average in his semi-final success against Barry.

UK Open semi-finalist Barry avenged his defeat to Rock in the quarter-finals of Event 18 by running out a 5-2 winner at the same stage of Event 19, despite 101 and 105 averages from Rock earlier in the event.

The Winmau Development Tour weekend concludes with Event 20 on Sunday, as the sport's brightest young stars compete for £10,000 in prize money in Germany.

The winner of the 2022 Development Tour Order of Merit will win a PDC Tour Card for 2023-24 and a place in the 2022/23 Cazoo World Darts Championship.

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