Plaisier & Pilgrim pick up Winmau Challenge Tour titles

Winmau Challenge Tour

Wesley Plaisier and Darryl Pilgrim each claimed titles as the 2023 Winmau Challenge Tour season resumed in Milton Keynes on Friday.

Whitehead wins maiden title at Challenge Tour Event 14

Winmau Challenge Tour

The 2023 Winmau Challenge Tour continues with Event 14 in Milton Keynes on Sunday.

Resurgent Van Peer celebrates Challenge Tour double in Milton Keynes

Winmau Challenge Tour

Berry van Peer continued his blistering form to celebrate a sensational Winmau Challenge Tour double in Milton Keynes on Saturday.

Van Peer and Jones win Challenge Tour Events Ten & 11

Winmau Challenge Tour

Berry Van Peer and Wayne Jones picked up titles as the 2023 Winmau Challenge Tour returned to action at the Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes on Friday.

Trailblazer Sherrock becomes first woman to hit a PDC nine-darter

Winmau Challenge Tour

Fallon Sherrock created another slice of darting history in Hildesheim on Saturday, after becoming the first woman to hit a nine-dart finish in a PDC event.

Meulenkamp and Horvat secure Challenge Tour success

Winmau Challenge Tour

Ron Meulenkamp and Dragutin Horvat secured Winmau Challenge Tour titles on Saturday, as Fallon Sherrock created history on a thrilling day of action in Hildesheim.

Van Peer & Henderson celebrate Challenge Tour titles in Hildesheim

Winmau Challenge Tour

Berry van Peer and John Henderson celebrated titles on a high-quality day of Winmau Challenge Tour action in Hildesheim on Friday.

New dates announced for August's Winmau Challenge Tour weekend

Winmau Challenge Tour

The PDC Winmau Challenge Tour weekend planned for August 4-6 has been moved to August 11-13 in Milton Keynes.

Tricole wins Winmau Challenge Tour Event Five

Winmau Challenge Tour

Thibault Tricole picked up the PDC Winmau Challenge Tour title of his career as he beat Owen Bates 5-2 to win Event Five in Milton Keynes.

Boulton & Crabtree claim Challenge Tour titles in Milton Keynes

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Andy Boulton and Cameron Crabtree clinched maiden titles on another intriguing day of Winmau Challenge Tour action in Milton Keynes on Saturday.

 Jurjen van der Velde and Christian Kist ensured a Dutch double at the PDC Winmau Challenge Tour on Saturday with victories in Leicester.

Teenager Van der Velde won his second Challenge Tour event of 2022 by claiming the Event 18 title at the Morningside Arena.

Van der Velde's opening round win over former UK Open semi-finalist Alan Norris set the tone for a dominant campaign, as he relinquished just ten legs in reaching the final. 

The young Dutchman posted 97 and 98 averages to see off Peter Jacques and David Pallett, before whitewashing St Helens veteran Alan Tabern in the quarter-finals. 

Van der Velde then eased past Germany's Daniel Klose in the semi-finals, before edging out his compatriot Patrick Peters in a nine-leg affair to clinch the £2,000 winner's prize.

Klose impressed in his run to the semi-finals, averaging over 100 to whitewash Jim Moston in the last eight, while Graham Usher averaged 104.38 earlier in the day, before succumbing to Peters in the semi-finals.

Kist, meanwhile, followed up his run to the Event 16 final by going all the way in Event 19 the following day to claim his maiden PDC title.

The former Lakeside Champion won seven games on his way to the £2,000 top prize, being taken to a deciding leg by Danny van Trijp in the last 64 in his toughest test.

He also overcame Ben West, Lukas Wenig, Matthew Dennant, Thibault Tricole and Karel Sedlacek to reach the final, where he saw off Danny Lauby 5-3.

The pair's success means that three of the four events staged so far this weekend have been won by Dutchmen, after Wesley Plaisier took victory on Friday alongside Robert Owen.

The year's penultimate Challenge Tour weekend concludes on Sunday with Event 20, with a further £10,000 in prize money on offer.

Scott Williams retained his lead at the top of the Order of Merit, with a quarter-final appearance on Saturday helping him move to £7,350 - with Owen on £5,500 and Van Trijp on £5,450 behind him.

Van der Velde sits fifth, while Kist moved up to eighth following his success.

The top two players from the final 2022 Challenge Tour Order of Merit will secure a PDC Tour Card for 2023/24 and a place in the 2022/23 Cazoo World Darts Championship.

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