Stats Analysis: Average vs Age

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PDC stats analyst Christopher Kempf assesses any correlation between averages and age.

Mitchell leads Challenge Tour Order of Merit

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Scott Mitchell leads the 2020 Unicorn Challenge Tour Order of Merit after the opening weekend.

Dennant & Van der Wal claim Challenge Tour titles

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Matthew Dennant and Jitse Van der Wal claimed Unicorn Challenge Tour titles on Sunday.

Mitchell & Collins win first Challenge Tour Events of 2020

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Scott Mitchell & Robbie Collins shared wins on the opening day of the 2020 PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour season.

2020 Challenge Tour season set to commence

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Over 300 players will compete in the opening weekend of the 2020 PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour season.

PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour Update

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Entries are now open for the first PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour weekend in Wigan on January 25-26.

2019 Unicorn Challenge Tour 19-20

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Callan Rydz topped the 2019 PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour rankings despite wins for Kyle McKinstry and Mark Barilli in Events 19-20.

Challenge Tour: Menzies leads Order of Merit

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Cameron Menzies and Jesus Noguera are the top two players on the 2019 Unicorn Challenge Tour Order of Merit.

2019 Unicorn Challenge Tour 15-16

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Jesus Noguera and Callan Rydz shared victories in PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 15 & 16 in Wolverhampton on Sunday.

2019 Unicorn Challenge Tour 13-14

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Cameron Menzies and Patrick Lynskey claimed victories in PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 13 & 14 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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