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Van der Velde doubles 2025 Development Tour title tally

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Jurjen van der Velde claimed his second Winmau Development Tour title of 2025 at Event 20 in Wigan on Sunday.

Clinical Crabtree extends his lead at top of Development Tour rankings

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Cam Crabtree secured his fourth Winmau Development Tour title of 2025 on Saturday, as Tyler Thorpe celebrated his maiden PDC title in Wigan.

Manby and van den Herik share the spoils in Wigan

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Charlie Manby clinched his maiden Winmau Development Tour title on Friday, whilst Jamai van den Herik added to his PDC title tally with his victory in Wigan.

Crabtree completes Development Tour hat-trick In Hildesheim

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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 doubles his title tally, as Van der Velde returns to winning ways

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Cam Crabtree continued his brilliant form to pick up his second Winmau Development Tour title of the weekend, whilst Jurjen van der Velde returned to winning ways in Germany.

Crabtree and Barkhausen enjoy Development Tour success in Hildesheim

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Cam Crabtree won his first Winmau Development Tour title on Friday, whilst Jannis Barkhausen clinched his maiden PDC title on home soil.

Gruellich gains maiden Development Tour title in Leicester

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Dominik Gruellich cruised to his first Development Tour Title on Sunday, whitewashing German compatriot Leon Weber 5-0 In the final in Leicester.

Bates doubles his tally, as Williams wins maiden title in Leicester

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Owen Bates stormed to his second Winmau Development Tour title of 2025 on Saturday, as 23-year-old Patrik Williams celebrated a maiden victory in Leicester.

Brilliant Beau and Branley secure Development Tour success in Leicester

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Beau Greaves stormed to her third Winmau Development Tour title of 2025 on Friday, as 16-year-old Ryan Branley celebrated a landmark victory in Leicester.

Nathan Rafferty clinched his third Winmau Development Tour title of 2022 with victory over Kevin Doets on Sunday, capping off the latest weekend of action in Germany.

Rafferty claimed the £2,000 top prize with a convincing 5-2 success in the Event 20 final, as he celebrates landing the seventh Development Tour title of his fledgling career.

Rafferty and Doets shared the opening four legs of Sunday’s showpiece, before the Northern Irishman followed up a brilliant 11-darter with finishes of 115 and 78 to triumph in Hildesheim.

The 22-year-old survived a match dart in his opening round tie against Gillian Koehoorn, recovering from 3-1 down to progress, before easing past Henry Coates and former World Youth finalist Adam Gawlas.

Rafferty followed up a whitewash win over Dutch star Justin van Tergouw by overcoming David Zaruba and Lewis Gurney, before denying Geert Nentjes in a compelling semi-final tussle.

Doets was condemned to his second consecutive defeat in a final after succumbing to Lewy Williams in Event 19, although he gained revenge with a 5-3 win over the Welshman in Sunday's semi-finals.

The Dutchman also averaged 101 in a whitewash win over Cam Crabtree, before seeing off Josh Rock’s conqueror Ole Holtkamp in the quarter-finals.

Rock - who claimed a brace of titles on Friday - boasts a £1,150 lead at the top of the Development Tour Order of Merit, having fired in a 105.47 average before losing out to Holtkamp in the last 32.

Rafferty has leapfrogged UK Open semi-finalist Keane Barry into second place, with Event 19 winner Williams sandwiched between Dutch duo Nentjes and Doets, who sit fourth and sixth respectively.

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