Van Veen & Benecky claim Development Tour titles in Hildesheim

Winmau Development Tour

Gian van Veen clinched his second Winmau Development Tour title of 2024 on Friday, as Roman Benecky also celebrated a landmark victory in Hildesheim.

Superb Van Veen seals Winmau Development Tour Event Five win

Winmau Development Tour

Unstoppable Gian van Veen claimed his first Winmau Development Tour title of 2024 as the year's opening weekend concluded on Sunday with Event Five.

Barry and Van der Velde triumph on Winmau Development Tour

Winmau Development Tour

The 2024 Winmau Development Tour season continues with Events Three and Four in Milton Keynes on Friday.

Jansen & Barry star on opening day of 2024 Winmau Development Tour

Winmau Development Tour

Danny Jansen and Keane Barry claimed Winmau Development Tour titles on a thrilling opening day in Milton Keynes, as Owen Bates achieved perfection in Friday’s double-header.

Record entries for opening weekend of 2024 Winmau Development Tour

Winmau Development Tour

The 2024 Winmau Development Tour gets underway this weekend, with a record 365 players set to compete acros the opening five events of the year at Milton Keynes' Marshall Arena.

Teenage sensation Littler wins Winmau World Youth Championship thriller

PDC Winmau World Youth Championship

Teenage sensation Luke Littler was crowned as the 2023 PDC Winmau World Youth Champion following a thrilling 6-4 victory over Gian van Veen in Sunday's decider at Butlin's Minehead Resort.

Littler: I've surprised myself with Development Tour success

PDC Winmau World Youth Championship

Teenage superstar Luke Littler admits he has surpassed his own expectations, after sealing World Championship qualification and a PDC Tour Card following his sensational 2023 season.

Van Veen & Littler to contest 2023 Winmau World Youth Championship final

PDC Winmau World Youth Championship

Gian van Veen and Luke Littler will contest the 2023 PDC Winmau World Youth Championship final in Minehead later this year, after coming through a star-studded 96-player field in Milton Keynes on Sunday.

2023 PDC Winmau World Youth Championship field confirmed

PDC Winmau World Youth Championship

The 96-player field for the 2023 PDC Winmau World Youth Championship has been confirmed following the conclusion of this year's Development Tour season on Saturday.

Van Veen tops Development Tour Order of Merit as 2023 season concludes

Winmau Development Tour

Gian van Veen and Luke Littler claimed a title apiece as the 2023 Winmau Development Tour season drew to a close in Milton Keynes on Saturday.

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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