Quartet Enjoy European Tour Double

CRISTO REYES, Benito van de Pas, Jelle Klaasen and Ronny Huybrechts secured places in the first two European Tour events of 2015 at the German Darts Championship and Gibraltar Darts Trophy European Qualifier on Saturday.

The qualifying double-header allowed players from Europe to compete for eight spots in each of the £115,000 European Tour events.

Spanish newcomer Reyes, who reached the third round of the William Hill World Darts Championship on his debut in a major tournament, and made an instant impression on the PDC ProTour by qualifying for both European Tour events in Bielefeld.

He defeated Jerry Hendriks and recent Tour Card winners Mike Zuydwijk and Magnus Caris as he won a spot in the German Darts Championship, which will be held in Hildesheim from February 13-15.

Reyes then sealed a spot in the Gibraltar Darts Trophy, which will be held from March 20-22, by defeating Tomas Seyler, Robert Marijanovic and Jyhan Artut in Saturday's second qualifier.

Dutch youngster van de Pas matched Reyes' achievement, seeing off Peter Oberpeilsteiner and Jermaine Wattimena to win his German Darts Championship spot and overcoming Fabian Herz and Wattimena - for the second time on the day - as he won a place in Gibraltar.

Klaasen dropped only three legs in wins over Dick van Dijk and Davyd Venken as he qualified for the German Darts Championship, before seeing off Colin Roelofs and Venken, once again, to seal his Gibraltar spot.

Belgian ace Huybrechts joined younger brother Kim - one of the 16 automatic seeds - in qualifying for both events, edging out Christian Gödl and Jan Dekker in the German Darts Championship knockout and winning a Gibraltar place by defeating Marcel Hirzel and Roxy-James Rodriguez.

Dutch youngster Jeffrey de Zwaan, another recent Tour Card winner at the PDC Qualifying School, defeated Ron Meulenkamp and Tytus Karnik as he secured a European Tour debut in Hildesheim.

Mareno Michels also earned a place in German as he defeated Roelofs and Rowby-John Rodriguez, Ryan De Vreede whitewashed Marijanovic and then edged out Leon de Geus, while Austria's Mensur Suljovic battled past Jeffrey van de Ven and Zoran Lerchbacher to qualify.

Two other Dutch youngsters, Dirk van Duijvenbode and Mike Zuydwijk, were joined by Belgium's emerging star Dimitri Van den Bergh and Austrian ace Rowby-John Rodriguez - last year's PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship finalist - in sealing Gibraltar Darts Trophy spots.

Van Duijvenbode saw off Axel Liesecke, Alexander Tauber and Erik Hol as he qualified, while Zuydwijk defeated recent World Championship qualifiers John Michael and Ron Meulenkamp, plus Gino Vos.

Van den Bergh overcame Ricardo Pietreczko, Suljovic and Michael Rasztovits, while Rodriguez edged out Stefan Nilles and René Eidams, with both games going to a deciding leg.

The Host Nation Qualifier will complete the field for each European Tour event and will be staged on the Thursday night prior to each event, on February 12 ahead of the German Darts Championship in Hildesheim and on March 19 in Gibraltar.

German Darts Championship
European Qualifier
Bielefeld, January 24 2015
First Round

Davyd Venken 6-4 Antonio Alcinas
Stefan Taferner 6-1 Daniel van Allmen
Tytus Kanik 6-5 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Colin Roelofs 6-3 Marcel Hirzel
Roxy-James Rodriguez 6-4 Gino Vos
Leon de Geus 6-2 Krzysztof Osinski
Zoran Lerchbacher 6-2 Erik Hol
Mike de Decker 6-3 Tomacz Siodla
John Michael 6-2 Joey ten Berge
Jermanine Wattimena 6-5 Michael Rasztovits
Mike Zujdwijk 6-3 Krzysztof Chmielewski
Cristo Reyes 6-5 Jerry Hendriks

Second Round
Jelle Klaasen 6-1 Dick van Dijk
Davyd Venken 6-2 Andy Bless
Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-2 Ron Meulenkamp
Tytus Kanik 6-5 Stefan Taferner
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-5 Bartek Wieczorek
Mareno Michels 6-5 Colin Roelofs
Ryan de Vreede 6-0 Robert Marijanovic
Leon de Geus 6-5 Roxy-James Rodriguez
Mensur Suljovic 6-4 Jeffrey van de Ven
Zoran Lerchbacher 6-4 Mike de Decker
Ronny Huybrechts 6-5 Christian Gödl
Jan Dekker 6-4 John Michael
Benito van de Pas 6-0 Peter Oberpeilsteiner
Jermaine Wattimena 6-1 Mariusz Paul
Magnus Caris 6-3 Dimitri van den Bergh
Cristo Reyes 6-1 Mike Zujdwijk

Third Round
Jelle Klaasen 6-2 Davyd Venken
Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-1 Tytus Karnik
Mareno Michels 6-4 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Ryan de Vreede 6-4 Leon de Geus
Mensur Suljovic 6-5 Zoran Lerchbacher
Ronny Huybrechts 6-4 Jan Dekker
Benito van de Pas 6-4 Jermaine Wattimena
Cristo Reyes 6-3 Magnus Caris

Qualifiers
1 Jelle Klaasen
2 Jeffrey de Zwaan
3 Mareno Michels
4 Ryan de Vreede
5 Mensur Suljovic
6 Ronny Huybrechts
7 Benito van de Pas
8 Cristo Reyes

Gibraltar Darts Trophy
European Qualifier
Bielefeld, January 24 2015
First Round

Zoran Lerchbacher 6-5 Magnus Caris
René Eidams 6-4 Kai Gotthardt
Jermanine Wattimena 6-2 Mareno Michels
Ryan de Vreede 6-1 Marko Dageroth
Erik Hol 6-0 Daniel von Allmen
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-2 Axel Liesecke
Alexander Tauber 6-0 Alfred Tettampel
Roxy-James Rodriguez 6-3 Reinhard Ertl
Mike de Decker 6-0 Jerry Hendriks
Robert Marijanovic 6-2 Sebastian Pohl
Cristo Reyes 6-1 Tomas Seyler
Dimitri van den Bergh 6-1 Ricardo Pietreczko
Michael Rasztovits 6-2 Andy Bless
Antonio Alcinas 6-2 Joey ten Berge
Davyd Venken 6-1 Peter Oberpeilsteiner
Leon de Geus 6-2 Jeffrey van de Ven
Jan Dekker 6-4 Jeffrey de Zwaan
Mike Zujdwijk 6-4 John Michael
Gino Vos 6-0 Karsten Kornath

Second Round
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-5 Stefan Nilles
René Eidams 6-3 Zoran Lerchbacher
Benito van de Pas 6-2 Fabian Herz
Jermaine Wattimena 6-4 Ryan de Vreede
Erik Hol 6-3 Max Hopp
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-2 Alexander Tauber
Ronny Huybrechts 6-2 Marcel Hirzel
Roxy-James Rodriguez v Mike de Decker
Jyhan Artut 6-3 Dick van Dijk
Cristo Reyes 6-5 Robert Marijanovic
Dimitri van den Bergh 6-3 Mensur Suljovic
Michael Rasztovits 6-5 Antonio Alcinas
Jelle Klaasen 6-4 Colin Roelofs
Davyd Venken 6-2 Leon de Geus
Ron Meulenkamp 6-5 Jan Dekker
Mike Zujdwijk 6-4 Gino Vos

Third Round
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-5 René Eidams
Benito van de Pas 6-2 Jermaine Wattimena
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-5 Erik Hol
Ronny Huybrechts 6-5 Roxy-James Rodriguez
Cristo Reyes 6-3 Jyhan Artut
Dimitri van den Bergh 6-1 Michael Rasztovits
Jelle Klaasen 6-3 Davyd Venken
Mike Zujdwijk 6-4 Ron Meulenkamp

Qualifiers:
1 Rowby-John Rodriguez
2 Benito van de Pas
3 Dirk van Duijvenbode
4 Ronny Huybrechts
5 Cristo Reyes
6 Dimitri van den Bergh
7 Jelle Klaasen
8 Mike Zujdwijk