Unprecedented opportunities coming up for non-Tour Card holders

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Non-PDC Tour Card holders will have more opportunities than ever before to compete in PDC events from December to March, starting with this week's Paddy Power World Darts Championship.

Merkx and Harrysson win at Challenge Tour 21-22

Winmau Challenge Tour

Alexander Merkx and Andreas Harryson picked up Winmau Challenge Tour titles on the penultimate day of action in 2024.

More darts than ever in 2025 as PDC calendar released

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The growth of the PDC circuit will continue in 2025, with next year's calendar now confirmed.

Clinical Kist sinks Scutt to secure Winmau Challenge Tour 20 title

Winmau Challenge Tour

Former Lakeside champion Kist won back-to-back Challenge Tour titles in June, and he returned to winning ways at the Marshall Arena to move up to third on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit.

Dutch duo Plaisier & Van Schie share Challenge Tour titles

Winmau Challenge Tour

The 2024 Winmau Challenge Tour season continues on Saturday, as Events 18-19 take place in Milton Keynes.

Scutt & Merkx seal Winmau Challenge Tour wins in Milton Keynes

Winmau Challenge Tour

Connor Scutt moved top of the Winmau Challenge Tour Order of Merit after securing his second title of 2024 on Friday, as Dutchman Alexander Merkx also joined the winner's circle in Milton Keynes.

Plaisier punishes Mol to win Winmau Challenge Tour 15

Winmau Challenge Tour

Wesley Plaisier claimed his first Winmau Challenge Tour title of 2024 as the year's third weekend of action concluded with Event 15 in Leicester on Sunday.

Scutt & Hood claim maiden Challenge Tour titles in Leicester

Winmau Challenge Tour

Connor Scutt and Justin Hood claimed maiden titles as the 2024 Winmau Challenge Tour continued in Leicester on Saturday.

Double delight for nine-dart Kist on Winmau Challenge Tour

Winmau Challenge Tour

Christian Kist landed a nine-dart finish on his way to completing a sensational Winmau Challenge Tour double-header in Leicester on Friday.

Cocks claims maiden Challenge Tour victory

Winmau Challenge Tour

Lee Cocks claimed his maiden PDC title at Winmau Challenge Tour Event Ten in Hildesheim on Sunday, whitewashing Wesley Plaisier 5-0 in the final.

Jim McEwan and Adam Smith-Neale shared victories in Saturday's second day of action on the PDC Unicorn UK Challenge Tour in Milton Keynes.

Ayrshire's McEwan, 54, defeated Friday's Event Two winner Jim Williams 5-4 to take the Event Three title and pick up his first PDC victory.

Williams hit back from 3-1 down to take the final all the way, but was unable to check out 108 in the deciding leg as McEwan stepped in to claim the £2,000 title.

The Scot impressed throughout Event Three, averaging 100 in a win over Carl Wilkinson and over 97 in defeats of Steve Hine, Aden Kirk and Colin Osborne - seeing off the former UK Open runner-up 5-1 in the semi-finals.

Smith-Neale, the 2018 World Masters champion and a winner on the PDC's Development Tour nine years ago, followed up his run to Friday's Event Two final by going all the way this time around.

He won eight games to claim the Event Four title, including a victory over Williams to avenge Friday's loss in the Event Two final, and also defeated Anastasia Dobromyslova.

Smith-Neale then raced into a 4-0 lead in the final against Carlin, who hit back with 13-darter only for a 96 finish for a 14-dart leg to seal the £2,000 title.

Derry's Carlin, a former PDC Tour Card Holder, ended Robert Thornton's hopes of Event Four glory in the semi-finals and also defeated Scott Baker, Prakash Jiwa and Keelan Kay on his way to the final.

Sunday sees the UK Challenge Tour weekend conclude with another double-header of £2,000 tournaments at the Marshall Arena.

Welshman Williams leads the UK Challenge Tour Order of Merit with £3,300 following four events, ahead of Smith-Neale (£3,200), Event One winner Darren Beveridge (£2,350) and McEwan (£2,200).

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