2018 PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour Update

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THE opening PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour weekend of 2018 will now be held on January 27-28.

Jacques & Fullwell's Challenge Tour Joy

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PETER JACQUES and Nick Fullwell were victorious in Saturday's PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour double-header.

2018 PDC Calendar Confirmed

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THE 2018 PDC calendar has been announced as the sport's growth in Europe continues next year.

PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 13-14

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South Africa's Warrick Scheffer picked up his first Challenge Tour title as he secured victory on Milton Keynes.

PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 15-16

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Mark Dudbridge claimed victory in Challenge Tour 15 in Milton Keynes.

PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 11-12

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PETER JACQUES & Luke Humphries won their maiden PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour titles in Milton Keynes.

PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour 9-10

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NATHAN ASPINALL & Robert Rickwood shared victories in PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour Events Nine & Ten.

Jones Does Double & Dudbridge Wins

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WAYNE JONES won a second Unicorn Challenge Tour title as nine-dart Mark Dudbridge also took victory.

Harrington & Jones Enjoy Victories

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RYAN HARRINGTON and Wayne Jones picked up their first PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour victories in Barnsley.

Evans & Dyer Up To The Challenge!

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AARON DYER & Lee Evans shared the wins in Unicorn Challenge Tour Events Three & Four.

THE PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour is the PDC's second-tier tour for players who do not hold a PDC Tour Card.

A series of 20 tournaments will be held during 2019, each offering £10,000 in prize money.

Tournaments are held across five double-header weekends, with two events per day on each weekend.

Follow live results in the Match Centre, or follow live stats through DartConnect.

BERRY VAN PEER and Andy Jenkins shared victories as the third PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour weekend of 2019 concluded in Peterborough on Sunday.

Van Peer, 22, claimed his first PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour title by defeating Cameron Menzies 5-2 in the Event 11 final in Peterborough.

The Dutchman has won three events previously on the Development Tour and reached the World Youth Championship final, before scooping the £2,000 top prize in Sunday's opening event, a marked achievement given his ongoing battle with dartitis.

He had survived missed match darts from Peter Mitchell in their quarter-final and then saw off fellow countryman Arjan Konterman 5-3 in the last four.

Menzies shared the opening four legs of the final, but Van Peer took the next three without reply - including a key 12-darter - to claim the Event 11 title.

Menzies' bid to win a third Challenge Tour title of his career saw him overcome two former winners at this level, Shaun Carroll and Barry Lynn, as well as youngster Rusty-Jake Rodriguez in the last four.

Experienced Andy Jenkins, who landed a nine-darter on Saturday, was amongst the Event 11 quarter-finalists alongside Mitchell, Mark Frost and David Adshead.

However, Jenkins would later go all the way to win Event 12 and claim his first PDC title for 16 years by edging out Boris Koltstov 5-4 in the deciding leg of their final.

With the scores locked at four-all, Jenkins landed scores of 174 and 180 to set up a possible 180 before the Russian powered in a maximum of his own - and both players missed a chance to take victory before the Cosham ace snatched the title.

Jenkins also defeated Patrick Lynskey, Chas Barstow and Justin Smith in nine-leg contest, as well as seeing off Ritchie Edhouse, Scott Taylor and Simon Preston in the event.

Koltsov was bidding to follow up January's Event Four victory with a second Challenge Tour win of the year, and whitewashed former UK Open champion Colin Osborne in the last eight before overcoming Jesus Noguera in the semi-finals.

Koltsov sits second on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit with £4,250 prize money following 12 events, behind leader Stephen Burton (£4,950), with Jenkins moving up to third with £3,900.

The PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour continues on August 10-11 with Events 13-16 at the Aldersley Leisure Village in Wolverhampton in the fourth of five weekends being held this year.

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