Dyer & Milford's Challenge Tour Wins

Winmau Challenge Tour

AARON DYER and Paul Milford shared victories on the opening day of the 2017 PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour in Milton Keynes.

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.

JESUS NOGUERA and Stephen Burton shared victories to conclude the second weekend of the 2019 PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour in Wigan.

Spanish thrower Noguera won his first PDC title by taking the win in the Event Seven final, overcoming former UK Open finalist Mark Walsh 5-1.

Noguera produced three ton-plus averages during the event, against Prakash Jiwa in the last 32, then with a 103.3 average to defeat Burton in the semi-finals before averaging 101 in the final.

He also overcame former Challenge Tour event winner Martin Atkins, Dutchman Berry van Peer and in-form Callan Rydz - who had averaged 107 in his last 16 whitewash of Kevin Garcia.

Event Seven also featured a nine-dart finish from Geert De Vos in the deciding leg of his tie in the last 128 against John Power, as he scored 180, 177 and then took out 144.

Burton bounced back from his Event Seven semi-final loss to win Event Eight, taking his second Challenge Tour victory of 2019 with a narrow 5-4 defeat of Patrick van den Boogaard.

Van den Boogaard came from 4-2 down in the final to force a deciding leg, but Burton completed a 15-darter to take the title.

Burton was also taken to a deciding leg in the quarter-finals against Rhys Griffin, and overcame Garcia in the last four.

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