Lerchbacher & De Graaf head up first Q Schools Stage 1B qualifiers

Qualifying Schools

Zoran Lerchbacher and Jeffrey de Graaf were among the first eight players to progress through Q Schools Stage 1B.

Sherrock & Painter through on final day of Q Schools Stage 1A

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Fallon Sherrock and Kevin Painter made it through to the Final Stage of Q Schools.

Rasztovits, Koltsov & Hogg amongst Stage 1A's Day Two qualifiers

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Michael Rasztovits, Boris Koltsov & Jason Hogg were amongst the qualifiers for Final Stage of the 2021 PDC Q Schools on Day Two of Stage 1A.

Gawlas & Veenstra among first eight through from Q Schools Stage 1A

Qualifying Schools

Adam Gawlas and Richard Veenstra were among the first eight players to make it through Q Schools Stage 1A.

Painter declares 'unfinished business' ahead of Q School bid

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Kevin Painter has declared he has 'unfinished business' in the PDC ahead of Q School.

Paul Nicholson's ten tips to win Tour Cards

Qualifying Schools

Paul Nicholson has backed five players from each Q School to win Tour Cards.

Updated 2021 PDC Qualifying School Entries

Qualifying Schools

Updated entry lists for the 2021 PDC Qualifying Schools are now available ahead of Stage 1A beginning on Monday.

Top five performers from Q School 'Class of 2020'

Qualifying Schools

Which five players from the Q School 'Class of 2020' enjoyed the best first-year campaigns?

Thornton: 'World Cup showed I can still mix it with the best'

Qualifying Schools

Robert Thornton explains how his World Cup experience renewed his self-belief.

Sherrock 'more determined' to win Tour Card after Ally Pally agony

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Fallon Sherrock says missing out on the World Championship has made here more determined to win a Tour Card.

Scott Mitchell and Robbie Collins picked up their first victories on the PDC circuit with triumphs on the opening day of the 2020 PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour season.

Collins, a Rileys Qualifier for the 2019 Ladbrokes UK Open who also competed on the Challenge Tour last year, took victory in Event One as he edged out Adam Huckvale 5-4 in the final.

Collins led 3-0 following a strong start in the decider before Huckvale claimed four of the next five as the game went to a ninth leg, but it was the 40-year-old from Lambeth who claimed the £2,000 top prize.

He was also taken to a deciding leg by Ray Marshall on the day, and saw off Australia's Gordon Mathers, Dutchman Danny van Trijp and England's Justin Hood during the latter stages of Event One.

Huckvale's defeat in the final denied him a second Challenge Tour title, following his previous victory in 2018, but he defeated Alan Norris amongst eight wins during the tournament.

Saturday's second event saw Mitchell scoop his first PDC title in style with a 5-1 defeat of Andrew Gilding in the final, winning the opening three legs without reply before closing out a dominant victory with a 13-dart leg.

The former Lakeside Champion ended Collins' bid for a daily double in the Last 64 with a 102 average in a 5-3 triumph, while he also whitewashed Cameron Menzies in the quarter-finals and overcame Eddie Lovely 5-2 in the semi-finals.

Gilding was condemned to defeat for a second time on the Challenge Tour, having also lost out in the Event Six decider a year ago, and his victories in the event included a 5-2 success against Huckvale in the Last 16.

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