Das zehnte Turnier der PDC Development Tour wurde aus deutscher Sicht zu einem echten Highlight. Dominik Grüllich und Leon Weber lieferten in Leicester beeindruckende Leistungen ab und stürmten souverän ins Finale. Dort machten die beiden Nachwuchstalente den Titel schließlich unter sich aus.
Das erste Leg der Partie hielt direkt ein Highlight bereit. Nach 15 geworfenen Darts checkte Grüllich 102 Punkte zum 1-0. Dieses Highfinish gab dem 23-Jährigen offensichtlich jede Menge Aufwind, der sich in der Folge mit zwei weiteren 15-Dartern die 3-0-Führung sicherte.
Aufgrund starker Scoring-Aufnahmen und Doppel-Fehlern seines Gegners zog Grüllich im Leg darauf mit einem 14-Darter auf 4-0 davon. In seinem dritten Anwurfleg der Partie ließ Grüllich schließlich nichts mehr anbrennen und sicherte sich mit einem souveränen 17-Darter den Titel des zehnten Development Tour-Turniers der Saison.
Die Development Tour ist die Nachwuchstour der PDC. Dieser Circuit ist offen für Spieler im Alter von 16 bis 23 Jahren. Spieler, die während der Saison 24 Jahre alt werden, können weiterhin teilnehmen.
Bei jedem Turnier der Development Tour wird ein Preisgeld von 15.000 Pfund ausgeschüttet. Mit dem Preisgeld wird eine Rangliste erstellt. Am Ende der Saison erhalten die Plätze eins und zwei eine Einladung zur Darts-Weltmeisterschaft sowie eine Tour Card für 2026 und 2027. Der Sieger der Rangliste darf außerdem am Grand Slam of Darts teilnehmen.
Finale
Dominik Gruellich (98.88) 5 | 0 (91.30) Leon Weber
Halbfinale
Dominik Gruellich (94.19) 5 | 2 (89.70) Ryan Branley
Leon Weber (90.61) 5 | 1 (86.90) Jurjen van der Velde
Viertelfinale
Ryan Branley (94.29) 5 | 1 (80.94) Keanu van Velzen
Jurjen van der Velde (86.79) 5 | 3 (80.10) James Buckby
Leon Weber (91.70) 5 | 2 (90.49) Beau Greaves
Letzte 16
Ryan Branley (100.54) 4 | 1 (83.96) Lewis Ellis
Keanu van Velzen (93.06) 4 | 2 (83.97) Cayden Smith
Dylan Dowling (81.94) 4 | 3 (83.92) Levy Frauenfelder
Dominik Gruellich (93.10) 4 | 2 (92.06) Ronan McDonagh
James Buckby (73.32) 4 | 0 (63.70) Zac Prince
Jurjen van der Velde (92.54) 4 | 1 (92.15) Sebastian Bialecki
Leon Weber (88.79) 4 | 3 (80.21) Danny Jansen
Beau Greaves (101.90) 4 | 0 (77.11) James Beeton
Letzte 32
Lewis Ellis (70.73) 4 | 0 (63.86) Travis Baur
Ryan Branley (79.49) 4 | 3 (83.44) Jenson Walker
Keanu van Velzen (78.96) 4 | 2 (73.91) Liam Maendl-Lawrance
Cayden Smith (88.39) 4 | 1 (75.33) Lewy Williams
Levy Frauenfelder (90.34) 4 | 2 (88.36) Adam Gawlas
Dylan Dowling (89.05) 4 | 2 (80.23) Jack Male
Dominik Gruellich (98.01) 4 | 2 (91.69) Viktor Tingstrom
Ronan McDonagh (85.36) 4 | 3 (88.63) Rohan Brouwers
Zac Prince (81.87) 4 | 2 (84.48) Nathan Girvan
James Buckby (82.10) 4 | 2 (81.20) Hayden Robbie
Jurjen van der Velde (87.44) 4 | 3 (75.97) Ben Edgar
Sebastian Bialecki (95.43) 4 | 0 (82.40) Daan Beernink
Leon Weber (91.28) 4 | 1 (85.03) Jeffrey Keen
Danny Jansen (84.00) 4 | 3 (93.55) Owen Bates
Beau Greaves (83.50) 4 | 0 (73.64) Lewis Mayes
James Beeton (76.26) 4 | 2 (79.09) Harrison Leigh
Letzte 64
Lewis Ellis (78.57) 4 | 2 (72.51) Kilian Hohnstedt
Travis Baur (82.36) 4 | 0 (79.52) Deniz Baudis
Ryan Branley (83.65) 4 | 2 (84.59) Morgan Shillito
Jenson Walker (98.31) 4 | 2 (82.45) Ondrej Frystacky
Liam Maendl-Lawrance (79.47) 4 | 1 (75.44) Daniel Marsden
Keanu van Velzen (77.88) 4 | 2 (88.76) Cam Crabtree
Cayden Smith (86.88) 4 | 2 (77.37) Colinn Haverkate
Lewy Williams (69.84) 4 | 3 (70.89) Oliver Klein
Adam Gawlas (97.09) 4 | 1 (87.58) Nathan Potter
Levy Frauenfelder (85.99) 4 | 1 (82.17) Jannis Barkhausen
Dylan Dowling (83.50) 4 | 0 (72.87) Ieuan Halsall
Jack Male (79.36) 4 | 3 (76.50) Justin Atellinghusen
Dominik Gruellich (88.84) 4 | 3 (85.89) Fabian Tapner
Viktor Tingstrom (91.09) 4 | 0 (73.29) Lukas Fraulob
Ronan McDonagh (88.30) 4 | 1 (81.68) Nathan Care
Rohan Brouwers (86.41) 4 | 3 (81.41) JJ Wright
Nathan Girvan (92.41) 4 | 2 (82.68) Mitchell Leeming
Zac Prince (70.18) 4 | 1 (68.51) Lleyton Molyneux
Hayden Robbie (72.00) 4 | 2 (77.28) Dean Fitch Jnr
James Buckby (79.85) 4 | 2 (65.53) Kyle Ison
Ben Edgar (82.17) 4 | 1 (77.00) Jack Howarth
Jurjen van der Velde (94.93) 4 | 1 (85.56) Johnny Stewart
Daan Beernink (76.23) 4 | 2 (76.91) Sydnee de Vries
Sebastian Bialecki (80.53) 4 | 2 (74.17) Tyler Thorpe
Jeffrey Keen (85.02) 4 | 2 (75.40) Jamie McKinnon
Leon Weber (94.39) 4 | 2 (79.34) Damian Vetjens
Danny Jansen (82.22) 4 | 2 (80.59) Stef Kosters
Owen Bates (83.16) 4 | 2 (81.71) Shoey Ayres
Beau Greaves (95.43) 4 | 0 (73.25) Charlie Manby
Lewis Mayes (77.08) 4 | 0 (59.42) Jamie Rooksby
James Beeton (78.79) 4 | 1 (64.83) Kai Clark
Harrison Leigh (71.53) 4 | 3 (73.37) Born Van Put
Letzte 128
Lewis Ellis (77.08) 4 | 0 (69.72) Shane de Jong
Kilian Hohnstedt (82.17) 4 | 1 (66.31) Jackson King
Deniz Baudis (84.52) 4 | 2 (83.94) Connor Arberry
Travis Baur (79.08) 4 | 2 (79.55) Bradly Roes
Morgan Shillito (81.63) 4 | 1 (65.33) Zak Hughes
Ryan Branley (98.32) 4 | 1 (84.04) Louie Cocca
Jenson Walker (78.53) 4 | 2 (71.84) Arcangelo Tardio
Ondrej Frystacky (74.35) 4 | 1 (67.62) Dylan Quinn
Liam Maendl-Lawrance (80.38) 4 | 2 (68.66) Jack Peet
Daniel Marsden (70.40) 4 | 1 (65.91) Almos Kovacs
Keanu van Velzen (86.21) 4 | 1 (77.57) Daniel Stephenson
Cam Crabtree (95.43) 4 | 0 (53.57) Keaton Williams
Cayden Smith (83.50) 4 | 0 (59.30) Rhys Clarke
Colinn Haverkate (65.35) 4 | 0 (64.34) Emile Hendryks
Oliver Klein (59.64) 4 | 1 (59.07) Ashley Marson
Lewy Williams (69.38) 4 | 3 (69.69) Toby McLeod
Nathan Potter (85.00) 4 | 1 (77.17) Jamie Martin
Adam Gawlas (85.45) 4 | 1 (76.68) Craig Galliano
Levy Frauenfelder (83.76) 4 | 1 (68.55) Garin Perkins
Jannis Barkhausen (91.09) 4 | 0 (72.82) Joey Spitse
Ieuan Halsall (78.56) 4 | 3 (77.85) Keelan Kay
Dylan Dowling (82.67) 4 | 1 (72.23) Nunjo Dewaele
Jack Male (89.73) 4 | 0 (68.78) George Bamber
Justin Atellinghusen (95.43) 4 | 0 (75.33) Janek Hill
Dominik Gruellich (106.67) 4 | 1 (79.91) Davie Duval
Fabian Tapner (84.45) 4 | 1 (82.99) Roy Rietbergen
Lukas Fraulob (64.68) 4 | 1 (57.63) Ben Gamble
Viktor Tingstrom (89.81) 4 | 1 (79.18) Mason Whitlock
Ronan McDonagh (85.69) 4 | 1 (70.71) Thomas Keane
Nathan Care (77.05) 4 | 2 (80.42) Bram van Dijk
Rohan Brouwers (73.22) 4 | 1 (67.39) Shaun Conway
JJ Wright (77.74) 4 | 3 (69.25) Axandre Van Der Steen
Nathan Girvan (78.80) 4 | 2 (75.63) Daniel Green
Mitchell Leeming (87.24) 4 | 1 (64.32) Jonas Stagg
Lleyton Molyneux (70.30) 4 | 2 (74.87) Finley Pember
Zac Prince (75.93) 4 | 2 (69.05) Harry Martin
Hayden Robbie (85.28) 4 | 1 (83.65) Lewis Bell
Dean Fitch Jnr (77.24) 4 | 3 (65.98) Yannick Hund
Kyle Ison (61.32) 4 | 2 (63.02) Enrico Frank
James Buckby (79.17) 4 | 2 (76.63) Matyas Rejhon
Ben Edgar (75.85) 4 | 2 (71.05) Xanti Van den Bergh
Jack Howarth (86.74) 4 | 3 (84.26) Thomas Banks
Jurjen van der Velde (93.36) 4 | 2 (92.86) Jamai van den Herik
Johnny Stewart (66.03) 4 | 1 (63.11) Karl-Louis Mueller
Sydnee de Vries (78.47) 4 | 3 (78.40) Daan Bastiaansen
Daan Beernink (85.89) 4 | 0 (76.83) Angelo Balsamo
Sebastian Bialecki (87.46) 4 | 3 (74.31) Henry Coates
Tyler Thorpe (84.43) 4 | 3 (87.56) Patrick McShane
Jamie McKinnon (75.15) 4 | 0 (72.60) Coby Jones-Swanson
Jeffrey Keen (84.72) 4 | 1 (69.11) Eros Odent
Damian Vetjens (76.31) 4 | 1 (76.19) Josh Brown
Leon Weber (98.56) 4 | 0 (72.16) Woody Grantham
Danny Jansen (78.34) 4 | 2 (76.74) Jodie Challinor
Stef Kosters (83.76) 4 | 1 (64.72) Daniel Terry
Owen Bates (91.06) 4 | 2 (89.08) Pim Van Bijnen
Shoey Ayres (79.11) 4 | 0 (57.13) Ryan Kettle
Charlie Manby (84.85) 4 | 1 (79.07) Sean McKeon
Beau Greaves (86.13) 4 | 1 (78.25) Shane Weeks
Lewis Mayes (77.22) 4 | 3 (74.40) William Bristow
Jamie Rooksby (73.83) 4 | 2 (70.10) Calvin Nicolai
James Beeton (83.44) 4 | 2 (72.48) Jonathan Justin Altmann
Kai Clark (59.48) 4 | 1 (56.95) Ronnie Woodman
Harrison Leigh (78.21) 4 | 3 (65.87) Aidan-Jay Butcher
Born Van Put (75.63) 4 | 3 (79.90) Cole Davey
Letzte 256
Shane de Jong (78.16) 4 | 1 (73.80) Bradley Roberts
Lewis Ellis (54.41) 4 | 1 (40.83) Callum Stojic
Jackson King (62.24) 4 | 2 (57.22) Harry Sykes
Kilian Hohnstedt (71.57) 4 | 0 (48.52) Siebre Smeyers
Connor Arberry (74.54) 4 | 3 (63.15) James Tate
Deniz Baudis (83.50) 4 | 0 (55.74) Ruben Haulez
Travis Baur (82.25) 4 | 3 (78.52) Kyle Manton
Bradly Roes (71.57) 4 | 0 (65.86) Rhys Holmes
Morgan Shillito (69.79) 4 | 1 (61.60) Sasa Varga
Zak Hughes (53.89) 4 | 2 (44.13) Joseph Warrington
Louie Cocca (71.57) 4 | 0 (59.00) Julian Zwergel
Ryan Branley (92.81) 4 | 1 (73.34) Jamie Robinson
Jenson Walker (89.13) 4 | 1 (67.85) Dylan Vandewalle
Arcangelo Tardio (74.19) 4 | 1 (64.24) Liam Mason
Ondrej Frystacky (71.17) 4 | 1 (64.41) Ferre Bervoets
Dylan Quinn (72.09) 4 | 3 (65.83) Steffan Thompson
Liam Maendl-Lawrance (87.04) 4 | 1 (69.56) Rian Veltman
Jack Peet (69.99) 4 | 3 (70.46) Robbe Dasseville
Almos Kovacs (75.78) 4 | 3 (79.83) Connor Hopkins
Daniel Marsden (68.57) 4 | 3 (73.52) Jack Gillett
Daniel Stephenson (87.06) 4 | 2 (80.73) Rossi Haywood
Keanu van Velzen (92.49) 4 | 0 (71.90) Keenan Thomas
Cam Crabtree (83.50) 4 | 0 (58.21) Bence Horvath
Keaton Williams (68.96) 4 | 3 (67.48) Toby Saunders
Rhys Clarke (69.12) 4 | 1 (66.68) Cody Crabtree
Cayden Smith (88.41) 4 | 0 (75.59) Scott Smith
Colinn Haverkate (73.32) 4 | 0 (62.46) Kieran Morahan
Emile Hendryks (59.96) 4 | 2 (56.28) Bradley Worsfold
Ashley Marson (49.54) 4 | 3 (46.54) Charlie Gregory
Oliver Klein (70.89) 4 | 1 (70.93) Justin van der Velden
Toby McLeod (56.02) 4 | 3 (60.95) Ryan Coppinger
Lewy Williams (75.76) 4 | 3 (70.63) Lennon Cradock
Nathan Potter (66.35) 4 | 2 (61.25) Tyler Mantle
Jamie Martin (68.65) 4 | 2 (67.07) Huey de Jong
Adam Gawlas (82.36) 4 | 0 (57.50) Logan Goddard
Craig Galliano (67.27) 4 | 1 (58.33) Callum Roach
Garin Perkins (64.03) 4 | 2 (58.61) Donny Boerman
Levy Frauenfelder (83.50) 4 | 0 (59.91) Will Gurner
Jannis Barkhausen (81.03) 4 | 1 (72.71) Owen Roelofs
Joey Spitse (75.64) 4 | 2 (70.22) Cody Abel
Ieuan Halsall (83.50) 4 | 0 (52.09) Scott O'Neill
Keelan Kay (76.60) 4 | 2 (79.53) Brad Phillips
Nunjo Dewaele (62.08) 4 | 2 (59.60) Fabian Moeller
Dylan Dowling (89.73) 4 | 0 (61.45) Denfie Drenthen
George Bamber (58.94) 4 | 0 (54.74) Joran Saelen
Jack Male (80.25) 4 | 3 (76.82) Marvin van Deest
Janek Hill (68.85) 4 | 3 (73.38) David Fidler
Justin Atellinghusen (75.89) 4 | 1 (74.26) Matthias Moors
Dominik Gruellich (74.75) 4 | 2 (71.39) Harry Gregory
Davie Duval (78.08) 4 | 0 (62.88) Axel Buyle
Fabian Tapner (87.13) 4 | 0 (75.09) Joshua Hermann
Roy Rietbergen (63.96) 4 | 0 (43.37) Ben Truscott
Ben Gamble (58.50) 4 | 3 (57.09) Siebe Appels
Lukas Fraulob (74.22) 4 | 0 (57.19) Matthew Gallivan-Piles
Viktor Tingstrom (89.82) 4 | 1 (70.37) David Birks
Mason Whitlock (73.19) 4 | 3 (70.92) Liam Fowkes
Ronan McDonagh (82.36) 4 | 0 (74.29) Jamie Baggaley
Thomas Keane (61.20) 4 | 1 (57.63) Rojan Polat
Bram van Dijk (69.69) 4 | 1 (61.54) Ben Stanton
Nathan Care (62.06) 4 | 1 (52.44) Alexander Melton
Shaun Conway (77.05) 4 | 3 (75.60) Carl van Mens
Rohan Brouwers (82.33) 4 | 1 (76.20) David Schlichting
Axandre Van Der Steen (49.70) 4 | 1 (46.50) Billy Holmes (Southend)
JJ Wright (73.18) 4 | 3 (67.78) Niklas Fahrenholz
Daniel Green (60.12) 4 | 0 (58.25) Jokke Janssens
Nathan Girvan (77.08) 4 | 0 (62.92) Luis Breuer
Mitchell Leeming (68.23) 4 | 3 (60.56) Vincent Nouws
Jonas Stagg (60.13) 4 | 2 (61.26) Adam McIntyre
Lleyton Molyneux (68.32) 4 | 0 (61.29) Wesley Mol
Finley Pember (79.78) 4 | 2 (77.56) Seppe Dasseville
Harry Martin (73.43) 4 | 2 (60.75) Callum Weaver
Zac Prince (75.15) 4 | 0 (65.62) Damien Moore
Lewis Bell (81.67) 4 | 2 (80.76) Patrik Williams
Hayden Robbie (86.15) 4 | 1 (71.65) Andrew Ingman
Dean Fitch Jnr (75.48) 4 | 2 (62.29) Cayden Baker
Yannick Hund (61.81) 4 | 1 (61.09) Philip Want
Kyle Ison (57.10) 4 | 2 (54.00) Jack Tarrant
Enrico Frank (67.87) 4 | 1 (66.17) Evan Wishart
James Buckby (79.18) 4 | 2 (79.38) Adam Dee
Matyas Rejhon (82.49) 4 | 3 (71.69) Niclas Wierling
Xanti Van den Bergh (63.96) 4 | 0 (53.70) Jamie Grimes
Ben Edgar (73.83) 4 | 2 (59.75) Patrick Luedtke
Jack Howarth (72.12) 4 | 1 (69.65) Justin Hewitt
Thomas Banks (62.87) 4 | 3 (53.52) Indy Gul
Jurjen van der Velde (86.75) 4 | 1 (65.35) Owen Carr
Jamai van den Herik (87.51) 4 | 1 (77.34) Matthew Gordon
Johnny Stewart (77.08) 4 | 0 (63.00) Mani Hewitson
Karl-Louis Mueller (52.74) 4 | 0 (46.21) Jake Rigney
Sydnee de Vries (67.55) 4 | 0 (60.28) Harley Harris
Daan Bastiaansen (86.31) 4 | 1 (72.80) Charlie Large
Daan Beernink (67.31) 4 | 3 (70.27) Jarod Becker
Angelo Balsamo (66.90) 4 | 3 (59.66) Wessel Tempelaars
Henry Coates (77.08) 4 | 0 (62.58) Ryan Hanlon
Sebastian Bialecki (83.17) 4 | 1 (63.57) Declan Corcoran
Tyler Thorpe (86.73) 4 | 3 (84.23) Mark Tabak
Patrick McShane (77.89) 4 | 2 (67.46) Matthew Watts
Coby Jones-Swanson (78.16) 4 | 3 (77.28) Lennert Faes
Jamie McKinnon (64.47) 4 | 3 (67.52) Quentin Pinkert
Eros Odent (65.29) 4 | 1 (61.57) Ollie Male
Jeffrey Keen (77.10) 4 | 1 (65.37) Jack Boardman
Josh Brown (63.58) 4 | 1 (44.39) Alex Nagy-Eagle
Damian Vetjens (77.07) 4 | 2 (76.61) Oliver Pearce-Burgess
Leon Weber (95.55) 4 | 2 (85.42) Aidan O'Hara
Woody Grantham (58.09) 4 | 1 (60.65) Robin Radloff
Jodie Challinor (62.76) 4 | 1 (61.65) Eleanor Cairns
Danny Jansen (70.94) 4 | 2 (61.63) Pearse Mackle
Daniel Terry (57.35) 4 | 1 (50.48) Mathias Myrvang Isaksen
Stef Kosters (73.45) 4 | 2 (61.70) Sem Devoght
Pim Van Bijnen (73.16) 4 | 2 (62.90) Liam Walbridge
Owen Bates (91.69) 4 | 1 (59.15) Jack Pritchard
Ryan Kettle (59.80) 4 | 2 (53.33) Matthew Holmes ( Keighley)
Shoey Ayres (82.66) 4 | 2 (73.94) Jamie Tilley
Charlie Manby (88.04) 4 | 1 (65.46) Ellis Williams
Sean McKeon (70.73) 4 | 0 (54.54) Robbie Curran
Beau Greaves (107.36) 4 | 0 (71.39) Declan Thorpe
Shane Weeks (73.18) 4 | 2 (68.84) Aaron Colley
William Bristow (77.54) 4 | 2 (70.62) Jeramey Verwey
Lewis Mayes (77.08) 4 | 0 (65.65) Florian Herrmann
Calvin Nicolai (76.19) 4 | 1 (74.97) Kieran Thompson
Jamie Rooksby (62.31) 4 | 1 (59.66) James Rock
Jonathan Justin Altmann (69.48) 4 | 1 (65.03) Joshua Adriaanse
James Beeton (95.43) 4 | 0 (69.52) Alfie Busby
Ronnie Woodman (75.15) 4 | 0 (60.11) Ryan Green
Kai Clark (65.28) 4 | 3 (62.15) Logan Pustkowski
Aidan-Jay Butcher (52.13) 4 | 3 (52.45) Luke Emmins
Harrison Leigh (81.11) 4 | 3 (89.17) Jannes Bremermann
Cole Davey (77.08) 4 | 0 (65.92) Jack Chignell
Born Van Put (77.10) 4 | 1 (62.05) Thibeau Huybrechts
Letzte 512
Jamie Robinson (74.22) 4 | 0 (73.62) Tom Garfield
Dylan Quinn (81.83) 4 | 3 (70.36) Sebastian Caris
Emile Hendryks (59.83) 4 | 1 (59.24) Till Stein
Lewy Williams (72.53) 4 | 2 (63.58) Keenan Carr
Denfie Drenthen (78.22) 4 | 1 (68.66) Riley Rees-Tucker
Justin Atellinghusen (72.15) 4 | 1 (64.85) Sean Negrette
Nathan Care (77.97) 4 | 1 (67.88) Arne Degryse
JJ Wright (59.48) 4 | 1 (54.77) Owen Cuthbert
Yannick Hund (69.10) 4 | 0 (56.86) Micha Boekelaar
Niclas Wierling (80.50) 4 | 2 (80.14) Lukas Dallmann
Angelo Balsamo (61.98) 4 | 0 (61.03) Julian Mols
Matthew Watts (72.88) 4 | 1 (56.60) Anthony Doherty
Stef Kosters (74.18) 4 | 2 (68.87) Billy Jackson
Shoey Ayres (78.08) 4 | 0 (51.84) Dylan White
James Rock (63.74) 4 | 2 (65.78) Ryan Walsh
Logan Pustkowski (66.07) 4 | 0 (53.77) Jens Leysen
Born Van Put (72.78) 4 | 2 (67.55) Lars Houtenbos