Charlie Manby and Jimmy van Schie will make their European Tour debuts in Riesa and Kiel respectively, after winning through qualification in Wigan on Wednesday. The Robin Park Tennis Centre played host to a European Tour qualification double-header on April 15, with each qualifier producing ten players per event. The International Darts Open (ET7) will […]
Charlie Manby and Jimmy van Schie will make their European Tour debuts in Riesa and Kiel respectively, after winning through qualification in Wigan on Wednesday.
The Robin Park Tennis Centre played host to a European Tour qualification double-header on April 15, with each qualifier producing ten players per event.
The International Darts Open (ET7) will take place in Riesa from May 22-24, before the Baltic Sea Darts Open (ET8) is held in Kiel from May 29-31.
Manby backed up a deciding-leg victory over Germany’s Gabriel Clemens with a brace of 6-3 wins against Jeffrey de Graaf and Thomas Lovely to power through the ET7 Qualifier.
The 20-year-old will be joined in Riesa by former World Youth Champion Bradley Brooks, who defied a 102.31 average from Owen Bates to prevail in a qualification shoot-out.
Bates landed a nine-darter in a comeback victory over Adam Gawlas earlier in the day, only to spurn three match darts in a gripping deciding-leg clash against Brooks.
Cristo Reyes and Kim Huybrechts maintained their impressive European Tour qualification records to book their spots in Riesa, accounting for Andy Boulton and Maik Kuivenhoven respectively.
Chris Landman fought back from 5-1 down to stun top seed Rob Cross and seal his place at ET7 alongside his compatriot Jeffrey Sparidaans.
Connor Scutt marked his 29th birthday with a successful ET7 qualification campaign, with Keane Barry and Latvian number one Madars Razma advancing alongside Tom Bissell, who averaged north of 101 in defeating Jeffrey de Zwaan.
However, De Zwaan made amends in the ET8 Qualifier, overcoming Tytus Kanik, Clemens and Shane McGuirk to confirm his place in the Baltic Sea Darts Open next month.
The former World Matchplay semi-finalist will compete alongside his fellow countryman Van Schie, who denied Richard Veenstra in an all-Dutch affair to clinch his long-awaited European Tour debut.
German duo Max Hopp and Lukas Wenig will also headline on home soil in Kiel, while Justin Hood averaged almost 102 to deny Reyes a qualification double and confirm his big stage return.
Ian White – a winner of three European Tour events – also won through the ET8 Qualifier, as did former UK Open semi-finalist Ricky Evans and Poland’s number two Sebastian Bialecki.
James Hurrell and Alan Soutar will complete the line-up in Kiel, after defeating a resurgent Dimitri Van den Bergh and Cross respectively in the final round of qualification.
European Tour events will see 16 seeds from the PDC World Rankings exempt to the last 32 of each tournament, while the top 16 players from the ProTour Rankings will take on the remaining 16 qualifiers in round one.
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ET7 Tour Card Holder Qualifiers: Chris Landman, Bradley Brooks, Tom Bissell, Kim Huybrechts, Jeffrey Sparidaans, Madars Razma, Keane Barry, Cristo Reyes, Connor Scutt, Charlie Manby.
ET8 Tour Card Holder Qualifiers: Alan Soutar, Max Hopp, Ricky Evans, Lukas Wenig, James Hurrell, Jeffrey de Zwaan, Ian White, Jimmy van Schie, Sebastian Bialecki, Justin Hood.