PDC Qualifying School: Final Tour Cards handed out
Monday 29 January 2018 20:46, UK
Canada’s Dawson Murschell, teenager Bradley Brooks and Germany's Gabriel Clemens were the automatic PDC Tour Card winners on the final day of the 2018 PDC Qualifying Schools.
The 128 PDC Tour Card Holders for 2018 were finalised following the fourth day of action at Wigan's Robin Park Tennis Centre and Halle 39 in Hildesheim saw the biggest-ever Qualifying School conclude.
The remaining 21 Tour Cards were awarded to the top 15 players on the UK Qualifying School Order of Merit and leading six players from the European Qualifying School Order of Merit, with points allocated for wins earned over the four days of competition.
Ross Smith, Terry Temple, Simon Stevenson, Ryan Meikle and Tony Newell all secured an immediate return to the PDC ProTour as they won back their Tour Cards, while Ryan Harrington - the son of former World Matchplay champion Rod - secured his Tour Card for the first time.
Former Lakeside Champion Danny Noppert headlined the Tour Card winners from the European Qualifying School, alongside Croatian-born Robert Marijanovic, Dutch duo Dirk van Duijvenbode and Vincent Kamphuis, Spain's Jose Justicia and Belgian Davy Van Baelen.
Former World Youth Championship finalist Nathan Aspinall topped the UK Qualifying School Order of Merit, while Gary Eastwood, John Goldie, Ryan Joyce, Kevin Burness, Peter Hudson and Mark Wilson also secured Tour Cards.
The final automatic Tour Card from the European Qualifying School went to Gabriel Clemens as the German - a two-time European Tour qualifier previously - secured his spot on the professional circuit.
There was disappointment, though, for Brazil's Diogo Portela and Poland's Krzysztof Ratajski - who both recently competed in the World Championship - as they missed out on Tour Cards by one ranking point.
PDC Tour Card Winners
Day One: Corey Cadby, Jeffrey de Zwaan, Eddie Dootson
Day Two: Robert Owen, Mario Robbe, Alan Tabern
Day Three: Tytus Kanik, George Killington, Arron Monk
Day Four: Bradley Brooks, Gabriel Clemens, Dawson Murschell
UK Qualifying School Order of Merit (15): Nathan Aspinall, Ross Smith, Terry Temple, Ryan Harrington, Simon Stevenson, Gary Eastwood, John Goldie, Matthew Edgar, Ryan Meikle, Ryan Joyce, Kevin Burness, Tony Newell, Luke Woodhouse, Peter Hudson, Mark Wilson
European Qualifying School Order of Merit (6): Danny Noppert, Robert Marijanovic, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Vincent Kamphuis, Jose Justicia, Davy Van Baelen
