PDC Qualifying School 2013

Kingp35

So the Qualifying school starts today in Wigan with a total of 311 players trying to get themselves tour cards. There are plenty of big names in there and plenty of Irish players too. The four BDo semi-finalists have all declined their offer of a PDC Tour card.

There are a few players I would like to see win their tour cards but Chris Mason is one player I would like to see back on the tour.

Full list of entries can be found here:
http://www.pdpa.co.uk/2013/01/13/championship-league-darts-information-draws/

Play starts at 12pm today

It's gonna be interesting, some big big names in there...


Darryl Gurney
Brian Woods
Max Hopp
Robert Wagner
Alex Roy
Kirk Shepherd
Charl Pieterson
Carlos Rodriguez
Lionel Sams
Steve Coote
Steve Maish
Jani Haavisto
Kevin McDine
Barry Bates
Mike Veitch
Peter Evison
Peter Manley
Toon Greebe

StephenHendry

good to see Jani Haavisto giving it a go, i look forward to seeing him in the world cup. i would like to see chris mason get his card and the same for barrie bates. its hard to believe bates has dropped so much in that he was a regular at the tv tournos

Kingp35

Here is the Preliminary Round Draw. Every other player has received a buy into the first round.

Qualifying School Day One
Preliminary Round
Board One
Darren Ward v Andrew Richardson
Steve O'Callaghan v Alan Priestley
Scott Coleman v Kevin Lawler

Board Two
Chris Skeates v Andrew Johnson
Chris Thompson v Nick Malkin
Graham Mills v Darren Williams

Board Three
Mark Gordon v Andrew Beaumont
David Sharp v Kevin Thomas
Dave Kelly v Sean McArdle

Board Four
Ian Walters v Alex Long
Kevin Dowling v Gary Rigby
Gary Whittles v Pete Dyos

Board Five
Sam Hill v Steve Maish
Steven Pearson v Alex Roy
Wayne Atwood v Lee Moffat

Board Six
Geoff Whitworth v Vernon Sheppard
Carlos Rodriguez v Rob Modra
Yves Cottenje v Mark Stephenson

Board Seven
Chris Rudd v Neville Roberts
David Broome v Tom Gibson
Jonathan Worsley v Andy Hutchings

Board Eight
Jani Haavisto v Tony Blundell
Toon Greebe v Michael Rasztovits

Board Nine
Jason Wilson v Ryan Palmer
Dale Quince v Ricky Sudale
Robert Wagner v Chris Wickenden

Board Ten
Anthony Wort v Jon Jukes
Andree Welge v Dylan Duo
Steve Harcourt v Nigel Birch

Board 11
Steve Randell v Lee Drummond
John Power v Paul Hodkin
Dave Weston v Leo Hendriks

Board 12
Leon Jarram v David Copley
Jonathan Taylor v Matt Elsey

Board 13
Ross Lowe v Lewis Venes
Dyson Parody v Brandonn Monk
Alan Derrett v Ian Moss

Board 14
Steve Haggerty v Harry Lane
Carl Evans v Phil Henshaw
Jordy Terburg v Heikki Hyvonen

Board 15
Tomas Seyler v Joey Palfreyman
Matt Padgett v Andrew Kavanagh
Jimmy Chojnowski v Jason Marriott

Board 16
Prakash Jiwa v Chris Mason
Simon Weston v Ian Lever

mdwexford

Pity Mardle didn't give it a go.

Like to see Gurney get one.

ArmaniJeanss

Format is random draw each day amongst the 300 contestants.
Knockout all the way, those that get to the semi-finals each day win a tour card, and don't have to particapate further.

All players are rewarded points for reaching last 8/16/32/64 etc.
The top 9 non-qualifiers (i.e. those who didn't reach a semifinal) under the points system also get a tour card.

Would love to see it, it must be pressurised in a way you just don't get at other events. I'd say you could cut the air.

Kingp35

Gurney wins his first round game. Campbell Jackson, Martin Murphy and Ryan Maher lost.

Max Hopp, Dave Ladley Steve Maish, Peter Evison, Peter Manley and Carlos Rodrigiez are all out already.

EDIT: Add Barrie Bates and Par Riihonen to the list of First Round losers

Second Round

Board 1
Kevin McDine 6-2 David Pallett
Mark Lawrence 6-4 Adam Hunt
Darrell Claydon 6-4 Darren Cotterell
Darren Ward 6-4 Scott Coleman

Board 2
Steve Coote 6-5 Jason Hogg
Mark Cox 6-4 Yoshan Roxy Iyer
Aaron Dingivan v Manuel Croskery
Andrew Johnson v Chris Thompson

Board 3
Stuart White 6-3 Ryan Harrington
Andy Pearce 6-2 Davyd Venken
Mark Ashby v Chris Allen
Joe Bata v Kevin Thomas

Board 4
David Dodds 6-2 Scott MacKenzie
Paul Amos v Brett Claydon
Charl Pietersen v David Murphy (Wexford)
Ian Walters v Pete Dyos

Board 5
Lee Bryant 6-4 Matthew Waddoups
Matthew Medhurst 6-5 Mike Veitch
Stuart Dutton 6-2 Tony Tasker
Ben Songhurst v Alex Roy

Board 6
Ian Jopling 6-4 Paul Hannaway
Daryl Gurney 6-2 Oliver Stell
Mike Norton v Darren Johnson
Vernon Sheppard v Mark Stephenson

Board 7
Dave Charnock 6-5 Mark Forman
Hugo Deysel 6-5 Steven Cupitt
Brandon Walsh v Jyhan Artut
Neville Roberts v Jonathan Worsley

Board 8
Andrew Hibbert 6-5 Richard Foster
Carl Minter v Joshua Carter
James Forster v Jamie Robinson
Ryan De Vreede v Jani Haavisto

Board 9
Ken MacNeil 6-0 Simon McCall
Dan Russell 6-1 Tom Martin
Mark Pritchard 6-4 Lee Saville
Jason Wilson v Robert Wagner

Board 10
Mark Frost 6-5 Ronny Huybrechts
Daniel Day 6-2 Wouter Vaes
Richie Winpenny v Dafydd Edwards
Jake Patchett v Andree Welge

Board 11
Peter Martin 6-4 John Court
Michael Blake 6-0 Jack Morris
Darron Brown v Edwin Max
Matthew Dicken v Dave Weston

Board 12
Simon Craven 6-4 Simon Burt
Josh Pinder 6-3 Anthony West
Martyn Turner v Jamie Ellam
Lee Palfreyman v David Copley

Board 13
Kentaro Suzuki 6-3 Joseph Heywood
Royden Lam 6-1 John Burgess
Ricky Evans 6-1 Nathan Richards
Lewis Venes 6-4 Ian Moss

Board 14
Steve Hine 6-3 Clive Lewis
Mick Todd 6-3 Danny Summers
Lee Hayes v Keith Rooney
Steve Haggerty v Heikki Hyvonen

Board 15
Veijo Viinikka 6-3 Lionel Sams
Dave Honey 6-2 Marko Kantele
Leon De Geus 6-5 Scott Taylor
Joey Palfreyman v Andrew Kavanagh

Board 16
Mick Taylor 6-1 Terry Hayes
Jamie Atkins 6-3 Sam Hamilton
Josh Jones 6-3 Lee Whitworth
Jon Farmer v Chris Mason

Kingp35

Daryl Gurney is through to Round 4 so far, as is Kevin McDine.

Chris Mason yet to play his third round game.

sc86

mcdine is some athlete

sc86

sc86 wrote: »

mcdine is some athlete

I actually really like him! He seems to smile a lot.

Thought he'd be...I dunno...nearer the top table.

sc86

Deleted User wrote: »

I actually really like him! He seems to smile a lot.

Thought he'd be...I dunno...nearer the top table.

first at the table

I think his weight seems to fluctuate, which can't help his throw.

Twice beyond the group stages in the Grand Slam, once reaching the semis beating Wade with a 105 average along the way...and just couldn't get to the next level as others overtook him.

Gurney gone.

Pieterson hits a 9 darter.

sc86

Quarter-Final results (winners receive Tour Card, losers nine ranking points)

Charl Pietersen 6-5 Kevin McDine
Jyhan Artut 6-3 Vernon Sheppard
Ken MacNeil 6-2 David Copley
Ricky Evans 6-4 Veijo Viinikka

Degag

Nice seeing Ken McNeill through, saw him playing with John Part in the World Cup, seemed a pretty competant player.

Kingp35

Here are the ranking points after Day one of the Qualifying School

http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/Rankings.aspx

Another day, another bout of bloodletting.

Saw the venue on another site, it looks pretty cold and sterile, like an exam hall, heard yesterday that some had to wait up to 5 hours for their games. You'd want to be fairly strong mentally to come through it, but then again I guess that's one of the main requirements for the sport of darts.

celt262

I dont think anyone would be waiting 5 hours for a game that doesn't add up.

mackeire

celt262 wrote: »

I dont think anyone would be waiting 5 hours for a game that doesn't add up.

The first round took 4 and a half hours yesterday.

celt262

mackeire wrote: »

The first round took 4 and a half hours yesterday.

I though it was finished at 7 but i see now it went on a bit longer that that.

celt262

celt262 wrote: »

I dont think anyone would be waiting 5 hours for a game that doesn't add up.

This was on another forum yesterday, apparently from Steve Maish...

WHAT A COMPLETE JOKE.

Some guys in the venue for 5 hours AND NOT PLAYED A GAME.

Guys walking around saying even if i win a card today im not paying another £200 to play the tour just here for a jolly up and to see what the pdc set up is like.

Think there might be a few not turning up for the next 3 days lots of unhappy punters

He was less amused when someone enquired was that because he had been beaten!

ArmaniJeanss

Theres 18 boards visible in Conors picture (possibly more, but we'll go with 18).
310 entrants so the first round should be 202 byes with the other 108 playing a game reducing to 54 players leading to 54 + 202 = 256 players in round 2.

Thats 3 games per board (54/18) in the first round and 7 games per board (128/18) in the second round so I guess if you got a bye in round one and were drawn as game 7 on a board in round two then you are going to be waiting. If you are unlucky enough to have a few 6-5 games between Priestly/Pipe speedsters ahead of you then its plausible that you could have a 4 hour+ wait. 8 games at 30 minutes a game.

KevIRL

16 boards in use for tournament aj as per kingps first round draw post yesterday

ArmaniJeanss

KevIRL wrote: »

16 boards in use for tournament aj as per kingps first round draw post yesterday

Had forgot about that. So yeah with just 16 boards in play then my maths above make it even more likely to get a 4/5 hour wait.

I'm surprised they have such a rigid 'these 7 matches will be on this board' system as per kingps post. Far better to say 'these 35 matches will be on boards 1-5' and as a board becomes free move the next match onto it. So one slow game has less of a hold-up effect. Bit like multi-queueing theory in supermarkets and banks. [/nerd]

sc86

Q School round four results:

Fourth Round
Colin Fowler 6-5 Mick Todd
Rob Modra 6-5 Patrick Pace
Jani Haavisto 6-4 Prakash Jiwa
Lee Palfreyman 6-1 Lee Bryant
David Pallett 6-3 Clive Lewis
Kevin Thomas 6-2 Ricky Williams
Marc Dewsbury 6-5 Stuart White
Louis Blundell 6-3 Stephen McNally
Paul Amos 6-2 Steve Hine
Dan Russell 6-2 Ricky Sudale
Darren Johnson 6-1 Graham Hall
Daryl Gurney 6-4 Kevin Dowling
Ian Walters 6-4 Ryan Harrington
Sam Hamilton 6-4 Daniel Day
Edwin Max 6-5 Dave Place
Ewan Hyslop 6-4 Mark Lawrence

Losers receive three ranking points

celt262

Gurney should get a card now whether he wins his match now or not 9 points got cards last year.

He has his card, well done Daryl he will do well in PDC.Sixth Round
Jani Haavisto 6-4 Colin Fowler
David Pallett v Louis Blundell
Daryl Gurney 6-2 Paul Amos
Ian Walters 6-1 Edwin Max
Winners receive Tour Card
Losers receive nine ranking points

sc86

Q School round five results:

Colin Fowler 6-2 Rob Modra
Jani Haavisto 6-5 Lee Palfreyman
David Pallett 6-4 Kevin Thomas
Louis Blundell 6-1 Marc Dewsbury
Paul Amos 6-4 Dan Russell
Daryl Gurney 6-2 Darren Johnson
Ian Walters 6-0 Sam Hamilton
Edwin Max 6-5 Ewan Hyslop
Losers receive five ranking points

KevIRL

Gurney wins card, well done him

Sixth Round
Jani Haavisto 6-4 Colin Fowler
Louis Blundell 6-5 David Pallett
Daryl Gurney 6-2 Paul Amos
Ian Walters 6-1 Edwin Max

mdwexford

Good to see, he could make a big impact over the next couple of years.

Kingp35

Fair play to him, if he tightens up on his doubles he could make a big impact. I'm glad Haavisto got a card too as he looks like a good player.

Now I'm waiting for Chris Mason to get one!

Kingp35

Kingp35 wrote: »

Fair play to him, if he tightens up on his doubles he could make a big impact. I'm glad Haavisto got a card too as he looks like a good player.

Now I'm waiting for Chris Mason to get one!

Mason and Manley, presume Barry Hearn has his fingers and toes crossed.

Kingp35

I don't see Mason's name in the draw for today, does anyone know what's happened?

Kingp35

Chris Mason has a migraine, he hopes to be back for the final day tomorrow.

Kingp35

Great run for Campbell Jackson today. One more win and he has a Tour Card!

sc86

no chris mason this year either

Alex Roy 6-1 Ricky Williams
Steve Coote 6-2 Chris Thompson
Darron Brown 6-2 Tomas Seyler
Dylan Duo 6-4 Clive Lewis
Jon Jukes 6-4 Yoshan Roxy Iyer
Terry Temple 6-2 Harry Miles
Paul Amos 6-4 Dave Honey
Royden Lam 6-5 Lee Bryant
Matthew Dicken 6-4 Michael Blake
Joey Palfreyman 6-2 Martin Murphy
Dan Russell 6-3 Dafydd Edwards
David Pallett 6-2 Robert Wagner
Steve Haggerty 6-1 Andrew Richardson
Kevin McDine 6-3 Kirk Shepherd
Martyn Turner 6-4 Jason Hogg
Lee Whitworth 6-5 Ryan De Vreede

RICHIE26188

Kirk Shepherd beaten as well, interesting alot was expected of him a few years back

Kingp35

RICHIE26188 wrote: »

Kirk Shepherd beaten as well, interesting alot was expected of him a few years back

Kirk got a tour card as one of the 9 best losers based on ranking points over the four days.

sc86

kirk only played 2 of the 4 days aswell
so done well to get in