2025 Pro Tour, Euro Tour, Challenge Tour, Development Tour and Womens Series

KevIRL

Now that Q-School is over the season kicks off in earnest this weekend with the start of the Challenge tour and its first 5 events, effectively these are a kind of Q-School part 2 as the top few in the OoM will likely get invites to the early Pro Tour events of the season as replacements. The Challenge tour also offers tour cards for 2026, spots at the Worlds, UK Open and the like also for high placed finishers in the OoM. The likes of Conor Scutt, Wesley Plasier have done very well coming off the challange tour

Winmau Challenge Tour 1-2

17 January 2025 Arena MK, Milton Keynes

Winmau Challenge Tour 3-4

18 January 2025 Arena MK, Milton Keynes

Winmau Challenge Tour 5

19 January 2025 Arena MK, Milton Keynes

Winmau Challenge Tour 6-7
14 March 2025 Halle 39, Hildesheim

Winmau Challenge Tour 8-9
15 March 2025 Halle 39, Hildesheim

Winmau Challenge Tour 10
16 March 2025 Halle 39, Hildesheim

Winmau Challenge Tour 11-12

2 May 2025 Arena MK, Milton Keynes

Winmau Challenge Tour 13-14

3 May 2025 Arena MK, Milton Keynes

Winmau Challenge Tour 15

4 May 2025 Arena MK, Milton Keynes

Winmau Challenge Tour 16-17
15 August 2025 Mattioli Arena, Leicester

Winmau Challenge Tour 18-19
16 August 2025 Mattioli Arena, Leicester

Winmau Challenge Tour 20
17 August 2025 Mattioli Arena, Leicester

Winmau Challenge Tour 21-22

25 October 2025 Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan

Winmau Challenge Tour 23-24

26 October 2025 Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan

KevIRL

Some relevant changes to the Euro Tour and Development Tour. Euro Tour will now have the top 16 OoM seeded past the first round, also home nation Euro Tour PDC card holders can only play in qualifying event not both

In the Development Tour, players inside the top 64 cannot play development tour events. This will affect Keane Barry and more than likely Dylan Slevin, if in place for 2024 would have meant Keane Barry wouldnt have qualified for the worlds via the Development Tour.

The change for Development Tour and Euro qualifying makes sense and seem fair, the Euro Tour seeding, less so.

The 2025 PDC Order of Merit Rules have now been confirmed, and include seeding amendments for the World Grand Prix and European Tour.

The PDC Order of Merit Rules - which can be viewed at this link - are the operational guidelines for PDC tournaments being staged in the 2025/26 season.

A change this year will see the World Grand Prix seedings increase to 16 players.

European Tour events will now see 16 seeds from the PDC Order of Merit exempt to the last 32 for each tournament, with the first round seeing the 16 ProTour Order of Merit qualifiers drawn against the other 16 qualifiers.

From 2025, players inside the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit will not be permitted to enter Development Tour and Women's Series events.

The World Youth Championship will see two players from each group in the round-robin phase progress to compete in an expanded knockout stage, which will now be from the last 64 onwards.

KevIRL

Pro Tour events 2025

Players Championship 1

10 February 2025 Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan

Players Championship 2

11 February 2025 Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan

Players Championship 3
17 February 2025 Autotron, Rosmalen

Players Championship 4
18 February 2025 Autotron, Rosmalen

Players Championship 5

11 March 2025 Mattioli Arena, Leicester

Players Championship 6

12 March 2025 Mattioli Arena, Leicester

Players Championship 7
17 March 2025 Halle 39, Hildesheim

Players Championship 8
18 March 2025 Halle 39, Hildesheim

Players Championship 9

31 March 2025 Mattioli Arena, Leicester

Players Championship 10

1 April 2025 Mattioli Arena, Leicester

Players Championship 11
8 April 2025 Mattioli Arena, Leicester

Players Championship 12
9 April 2025 Mattioli Arena, Leicester

Players Championship 13

14 April 2025 Autotron, Rosmalen

Players Championship 14

15 April 2025 Autotron, Rosmalen

Players Championship 15
12 May 2025 Halle 39, Hildesheim

Players Championship 16
13 May 2025 Halle 39, Hildesheim

Players Championship 17

17 June 2025 Mattioli Arena, Leicester

Players Championship 18

18 June 2025 Mattioli Arena, Leicester

Players Championship 19

19 June 2025 Mattioli Arena, Leicester

Players Championship 20
8 July 2025 Mattioli Arena, Leicester

Players Championship 21
9 July 2025 Mattioli Arena, Leicester

Players Championship 22

29 July 2025 Halle 39, Hildesheim

Players Championship 23

30 July 2025 Halle 39, Hildesheim

Players Championship 24
25 August 2025 Arena MK, Milton Keynes

Players Championship 25
26 August 2025 Arena MK, Milton Keynes

Players Championship 26

9 September 2025 Halle 39, Hildesheim

Players Championship 27

10 September 2025 Halle 39, Hildesheim

Players Championship 28
30 September 2025 Mattioli Arena, Leicester

Players Championship 29
1 October 2025 Mattioli Arena, Leicester

Players Championship 30
2 October 2025 Mattioli Arena, Leicester

Players Championship 31

14 October 2025 Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan

Players Championship 32

15 October 2025 Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan

Players Championship 33
29 October 2025 Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan

Players Championship 34
30 October 2025 Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan

Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals
21 - 23 November 2025 Butlin's Minehead Resort

Kingp35

I really don't like the Euro Tour changes. Makes it much more difficult for players to break into the top 16 in the world when they are all guaranteed not only qualification but a bye to the L32 of every Euro Tour event. It all seems very unbalanced and too heavily weighted towards the big guns.

KevIRL

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123054304#Comment_123054304

Yep agree completely, they have made really crappy changes to the ET events to benefits the big names over the last 2 years.

KevIRL

Irish Challenge Tour entrants for events 1-5 this weekend. Apart from overall OoM rewards (top 2 get tour cards, place at the worlds), the leader(s) after this first few events will be the ones who act as reserves for the main tour events 1-6, there will be at least 1 reserve each event as Dom Taylor is suspended. The so called Golden ticket

Dylan Dowling

Dean Finn Forde

Michael Flynn

Conor Heneghan

Ultan McDyer

Sean McKeon

John O Shea

Patrick Quinn

Ciaran Teehan

Neilie Brouder (events 3-5)

Shane McGuirk (events 3-5)

KevIRL

CT1 is underway. Early wins for John O Shea and Conor Heneghan, but defeats for Sean McKeon, Ciaran Teehan and Patrick. Money (and ranking points) not earned until the L64 stage

Kingp35

What's happened to Ciaran Teehan? Miles off it these days.

KevIRL

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123065844#Comment_123065844

Good question. 67 average today, was 2-0 up then lost five on the bounce to lose 5-2.

Dean Finn Forde and Michael Flynn both won their L256 matches, Dylan Dowling lost a last leg decider at that stage

KevIRL

Tracking Irish players from L128 onwards for CT1, playing for points (and money) at this stage, these kick in from L64 stage

John O Shea (out L32) won his first two games 5-0. Loses to tom skyes who averaged 105

Conor Heneghan (out L32)

Ultan McDyer (out L64)

Dean Finn Forde (out L128)

Michael Flynn (out L128) loses last leg decider after being 4-2 up, had a good few darts to win the game

KevIRL

CT 1 QFs

Jarno Bottenberg v Steffan Bellmont

Simon Whitlock v Tommy Lishman

Henry Coates v Beau Greaves

Michael Unterbuchner v Mervyn King

KevIRL

Beau Greaves into SF and has averaged in the 90s for all her games today

celt262

These lads must have deep pockets or very good sponsors.

Highest Irish earner today got £200 which you would near need to be getting every day to cover expenses nevermind time of work.

Winner £2,500

Runner-Up £1,000

Semi-Finalists £750

Quarter-Finalists £500

Last 16 Losers £300

Last 32 Losers £200

Last 64 Losers £75

roosterman71

It's a hard slog for the day there. Greaves in CT1 final. She'll no sooner be finished that till she has a L256 match in CT2

KevIRL

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123066722#Comment_123066722

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123066722#Comment_123066722

Merv King loses his L512 match 5-0 in CT2 after making QF of CT1

KevIRL

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123066673#Comment_123066673

Yeah a tough slog for sure, worth remembering there are 2 events today and 5 events over the course of the weekend.

Shane McGuirk not even there today, just tomorrow and Sunday, would assume thats time off work related

KevIRL

Ciaran Teehan out L512 stage again @Kingp35. Similar story to CT1 event, 3-1 up and loses 5-3.

No joy also for Conor Heneghan, Sean McKeon and Dean Finn Forde in the early rounds.

John O Shea, Michael Flynn, Patrick Quinn and Ultan McDyer both into L128 stage however

KevIRL

Beau Greaves wins Challenge Tour event 1 beating Stefan Bellmont in the final

Kingp35

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123066812#Comment_123066812

Great for her. Hopefully she can go on a few other runs to finish high up the OOM table get into some of the upcoming pro Tour Events.

I don't think we'll be seeing Teehan on the main tour again any time soon.

Dillonb3

Fair play to Beau that she's pushing on. Think a year at the challenge tour will help her out going into Q school next year

KevIRL

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123066985#Comment_123066985

If she continues like this on Challenge Tour she wont need Q-school

KevIRL

Beau has now won events on both the Development Tour and the Challenge Tour

KevIRL

Michael Flynn the only ROI player in the money in CT 2. In L32 stage

KevIRL

No back to back for Beau, exits at L64 stage of CT2

KevIRL

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123067145#Comment_123067145

Flynn into last 16. Averages just shy of 100 to beat Jack Tweddell.

Beaten by Kevin Burness in last 16

KevIRL

CT2 QFs

Tommy Lishman v Graham Usher

Kevin Burness v Nathan Girvan

Jeffrey Sparidaans v Christopher Wickenden

Carl Sneyd v Gilbert van der Meijden

Lishman only player to make both QFs of first 2 events

KevIRL

CT2 final is Tommy Lishman v Carl Sneyd.

Sneyd wins 5-1

KevIRL

Teehan beaten 5-0 in L512 round of CT3, averaging 71. Neile Brouder also put at this stage

Sean McKeon and Conor Heneghan both come back from 4-1 down to win early round games. Patrick Quinn and Dean Finn Forde also won games at L512 stage.

John OShea, Michael flynn and Shane Mcguirk into L128 stage

KevIRL

Irish players in L128 round and playing for money and OoM points

John O Shea (out QF)

Dylan Dowling (out L16) took out 110 to win 5-4 with his opponent just having 16 left in L64 round

Michael Flynn (out L64)

Dean Finn Forde (out L64)

Conor Heneghan (out L128)

Shane McGuirk (out L64)

KevIRL

Dylan Dowling v John O Shea in last 16

O Shea wins and will play Beau Greaves in QF

KevIRL

CT3 QFs

Paul Rowley v Kevin Burness

Tom Sykes v John Henderson

John O Shea v Beau Greaves

Thomas Banks v Jimmy van Schie