PDC Q-School 2021 - Feb 8th - 17th

US2 · 17-02-2021 1:57pm

Barney's back on tour, beat Benito van de pass. He's been playing better at q school than he has in his last 2 years on tour, 180s per leg and checkout percentage excellent

Kingp35 · 17-02-2021 2:00pm

I'm delighted he's back. Darts needs characters like Barney. Will be interesting to see how he gets on. He'll have to play the full tour to move up the rankings.

Queen of the Palace Sherrock finishes on 0pts.

celt262 · 17-02-2021 2:25pm

McGuirk only Irish player left in it today he beat Heneghan 6-4 in L128 just now.

peteeeed · 17-02-2021 2:36pm

Kingp35 wrote: »

I'm delighted he's back. Darts needs characters like Barney. Will be interesting to see how he gets on. He'll have to play the full tour to move up the rankings.

Queen of the Palace Sherrock finishes on 0pts.

me too , i reckon he's only back because of the collapse of the exhibition circuit which is fair enough

VillaMad · 17-02-2021 3:54pm

Gavin Carlin lost out in the last 64 and will miss out on a tour card. A victory in that match would have secured him a card.

Shane McGuirk still going and he is into the last 16. He needs to probably get to a least the last 4.

peteeeed · 17-02-2021 3:55pm

https://twitter.com/OfficialPDC/status/1362052454767034373?s=20

Zoran Lerchbacher regains his place on the PDC tour after a one-year absence from the circuit.

Dillonb3 · 17-02-2021 3:57pm

Couple of players making late charges for tour cards but will probably need to win outright. Baggish, Jim Williams and Mark Dudbridge

Kingp35 · 17-02-2021 4:14pm

Dillonb3 wrote: »

Couple of players making late charges for tour cards but will probably need to win outright. Baggish, Jim Williams and Mark Dudbridge

Scott Mitchell too. Playing very well so far today.

VillaMad · 17-02-2021 5:02pm

Shane McGuirk survives match darts to beat Liam Meek 6-5 and stay in the hunt.

celt262 · 17-02-2021 5:49pm

VillaMad wrote: »

Shane McGuirk survives match darts to beat Liam Meek 6-5 and stay in the hunt.

Out to Danny Baggish had at least 1 dart to win.

Kingp35 · 17-02-2021 5:50pm

Scott Mitchell has won a card.

Shane McGuirk just lost to Danny Baggish so missed out, It game was 5-5 with both players having 70 left. McGuirk went first but failed to take it out then Baggish took it out in 3 darts.

US2 · 17-02-2021 5:51pm

Kingp35 wrote: »

I'm delighted he's back. Darts needs characters like Barney. Will be interesting to see how he gets on. He'll have to play the full tour to move up the rankings.

Queen of the Palace Sherrock finishes on 0pts.

Shows you just how much of an achievement it was for Lisa Ashton to win a tour card.

passinginterest · 17-02-2021 6:27pm

Absolute clutch stuff from Mitchell and Baggish. Baggish has his card with anything better than a 6-2 loss in the final as far as I can tell. Amazing to have done it on the last day in the pre-Q school and again in the final Q school.

Dillonb3 · 17-02-2021 6:37pm

passinginterest wrote: »

Absolute clutch stuff from Mitchell and Baggish. Baggish has his card with anything better than a 6-2 loss in the final as far as I can tell. Amazing to have done it on the last day in the pre-Q school and again in the final Q school.

Amazing run from Baggish, proper never say die attitude. It seems to be mentioned online that he just needs to win 1 leg and he's guaranteed as Gilding or Mitchell will drop off the OOM

Wonder if Baggish is aware he just needs to win a certain number of legs instead of the final itself

Dillonb3 · 17-02-2021 6:59pm

Baggish wins the leg he needs and has a tour card. Wonder what his odds were at the start of today to get a card

boomdocker · 17-02-2021 7:34pm

Ya,fair play to Baggish
Good stuff from Mitchell too
Biggest disappointment for me was Jim Williams - seems to be the only one of the UK based top level BDO players that hasn;t made it to the PDC in the last 2 years
On the Euro qualifiers, -the Rodriguez bros both finished just outside the qualifying places
And Benito vd Pas, his form has dramatically deserted him in the last year

peteeeed · 17-02-2021 7:35pm

https://twitter.com/livedarts/status/1362104716143054848?s=20

PTH2009 · 17-02-2021 10:32pm

Even after winning the tour card it will be a long way back for RVB

Sky will go to town if he has a good run

Deeper Blue · 17-02-2021 11:17pm

Delighted for Baggish

I honestly can't see Sherrock ever getting a tour card

Degag · 17-02-2021 11:26pm

Have absolutely zero interest in Barney returning. I may be swayed a bit if he comes back with a bit of enthusiasm and quits the head shaking.

ThebitterLemon · 17-02-2021 11:38pm

Degag wrote: »

Have absolutely zero interest in Barney returning. I may be swayed a bit if he comes back with a bit of enthusiasm and quits the head shaking.

Can’t see it myself. Loved watching him initially but couldn’t stand him by the end.

Can see him giving up again and taking the easy exhibition money (when that opportunity arises again)

TbL

boomdocker · 18-02-2021 12:12am

Martin Schindler threw a 9 darter against Barney today

Scoundrel · 18-02-2021 9:59am

Serious bottle from Baggish and Mitchell yesterday they'll do just fine on the tour with that attitude and ability to play under pressure that's what it's all about in darts any of the pros can beat each other on practice boards but the ability to perform under serious pressure is what separates them.

marto501 · 18-02-2021 3:55pm

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A little harsh. She is only 26 and lost at least two of her games 6-5 in the final stage. Imo she has more ability than is given credit for. If she can play the challenge tour and do OK I think she'll get the tour card in the next couple of years.

boomdocker · 18-02-2021 6:58pm

Scoundrel wrote: »

Serious bottle from Baggish and Mitchell yesterday they'll do just fine on the tour with that attitude and ability to play under pressure that's what it's all about in darts any of the pros can beat each other on practice boards but the ability to perform under serious pressure is what separates them.

I hadn't realised that Baggish went into yesterday with 0 points, so fair play to him, had to get to the final at least to have any chance

Degag · 18-02-2021 7:04pm

marto501 wrote: »

A little harsh. She is only 26 and lost at least two of her games 6-5 in the final stage. Imo she has more ability than is given credit for. If she can play the challenge tour and do OK I think she'll get the tour card in the next couple of years.

Yeah, not sure i get the dislike for her. It's not her fault that Sky hype the living ****e out of her or crowds boo her opponents unmercifully.

She seems a sound skin so certainly don't begrudge her anything. If she works on her consistency etc could easily get a card and keep it.

US2 · 18-02-2021 7:27pm

She won nothing of note in the BDO, failed to do qualify for the grandslam and world's against her fellow women. Failed miserably at Q school 3 years in a row. Failed on the challenge tour. She played 2 good games in her life where her opponent was jeered and whistled at, causing them to miss stupid amounts of doubles .

She's not very good

Dillonb3 · 18-02-2021 9:00pm

She's still a long way from getting a tour card. She can throw a good 90's average game but drop into a low 80 or 70's straight after (first day of the second phase when she bet Scott Mitchell is a classic example)

Compare that to a load of players who didn't get a tour card but still maintained 80/90 averages throughout the days. She'll need to develop a lot more consistency to her game.

I'd blame sky/media for all the hype she gets!

On another note it's a bit disappointing that none of the Irish guys picked up tour cards especially after the positive performance on the first day.

Deeper Blue · 19-02-2021 12:01am

marto501 wrote: »

A little harsh. She is only 26 and lost at least two of her games 6-5 in the final stage. Imo she has more ability than is given credit for. If she can play the challenge tour and do OK I think she'll get the tour card in the next couple of years.

I'm not talking exclusively about her ability - I think the hype around her will weigh on her shoulders and put more and more pressure on her with each passing year. Would be great to see her get one though.

Kingp35 · 19-02-2021 9:52am

US2 wrote: »

She won nothing of note in the BDO, failed to do qualify for the grandslam and world's against her fellow women. Failed miserably at Q school 3 years in a row. Failed on the challenge tour. She played 2 good games in her life where her opponent was jeered and whistled at, causing them to miss stupid amounts of doubles .

She's not very good

I have to agree with this. I was a little surprised she got through Stage 1 of Q-School. I agree with others it's not really her fault though, Sky have hyped it her to a level way above her ability.

She may get one in the future but she needs to play all Challenge Tour events to try and improve her consistency.

US2 · 19-02-2021 10:48am

They're using Q school order of merit for UK open, does that mean Shane Mcguirk and Martin Hennegan qualify for that ?

Disappointed no irish won a card but we have Keane barry to start on tour, with the resurgence of Lennon and hopefully Willie can get back to his best could be a great year.

Looking foward to seeing how Dolan does this year with his new throw speed after the excellent game against price in December.

PTH2009 · 19-02-2021 5:50pm

Can any Tom Dick or Sally enter Q school or do you have fall under certain criteria ?

Healio · 19-02-2021 6:11pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

Can any Tom Dick or Sally enter Q school or do you have fall under certain criteria ?

from: https://www.pdc.tv/news/2020/12/11/2021-pdc-qualifying-schools-information-confirmed

Entry, costing £450 per player (which includes £50 DRA sanction fee), will be available from 0900 GMT on Monday December 14 and can be made through PDC Tournament Entry System.

Players who have not previously played in PDC events will be required to Register with this system before being able to enter. Players who competed in PDC events in 2019 or 2020 will use the same login details for this system at this link.

The entry deadline will be 1400 GMT on Monday January 4 2021. Entry will be limited to a maximum for 512 players per venue for First Stage.

Following your confirmed entry, the PDPA will contact you via your registered email address to complete your PDPA Membership.

Players who do not win a PDC Tour Card will become PDPA Associate Members and be eligible to compete on the PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour in 2021.

The 2021 Challenge Tour will feature a minimum of eight events before the end of June 2021, with details of further events and all dates to be confirmed on entry.

Players wishing to compete in Qualifying School are advised not to book non-refundable hotels or travel at present; further details will be confirmed to players in due course.

Players from the UK, Republic of Ireland and Gibraltar shall play in the UK Q School. Players from all other European Nations shall play in the European Q School. Players from other nations may choose in which Q School to participate.

PTH2009 · 19-02-2021 9:24pm

Healio wrote: »

from: https://www.pdc.tv/news/2020/12/11/2021-pdc-qualifying-schools-information-confirmed

Entry, costing £450 per player (which includes £50 DRA sanction fee), will be available from 0900 GMT on Monday December 14 and can be made through PDC Tournament Entry System.

Players who have not previously played in PDC events will be required to Register with this system before being able to enter. Players who competed in PDC events in 2019 or 2020 will use the same login details for this system at this link.

The entry deadline will be 1400 GMT on Monday January 4 2021. Entry will be limited to a maximum for 512 players per venue for First Stage.

Following your confirmed entry, the PDPA will contact you via your registered email address to complete your PDPA Membership.

Players who do not win a PDC Tour Card will become PDPA Associate Members and be eligible to compete on the PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour in 2021.

The 2021 Challenge Tour will feature a minimum of eight events before the end of June 2021, with details of further events and all dates to be confirmed on entry.

Players wishing to compete in Qualifying School are advised not to book non-refundable hotels or travel at present; further details will be confirmed to players in due course.

Players from the UK, Republic of Ireland and Gibraltar shall play in the UK Q School. Players from all other European Nations shall play in the European Q School. Players from other nations may choose in which Q School to participate.

Id say a few lads go over for the jolly in normal times

thebronze14 · 25-02-2021 6:42pm

Sure some German lad averaged 33 I think it was in one of his matches. More money than sense

PDC Q-School 2021 - Feb 8th - 17th

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