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Dutchman doubles tally on 2026's opening Development Tour weekend originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Jurjen Van der Velde doubled his weekend title tally on Saturday, whilst Jack Drayton also enjoyed success, with the pair winning Development Tour Events Three & Four respectively, as the opening weekend of the 2026 PDC’s Youth Tour season continued at the Mattioli Arena, Leicester.
Van der Velde – the winner of Friday’s Event One – went all the way once again as he reached the final of Event Three firstly by recording victories against Ibteshamul Chowdhury, Jack Lilley, Anthony Murray, Matthew Gallivan-Piles, Tyler Thorpe, Yorick Hofkens, Finn Behrens and Charlie Stocks, to set up a clash with Charlie Manby.
The final began with three straight holds of throw before the first break came from Van der Velde in Leg Four with a 13 darter before following it up with a 14 dart hold to move 4-1 ahead and within one of victory. Manby did pull two legs back before Van der Velde sealed the victory in Leg Eight with a 17 darter to pick up a second title in 24 hours as well as collecting the £3,000 first prize.
In Event Four, Jack Drayton was victorious with the Englishman reaching the final firstly by recording victories against Dan Outwin, Ben Townley, Dylan Quinn, Ieuan Halsall, Lleyton Molyneux, Niclas Wierling, Beau Greaves and David Fidler, to set up a clash with Holland’s Angelo Balsamo.
The final began with Drayton racing into a 4-0 lead with winning legs coming in 18,18,23 and 16 darts respectively before Balsamo ended the drought by picking up his first leg of the tie in Leg Five with a 17 dart hold of throw. This ultimately resulted in being the Dutchman’s only leg won in the finale as Drayton sealed the victory in Leg Six with a 14 darter to pick up a maiden PDC title of his career.
The PDC Winmau Development Tour weekend concludes on Sunday with Event Five taking place in Leicester, as play commences from 10:30 GMT, with all live scores and results to be viewed at tv.dartconnect.com
PDC Winmau Development Tour
Event Three
Quarter Finals
Charlie Stocks 5-1 Henry Coates
Jurjen Van der Velde 5-4 Finn Behrens
Charlie Manby 5-4 Peter Keleman
Leon Weber 5-1 Florian Preis
Semi Finals
Jurjen Van der Velde 5-0 Charlie Stocks
Charlie Manby 5-0 Leon Weber
Final
Jurjen Van der Velde 5-3 Charlie Manby
Event Four
Quarter Finals
David Fidler 5-3 Shane de Jong
Jack Drayton 5-4 Beau Greaves
Connor Hopkins 5-3 Nunjo Dewaele
Angelo Balsamo 5-3 Sebastian Bialecki
Semi Finals
Jack Drayton 5-3 David Fidler
Angelo Balsamo 5-1 Connor Hopkins
Final
Jack Drayton 5-1 Angelo Balsamo
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