Mission Recap – Development Tour Hat-Trick For Crabtree

Mission Recap – Development Tour Hat-Trick For Crabtree

Cam Crabtree opened his Development Tour title account in style with a hat-trick of tournament victories in Hildesheim recently.

The 21-year-old kicked off a dream weekend in Germany by winning Event 11, beating the Czech Republic’s Adam Gawlas 5-2 in the final.

The following day ‘Shazam’ doubled his title haul by triumphing in Event 13, battling through a trio of last-leg deciders from the last 16 to the semi-finals, before seeing off Patrik Williams 5-1 in the final.

Crabtree made it three titles in as many days with a third tournament win the next day, whitewashing Jenson Walker 5-0 in the final of Event 15 to climb up to second on the Development Tour Order of Merit.

Meanwhile, Viktor Tingstrom enjoyed his best run on the Development Tour so far in 2025 with a run to the semi-finals of Event 12.

Tavis Dudeney matched that run with a semi-final appearance in Event 13, where he was edged out in a decider by the in-form Crabtree.

A resurgent Thomas Banks made the quarter-finals of Event 14 and Yorick Hofkens showed his potential with a semi-final run in Event 15.

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The action continued in Hildesheim with the latest Players Championship double header last week.

Mike De Decker made the quarter-finals of Players Championship 15, whilst Ryan Joyce (PC15) and Dominik Gruellich (PC16) both appeared in the last 16 on separate days.

In the latest set of tour card holder qualifiers for the European Tour, Alan Soutar booked his spot in the European Darts Open (ET8) in Leverkusen at the end of this month.

Yorick Hofkens will make his European Tour debut this summer after winning through the host nation qualifiers at the weekend.

The German teenager, who turns 18 next month, bagged a spot in the Baltic Sea Darts Open (ET9) in Kiel, which takes place from July 11-13.

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Thomas Junghans has moved into the top 10 of the WDF men’s rankings after a run to the last eight of the Cyprus Classic.

The Swiss ace was beaten in the quarter-finals by Denmark’s Brian Lokken, but the ranking points earned from the run have moved ‘TJ’ up to 10th spot in the latest men’s rankings.

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Jack Tweddell leads the way in the ADC Championship Tour standings after winning Event 6 earlier this month.

On the second weekend of the season, Tweddell beat Chas Barstow 5-4 in the final of Event 6 to propel him to top spot in the rankings.

Archie Self, 15, caught the eye with a run to the quarter-finals of Event 6, where he lost out 5-3 to the eventual winner Tweddell.

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Robyn Byrne added another title to her collection with a victory in the Irish Gold Cup ladies singles at the weekend.

The former Women’s Series title winner dropped just two legs on her way to the final, where she fought back from 3-0 and 4-1 down to beat Teresa King 5-4 in a last-leg decider.

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Lex Paeshuyse made it a hat-trick of titles so far on his debut season on the JDC Advanced Tour after winning the Event 14 title on Saturday.

The reigning JDC world champion beat Mitchell Lawrie 6-5 in the final to clinch his third tournament win of the campaign.

The Belgian teenager made deep runs in all four events over the weekend, reaching the semi-finals of Event 13 and a pair of quarter-finals in Events 15 and 16.

Last year’s Advanced Tour ranking winner Archie Self made runs to the quarter-finals of Event 15 and the semi-finals of Event 16, whilst Kyle Davidson enjoyed a run to the last eight of Event 13.

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Francesco Basili signed off his youth career in Italy with a victory in the national Under-18s event of the Campionato Italiano at the weekend.

Recent JDC Foundation Tour title winner Addison Hefferon marked his senior debut for Bedfordshire with a 4-0 victory against Breconshire.

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