Ritchie Edhouse gave his hopes of qualifying for the European Championship a welcome boost after completing a European Tour qualification double last week.
‘Madhouse’ made history last October when he won the European Championship, becoming the first player from Team Mission to win a PDC major title.
Edhouse went into last week’s pair of European Tour qualifiers in the penultimate provisional spot for this year’s European Championship, but boosted his qualifying bid after winning through both of the tour card holder qualifiers in Leicester.
The reigning European champion threw back-to-back 100+ averages on his way to qualifying for next month’s Czech Darts Open (ET11), before a pair of 95 averages helped him to secure a place in the Hungarian Darts Trophy (ET12) at the end of September.
Well happy with that 👊🏻 https://t.co/KcYRWaEY3F
— Ritchie Edhouse (@RitchieEdhouse) July 31, 2025
Cam Crabtree will make his third appearance on the European Tour this year after also coming through the ET12 qualifier. ‘Shazam’ whitewashed Andy Boulton 6-0 in the final round to clinch his place in Budapest next month.
That qualification success capped off a pleasing few days in Leicester for the 21-year-old, who also reached the semi-finals of Players Championship 22.
Crabtree averaged 98.71 for the tournament as he reeled off five wins in a row, including 100 and 105 averages in victories over Michele Turetta and Steve Lennon, before bowing out 7-5 to Niels Zonneveld in the semi-finals.
3 days in Germany all done! Was in good form following the UKDA pairs title win with @SmashLukeman180
— Cam Crabtree (@180crabtree) July 31, 2025
My second ever protour semi final, a second round lost, a second round ETQ loss and then qualifying for ET12. Budapest on my birthday, there are worst ways to spend your 22nd!
On the same day, Ryan Meikle continued his recent upturn in results with a run to the last 16, and Viktor Tingstrom enjoyed his best run on the ProTour so far by reaching the same stage as Meikle.
Wessel Nijman followed up his impressive debut at the World Matchplay with a run to the semi-finals of Players Championship 23 last week.
The Dutchman averaged 108.91 in his third-round victory over Kim Huybrechts, before his run ended in a 7-6 defeat to Germany’s Lukas Wenig in the final four.
Ryan Joyce caught the eye earlier that day with an astonishing 114.03 average in his last 16 win against Michael Flynn, before losing 6-4 to the eventual champion Jermaine Wattimena in the next round.
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Oskar Lukasiak narrowly missed out on qualifying for the PDC World Darts Championship as the PDC Nordic & Baltic (PDCNB) Pro Tour concluded in Norway on Sunday.
The Swede was in a strong position to finish in second place on the PDCNB Pro Tour Order of Merit, as he kicked off the final weekend with a run to the final of Pro Tour 11 on the Saturday.
Lukasiak was beaten 6-4 by the Order of Merit leader Andreas Harrysson in the final and, after losing in the last 16 of Pro Tour 12 the next day, was edged out of second spot at the last minute on countback after Teemu Harju went on to win the title.
The PDC tour card holder will have another chance to qualify for Ally Pally via the PDCNB route when he competes in the inaugural PDC Nordic & Baltic Championship in October. The first staging of the competition features the top 24 players on the Order of Merit, with Lukasiak qualifying as the third seed....
Yorick Hofkens closed in on the top 10 of the PDC Europe NEXT GEN rankings after a run to the final of Event 9 on Sunday.
The German teenager started the weekend with a run to the last 16 of Event 8 the previous day, before going all the way to the Event 9 final, where he was beaten 6-3 by former PDC tour card holder Daniel Klose.
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Jack Tweddell has finished top of the ADC Championship Tour rankings following the final weekend of the season in Leicester.
The 30-year-old made a pair of last 16s on Saturday, before runs to the final and semi-finals on the last day helped him finish more than 200 points clear at the top of the rankings.
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Lex Paeshuyse returned to the winners’ circle on the WDF youth circuit with a victory in the Antwerp Open at the weekend.
The 13-year-old defeated Mason Teese 4-1 in the final to clinch the title, while in the Belgium Open his bid for a home double was ended in the quarter-finals after losing 4-3 to the eventual champion Mitchell Lawrie.
Lex Paeshuyse picked up his second WDF ranking title at yesterday's Antwerp Open.
— WDF Darts (@DartsWDF) August 3, 2025
The 13-year-old sensation beat Bradley van der Velden in the semi-finals before defeating Mason Teese 4-1 in a rematch of last year's Youth World Masters final.
📸: Evert Zomer pic.twitter.com/VFWfHerUzt
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Aryaveer Chokhani will be representing India in the JDC World Cup of Darts in Gibraltar later this year after completing a clean sweep of tournament wins at the weekend.
‘The Explosion’ won all three events held in Surat to clinch his place in the team in style. The 15-year-old will also represent his country and school in the International Darts School League Championship in Portsmouth in November.
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