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Williams and Campbell secure PDC Tour Cards after topping Challenge Tour Order of Merit

PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit following Event Six

Jamie Shaw in Challenge Tour 09 Aug 2021
Jim Williams celebrates (Photo by Lawrence Lustig/PDC)

Jim Williams leads the way at the top of the UK Challenge Tour Order of Merit following the first six events of the season.

Former BDO world finalist Williams claimed the Event Two title in Milton Keynes on Friday and was a runner-up in Event Three the following day.

The Welshman then reached the Quarter-Finals of both Event Four and Event Six, racking up a total of £3,700 in prize money across the weekend.

Williams is £400 clear of Adam Smith-Neale in second, with the 2018 World Masters champion having won Event Four after finishing runner-up in Event Two.

Shaun McDonald occupies third spot courtesy of his victory in Event Five, while Darren Beveridge follows in fourth after winning Event One.

Canada’s Matt Campbell tops the European Challenge Tour Order of Merit and is more than £1,500 clear of Belgium’s Kenny Neyens going into the second batch of events.

The leading player from both the UK and European Challenge Tour Order of Merit will secure a PDC Tour Card for 2022/23 and a place in the 2021/22 World Darts Championship.

The UK Challenge Tour resumes in Milton Keynes for Events 7-12 from September 3-5, alongside the European Challenge Tour in Niedernhausen the same weekend.

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UK Challenge Tour Order of Merit

1Jim Williams£3,700
2Adam Smith-Neale£3,300
3Shaun McDonald£2,600
4Darren Beveridge£2,350
5Jamie Clark£2,300
6Jim McEwan£2,250
7Gavin Carlin£1,800
8Martin Thomas£1,300
9Carl Beattie£1,250
10Ryan Palmer£1,000
11Nathan Girvan£1,000
12Kevin Burness£1,000
13Carl Wilkinson£850
14Robert Owen£850
15Colin Osborne£800
16Kyle Richardson£800
17Ryan Furness£800
18Connor Scutt£800
19Lewis Pride£750
20Nathan Rafferty£700
21Robert Thornton£650
22Mike Warburton£650
23Keelan Kay£650
24Tony Newell£650
25Chas Barstow£600
26Ryan Harrington£600
27Adam Mould£600
28Conan Whitehead£600
29Kevin Garcia£500
30Graham Usher£500
31Matthew Dennant£500
32Richard North£500
33Nick Fullwell£500
34Reece Robinson£450
35Nicholas Bell£450
36John Imrie£450
37Robbie Ellis£400
38Jamie Robinson£400
39Steve Hine£400
40Stu Wilson£400
41Thomas Lovely£400
42James Richardson£400
43Wayne Morgan£350
44Robert Collins£350
45Lee Cocks£350
46John Bowles£350
47Richie Burnett£350
48Dom Taylor£350
49Chris Quantock£350
50John O’Shea£300
51Dan Read£300
52Darren Johnson£300
53Lee Davies£300
54Aden Kirk£300
55Justin Smith£300
56Liam Meek£300
57Ross MacDougall£250
58Alan Norris£250
59Sam Booth£250
60Scott Taylor£250
61Kevin McDine£250
62Owen Maiden£250
63Lee Evans£250
64Stephen Burton£250
65Daniel Lauby£250
66David Ladley£250
67Luke Smith£250
68Dave Prins£250
69Barrie Bates£250
70Niall Culleton£250
71Sam Cankett£250
72Shane McGuirk£250
73Jaikob Selby-Rivas£200
74Cameron Menzies£200
75Killian Heffernan£200
76Neil MacDougall£200
77Prakash Jiwa£200
78Fallon Sherrock£200
79Coby Jones-Swanson£200
80Sam Ward£200
81Scott Williams£200
82Charlie Symons£200
83Nathan Derry£200
84Martyn Turner£200
85Mike Norton£200
86Andy Jenkins£200
87Ryan Hogarth£200
88Robert Rickwood£150
89Scott Hope£150
90Ben Quenby£150
91Joe Davis£150
92Wes Newton£150
93Adrian Devine£150
94Paul Mitchell£150
95A.J. Urmston-Toft£150
96Diogo Portela£150
97Stephen Gallimore£150
98Rhys Griffin£150
99Antony Allen£150
100Tony Procter£150
101Reece Colley£150
102Daniel Day£150
103Mark Lawrence£150
104Dean Jones (Wales)£150
105Rhys Hayden£150
106Chris Craven£100
107Jamie Durrant£100
108Darren Armstrong£100
109Lloyd Pennell£100
110Lorraine Winstanley£100
111Matt Padgett£100
112Adam Huckvale£100
113Kelvin Hart£100
114Neilie Brouder£100
115Philip Borthwick£100
116Scottie Walters£100
117Ben Hazel£100
118Greg Ritchie£100
119Jack Neary£100
120Matt Jackson£100
121Adrian Gray£100
122Gary Stafford£100
123Graham Vernon£100
124Jason Gallagher£100
125Jason Askew£100
126David Neads£100
127Ian Jopling£100
128Scott Marsh£100
129Sean Fisher£100
130Alex Long£100
131David Pallett£100
132Ian Mackenzie£100
133Stuart White£100
134Matt Clark£50
135Michael Baker£50
136Steve Earley£50
137Anthony Brown£50
138Craig Searle£50
139Justin Hood£50
140Scott Baker£50
141Anastasia Dobromyslova£50
142Bradley Holme£50
143Glenn Gibson£50
144Jake Carter£50
145James Bishop (Reading)£50
146Stephen McNally£50
147Brian Hallas£50
148Coni Singh Nagi£50
149Curtis Turner£50
150Frankie Ansell£50
151Jason Hogg£50
152Kenneth Matthews£50
153Luke Ely£50
154Michael Barnard£50
155Steven Bradley£50
156Derek Coulson£50
157Josh McCarthy£50
158Simon McCall£50
159Arron Monk£50
160Luke Hardy£50
161Martin Green£50
162Stuart Reeve£50

European Challenge Tour Order of Merit

PositionNameTotal Prize Money
1Matt Campbell£4,550
2Kenny Neyens£3,000
3Rowby-John Rodriguez£2,900
4Steven Noster£2,800
5Kevin Doets£2,150
6Lukas Wenig£2,050
7Richard Veenstra£1,650
8Toni Alcinas£1,450
9Ricardo Pietreczko£1,350
10Mario Vandenbogaerde£1,300
11Jitse van der Wal£1,250
12Gino Vos£1,200
13Christian Kist£1,150
14Luc Peters£1,050
15Ronny Huybrechts£1,000
16Chris Landman£1,000
17Damian Mol£900
18Rusty-Jake Rodriguez£900
19Marcel Erba£900
20Jimmy Hendriks£850
21Wesley Plaisier£850
22Rene Eidams£750
23Maikel Verberk£750
24Thomas Junghans£700
25Davy Proosten£700
26Johan Engstrom£700
27Kevin Blomme£650
28Jose Justicia£650
29Danny van Trijp£600
30Patrick Bulen£600
31Gary Mawson£600
32Francois Schweyen£550
33Niko Springer£550
34Franz Roetzsch£550
35Moreno Blom£500
36Thibault Tricole£500
37Brian Raman£450
38Michael Rasztovits£400
39Jeffrey Van Egdom£400
40Jerry Hendriks£400
41Gillian Koehoorn£400
42Stefan Bellmont£400
43Robbie Knops£400
44Dennie Olde Kalter£350
45Patrick Plotz£350
46Ryan de Vreede£350
47Stefan Nilles£350
48Sebastian Bialecki£350
49Pero Ljubic£350
50Eduard Szabo£350
51Andreas Toft Jorgensen£300
52Sebastian Steyer£300
53Patrick van den Boogaard£300
54Vincent van der Meer£300
55Jeremy van der Winkel£300
56Owen Roelofs£300
57Arjan Konterman£300
58Joshua Hermann£250
59Lorenzo Pronk£250
60Marcel Gerdon£250
61Erik Tautfest£250
62Tom Veje Kristensen£250
63Adis Ljubijankic£250
64Jens Kniest£200
65Cedric Waegemans£200
66Philip Van Gasse£200
67Danny Jansen£200
68Daniele Petri£200
69Roberto Vandaele£200
70Sebastian Keine£200
71Marko Puls£200
72Tobias Hoentsch£200
73Thomas Kohnlein£200
74Kevin Van Wauwe£200
75Sergio Krassen£200
76Jeroen Mioch£200
77Christian Bunse£200
78Georgios Nanos£150
79Steve Wollener£150
80Tomas Ledl£150
81Ivan Springborg Poulsen£150
82Marco Obst£150
83Kevin Luhr£150
84Jens Ziegler£150
85Dominik Thiel£150
86Alex Flohr£150
87Julian Zwergel£150
88Niels-Joergen Hansen£150
89Kevin Costantini£150
90Gian van Veen£150
91Kai Gotthardt£150
92Remo Mandiau£100
93Nic Mueller£100
94Leo Hendriks£100
95Jonathan Parvaneh£100
96Michael Hahn£100
97Michal Smejda£100
98Marvin van Velzen£100
99Sandor Ballo£100
100Dustin Straver£100
101Gijsbert van Malsen£100
102Jean-Pierre Delcourt£100
103Karel Papezik£100
104David Rosi£100
105Joel Breitenmoser£100
106Maikel Venema£100
107Claus Bendix Nielsen£100
108Martijn Dragt£100
109Benito van de Pas£100
110Michael Seemann£100
111Marcel Althaus£50
112Sebastian Pohl£50
113Simeon Heinz£50
114Arsen Ballaj£50
115Joey de Jong£50
116Michael Stoeten£50
117Miro Seemann£50
118Daniel Klose£50
119Eric Boyer£50
120Mario Brescakovic£50
121Felix Kleeberg£50
122Jan Dekker£50
123Rene Kruit£50
124Veniamin Symeonidis£50