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Nijman, Dobey And Humphries Share ProTour Titles In Wigan

Nijman, Dobey And Humphries Share ProTour Titles In Wigan

Alex Moss |

A WEEK IN DARTS – OCTOBER 4, 2024 – NIJMAN, DOBEY AND HUMPHRIES PICK UP TITLES IN PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP TRIPLE HEADER

Another action-packed week on the PDC ProTour has included a triple header of Players Championships and the first ever European Tour event in Switzerland. Here’s our look back at how it all unfolded...

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FIRST PDC SENIOR TITLE FOR NIJMAN

Wessel Nijman clinched his first PDC senior title after winning Players Championship 24 in Wigan on Tuesday.

The 24-year-old Dutchman, who is currently top of the Development Tour Order of Merit, beat Stephen Bunting 8-5 in the final to win his maiden title in the senior ranks.

The first year PDC tour card holder had reached a Players Championship final in July, along with a quarter-final on the European Tour in September, and continued his impressive debut season with a victory at the Robin Park Tennis Centre.

Nijman fired in ton-plus averages against Radek Szaganski, Ryan Searle and Jose De Sousa, before going on to beat Krzysztof Ratajski 6-2 in the quarter-finals and Gary Anderson 7-5 in the last four.

On Wednesday, Chris Dobey picked up his third ProTour title of the season with a victory at Players Championship 25.

In a battle of the last two Masters champions it was the 2023 winner Dobey who came out on top, seeing off Bunting 8-3 to take home the £15,000 top prize.

‘Hollywood’ averaged 100.95 for the tournament as he extended his lead at the top of the Players Championship Order of Merit.

Dobey’s run to the title included an epic 150 checkout in a last-leg decider to beat Luke Littler 6-5 in the quarter-finals, before he averaged 104 in a 7-1 thrashing of Daryl Gurney in the final four.

On Thursday, Luke Humphries won his first floor title of 2024 at Players Championship 26, coming from behind to beat Bunting 8-7 in the final.

The world number one fought back from 7-6 down to take the last two legs to win the title, as Bunting finished as the runner-up for a third day in a row.

Earlier in the day, Ritchie Edhouse recorded an astonishing 120.24 average in a whitewash 6-0 win against Graham Hall, winning legs in 12, 10, 13, 14, 15 and 11 darts.

SCHINDLER STUNS SEARLE IN BASEL

Martin Schindler produced an incredible comeback to win his second European Tour title at the Swiss Darts Trophy in Basel on Sunday.

A thrilling final saw Ryan Searle race into a 4-0 lead in his first European Tour final, before moving to the brink of victory at 7-4.

However, a dramatic finish saw ‘Heavy Metal’ miss seven match darts and a reprieved Schindler pinched the title in a last-leg decider.

It was an historic win for Schindler, who became the first German player to win multiple European Tour titles, having also won the International Darts Open back in April.

“I’m so happy to win this title,” Schindler said. “I always believed that I have the ability to come back, but I was lucky to win this one.

“Ten years ago, I was working as a steward on these events. I’ve worked very hard to get to where I am today and I’m proud of myself.

“I fancy myself to do well in the big TV events coming up, but today is just about winning this trophy. That’s all that matters to me now.”

CAROLISSEN BOOKS ALLY PALLY RETURN

South Africa’s Cameron Carolissen will make his PDC World Darts Championship return in December, after winning the African Darts Group Qualifier on Sunday.

‘The Javelin’ won through a 105-player field in Nairobi to seal his second appearance at Alexandra Palace, having made his debut in the tournament in 2020.

A gripping final of the qualifier went all the way to a deciding leg and saw both players have a chance to win.

Carolissen missed a dart at double 16 before his opponent Peter Wachiuri, from Kenya, narrowly missed double 17 for a sensational 154 checkout.

And it was Carolissen who kept his cool to hit double eight to win the qualifier and confirm his return to the biggest tournament in darts at the end of the year.

Five more international qualifiers will be confirmed this weekend through the PDC Asian Tour and DartPlayers New Zealand Qualifier.

 

Alex Moss is a content creator for Darts Corner and the co-host of the Weekly Dartscast podcast. Alex co-founded the Weekly Dartscast in 2017 and has helped produce 350+ episodes of the podcast, with their list of previous guests on the show a who’s who in the world of darts.

Alex also writes content for the Darts Corner blog, including the weekly darts news round-ups and how-to guides.

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