Rogg wrote:yes it is encouraging. Also the article on the previous page, showing that Benito qualified for it via a European youth qualifier, and Keegan Brown through Bournemouth Rileys. There was no youth TOUR as such in those days, just the foundations for one.Justin Credible wrote:Rogg wrote:Under-21 WC Update
http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/5axd99b4 ... -wc-update
22nd September 2010
THE eight seeds for the PDC Unicorn Under-21 World Championship have now been confirmed, while entries for the Rileys Qualifiers have passed the 700 mark.
The inaugural £30,000 tournament will culminate in the Final being played at the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace - with players from around the world having the chance to take the £10,000 first prize, and a PDC ProTour Card for 2011.
The leading eight eligible players in the PDC Order of Merit will be seeded into the Last 64 of the tournament, who will play off at the Barnsley Metrodome on Saturday November 6 down to the final.
The eight seeds have now been confirmed following the PDC ProTour events in Nuland, and are:
1. Michael van Gerwen (ranked 30)
2. Joe Cullen (74)
3. Arron Monk (86)
4. Michael Smith (91)
5. Tom Martin (204)
6. Ryan Herrington (307)
7. Tony Clark (307)
8. Sean White (307)
* Players ranked 307 are seeded ahead of Matt Gallett and Alex Tinsley on count-back.
The eight will be joined by a series of International Qualifiers - including Australia's Mitchell Clegg and PDC Europe Qualifiers Rico Dera and Dirk van Duijvenbode - and the Rileys Qualifiers.
A series of knockout qualifiers will be held in Rileys Darts Zones in October, with entries for these events having passed the 700 mark.
3 of that top 8 have gone on to success, the 4th player Monk, is debatable.
Either way 3 from 8 is a great return
Normally almost all of young players never live up to their promise or potential
you only need look at the old results from the winmau master youth champions to see how many future "stars of the game" did absolutely nothing