The Class of 2024: Progress Report

[tungsten tossers]

Lemon is the juice at the moment

[thegentle]

Lemon is the juice at the moment

Not the sexiest player, but always likely to be up there among the best of the Class of 2024. Since he had very little game time in 2023, petition to add Perez to this list?

[The Thorn]

Lemon is the juice at the moment

Not the sexiest player

Outrageous claim!

[Brainbox]

Lemon is the juice at the moment

Not the sexiest player

Ah, so that's what you care about.

[Rogg]

Lemon is the juice at the moment

Not the sexiest player, but always likely to be up there among the best of the Class of 2024. Since he had very little game time in 2023, petition to add Perez to this list?

I will keep an eye on him. He has won 5k this year. He won 3k last year.

[Rogg]

These 4 are going great. As they are all top 96 now in the main OoM, they get a bye into R2 of the UK Open. That's worth another 1k minimum.

Unless stated otherwise, Baetens has missed that cut on countback.


6500 Steve Lennon (+1250 ET)
5500 Berry van Peer (+1250 ET)
5500 James Hurrell (+1250 ET)
5000 Mario Vandenbogaerde

[Dfc180]

These 4 are going great. As they are all top 96 now in the main OoM, they get a bye into R2 of the UK Open. That's worth another 1k minimum.

Unless stated otherwise, Baetens has missed that cut on countback.


6500 Steve Lennon (+1250 ET)
5500 Berry van Peer (+1250 ET)
5500 James Hurrell (+1250 ET)
5000 Mario Vandenbogaerde

If/when Lewis pulls out does the bye happen in the 2nd round or does Baetens move up into round 2 and the bye is round 1?

[Rogg]

These 4 are going great. As they are all top 96 now in the main OoM, they get a bye into R2 of the UK Open. That's worth another 1k minimum.

Unless stated otherwise, Baetens has missed that cut on countback.


6500 Steve Lennon (+1250 ET)
5500 Berry van Peer (+1250 ET)
5500 James Hurrell (+1250 ET)
5000 Mario Vandenbogaerde

If/when Lewis pulls out does the bye happen in the 2nd round or does Baetens move up into round 2 and the bye is round 1?

I'd need to check. I believe the 'bye' will effectively replace Lewis' name in the draw.

[TheMalteseDart]

Early days but I think Lennon, Mario and van Peer are a lot more likely to continue their success on the tour (in terms of regularly cashing) and get comfortably in the Worlds where as I think Hurrell will fall back into the pack

[Rogg]

PC Tour averages of the players who started on zero and are still on zero.

Klaasen is now completely bottom, apart from the guy who hasn't played. He's not miles off though. He's lost two games 6-5 with a 91 average.


90.18 Martijn Dragt
88.78 Jeffrey de Graaf
88.39 Robert Grundy
88.21 Jelle Klaasen
- Tim Wolters

[The Thorn]

PC Tour averages of the players who started on zero and are still on zero.

Klaasen is now completely bottom, apart from the guy who hasn't played. He's not miles off though. He's lost two games 6-5 with a 91 average.


90.18 Martijn Dragt
88.78 Jeffrey de Graaf
88.39 Robert Grundy
88.21 Jelle Klaasen
- Tim Wolters

We know Jelle is a solid player however I predicted him not to keep his card.

[The Thorn]

OK thanks.

[Rogg]

These 4 are going great. As they are all top 96 now in the main OoM, they get a bye into R2 of the UK Open. That's worth another 1k minimum.

Unless stated otherwise, Baetens has missed that cut on countback.


6500 Steve Lennon (+1250 ET)
5500 Berry van Peer (+1250 ET)
5500 James Hurrell (+1250 ET)
5000 Mario Vandenbogaerde

If/when Lewis pulls out does the bye happen in the 2nd round or does Baetens move up into round 2 and the bye is round 1?

I'd need to check. I believe the 'bye' will effectively replace Lewis' name in the draw.

Or not. If Lewis withdraws before the draw is made, which he presumably will, then maybe everybody does get bumped up one place to fill in the hole.

3.6 If a player withdraws from a Premier Event before the draw for the Event has been announced by the PDC, the next highest available non-qualified player from the Order of Merit through which the withdrawn player qualified will be invited to participate in the Event. In this instance, the players ranked below the withdrawn player will all move up one place in the seedings, if appropriate.

[The Thorn]

PDC will do what they want. I don't think they can comprehend their own rules let alone any common sense

[Rogg]

There is a bad ritual involving black candles, a toad and rule 3.6.

[TheMalteseDart]

Would there even be a bye in Round 1 or will they just put the 9th Challenge Tour player in instead? Would rather that

[Rogg]

Jitse Van der Wal and Owen Bates make ET3.

[Rogg]

Not including minimum money that they will win at ET 1-4, which is shown in brackets.



6500 Steve Lennon [+1250]
5500 Berry van Peer [+1250]
5500 James Hurrell [+1250]
5000 Mario Vandenbogaerde
5000 Andy Baetens
5000 Leighton Bennett
4500 Paul Krohne
3500 Wessel Nijman
3000 Matthew Dennant
3000 Michele Turetta
2500 Rhys Griffin
2500 Nathan Rafferty
2500 Thibault Tricole
2500 Adam Hunt
2000 Chris Landman [+1250]
2000 Lukas Wenig [+2500]
2000 Brett Claydon
2000 William Borland
2000 Patrick Geeraets
1500 Haupai Puha
1500 Darren Beveridge
1500 Danny Lauby
1500 Radek Szaganski
1500 Dom Taylor
1000 Jitse Van der Wal [+1250]
1000 Owen Bates [+1250]
1000 George Killington
1000 Joshua Richardson
1000 Benjamin Drue Reus
1000 Jules van Dongen
0 Jeffrey de Graaf
0 Jelle Klaasen
0 Martijn Dragt
0 Robert Grundy
0 Tim Wolters

[Rogg]

The next ranking event is the UK Open.

5 players relevant to this thread won a bye into the first prize money round which is a good achievement for a new card holder.


Second Round
James Hurrell v Croft/Borland
Berry van Peer v Maik Kuivenhoven
Jacques Labre v Steve Lennon
Andy Baetens v Claydon/Lovely
Van der Wal/Haines v Mario Vandenbogaerde

[Rogg]

The first round opponents at the UK Open of all the other players who started the year on zero. 1k to the winners.


Christian Kist v Patrick Geeraets
Matthew Dennant v Jeffrey de Graaf
Dom Taylor v Brandon Western
Lukas Wenig v Tom Lonsdale
Leighton Bennett v Scott Mitchell
Danny Lauby v Nathan Rafferty
Owen Bates v Andy Boulton
Jules van Dongen v Thibault Tricole
Jack Male v Martin Dragt
Ashley Coleman v Tim Wolters
Brett Claydon v Thomas Lovely
Bradly Roes v Benjamin Reus
Haupai Puha v Jelle Klaasen
Jitse van der Wal v Johnny Haines
Paul Krohne v Michael Taylor
Christopher Toonders v Chris Landman
George Killington v Radek Szaganski
Harry Gregory v Rhys Griffin
Joe Croft v William Borland
Jason Hogg v Darren Beveridge
Darryl Pilgrim v Joshua Richardson
Michele Turetta v Robert Grundy
David Sumner v Wessel Nijman