Darting Scoop Of The Year Number One!

[M H]

Ok, this may have been published already but I'm calling it a scoop. May not be the first scoop but a scoop nonetheless and lifted from Planet Darts.

THE Order of Merit Qualifiers for the PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship have been confirmed, and include Michael van Gerwen, Paul Barham, Joe Cullen and Under-21 World Champion Arron Monk.

The £30,000 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship will see 64 players play down to the final at Crawley's K2 Centre on Friday November 4.

The final will then be played live on Sky Sports on Thursday May 16 2012 between the semi-finals and final of the 2012 Premier League Darts at The O2 in London.

The finalists will also be invited to compete in the William Hill Grand Slam of Darts next month, and win a two-year PDC ProTour Card which includes entry fees for 2012 and 2013.

Following Saturday's 15th and final PDC Unicorn Youth Tour event, the top 28 players who have played in at least three events qualify by right to compete in Crawley.

They are headed by four-time Youth Tour event winner Michael van Gerwen, and three-time champions Paul Barham and Joe Cullen, and also include reigning Under-21 World Champion Arron Monk.

Adam Hunt, Shaun Griffiths, Ryan Harrington, Ricky Evans and Reece Robinson also won Youth Tour events during the inaugural year of the PDC Unicorn Youth Tour.

The 28 PDC Unicorn Youth Tour Order of Merit Qualifiers are:
Michael van Gerwen
Paul Barham
Joe Cullen
Shaun Griffiths
Michael Smith
Reece Robinson
Chris Aubrey
Ricky Evans
Adam Smith-Neale
Co Stompe Jnr
Ryan Harrington
Adam Hunt
Steve Haggerty
Josh Jones
Dirk van Duijvenbode
Curtis Hammond
David Coyne
Arron Monk
Sam Hill
Gino Vos
Ash Khayat
Ryan Maher
David Pallett
Jamie Lewis
Jamie Landon
Jonathan Mulley
Jimmy Hendricks
Darren Whittingham

They will be joined by 26 Rileys Qualifiers from knockouts being held in Rileys Darts Zones around the UK - with Ryan Hogarth winning the Stirling Qualifier on Sunday and the remaining events to be held this coming weekend (October 29 & 30).

Max Hopp won Sunday's German Qualifier to be the latest of the ten International Qualifiers for the tournament.

All players who have qualified will be emailed with the Players Brief of information in due course.

[Sheep Shagger]

old news old geezer

[M H]

Course it is but it's a scoop sheep shagger. Get with the program mate

[Sheep Shagger]

so a scoop is anything from anywhere no matter how old?

[M H]

so a scoop is anything from anywhere no matter how old?

That's what I've been lead to believe by Benny Boy Nick. Surely he aint wrong?

[Justin Credible]

here are the rules.

If DF mods or admin find something on the net its a scoop.
When other forums do the same its not a scoop.


Curious, when the fantastic interviews that MH did for here were "found on youtube" they never claimed it to be a scoop then,is it because they felt insecure ?

[Justin Credible]

in relation to the OP.

I think its a stupid decision.
To get to the final both players will be on form and to take a six month break is stupid.The players could be in a lull or hitting a patch of bad form six months latter and the momentum will not be there.

The kind of stupid decision I would expect from the amatuer bdo

[esotericjester]

Course it is but it's a scoop sheep shagger. Get with the program mate

Good work. Investigative journalism at its finest.

[M H]

Course it is but it's a scoop sheep shagger. Get with the program mate

Good work. Investigative journalism at its finest.

We do our best Jester

[M H]

Chris Mason is making a comeback?

We had that one ages ago Snakey and the first and only forum interviews with Olly and Barry. We must up our game.

[D & B]

Taylor beats Bristow 6 -1 to become World Champion.

[Justin Credible]

Chris Mason is making a comeback?

We had that one ages ago Snakey and the first and only forum interviews with Olly and Barry. We must up our game.

wonder if the pikey looking boy grocer calls the fantastic mason, olly croft and barry hearn interviews as scoops.

[hang the dj]

A lot of good players in that list, very open tournament

MVG, Griffiths, Barham, Cullen, Smith, Robinson - wouldn't be surprised to see any of these boys win it

[esotericjester]

Course it is but it's a scoop sheep shagger. Get with the program mate

Good work. Investigative journalism at its finest.

We do our best Jester

Your work is appreciated.

[Brett]

in relation to the OP.

I think its a stupid decision.
To get to the final both players will be on form and to take a six month break is stupid.The players could be in a lull or hitting a patch of bad form six months latter and the momentum will not be there.

The kind of stupid decision I would expect from the amatuer bdo

6 months is ridiculous, especially for a youth tournament.

Read on the other darts forum that Josh Jones (who hasnt played a youth tour event in 4 months) has quit darts to join the army so it shows how much things change with them over a couple of months let alone 6.

That said I really cant see past the top 4 names in this, 3 of which play on the pro tour already so their form shouldnt dip that much over 6 months.

[Brett]

I think the best thing about this is that I can put a face to the name of around 20 of these lads, I know that might sound a bit daft but it does go to show that the youth tour has been a success for the PDC in terms of giving the lads a bit of exposure even if it only to darts nuts initially, its a start.

On current form Barham will be a favourite to go through but with so many quality lads in there and the pressure situation anything could happen.

Very surprised that the final is being played on PL final night, pissed up arseholes galore I'd imagine.

Great idea by Mr Hearn there

Going to take a strong minded lad to not lose his nerve infront 5,000 pissed up idiots chanting "we want Taylor"