The was a Team360 winner on the Development Tour as Jurjen Van der Velde claimed the spoils in
event four of the opening weekend in Milton Keynes. Prior to his victory the young Dutchman had
reached a pair of last 32’s before losing out to tour card holders in Gian Van Veen and Nathan
Rafferty.
Event four would be the time for young Jurjen to shine and after breezing through the early rounds
he would defeat two-time Women’s World Champion Beau Greaves to reach the last 16. 5-0 and 5-1
one wins would follow as he found himself in a final meeting with Leighton Bennett. He would have
the final all his own way, whitewashing the former JDC star to get off the mark in this year’s
Development Tour.
Fabian Tapner would reach his board final in the same event where Van der Velde was steaming
through the competition. Connor Hopkins got out of the opening round in four of the five events, his
only opening loss coming to Beau Greaves. The Welshman also secured a win over UK Open
debutant Jenson Walker.
There was a quarter-final run for the ever impressive Nathan Potter as he set about making his mark
on the Development Tour. He defeated Nathan Rafferty and Owen Maiden prior to losing a deciding
leg against Nathan Stephenson. Riley Rees-Tucker would reach his board final in event three, losing
out to former MODUS weekly winner Anton Ostlund.
Adding to the list of Team360 representatives in Milton Keynes were Cayden Smith, Keelan Kay and
Adam Dee. Smith reach the last 64 on the Saturday afternoon having earlier reach his board final on
the Friday. Irishman Dee would reach his board final in the opening event but this would be the
pinnacle of his weekend. There would be a last 16 run for South-West thrower Kay as he was
defeated by Gian Van Veen in event four, the Plymouth thrower also avoided defeat in four out of
his five opening matches at the weekend.
Away from the Development Tour there would be a quarter-final run in an ADC Vault event for
Hannah Meek and another win for new recruit Jack Nankervis. Team 360’s newest star went all the
way in his local vault even averaging over 100 in one of his group stage matches.
As featured in Brown’s Bar weekly, there would be a final appearance for Cori Wiltshire in the
DartsAsylum Open. After putting in some excellent display’s he was eventually defeated in the final
by an inspired John Brown. The final piece of news comes from Gibraltar, as Nico Bado clinched the
third Gibraltar ranking title of the season. This places him at the summit of the local youth rankings
and puts him in line to represent his country in the World and Europe Cups.
BY JOSH GREE
