PDC Development Tour Day 1 Roundup – Maiden Tour Titles For Colley and Kay

The PDC Development Tour was back today for the first time in 2021 in both the UK and Germany. However, this year due to the ongoing travel restrictions because of the COVID19 pandemic, the PDC Development Tour has been split for the first time.

Today saw the first of three days of action with two events on each of the days.

Milton Keynes hosted the UK side of the Development Tour, and we saw maiden titles for both Reece Colley and Keelan Kay.

Colley defeated Dom Taylor in the final after defeating Ted Evetts (4-0), Justin Hewitt (5-2), Cameron Anderson (5-2), and Taylor. Taylor made it to the final once more, but Kay denied him for the second time. He defeated Joe Davis (4-0), Conor Heneghan (5-3), and Liam Meek in the latter rounds (5-3)

Niedernhausen in Germany was the host of the European Development Tour.

As the first European race completed on Friday afternoon, Jurjen van der Velde, a former JDC World Champion, added his first Development Tour championship.

Bradly Roes (5-2), Mark Tabak (5-0), Damian Mol (5-3), Robin Radloff (4-0), Roman Benecky (4-2), Marvin van Velzen (4-0), and Adrian Dorzbacher were all defeated by Van der Velde (4-0).

After defeating Jeroen Mioch in the final, Rusty-Jake Rodriguez won his second tour title. His route to the final consisted of wins over Brent Plaisier (4-3), Tomas Houdek (5-3) and Maikel Verberk (5-4) in the latter stages.

Rodriguez won an event on the Development Tour in 2017 and has continued to shine this season on the ProTour, where he has established himself as a mainstay.

 

PDC Development Tour Day 1 Roundup - Maiden Tour Titles For Colley and Kay
PDC Development Tour Day 1 Roundup – Maiden Tour Titles For Colley and Kay

Results

Results PDC UK Development Tour 1
Last 16

Jordan Boyce 4 – 1 Jordan Ward
Cameron Anderson 4 – 2 Lewis Gurney
Reece Colley 4 – 0 Ted Evetts
Justin Hewitt 4 – 3 William Blackwell
Joshua Richardson 4 – 2 Liam Meek
Rory Jolly 4 – 3 Jake Fewell
Bradley Brooks 4 – 2 Daniel Perry
Dom Taylor 4 – 2 Jaikob Selby-Rivas

Quarter-Finals

Cameron Anderson 5 – 1 Jordan Boyce
Reece Colley 5 – 2 Justin Hewitt
Joshua Richardson 5 – 1 Rory Jolly
Dom Taylor 5 – 2 Bradley Brooks

Semi-Finals

Reece Colley 5 -2 Cameron Anderson
Dom Taylor 5 – 3 Joshua Richardson

Final

Reece Colley 5 – 3 Dom Taylor

Results PDC European Development Tour 1
Last 16

Bradly Roes 4 – 2 Joey de Jong
Maikel Verberk 4 – 1 Levy Frauenfelder
Mike van Duivenbode 4 – 3 Niels Zonneveld
Gian van Veen 4 – 2 Kevin Luhr
Damian Mol 4 – 3 Bertus Herks
Jurjen van der Velde 4 – 0 Robin Radloff
Joshua Hermann 4 – 2 Alexander Draisbach
Mark Tabak 4 – 0 Danny Jansen

Quarter-Finals

Bradly Roes 5 – 4 Maikel Verberk
Gian van Veen 5 – 3 Mike van Duivenbode
Jurjen van der Velde 5 – 3 Damian Mol
Mark Tabak 5 – 4 Joshua Hermann

Semi-Finals

Bradly Roes 5 – 2 Gian van Veen
Jurjen van der Velde 5 – 0 Mark Tabak

Final

Jurjen van der Velde 5 – 2 Bradly Roes

PDC UK Development Tour Event Two
Last 16

Leighton Calder 4 – 3 Lewis McGuigan
Dom Taylor 4 – 1 Alex Jacques
Bradley Coltman 4 – 2 Joe Usher
Fred Box 4 – 1 Cameron Anderson
Keelan Kay 4 – 0 Joe Davis
Conor Heneghan 4 – 3 Keane Barry
Nathan Rafferty 4 – 3 Joshua Richardson
Liam Meek 4 – 3 Daniel Jones

Quarter-Finals

Dom Taylor 5 – 3 Leighton Calder
Fred Box 5 – 3 Bradley Coltman
Keelan Kay 5 – 3 Conor Heneghan
Liam Meek 5 – 3 Nathan Rafferty

Semi-Finals

Dom Taylor 5 – 0 Fred Box
Keelan Kay 5 – 3 Liam Meek

Final
Keelan Kay 5 – 4 Dom Taylor

PDC European Development Tour Event Two Results
Last 16

Niko Springer 4-1 Viani Van den bergh
Youri Brouwer 4-3 Mike van Duivenbode
Joost Geurts 4-2 Robert Kef
Jeroen Mioch 4-2 Marcel Gerdon
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 4-3 Brent Plaisier
Tomas Houdek 4-0 Joshua Hermann
Sebastian Bialecki 4-1 Damian Mol
Maikel Verberk 4-0 Robin Beger

Quarter-Finals

Niko Springer 5-3 Youri Brouwer
Jeroen Mioch 5-2 Joost Geurts
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 5-3 Tomas Houdek
Maikel Verberk 5-4 Sebastian Bialecki

Semi-Finals

Jeroen Mioch 5-2 Niko Springer
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 5-4 Maikel Verberk

Final

Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 5-3 Jeroen Mioch