PDC Development Tour Day 3 Roundup – Rodriguez dominates EU as UK titles shared around

Rusty-Jake Rodriguez picked up his 2nd and 3rd titles of the week as he swept day 3 in Niedernhausen, adding to his event 2 title.

The young Austrian produced a stunning day of darts that would not have looked out of place on the Pro Tour, dropping a combined 8 legs from the quarter finals onwards.

In event 5 Rodriguez dropped just 7 legs on his way to the title, with the highlight being a 105 average as he won to nil against Joshua Hermann.
The 100+ averages didn’t stop there either, as Mike Van Duijvenbode was on the receiving end of another, before Rodriguez brushed aside Niels Zonneveld in the final 5-0!
Rusty-Jake saved his best performance in event 6 for the final, where he went over the ton mark yet again, averaging 101.19 to beat Niko Springer.

In Milton Keynes, Nathan Rafferty and Bradley Brooks became the 5th and 6th different winners on the UK development tour this season.

Rafferty picked up his 3rd career title by white-washing Daniel Perry in the final, after previously beating 5 other Englishmen on the day.
That list included Ted Evetts and the reigning world youth champion Bradley Brooks.

But it was Brooks who had the final say, as he ensured he didn’t leave Milton Keynes empty-handed in superb fashion. Lewis Williams, Joe Davis and Keane Barry all attempted to stop Brooks before the final to no avail before Ted Evetts fell at the final hurdle.

Results

PDC UK Development Tour Event FIVE 
Quarter-Finals
Cameron Anderson 5-2 Alex Jacques
Nathan Rafferty 5-1 Bradley Brooks
Justin Smith 5-0 Adam Dee
Daniel Perry 5-2 Jarred Cole

Semi-Finals
Nathan Rafferty 5-4 Cameron Anderson
Daniel Perry 5-2 Justin Smith

Final
Nathan Rafferty 5-0 Daniel Perry

PDC European Development Tour FIVE
Quarter-Finals
Gillian Koehoorn 5-2 Kevin Luhr
Niels Zonneveld 5-4 Tomas Houdek
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 5-2 Geert Nentjes
Mike van Duivenbode 5-3 Tobias Scheifl

Semi-Finals
Niels Zonneveld 5-4 Gillian Koehoorn
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 5-1 Mike van Duivenbode

Final
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 5-0 Niels Zonneveld

PDC UK Development Tour Event SIX
Quarter-Finals
Conor Heneghan 5-4 Keelan Kay
Ted Evetts 5-3 Rhys Griffin
Bradley Brooks 5-3 Reece Colley
Keane Barry 5-2 Oliver King

Semi-Finals
Ted Evetts 5-1 Conor Heneghan
Bradley Brooks 5-2 Keane Barry

Final
Bradley Brooks 5-2 Ted Evetts

PDC European Development Tour SIX
Quarter-Finals
Jurjen van der Velde 5-2 Geert Nentjes
Niko Springer 5-1 Gian van Veen
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 5-2 Sebastian Bialecki
Kevin Doets 5-2 Jeroen Mioch

Semi-Finals
Niko Springer 5-4 Jurjen van der Velde
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 5-2 Kevin Doets

Final
Rusty Jake Rodriguez 5-1 Niko Springer