Sherrock and Thornton seal Q-School stage 2 qualification 

On Tuesday, Fallon Sherrock and Robert Thornton were among the final automatic qualifiers for the Final Stage of the 2022 PDC Qualifying Schools, while Fallon Sherrock also advanced to fight for a PDC Tour Card.

Thornton, a former World Grand Prix and UK Open champion, was one of eight players to qualify automatically for the Final Stage at the UK Qualifying School in Milton Keynes over the next four days.

Jim McEwan, Welsh duo Mike Warburton and Justin Smith, England’s George Killington, Dan Read and David Pallett, and Canada’s Jacob Taylor – who is participating outside of North America for the first time – were among those that advanced.

The four players that advanced from Group A in the European Qualifying School to clinch an automatic spot in the Final Stage included Dutch ace Chris Landman, who recently reached the second round of the World Championship.

Arjan Konterman, Danny Jansen, and Martijn Dragt, all from the Netherlands, also advanced from Group A.

With their victory in Group B, Patrick van den Boogaard and Vincent van der Meer joined Austrian Michael Rasztovits and Danish Andreas Toft Jorgensen, who also competed in the Nordic Darts Masters last year, to make it six Dutch players to advance automatically.

Sherrock, a 2021 Nordic Darts Masters finalist, and Arron Monk, a former World Youth Champion, are among the Order of Merit qualifiers from the First Stage in Milton Keynes, while emerging American Danny Lauby, along with Simon Stevenson, Kevin Burness, and Darren Johnson, topped the rankings with eight points.

Previous JDC junior stars Leighton Bennett and Josh Richardson, as well as veterans Richie Burnett and Andy Jenkins, Diogo Portela of Brazil, and former World Championship semi-finalist Jamie Lewis, advanced.

Ben Robb, who competed in the World Championship last month, missed the bull for win against Connor Scutt on Tuesday in a pivotal match that would have sent the New Zealander to the Final Stage alongside countryman Haupai Puha.

Three-time World Champion John Part, as well as former TV event finalists Wes Newton, Mark Dudbridge, Colin Osborne, and Barrie Bates, were among those who failed to qualify for the First Stage.

Past PDC ranking event champion Benito van de Pas and World Cup finalist Ronny Huybrechts were among the European Order of Merit qualifiers, as were Christian Kist and former World Championship qualifiers Nico Kurz and Rene Eidams.

Johan Engstrom of Sweden took first place with 10 points, followed by Alexander Merkx, Jimmy Hendriks, and Maikel Verberk.

2022 PDC Qualifying Schools

UK Qualifying School Stage One Day Three

Last 16

Jacob Taylor 5-4 Scott Marsh

Robert Thornton 5-4 Connor Scutt

Jim McEwan 5-1 Jordan Brooks

George Killington 5-1 Kevin Burness

Dan Read 5-2 Arron Monk

David Pallett 5-2 Simon Stevenson

Mike Warburton 5-1 Darryl Pilgrim

Justin Smith Bye (Richie Burnett withdrew)

 

European Qualifying School Stage One Day Three

Group A

Last Eight

Martijn Dragt 5-3 Tobias Scheifl

Danny Jansen 5-0 Jeroen Mioch

Arjan Konterman 5-0 Dennie Olde Kalter

Chris Landman 5-1 Owen Roelofs

 

Group B

Last Eight

Michael Rasztovits 5-4 Radek Szaganski

Andreas Toft Jorgensen 5-2 Johan Engstrom

Vincent van der Meer 5-3 Perry Noordermeer

Patrick van den Boogaard 5-1 Erik Tautfest

 

UK Qualifying School Final Stage Field

Players exempt to Final Stage

Players who lost PDC Tour Card: Scott Waites, Mickey Mansell, Ryan Murray, Nick Kenny, Matthew Edgar, Lisa Ashton, Wayne Jones, Ted Evetts, Andy Hamilton, James Wilson, Alan Tabern, Darren Webster, Peter Jacques, Ciaran Teehan, Kai Fan Leung, Josh Payne, Steve Brown, Aaron Beeney, Gary Blades, Mark McGeeney, Darren Penhall

Players 2-8 from 2021 UK Development Tour OOM: Nathan Rafferty, Keelan Kay, Dom Taylor, Reece Colley, Liam Meek, Jarred Cole

Players 2-8 from 2021 UK Challenge Tour OOM: Shaun McDonald, Martin Thomas, Darren Beveridge, Cameron Menzies, Reece Robinson

First Stage Qualifiers

Automatic Qualifiers from First Stage: Haupai Puha, Nick Fullwell, Michael Flynn, Graham Usher, Conor Heneghan, Michael Barnard, Josh Rock, Robert Rickwood, Ryan Hogarth, Shaun Wilkinson, Kevin Garcia, John O’Shea, Greg Ritchie, Shaun Griffiths, Matthew Dennant, Joshua Burksfield, Jacob Taylor, Robert Thornton, Jim McEwan, George Killington, Dan Read, David Pallett, Mike Warburton, Justin Smith

Order of Merit Qualifiers from First Stage: Danny Lauby, Simon Stevenson, Kevin Burness, Darren Johnson, Connor Scutt, Alex Long, Robert Owen, Jamie Clark, Kevin McDine, Jason Hogg, Christopher Gilliland, Adam Atkinson, Andrew Hyland, Richie Burnett, Darryl Pilgrim, Scott Campbell, Stu Wilson, Graham Hall, Sean Fisher, Tom Lonsdale, Thomas Lovely, Adam Mould, Chris Quantock, Lee Budgen, Matt Clark, Nathan Girvan, David Wawrzewski, Ian Mackenzie, Ben Quenby, Stephen Burton, Josh McCarthy, Lee Cocks, Niall Culleton, Owen Emmett-Bowden, Joshua Richardson, Shane McGuirk, Davie Kirwan, Mike Gillet, Callum Francis, Jordan Brooks, Michael Huntley, Arron Monk, Ben Hazel, Chris Hurds, Ross Montgomery, Fallon Sherrock, Scott Taylor, Paul Nesbitt, Diogo Portela, Leonard Gates, Leighton Bennett, Sam Cankett, Scott Williams, Carl Beattie, Chas Barstow, Gavin Carlin, Andy Jenkins, David Ladley, Jamie Lewis, Lewis Dare, Robert Collins, Nathan Treadgold, Mark Layton, Richard North, Scott Marsh, Gary Stone, Ryan Furness, Daniel Day, Adrian Gray, Rhys Hayden, Shaun Carroll, Kevin Lane

 

European Qualifying School Final Stage Field

Players exempt to Final Stage

Players who lost PDC Tour Card: Karel Sedlacek, Jelle Klaasen, Derk Telnekes, Krzysztof Kciuk, Jesus Noguera, Steffen Siepmann, Harald Leitinger, Cristo Reyes

Players 2-8 from 2021 European Development Tour OOM: Fabian Schmutzler, Sebastian Bialecki, Jurjen van der Velde, Niko Springer, Kevin Doets

Players 2-8 from 2021 European Challenge Tour OOM: Steven Noster, Rowby-John Rodriguez, Jose Justicia, Toni Alcinas, Kenny Neyens, Luc Peters

First Stage Qualifiers

Automatic Qualifiers from First Stage: Mario Vandenbogaerde, Stefan Bellmont, Andreas Harrysson, Damian Mol, Thibault Tricole, Daniel Klose, Wesley Plaisier, Ricardo Pietreczko, Jens Ziegler, Bent Lambertsen, Lukas Wenig, Dragutin Horvat, Ryan De Vreede, Paulo Ferreira, Kai Gotthardt, Mario Schulze, Tony Martinez, Martijn Dragt, Danny Jansen, Arjan Konterman, Chris Landman, Michael Rasztovits, Andreas Toft Jorgensen, Vincent van der Meer, Patrick van den Boogaard

Order of Merit Qualifiers from First Stage: Johan Engstrom, Alexander Merkx, Jimmy Hendriks, Maikel Verberk, Ronny Huybrechts, Radek Szaganski, Jeremy van der Winkel, Erik Tautfest, Jan de Weerdt, Gillian Koehoorn, Jules van Dongen, Jani Keskinarkaus, Mario Schulze, Vladimir Andersen, Kevin Blomme, Nico Kurz, Robin Beger, Michael Hurtz, Tomas Houdek, Max de Jong, Willem Mandigers, Owen Roelofs, Tobias Scheifl, Franz Roetzsch, Markus Kessler, Jose Marques, Patrik Kovacs, Perry Noordermeer, Danny van Trijp, Andrew Beeton, Jamai van den Herik, Roxy-James Rodriguez, Kristiaan de Boer, Jacques Labre, Wouter Vaes, Davy Proosten, Pero Ljubic, Andreas Winterling, Jeroen Mioch, Stefan Schroder, Fabian Maier, Patrick Peters, Davyd Venken, Francois Schweyen, Robbie Knops, Mindaugas Barauskas, Sebastian Steyer, Christian Schmidt, Barry Zander, Tomas Hajek, Stephan Griese, Patrick Maat, Frank Peters, Brian Raman, Roy van de Griendt, Nauris Gleglu, Michael Ringoet, Tom Heldt, Jerry Hendriks, Niels Heinsoe, Thomas Klausmayer, Carlo van Peer, Christian Kist, Donnie Olde Kalter, Jamie Lawrence, Fabian Stutz, Remo Mandiau, Maikel Mossou, Patrick Bulen, Gian van Veen, Benito van de Pas, Michael Ostrode, Roemer Mooijman, Gijsbert Van Malsen, Veysal Ozdemir, Stefaan Henderyck, Pavel Jirkal, Daniel Vogt, Swen Seifert, Andy Bless, Rene Eidams, Alex Flohr, Sebastian Keine, Danny Tessmann, Christian Reiter, Robin Radloff

NB: Philipp Hagemann and Niko Springer, who would have been amongst the Order of Merit qualifiers, have withdrawn from the remainder of Qualifying School.