Dutchman doubles tally on 2026's opening Development Tour weekend

Jurjen Van der Velde doubled his weekend title tally on Saturday, whilst Jack Drayton also enjoyed success, with the pair winning Development Tour Events Three & Four respectively, as the opening weekend of the 2026 PDC’s Youth Tour season continued at the Mattioli Arena, Leicester. 

Van der Velde – the winner of Friday’s Event One – went all the way once again as he reached the final of Event Three firstly by recording victories against Ibteshamul Chowdhury, Jack Lilley, Anthony Murray, Matthew Gallivan-Piles, Tyler Thorpe, Yorick Hofkens, Finn Behrens and Charlie Stocks, to set up a clash with Charlie Manby.  

The final began with three straight holds of throw before the first break came from Van der Velde in Leg Four with a 13 darter before following it up with a 14 dart hold to move 4-1 ahead and within one of victory. Manby did pull two legs back before Van der Velde sealed the victory in Leg Eight with a 17 darter to pick up a second title in 24 hours as well as collecting the £3,000 first prize.  

In Event Four, Jack Drayton was victorious with the Englishman reaching the final firstly by recording victories against Dan Outwin, Ben Townley, Dylan Quinn, Ieuan Halsall, Lleyton Molyneux, Niclas Wierling, Beau Greaves and David Fidler, to set up a clash with Holland’s Angelo Balsamo.  

The final began with Drayton racing into a 4-0 lead with winning legs coming in 18,18,23 and 16 darts respectively before Balsamo ended the drought by picking up his first leg of the tie in Leg Five with a 17 dart hold of throw. This ultimately resulted in being the Dutchman’s only leg won in the finale as Drayton sealed the victory in Leg Six with a 14 darter to pick up a maiden PDC title of his career.  

The PDC Winmau Development Tour weekend concludes on Sunday with Event Five taking place in Leicester, as play commences from 10:30 GMT, with all live scores and results to be viewed at tv.dartconnect.com  

PDC Winmau Development Tour  

Event Three 

Quarter Finals 

Charlie Stocks 5-1 Henry Coates 

Jurjen Van der Velde 5-4 Finn Behrens 

Charlie Manby 5-4 Peter Keleman 

Leon Weber 5-1 Florian Preis 

Semi Finals 

Jurjen Van der Velde 5-0 Charlie Stocks 

Charlie Manby 5-0 Leon Weber 

Final  

Jurjen Van der Velde 5-3 Charlie Manby 

Event Four 

Quarter Finals 

David Fidler 5-3 Shane de Jong 

Jack Drayton 5-4 Beau Greaves 

Connor Hopkins 5-3 Nunjo Dewaele 

Angelo Balsamo 5-3 Sebastian Bialecki  

Semi Finals 

Jack Drayton 5-3 David Fidler 

Angelo Balsamo 5-1 Connor Hopkins 

Final 

Jack Drayton 5-1 Angelo Balsamo