Cam Crabtree doubled his weekend title tally on Saturday, whilst Jurjen Van der Velde returned to winning ways, as the pair won Development Tour Events 13 & 14 respectively, as the third weekend of the PDC’s Youth Tour season continued in Hildesheim.
Crabtree, who was victorious in Friday’s Event 11, went all the way once again 24 hours later, as he reached the final of Event 13 firstly by recording victories against Cian McCormack, Ryan Branley, Axel Savelkoel, Denfie Drenthen, Viktor Tingstrom, Beau Greaves and Tavis Dudeney, to set up a clash with compatriot Patrik Williams.
The final began with Crabtree racing into a 3-0 lead with winning legs coming in 14,18 and 19 darts respectively, before Williams ended the run by picking up his first leg of the tie in Leg Four with a 17 dart hold of throw. This ultimately turned out to be his only leg won in the final, as Crabtree won back-to-back legs and sealed the victory in Leg Six with a 16-dart break of throw to pick up a second title of the weekend as well as a further £2,500 in prize money.
In Event 14, Jurjen Van der Velde was victorious as he reached the final firstly by recording victories against Liam Maendl-Lawrance, Viktor Tingstrom, Kimi Seemann, Huey de Jong, Jamai Van den Herik, Florian Preis and Ronan McDonagh, to set up a clash with Englishman Henry Coates.
The final began with Coates racing into a 2-0 lead, with winning legs coming in 14 and 17 darts respectively, before Van der Velde fort back by winning back-to-back legs of his own in a total of 28 darts to square the tie up at 2apiece in a race to five. The tie then saw four straight breaks of throw between the pair to set up a ninth and deciding leg, in which Van der Velde would have the advantage of throwing first. This proved to be vital as the Dutchman sealed the victory with a 16 dart hold of throw to pick up a fourth Development Tour title of his career as well as the £2,500 top prize.
The PDC Winmau Development Tour weekend concludes on Sunday, with Event 15 taking place in Hildeshiem, with play commencing at 10:00 CEST (9:00 BST), as all live scores and results can be viewed at tv.dartconnect.com.
PDC Winmau Development Tour
Event 13
Quarter Finals
Cam Crabtree 5-4 Beau Greaves
Tavis Dudeney 5-1 James Beeton
Henry Coates 5-3 James Buckby
Patrik Williams 5-2 Adam Gawlas
Semi Finals
Cam Crabtree 5-4 Tavis Dudeney
Patrik Williams 5-2 Henry Coates
Final
Cam Crabtree 5-1 Patrik Williams
Event 14
Quarter Finals
Shane de Jong 5-3 Jeffrey Keen
Henry Coates 5-3 Damian Vetjens
Jurjen Van der Velde 5-2 Florian Preis
Ronan McDonagh 5-2 Thomas Banks
Semi Finals
Henry Coates 5-0 Shane de Jong
Jurjen Van der Velde 5-2 Ronan McDonagh
Final
Jurjen Van der Velde 5-4 Henry Coates
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