Q School

When the last dart thudded home and the final spreadsheet refreshed from anxious amber to merciless white, the PDC Q-School had done what it always does best...

This year's PDC Q-School was no different. In fact, it was brutal. The casualty list contained names that once echoed loudly beneath TV lights and chandeliered arenas. ...

The Black Cobra shed his shaky skin of day one and struck with authority...

The King returned to the throne, the Prince of the Palace continued his fairy-tale ascent, and several new names forced the doors of professional darts open ...

One of them didn’t even need to win his final match...Here are the five who survived another bruising, nerve shredding day at Q School.

Two familiar travellers found their way back onto the motorway they once knew so well, while two others now stand on the brink of a maiden journey...

Enjoying a long-awaited return to the big time will be Cristo Reyes ...The dust of yesterday’s devastation had barely settled before Jeffrey Sparidaans tore the script to shreds and rewrote his own redemption

These are the first quartet to survive the assault. Whether boarding a train they once rode before, or taking their maiden journey into the deep end of professional darts, their destination is the same...

The reward? A seat at the top table and a two-year audition against the most ruthless arrow-smiths on the planet.