Darts ace Steve Lennon has regained his Tour Card, mere days after being knocked out of the Top-64 by Luke Littler.
The Irishman, 30, dropped to No. 66 on the earth after a sequence of disappointing performances in 2023. It seemed as if he may simply cling on to his skilled standing regardless of being knocked out within the second spherical of the World Darts Championship, however 16-year-old Littler’s outstanding displaying within the event, and subsequent leap up the rankings, noticed Lennon narrowly lose out.
Although he missed out on a Tour Card by two locations, World No. 65 Martijn Kleermaker mentioned he was quitting the circuit to spend extra time along with his children, which means Lennon would have made the Top-64 if it weren’t for Littler’s Ally Pally heroics.
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Lennon had been on the professional circuit since 2017 after profitable a Tour Card by way of Q-School, and he repeated the feat on Thursday, beating William Borland 6-4 within the Day One closing. It means he’ll stay a professional for the subsequent two seasons, no matter how effectively he performs.
For those that do not know, Q-School permits darts hopefuls of any degree the prospect to earn themselves a Tour Card and be part of the likes of Littler, Luke Humphries and Michael van Gerwen on the summit of the game.
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It was first launched in 2011, and affords the winner skilled standing for the subsequent two years. The competitors is break up into two sections: the UK Q-School, and the European Q-School, with 31 Tour Cards accessible within the 2024 version.
Eight Tour Cards are allotted to the profitable gamers on every of the 4 days of the event in each colleges, whereas the remaining 23 are awarded to gamers based mostly on an order of benefit, calculated all through the competitors. 13 order of benefit playing cards are up for grabs within the European Q-School, whereas 10 are handed out within the UK Q-School.