A Week In Darts - February 24, 2025 - Greaves Goes Top Of Development Tour With Pair Of Titles Beau Greaves continued her title-winning form in 2025 with another pair of tournament victories at the weekend, whilst a new seniors world champion was crowned at the Circus Tavern. Here's our round-up of the action... GREAVES HITS SUMMIT OF DEVELOPMENT TOUR Beau Greaves took an early lead at the top of the Development Tour after winning a pair of titles in Milton Keynes at the weekend. The first five events of the season took place at Arena MK and saw the reigning WDF womenβs world champion continue her impressive start to 2025. The 21-year-old, who also sits top of the Challenge Tour and Womenβs Series rankings, won Events 2 and 4 to climb to the summit of the Development Tour Order of Merit. New PDC tour card holder Sebastian Bialecki, of Poland, won Event 1, seeing off Owen Bates 5-2 in the opening tournament of the season on Friday. β Winmau Challenge Tour OoM leaderβ Winmau Development Tour OoM leaderβ Women's Series OoM leaderBeau Greaves' astonishing start to 2025 continues! π pic.twitter.com/46rfIBrppm β PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) February 22, 2025 Β Greaves then opened her account with a 5-3 victory over Levy Frauenfelder in the Event 2 final, before Bates claimed his first Development Tour title the next day, beating Charlie Manby 5-2 in the finale of Event 3. Manby wrote his name in the history books in Event 4, posting a 130.70 average during one of his matches in Event 4 β the highest ever recorded average in Development Tour history. Greaves doubled her title tally for the weekend with a 5-2 success over James Beeton in the Event 4 final, before Bradly Roes lifted his maiden Development Tour title by winning Event 5 on Sunday. 130 AVERAGE! π€―π₯Extraordinary from Charlie Manby, who averages 130.70 in his whitewash victory over Patrik Williams in Winmau Development Tour 4!Manby produced winning legs of 13, 10, 11 and 12 darts to cap off a record-breaking display! ππ https://t.co/2BPSMKSpPB pic.twitter.com/VBaKPt3l66 β PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) February 22, 2025 Β The 2021 JDC world champion saw off Oliver Pearce-Burgess 5-3 in the final to clinch his first title on the PDCβs premier youth circuit. After five events, Greaves leads the way with Β£5,375 ahead of the other three title winners Bates (Β£3,500), Bialecki (Β£3,400) and Roes (Β£3,000). The top two players on the Order of Merit after 24 events will win a two year PDC tour card and a spot in the 2025/26 PDC World Darts Championship. WORLD SENIORS GLORY FOR MONTGOMERY Ross Montgomery continued Scotlandβs dominance in the World Seniors Championship after becoming the latest champion on Saturday. The 62-year-old defeated Graham Usher 5-1 in the final at the Circus Tavern to join his fellow Scots Robert Thornton and John Henderson on the roll of honor. Montgomeryβs run to the title saw him beat Trina Gulliver, John Part, Thornton and the pre-tournament favorite Steve Beaton, before powering past Usher in the final. With the match locked at one-set apiece, Usher missed seven set darts to go in front and Montgomery made sure he paid the price, reeling off four straight sets to win the Β£30,000 top prize. CHAMPION π ROSS MONTGOMERY IS THE 2025 BETGOODWIN WORLD SENIORS DARTS CHAMPION For the 4th straight year, the trophy is heading to Scotland π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ pic.twitter.com/0WljlIMqvd β World Seniors Darts (@SeniorsDarts) February 22, 2025 Β βIβve loved every single minute of it,β Montgomery said. βI came here with the fantastic news Iβm going to be a grandad. βI dedicate this to my two grandchildren that are coming soon. Itβs going to be a good year but I donβt know if Iβve got time to play darts. βWinning this, itβs got to be the icing on the cake, then Iβll need to sit down and discuss whatβs happening. It could be a good end to my career.β DUBLIN DELIGHT FOR PRICE Gerwyn Price claimed his first nightly win of the Premier League season with a trio of impressive performances in Dublin on Thursday. βThe Icemanβ became the third different winner in as many weeks, as he beat the first two weekly winners Luke Humphries and Luke Littler on his way to victory at the 3Arena. The Welshman defeated Littler 6-4 in his quarter-final opener, before a finishing masterclass helped him overcome the world number one Humphries 6-3 to advance to the final. Price capped off a memorable night in the Emerald Isle with a 6-3 triumph against Nathan Aspinall to take the full quota of five points, which moves him up to second in the table. PRICE IS THE CHAMP IN DUBLIN! βοΈπGerwyn Price beats Nathan Aspinall to claim his first Premier League night win in almost two years!πΊ https://t.co/CxOorrFXK9#PLDarts25 pic.twitter.com/RB8dNDjdYm β PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) February 20, 2025 Β βIt was a great night for me,β said Price, who celebrates his first nightly win in the Premier League since April 2023. βIβm not sure what it is but Luke Littler seems to bring the best out of me, so that was a great game to come through. βThen to beat the world number one was big for me. I felt like the crowd got me through that game. It was like playing in Cardiff again! βI felt like I was playing well last year, but I was missing chances and getting punished. This year Iβm taking my chances, Iβm playing really well and the results are coming.β The Premier League season continues with night four in Exeter this Thursday (February 27). Make sure you get your predictions in for βThe Magnificent 8β β Darts Cornerβs FREE to enter Premier League Predictor for a chance to win our Β£1,000 jackpot!Pictures: PDC Alex MossΒ is a content creator for Darts Corner and the co-host of theΒ Weekly DartscastΒ podcast. Alex co-founded the Weekly Dartscast in 2017 andΒ has helped produce 350+ episodes of the podcast, with their list of previous guests on the show a whoβs who in the world of darts. Alex also writes content for the Darts Corner blog, including the weeklyΒ darts news round-upsΒ andΒ how-to guides.
