Dobey And Searle Claim ProTour Titles In The Netherlands

Dobey And Searle Claim ProTour Titles In The Netherlands

Alex Moss |

A Week In Darts - February 19, 2025 – Dobey And Searle Clinch Titles As ProTour Visits The Netherlands

It was another action-packed week in the world of darts with a Players Championship double-header in the Netherlands, a Premier League night in Glasgow, and WDF ranking events in Scotland. Here’s our round-up of the action...

DOBEY AND SEARLE SHARE PROTOUR TITLES

Chris Dobey and Ryan Searle were the latest ProTour title winners as the Players Championship series resumed in the Netherlands this week.

The third and fourth Players Championship events of 2025 took place at the Autotron in Rosmalen, with Dobey opening his title account for the year with a victory on Monday.

The Premier League star, who won three Players Championships last season to top the Players Championship Order of Merit, defeated surprise finalist Jelle Klaasen 8-4 in the final.

Dobey had finished runner-up to Gerwyn Price in the final of Players Championship 2 just six days earlier, whilst former Lakeside champion Klaasen’s previous appearance in a PDC senior final was back in 2017.

“This was massive for me,” Dobey said. “I probably should have won the final against Gezzy last week, but I came back today, battled hard and it’s another point proven.

“You have to take your opportunities and make it count. I just love playing darts and I want to keep winning titles now.”

 

On Tuesday, Searle celebrated his sixth ProTour title after beating Cameron Menzies 8-3 in the final of Players Championship 4.

‘Heavy Metal’ has won a PDC senior title in each of the last five years, dating back to his maiden victory in 2020, and he extended that streak with another triumph this week.

“To win six PDC titles is amazing, especially when you look at the list of brilliant players that never won a PDC title,” Searle reflected.

“Winning a title six years running is a great achievement for me, and if I can win another one this year, that will be another boundary crossed.”

 

LITTLER TRIUMPHS IN GLASGOW

Luke Littler picked up his first nightly victory of the Premier League season after winning the week two title in Glasgow last Thursday.

The reigning Premier League champion fought back from 5-4 down to beat the week one winner Luke Humphries 6-5 in the final at the OVO Hydro.

The opening night of the season had seen Humphries triumph in Belfast to take top spot in the table, with Littler losing his first match to Michael van Gerwen, despite averaging 113.91 – the second highest losing average in Premier League history.

But the 18-year-old responded in style with victories against Rob Cross, van Gerwen and Humphries to pick up the full five points and climb up to second in the table.

Littler looked set for back-to-back quarter-final exits after falling 5-1 behind against Cross, before producing an astonishing comeback. The reigning PDC world champion survived three match darts on his way to reeling off five straight legs to beat Cross in a last-leg decider.

 

“You just have to keep going,” Littler said. “When I was 5-1 down against Rob I had to pull it out of the bag, and thankfully I did!

“Coming into tonight I just wanted to win that first game and get some points on the board, and my confidence went through the roof after the comeback against Rob!”

The Premier League season resumes with night three at the 3Arena, in Dublin, this Thursday (February 20).

HYDE HITS 160 TO WIN HOME EVENT

Lorraine Hyde took out a sensational 160 checkout to become the first player from Scotland to win the Scottish Open women’s singles title in 26 years.

The 35-year-old raced into a 4-0 lead against Germany’s Irina Armstrong in the final on Sunday, before missing two match darts to wrap up a 5-0 win.

Armstrong won the next four legs to take the final all the way to a last-leg decider and looked well placed to take the last leg, as she left 54 after 15 darts.

But Hyde had other ideas as she pulled off a 160 finish in the deciding leg to clinch the title, becoming the first home winner since Anne Kirk in 1999.

 

It was a home double for Hyde, who also picked up the Scottish Classic women’s singles crown, defeating Julie Thompson 5-2 in the decider.

More history was made in the men’s events with Christian Perez, of the Philippines, the first player from Asia to win the Scottish Open men’s singles title.

Perez, who has spent the last two years playing on the PDC ProTour, saw off Scotland’s Ryan Hogarth 5-3 in the final to win his first WDF ranking title in seven years.

The Scottish Classic men’s singles title went to England’s Martyn Turner, who got the better of home favorite Stuart Wares 5-3 in the final.

Pictures: PDC

Alex Moss is a content creator for Darts Corner and the co-host of the Weekly Dartscast podcast. Alex co-founded the Weekly Dartscast in 2017 and has helped produce 350+ episodes of the podcast, with their list of previous guests on the show a who’s who in the world of darts.

Alex also writes content for the Darts Corner blog, including the weekly darts news round-ups and how-to guides.

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