Country Spotlight: Jamaica – A Darts Story That Goes Back Further Than You Think

My Country Spotlight journey remains in the Caribbean this week, and after looking at the Bahamas, I've moved on to one of the most famous islands in the region.

Jamaica.

Jamaica is known around the world for athletics, cricket, music and a sporting culture that has produced remarkable success for a country of fewer than three million people.

Darts probably isn't the first sport most people associate with Jamaica.

But this is one of those Country Spotlights where I started digging and discovered that the story goes back much further than I expected.

Long before the modern CDLC Tour existed, a Jamaican player was winning one of British darts' major open tournaments.

More than 20 years ago, Jamaica was represented at the PDC World Championship.

And now a new generation is trying to put Jamaican darts back onto the international stage.

Al Hedman – Jamaica's Darts Pioneer

The first name has to be Al Hedman.

Born in Kingston in 1953, Hedman played professionally across the BDO and PDC systems and produced one particularly significant result in 1995.

He won the British Open, defeating Andy Fordham in the final. The tournament's historical results list Hedman as the 1995 champion, between previous winner Steve Beaton and 1996 winner Roland Scholten.

That's a serious piece of Jamaican darts history.

But Hedman wasn't finished there.

He later moved into the PDC and qualified for the 2003 PDC World Championship at the Circus Tavern.

Hedman was one of four players to qualify through the PDPA route and faced former world champion Bob Anderson in the preliminary Last 40 round.

Anderson won 4–0, with Hedman averaging 76.36.

So when discussing Jamaica's ambitions in modern darts, it's worth remembering something important.

Jamaica has already been represented at a PDC World Championship.

Al Hedman did it more than two decades ago.

He is also the older brother of England great Deta Hedman, who was herself born in Jamaica. But Deta represented England internationally, so for the purposes of this series I'm not counting her as a Jamaican player.

A Long Wait For The Next Generation

What Jamaica hasn't yet managed is to turn Hedman's achievements into a continuous stream of players reaching the biggest stages.

That's hardly unusual across the Caribbean.

Geography, travel costs and the lack of a regular professional pathway have historically made things much more difficult for players from the region.

The creation of the Championship Darts Latin America and Caribbean Tour has started to change that.

And Jamaica hasn't simply sent players to compete on it.

Jamaica has hosted it.

Montego Bay Becomes A Darts Hub

In July 2024, the CDLC Tour headed to Montego Bay for its opening double-header.

Rashad Sweeting won the first event and Norman Madhoo won the second, with some of the strongest players from Latin America and the Caribbean competing on Jamaican soil.

The events formed part of a much bigger period of darts activity in Jamaica, alongside the 2024 Caribbean Cup.

The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission described Jamaica as becoming the epicentre of darts in Latin America and the Caribbean, with events centred around Montego Bay.

For a developing darts country, hosting matters.

It gives local players an opportunity to compete against stronger regional opposition without the cost of travelling across the Caribbean or into Central and South America.

And Jamaica now has players beginning to make an impression.

Jonathon Heron – A Jamaican CDLC Breakthrough

One of the most important is Jonathon Heron.

Heron doesn't currently appear in my Q4QS database, so I can't give him the same statistical treatment as some of the other players in this series.

But his wider record deserves inclusion.

In April 2025, Heron produced a breakthrough run on the CDLC Tour in Panama City.

He defeated Brazil's Artur Valle 6–5 in the semi-final, becoming the first Jamaican to reach a CDLC Main Tour final.

His run eventually ended against the Bahamas' Rashad Sweeting, but reaching that final represented an important step for modern Jamaican darts.

Heron has remained part of the regional picture since.

And while he hasn't yet followed Al Hedman onto the PDC World Championship stage, his results demonstrate that Jamaican players can challenge at the business end of modern CDLC events.

Vasseon Roye – What The Q4QS Database Tells Us

The Jamaican player I can examine in much greater detail is Vasseon Roye.

And there are some interesting results here.

Roye has reached the six-event threshold required to receive an official Q4QS Average.

Across 13 matches, he has seven wins and six defeats, giving him a 53.8% win rate.

His overall match average is 58.90 and his official Q4QS Average is 58.34, with a best performance of 65.38.

Those figures don't immediately jump off the page.

The opponents he's beaten make things considerably more interesting.

Roye Can Produce An Upset

Roye's most significant Q4QS result came against a player we've already featured heavily in this series.

Norman Madhoo.

The Guyanese veteran is a multiple World Championship participant and remains one of the strongest players on the CDLC circuit.

Roye beat him 6–5.

He has also beaten Bahamas player Robin Albury 6–4 while averaging his personal best of 65.38, and defeated Chile's George Patterson 6–2 with a 62.49 average.

His losses also show the level he's competing against.

They include Rashad Sweeting, Guillermo Soto and Shane Sawyer.

Roye isn't yet consistently producing the averages of Sweeting or Jesús Salate.

But he has demonstrated that on the right day he can beat established regional opposition.

That's an important starting point.

Fitzroy Ellison – Another Jamaican Name

Fitzroy Ellison gives us another current Jamaican player to follow.

The sample here is much smaller.

My Q4QS database contains only five matches across three events, so Ellison doesn't yet qualify for an official Q4QS Average.

He has won two and lost three, with an overall average of 55.82 and a best of 62.27.

His two recorded victories came against Randy Cruz and Kevin Hinton.

The Hinton match was particularly encouraging, with Ellison averaging 60.66 in a 6–3 victory.

He also produced his best recorded performance against Shane Sawyer, averaging 62.27 in a 6–4 defeat.

It's nowhere near enough data to make a definitive judgement about his level.

But it gives Jamaica another player competing regularly enough to begin appearing in the Q4QS numbers.

Evon Faulkner – Another Sign Of Participation

Evon Faulkner also appears in my 2026 database.

There are only three recorded matches across three events, so I'm deliberately not going to draw conclusions from her averages or results.

That's simply too small a sample.

What matters more for this article is that she is another Jamaican player appearing on the CDLC circuit.

And that's something I've increasingly noticed while producing these Country Spotlights.

A country's future prospects aren't necessarily determined by its best player.

Depth matters.

The Difference Between Jamaica And The Bahamas

The contrast with last week's country is interesting.

The Bahamas currently has the standout modern player.

Rashad Sweeting has won CDLC titles, topped tournaments on home soil and reached Alexandra Palace.

Jamaica doesn't currently have an equivalent.

But Jamaica has something the Bahamas can't claim.

Its World Championship history stretches all the way back to 2003, through Al Hedman.

So these are two Caribbean countries at different points in their darts stories.

The Bahamas has the stronger current headline.

Jamaica has the longer history.

And now Jamaica is trying to create its next chapter.

Why Jamaica Matters

There's another reason Jamaica interests me.

The potential scale is considerable.

Jamaica has a population approaching three million and an extraordinary sporting culture.

That doesn't automatically translate into darts success, of course.

But the infrastructure around Caribbean darts is now much stronger than it was during Al Hedman's career.

There is a regional Tour.

There are pathways towards the PDC World Championship.

There is a World Cup qualifying route.

And major regional darts events have already been staged in Jamaica itself.

The opportunity exists in a way that it didn't before.

Looking Ahead

The challenge is turning participation into sustained results.

Heron's CDLC final was encouraging.

Roye has demonstrated that he can beat players such as Norman Madhoo, Robin Albury and George Patterson.

Ellison is competing.

Faulkner adds another name to the Jamaican presence.

And somewhere behind them may be the next player capable of making a bigger breakthrough.

Al Hedman reached the PDC World Championship in 2003.

More than two decades later, Jamaica is still waiting for someone to follow him.

But for perhaps the first time, there is now a genuine regional structure through which that player can emerge.

The pathway is there.

The next challenge for Jamaican darts is finding the player who can take it.

Q4QS Darts Nation Rating

Current Strength: 6/10
Participation & Depth: 6.5/10
International Achievement: 7/10
Future Potential: 8/10

Overall Q4QS Nation Rating: 6.75/10

I'd put Jamaica at 6.75/10 at this stage.

Its current playing strength doesn't yet match the Bahamas, Argentina or some of the stronger countries we've visited.

But Jamaica gets considerable credit for its history.

Al Hedman won the British Open and reached the PDC World Championship.

Montego Bay has hosted the CDLC.

Jonathon Heron has reached a CDLC final.

And Vasseon Roye has shown that Jamaica still has players capable of beating established names around the Caribbean.

The intriguing question is whether those pieces can eventually come together.

Al Hedman wrote Jamaica's first chapter in international darts.

More than 30 years after his British Open victory, Jamaica is looking for somebody to write the next one.

Yesterday’s Darts Results: Two 115.62 Averages as Andy Smith Stars – 24 September 2026

Yesterday's Results – Thursday 24 September 2026

Thursday is always a busy night for grassroots darts, and another 58 tournaments have now been added to the Q4QS database.

This time I've widened the net a little. The South West will always be an important part of Q4QS, but with results coming in from across southern England and Wales, there are too many good performances elsewhere to ignore.

And Thursday produced two particularly eye-catching numbers.

Two players hit 115.62

The highest recorded averages of the night were shared by Andy Smith at Cressex Social Club in High Wycombe and Paul Higgins at the Junction Inn in Hengoed.

Smith's 115.62 came in a 2–0 win over Paul Tubb, and it wasn't his only big performance. He later averaged 100.20 against Stuart Dutton before going on to win the tournament, beating Andrew Bowler 3–0 in the final.

Smith finished with eight wins from the night.

Over in Wales, Higgins matched that 115.62 at Hengoed with a 2–0 win over Keri Dacey.

The title there eventually went to Stephen Cake, who beat Ryan Davies 3–1 in the final and finished with eight wins. Cake also produced averages of 96.97 and 93.94 during the tournament.

Wales produces another 107.36

There was another big Welsh performance at Brynmawr Social Club, where Bryan Flew averaged 107.36.

Flew also recorded a 90.44 later in the tournament, although the title went to Gethyn Bennett, who beat Dylan Ruck-Havard 3–0 in the final and collected eight wins.

It's exactly the sort of result I want to start bringing into these roundups more often as Q4QS coverage grows.

Ashton Brown impresses at Hangar 61

Closer to home, Ashton Brown produced an excellent night at Hangar 61.

Brown won the Thursday night round robin, beating Jamie Shovelton 3–0 in the final, and recorded eight victories.

The numbers were impressive too. Brown's best was 103.15, and he also produced 96.72, 95.23 and 92.02.

John Brown added a 98.02, making it another strong night at Hangar 61.

Steed makes it two wins in two nights

Andy Steed's week continues to get more interesting.

After producing a 96.14 in Tiverton on Tuesday and winning in Barnstaple on Wednesday, Steed was back on top again on Thursday at Cue Sports Bar in Torquay.

He beat George Butcher 3–1 in the final and recorded a best average of 93.94.

That's now two tournament victories on consecutive nights at two different Devon venues, alongside several 90-plus averages. Definitely one to keep watching.

Maisey wins at Worcester as Hughes hits 107

Barry Maisey took the title at The Cue Corner in Worcester, beating Stewart Wilde 3–1 in the final.

Maisey saved one of his best performances for the final, averaging 99.20, while Wilde recorded 94.34.

The biggest number at the venue, though, belonged to Pete Hughes, who hit 107.36.

Maisey finished with seven victories, with Callum Weaver and Wilde both on six.

Jamie Kay wins again

Jamie Kay also made it consecutive winning nights.

After taking Wednesday's event at Bodmin Band & Social Club, Kay won again on Thursday at St Breward AFC & Social Club.

He beat Joseph Juleff 3–0 in the final, averaging 90.18, while his best performance of the night was 91.09.

Kay finished with six wins.

Plenty happening across the South

There were strong performances much further across southern England too.

Ryan Mitchell hit 107.36 at Farnborough, although Archie Self went on to win the tournament with eight victories.

Mat Caste averaged 104.86 at Bletchley and then won the event, while Jason Collins produced a 102.48 in the final at Locks Heath, Southampton, beating Jarred Cole 3–0.

Jack Johnson combined a 103.66 with the title at Tunbridge Wells, Ricky King won at Poole, Ross Lowe took the Dover event and David Moule won in Andover.

That's the sort of geographical spread I want Yesterday's Results to reflect increasingly as Q4QS grows.

Wales deserves a mention

There was plenty more happening in Wales beyond the 115.62 from Higgins and 107.36 from Flew.

Kacey Jones won at Welshpool and averaged 93.94, Gavin Sterio won at Maesteg with a 93.94 of his own, Chris James took the Llanelli event after reaching 91.02, and Louis Melville won at Glynneath, where Ellis Williams recorded 93.94.

There was junior success too, with Dylan Person winning the Junior Volts event at Cogan Coronation in Penarth.

Five performances that caught my eye

1. Andy Smith – 115.62
   High Wycombe
2. Paul Higgins – 115.62
   Hengoed
3. Bryan Flew – 107.36
   Brynmawr
4. Ryan Mitchell – 107.36
   Farnborough
5. Pete Hughes – 107.36
   Worcester

There were actually four recorded 107.36 averages on Thursday, with Lee Bradshaw at Skegness joining Flew, Mitchell and Hughes. Mat Caste's 104.86 and Ben Chamberlain's 103.66 were also among the ten highest figures of the day.

Another 58 tournaments added to Q4QS

That's another 58 tournaments added to the database.

The individual results give us plenty to talk about, but it's the accumulation of all this data that interests me most.

Every night adds more to the player records, rankings, venue histories, averages, head-to-heads and form. We're also now starting to see players appearing in these roundups on consecutive nights – Andy Steed and Jamie Kay being two obvious examples this week.

The wider the coverage becomes, the more interesting those comparisons should become.

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Famous Darts Surnames: Which Name Comes Out on Top in the Q4QS Rankings?

 

Darts has produced some legendary surnames.

Taylor immediately brings to mind the greatest player of all time, Price represents one of the leading players of the modern era, while Wilson recalls the unforgettable Scottish world champion Jocky Wilson.

But how well do these famous names hold up across the wider Q4QS rankings?

For the first edition of this series, I looked at five surnames: Taylor, Smith, Jones, Wilson and Price.

I took the ten highest-ranked players with each surname and compared their overall Q4QS positions, points, playing averages and win percentages.

Only exact surnames were counted. Players with double-barrelled or combined surnames were excluded, so names such as Taylor James-Harding, Jake B-Smith, Jaymie Hilton-Jones and Pierce Speechley-Price do not count.

Taylor

It seemed right to begin with perhaps the most famous surname in darts.

Phil Taylor dominated the sport for decades, but how do the current Taylors compare across the Q4QS database?

Pos| Player| Overall Rank| Points| Average| Win Rate

1| Dom Taylor| #435| 559.80| 79.52| 80.5%

2| Michael Taylor| #852| 498.20| 78.02| 82.5%

3| Leon Taylor| #1,169| 467.82| 69.55| 68.7%

4| Kevin Taylor| #1,186| 466.52| 70.73| 70.3%

5| Scott Taylor| #1,372| 452.41| 71.91| 51.2%

6| Elliott Taylor| #1,436| 446.95| 70.47| 72.6%

7| Leigh Taylor| #1,558| 437.59| 66.05| 77.4%

8| Sean Taylor| #1,862| 416.26| 69.99| 73.0%

9| Dean Taylor| #1,940| 411.66| 66.61| 71.2%

10| Josh Taylor| #2,114| 403.23| 63.32| 63.0%

Dom Taylor leads the group at #435 and also has the best playing average at 79.52. Michael Taylor follows at #852 and records the group's highest win rate at an impressive 82.5%.

There are no Taylors challenging at the very top of the rankings, but the surname has reasonable depth. Seven of the ten are inside the top 1,600, while the collective win rate remains strong.

Top-ten average rank: #1,392

Top-ten playing average: 70.62

Top-ten win rate: 71.1%

Smith

The Smiths — and I am not talking about Morrissey and Johnny Marr — were always likely to be serious contenders.

Smith is an extremely common surname, so there was plenty of competition for a place in its top ten. More importantly, the quality at the top is exceptional.

Pos| Player| Overall Rank| Points| Average| Win Rate

1| Ross Smith| #9| 740.68| 95.75| 66.7%

2| Raymond Smith| #64| 674.69| 89.07| 86.1%

3| Michael Smith| #85| 662.12| 89.59| 56.7%

4| Jeff Smith| #234| 600.22| 85.36| 72.0%

5| Cayden Smith| #302| 583.81| 77.76| 66.5%

6| Daniel James Smith| #535| 542.43| 77.78| 45.5%

7| Benjamin Smith| #567| 536.96| 74.68| 71.0%

8| Danny Smith| #643| 527.14| 74.90| 77.0%

9| Kieran Smith| #691| 518.84| 77.98| 83.3%

10| Ky Smith| #709| 516.21| 76.15| 63.5%

Ross Smith leads the way at #9 overall with a 95.75 average. Raymond Smith and Michael Smith are also inside the top 100, while Jeff Smith makes it four Smiths inside the top 250.

All ten are ranked inside the top 709. That level of depth is unmatched by any of the other surnames in this comparison.

Raymond Smith has the best win rate at 86.1%, with Kieran Smith also recording an excellent 83.3%.

Top-ten average rank: #384

Top-ten playing average: 81.90

Top-ten win rate: 68.8%

Jones

If we include Smith, we must also look at Jones.

The Joneses do not possess the same elite top end as the Smiths, but they produce one of the most consistent groups in the comparison.

Pos| Player| Overall Rank| Points| Average| Win Rate

1| Howard Jones| #273| 588.72| 78.69| 67.3%

2| Louis Jones| #333| 576.55| 77.15| 75.4%

3| Kacey Jones| #724| 513.22| 79.28| 91.9%

4| Lyn Jones| #795| 504.12| 69.27| 62.0%

5| Wayne Jones| #830| 500.52| 82.80| 54.0%

6| Josh Jones| #914| 491.47| 74.13| 79.0%

7| Jayden Jones| #924| 490.25| 70.96| 74.1%

8| Timothy Jones| #980| 484.40| 76.03| 80.8%

9| Damian Jones| #1,260| 460.91| 71.02| 80.3%

10| Jimmie Jones| #1,314| 455.81| 74.05| 58.1%

Howard Jones is the highest-ranked at #273, followed by Louis Jones at #333. Wayne Jones records the highest playing average at 82.80, but the standout statistic belongs to Kacey Jones.

Kacey has won 91.9% of his matches, the highest win percentage among all 50 players included in this first surname comparison.

Eight of the ten Joneses are inside the top 1,000, and their collective win rate of 72.3% is the highest of the five surnames.

Top-ten average rank: #835

Top-ten playing average: 75.34

Top-ten win rate: 72.3%

Wilson

There were not enough Lowes or Bristows in the rankings to produce meaningful top tens, so Wilson was next in line.

It is a surname with a firm place in darts history through Jocky Wilson, but how does the current group fare?

Pos| Player| Overall Rank| Points| Average| Win Rate

1| Carl Wilson| #359| 572.99| 85.89| 69.9%

2| Callum Wilson| #638| 527.62| 80.55| 48.8%

3| Jason Wilson| #720| 513.61| 78.09| 50.0%

4| Stu Wilson| #1,337| 454.94| 77.03| 42.1%

5| Dave Ian Wilson| #1,582| 435.42| 75.42| 29.0%

6| Freddie Wilson| #1,739| 423.55| 66.36| 67.1%

7| Mackenzie Wilson| #2,153| 401.35| 67.76| 62.2%

8| Kevin Wilson| #2,758| 370.48| 70.34| 61.3%

9| Noah Wilson| #2,761| 370.41| 65.05| 49.0%

10| Benjamin Wilson| #3,039| 357.56| 65.10| 68.7%

Carl Wilson is the clear leader, sitting at #359 with an excellent 85.89 average. Callum and Jason Wilson also make the top 720, giving the group a respectable leading three.

The rankings fall away after that. Only three Wilsons make the top 1,000, while three members of the top ten sit outside the top 2,700.

Freddie Wilson is the group's workhorse, having played 132 events and 711 matches, but Carl remains the only Wilson in this top ten with a win rate approaching 70%.

Top-ten average rank: #1,709

Top-ten playing average: 73.16

Top-ten win rate: 54.8%

Price

The final surname in this first edition is Price, and it contains the highest-ranked individual player in the entire comparison.

Pos| Player| Overall Rank| Points| Average| Win Rate

1| Gerwyn Price| #3| 775.41| 98.91| 69.6%

2| Samuel Price| #450| 557.52| 85.32| 58.9%

3| Eddie Price| #719| 513.63| 79.72| 74.4%

4| Steve Price| #889| 493.73| 77.41| 72.1%

5| Martin Price| #1,762| 422.33| 72.59| 70.4%

6| Lewis Price| #1,985| 409.15| 65.01| 64.2%

7| Darryl Price| #2,348| 390.67| 63.46| 67.6%

8| Jack Price| #2,551| 380.41| 61.76| 68.4%

9| Paul Price| #2,665| 374.96| 66.88| 71.4%

10| Ciaran Price| #2,753| 370.60| 63.59| 66.7%

Gerwyn Price is ranked #3 overall, with 775.41 points and a 98.91 average. All three figures are the best achieved by anyone included in this article.

Samuel Price provides strong support at #450 with an 85.32 average, while Eddie and Steve Price both make the top 900.

The weakness is the gap between the leading four and the remainder of the group. Martin Price is next at #1,762, while four of the top ten Prices are ranked outside the top 2,300.

Top-ten average rank: #1,613

Top-ten playing average: 73.47

Top-ten win rate: 68.4%

Final Standings

Position| Surname| Leading Player| Best Rank| Average Top-Ten Rank| Average Top-Ten Performance

1| Smith| Ross Smith| #9| #384| 81.90

2| Jones| Howard Jones| #273| #835| 75.34

3| Taylor| Dom Taylor| #435| #1,392| 70.62

4| Price| Gerwyn Price| #3| #1,613| 73.47

5| Wilson| Carl Wilson| #359| #1,709| 73.16

Conclusion

The Smiths take the first Q4QS surname title, and they do so comfortably.

Ross, Raymond and Michael Smith all sit inside the top 100, while every member of the Smith top ten is ranked inside the top 709. No other surname comes close to matching that combination of elite players and strength in depth.

The Joneses finish second after placing eight players inside the top 1,000. They also record the highest collective win rate, helped considerably by Kacey Jones's remarkable 91.9%.

The battle for third is more complicated. Taylor has the better depth and average ranking, while Price has comfortably the strongest individual representative. Gerwyn Price is ranked #3 and averages 98.91, but the Price rankings drop away significantly after the leading four.

On the basis of the complete top ten, Taylor narrowly takes third place. However, anyone valuing elite star quality more heavily could easily place Price ahead of them.

Wilson has a strong leading player in Carl Wilson and a respectable top three, but the surname cannot match the depth of the other four.

Taylor may remain the most famous surname in darts, and Price may supply the best current individual in this contest, but this first edition belongs to the Smiths.

For once, the most common name is also the strongest.

Yesterday's Darts Results: Quiney Hits 111 Average as Boundy, Lauby and Steed Win – 23 September 2026

Yesterday's Results – Wednesday 23 September 2026

Another 70 tournaments have gone into the Q4QS database from Wednesday, and this was a particularly good night for the South and South West.

There were titles for Steve Boundy, Alec McCready, Danny Lauby, Andy Steed, Jamie Kay and Jack Walker among the featured results, but perhaps the number that jumps off the page most is 111.33.

That belonged to Joe Quiney at Bengeworth.

Quiney hits 111.33 – Lauby takes the title

Bengeworth in Evesham produced one of the performances of the night.

Joe Quiney averaged 111.33 in a 2–0 win over Shaun Vernall. Vernall himself had already produced a 96.97, so there was some serious quality on show.

Quiney's tournament eventually ended against Danny Lauby, who beat him 3–1 with an 89.44 average before going on to defeat Shaun Vernall 3–2 in the final.

Lauby finished with eight wins, while Quiney and Vernall both recorded six.

So the title went to Lauby, but the standout number belonged to Quiney.

Boundy wins a strong night at the Sartan

The Sartan Club in Bishopsworth continues to produce interesting results.

This time Steve Boundy took the title, beating Ryan Palmer 3–1 in the final.

Boundy also broke the 100 barrier with a 100.20 average, followed by a 99.55 later in the competition.

Ryan Palmer wasn't far behind, recording 97.57, while Zach Quinn hit 94.91 and Mervyn Adams 93.94.

Palmer actually collected the most wins during the night with seven, ahead of Quinn and Boundy on six apiece.

That's a pretty strong set of numbers for one local Wednesday night tournament.

Steed wins in Barnstaple

Andy Steed followed Tuesday's 96.14 in Tiverton with another good performance, this time turning it into a tournament victory.

Steed won the Vault 19 event at Barnstaple Town FC, beating Neil Ridd 3–0 in the final.

He averaged 92.02 in the final and also recorded a 91.09 earlier in the tournament.

Steed finished with eight wins, with Ricky Preedy next on six.

Two different Devon venues in two nights and Steed has now produced 96.14, 92.02 and 91.09 performances across them.

McCready breaks 100 in Leominster

Alec McCready was the winner at Shooters Bar in Leominster, beating Chris Hurds 3–1 in the final.

McCready produced an excellent 100.20 average during the tournament and followed it with 93.71 in the final and 91.66 against Zak Turner.

That's three 90-plus performances from the eventual champion.

McCready finished the evening with seven wins, while Chris Hurds and Ryan Griffiths recorded five each.

Jamie Kay takes Bodmin title

Jamie Kay won at Bodmin Band & Social Club after beating Logan Symons Jnr 3–2 in the final.

Kay averaged 91.93 in the final, having already recorded a 90.18 earlier in the competition.

James Chudleigh also reached 90.00, while Symons Jnr produced an 83.50.

Kay finished with seven wins, one ahead of Symons Jnr.

Walker wins at Stonehouse despite huge Lewis average

There was an interesting final at Magpies Social Club in Stonehouse.

Josh Lewis averaged 98.40, but it wasn't enough to beat Jack Walker.

Walker averaged 90.41 in a 3–1 victory over Lewis and eventually went on to beat Will Jackson 3–1 in the final.

Walker produced four of the venue's five highest listed averages himself – 90.41, 85.08, 83.50 and 81.24 – and finished with six wins.

Plenty happening elsewhere in the South West

There were several other results worth mentioning.

Steven Rees won at Break N Dish in Street, where Dan Williams twice averaged 96.97. Darren Herbert won at The Choughs in Chard, beating Leighton Cox, while Andrew Cook produced a 95.94 on his way to winning at The Pitch Sports Bar in St Austell.

The junior game was represented in Exeter too, where Joseph Lauridsen won the Junior Volts event at The Kings Pub and produced the tournament's highest average of 81.24.

Five South West performances that caught my eye

1. Joe Quiney – 111.33
   Bengeworth Club, Evesham
2. Alec McCready – 100.20
   Shooters Bar, Leominster
3. Steve Boundy – 100.20
   Sartan Club, Bishopsworth
4. Josh Lewis – 98.40
   Magpies Social Club, Stonehouse
5. Ryan Palmer – 97.57
   Sartan Club, Bishopsworth

And once again, it shows why I like looking beyond simply who won the tournaments.

Quiney and Lewis didn't win their respective events, but produced two of the most eye-catching performances in the region.

The national numbers were even bigger

Across the complete set of results, Jack Johnson and Dean Rogers both recorded 115.62 averages.

Aaron Reed, Joe Quiney and Ricky King all hit 111.33, while there were several more averages above 107.

Ricky King's performance at Christchurch was particularly notable because it wasn't a one-off match: his listed averages included 111.33, 107.36, 98.02 and 93.94, and he went on to win the tournament with eight victories.

Another 70 tournaments added to Q4QS

That's another 70 tournaments feeding into the Q4QS database.

Individually, they give us Wednesday night's winners and standout performances.

Collectively, they're building something much more useful: player records, venue histories, averages, form, rankings and head-to-head data.

And when someone like Andy Steed produces big numbers on consecutive nights at different venues, or a venue such as the Sartan repeatedly produces strong fields, that growing history starts to become particularly interesting.

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10 MODUS Super Series Facts From the Q4QS Database

 

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been building a separate Q4QS database for the MODUS Super Series.

Rather than simply looking at the latest results, the idea is to bring together the Portsmouth-era MODUS history and see what the numbers can tell us about the players who have competed there.

There is a lot in it.

Thousands of matches, hundreds of players, head-to-head records, averages, 180s, checkouts, Finals Night appearances and weekly victories all give me plenty to explore. In fact, there is far too much for one article.

So I’m starting relatively simply.

Here are 10 facts from the Q4QS MODUS database, covering results through Series 15, Week 195. Week 196 has begun appearing in my data, but isn't complete, so I've left it out of the record-book cutoff.

1. Neil Duff is the MODUS marathon man

If there is one player who dominates the longevity records, it is Neil Duff.

Duff has appeared across 24 MODUS weeks and has played 466 recorded matches.

He has won 292 of them.

That means Duff currently leads my database for weeks played, matches played and matches won.

It is difficult to find a better illustration of just how much darts some players have played on the MODUS stage.

2. Duff has also won nine weekly titles

Those appearances haven't simply been about turning up.

Duff has collected nine weekly titles from his 24 weeks in the database, as well as reaching 11 finals and making 19 Finals Night appearances.

So while several players have produced spectacular shorter bursts at MODUS, Duff's record combines longevity with sustained success.

3. Darryl Pilgrim owns the biggest average in the database

The highest individual match average I have recorded belongs to Darryl Pilgrim.

Pilgrim averaged an extraordinary 122.69 against Dennie Olde Kalter during Week 49.

For context, only a tiny number of performances in the entire database even get close.

Connor Scutt and David Evans are among those next in line, both having recorded 120.24.

There is another rather remarkable Pilgrim average hidden in the database too — but I'm saving that one for another article.

4. Nobody has recorded more 100+ averages than Derek Coulson

One huge average can happen on one exceptional day.

Repeatedly averaging over 100 is something different.

Derek Coulson has recorded 45 match averages of 100 or more, the highest total in the Q4QS MODUS data.

Tom Sykes and Scott Taylor are next on 32 each, followed by Andreas Harrysson on 30.

Coulson's overall numbers are impressive too: across 272 recorded matches he has won 195, a win rate of 71.69%.

5. Steve West leads the 180 race

When it comes to maximums, Steve West sits at the top.

West has hit 561 recorded 180s across 371 matches.

That works out at just over 1.5 maximums per match.

There are players with even higher rates over smaller samples, something I'll look at separately, but nobody in the database has accumulated more maximums than West.

6. Luke Littler's MODUS numbers are ridiculous

Long before some of the biggest moments of his subsequent career, Luke Littler was producing some extraordinary numbers at MODUS.

Littler played in just five recorded weeks.

He reached Finals Night in all five and won four weekly titles.

Across his 110 recorded matches, Littler won 84 — 76.36% — and averaged 94.39 overall.

Among players with at least 100 matches in the database, both figures are currently the best.

He also averaged 100+ on 21 occasions and hit 208 maximums.

That's 1.89 180s per match.

7. Neil Duff has checked out 100+ on 147 occasions

Duff returns for another record, but this time it is finishing rather than appearances.

He has recorded 147 checkouts of 100 or more.

Scott Taylor is next with 134, while Steve West has 121.

The highest possible checkout of 170 has been achieved by numerous MODUS players, but accumulating three-figure finishes over several years is another measure of consistency.

8. Two match-ups share the rivalry record

One of the things I particularly wanted the database to uncover was how often the same players have crossed paths.

At the moment, two pairings share the lead with 13 meetings.

Andreas Harrysson v Mike Warburton has happened 13 times, with Harrysson leading the series 9-4.

Conan Whitehead v Darryl Pilgrim has also happened 13 times — and remarkably, Whitehead also leads that rivalry 9-4.

There are some wonderfully close rivalries sitting just below those two as well.

I'll definitely be returning to those.

9. Beau Greaves has recorded a 114.56 average

I also want this database to allow me to look properly at the performances of women who have competed at MODUS.

One number immediately stands out.

Beau Greaves has a best recorded match average of 114.56.

Across the matches currently captured for Greaves, she has won 31 of 40, giving her a 77.5% win rate.

Her overall recorded average is 93.75, she has produced six 100+ averages and hit 76 180s.

There is much more to investigate here, particularly because the dedicated Women's Weeks need to be treated separately from the normal mixed competition.

I think the women's MODUS record book deserves an article of its own.

10. MODUS has produced far more than a handful of familiar names

Perhaps the biggest thing I've noticed while building the database isn't one individual record.

It's the scale of MODUS.

There are around 600 different players represented in the database.

Some have become household names. Others have been MODUS regulars for years. Some appeared briefly and produced a performance that still sits remarkably high in the record books.

There is also a substantial international element.

I'm currently matching the MODUS player database against my Q4QS country data so I can establish exactly how many nations and home nations have been represented rather than guessing at the number.

Once that's complete, MODUS Around the World will be another article in this series.

This is only the beginning

These are deliberately some of the more straightforward records.

I've already found plenty of stranger ones.

There are remarkable losing averages, long winning streaks, incredibly even rivalries, whitewash records, deciding-leg records and players who seem to have spent half their MODUS careers playing one another.

There are women's records to explore properly, country records, the players with the greatest title strike rates and plenty more.

That's what I want to do with this database.

Rather than simply telling you what happened at MODUS last night, I want to use the history to find the stories sitting underneath the results.

This is Part One of the Q4QS MODUS Record Book. There is plenty more to come.

Yesterday's Darts Results: 71 Tournaments, Big Averages and South West Winners – 22 September 2026

Yesterday's Results – Tuesday 22 September 2026

Tuesday was another huge night of grassroots darts, with 71 tournaments added to the Q4QS database.

There were events taking place across the country, but as usual I've concentrated this roundup on the South and South West, picking out some of the winners, performances and numbers that caught my eye.

And there was plenty to choose from.

Bagguley takes the honours in Gloucester

Joe Bagguley was the winner at the Vault 19 event at Widden Rugby Club in Gloucester, beating Cody Kibble 3–0 in the final.

Bagguley won eight matches across the night and also produced the highest average recorded at the venue, a 90.18. Cody Kibble finished with six wins, while Ryan Palmer also collected six and reached an 83.50 average.

It was a strong night's work from Bagguley and another Gloucester result to add to the growing Q4QS database.

Cleave wins in Tiverton – but Steed and Howard produce the big numbers

At Elmore Football Club in Tiverton, Finlay Cleave came through to take the title, defeating Dave Fisher 3–0 in the final.

The eye-catching numbers, though, arrived elsewhere in the tournament.

Andy Steed averaged 96.14, while Junior Howard hit 94.60 in their meeting. Howard won that match 2–1. Cleave's best recorded average was 88.53 on his way to the title.

That makes Tiverton one of the more interesting events from Tuesday's results – a tournament where the eventual winner was not necessarily responsible for the night's biggest statistical performance.

Godbeer wins at Portishead

There was another local winner at Portishead Workmens Darts, where Logun Godbeer won the Tuesday Open.

Godbeer beat Jacob Huxtable 3–1 in the final and finished the tournament with eight wins. His best recorded average was 72.12, while Josh Rose produced the highest figure of the tournament at 75.43.

Jones comes through a strong Evesham night

Bretforton Sports Club produced one of Tuesday's more interesting sets of numbers.

Paul Jones eventually won the Vault 19 event, beating Joe Quiney 3–1 in the final and recording eight victories during the tournament.

Quiney, however, produced the biggest average of the night there with 96.97, and also recorded 88.41 and 85.89 performances.

There was quality elsewhere too, with Danny Lauby averaging 91.09 and 88.41 during the tournament.

For me, Bretforton was one of the standout venues from Tuesday – plenty of depth as well as a strong winning performance from Jones.

Bywater takes WADC win at Leominster

Clare Bywater won the WADC Vault event at Shooters in Leominster, defeating Karrina Barnes 3–2 in the final.

Bywater recorded four wins and was responsible for each of her five highest listed averages in the tournament data, headed by a 60.93 against Christine Sheen.

The biggest average of the night

Away from the immediate South West, one number is difficult to ignore.

Mike Gillet produced a huge 112.73 average at the Locomotive Engineers Social Club in Eastleigh.

Gillet went on to win the tournament, beating Kieren Dobson 3–1 in the final and finishing with seven victories.

The national figures contained plenty more big numbers. Dan Grouped, Ash Mckeever, Finley Bennett and Sean Ross all reached 107.36, while Lee Wreford hit 104.86 and Darren Edwards recorded 103.66.

Five performances that caught my eye

1. Joe Quiney – 96.97, Bretforton Sports Club
2. Andy Steed – 96.14, Elmore Football Club, Tiverton
3. Junior Howard – 94.60, Elmore Football Club, Tiverton
4. Danny Lauby – 91.09, Bretforton Sports Club
5. Joe Bagguley – 90.18, Widden Rugby Club, Gloucester

It's a good illustration of why I don't want Yesterday's Results to become simply a list of tournament winners. There are often some excellent performances hidden deeper inside these events.

Another 71 tournaments into Q4QS

The most important part for the longer-term project is the volume of information being collected.

Another 71 tournaments from one day have now been added to Q4QS.

Every one adds more information to the player records, rankings, venue data, form and head-to-head history I'm building.

The daily result is interesting on its own. Over time, though, it's the accumulation of all those results that should make Q4QS increasingly useful.

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How Tough Are the Toughest Under-55 Darts Tournaments?

 

At first glance, it sounds like a bit of an oxymoron.

How can an Under-55 average darts tournament be particularly tough?

Surely the whole point is that everybody entering averages below 55?

I've been looking through the Q4QS Tournament Strength database, and these competitions are actually a really interesting part of grassroots darts.

Because Under-55 doesn't necessarily mean somebody can't average 60, 65 or even 70.

It means they don't do it consistently.

And I know that because I'm one of them.

I'm Probably A Good Example

I regularly play in Under-55 competitions myself.

I've hit a 70 average.

I've also hit a 40 average.

That's my problem.

On a good day, I can produce darts well above the level you might expect from somebody playing in an Under-55 competition. On another day, it can disappear completely.

If I could average around 70 every time I played, I quite obviously wouldn't be playing Under-55 darts.

But I can't.

And I'm far from unusual.

There are plenty of players at this level capable of producing a really good match, a really good run or even an excellent tournament. What they haven't necessarily developed is the consistency to reproduce it week after week.

That's one reason these tournaments can be considerably tougher than the name suggests.

What Counts As An Under-55 Tournament?

I've been deliberately cautious with the data for this article.

There are lots of different formats listed in the Q4QS database.

Some open competitions, for example, offer a prize for the furthest-performing Under-55 player. I've excluded those because the tournament itself isn't restricted to Under-55 players.

I've also left out junior competitions, plate competitions and anything where I couldn't establish with reasonable confidence that the main event itself was an average-restricted competition.

That means this isn't necessarily every Under-55 tournament in the database.

It's a selection of the ones I can identify most reliably.

There is another complication: not every organiser determines eligibility in exactly the same way.

Some use a player's recent recorded average. Others use a specified number of previous competitions or performances.

So seeing somebody average 60+ in an Under-55 tournament doesn't automatically mean anything is wrong.

In fact, that's partly the point of this article.

Some Of These Tournaments Are Strong

Once I removed the more ambiguous records, there were still some fascinating Tournament Strength scores.

Remember, Tournament Strength is not a three-dart average. It's the Q4QS measure I use to assess the overall strength of a tournament field using the players and performance information in the database.

Here are some examples from clearly identifiable average-restricted events:

Event	Venue	Q4QS Tournament Strength
ADC Midlands Level Up Core Regional Final	Bagley Sports & Social Club	57.24
ADC South East & London Level Up Core Regional Final	Hotshots Sports Bar	54.69
Under-55 Average Series	The Bullseye Bar, Lichfield	53.62
ADC South East & London Level Up Core Regional Final	The Phoenix Club	53.53
Wobbly's Under-55	49 Club	53.52
ADC South East & London Level Up Core Regional Final	Fareham Social Club	53.41
ADC South Wales Level Up Core Final	Brynmawr Social Club	53.33
ADC South Wales Level Up Core Final	Briton Ferry Workingmen's Club	53.14
Oliver's & Castell Howell U55 Series	Oliver's Sports Bar	52.60

I've deliberately not produced a definitive 'Top 10' here.

Average-restricted events aren't always labelled consistently in the source data, so I'd rather show a collection of examples I'm comfortable with than manufacture a ranking by including events I'm less certain about.

57.24 Is A Serious Field

The one that really caught my attention was the ADC Midlands Level Up Core Regional Final at Bagley Sports & Social Club.

It recorded a Q4QS Tournament Strength of 57.24.

The ADC Level Up format is specifically designed for players at this level. For this event, eligibility was based around a running average of 55 or below, with qualification requirements attached to performances in the Vault system.

Yet the eventual tournament winner averaged 64.61 across the competition.

That, for me, sums this entire subject up.

An eligible Under-55 player produced a tournament performance nearly ten points higher than 55.

There's no contradiction there.

It's simply a player producing a very good day of darts.

The Same Thing Happens At Regular U55 Events

It isn't only the bigger regional finals either.

The Bullseye Bar in Lichfield has run its Under-55 Average Series, with one event in my database reaching a Tournament Strength of 53.62.

Wobbly's Under-55 at the 49 Club reaches 53.52.

The Oliver's & Castell Howell U55 Series also breaks 52.

Those aren't enormous numbers when compared with professional darts, and nobody is pretending they are.

But that's not the comparison I'm interested in.

These are competitions specifically designed for players below a particular established standard, yet they can still assemble surprisingly competitive fields.

A 52-Average Player Isn't Necessarily A 52-Average Player

This is where averages can sometimes be misleading.

Imagine somebody's recent performances look something like this:

48 – 51 – 63 – 46 – 59 – 50

There's some decent darts in there.

There's also enough inconsistency to keep the overall figure down.

Put a room full of players with that sort of profile together and you've got an interesting tournament.

Several of them might produce their best darts on the same evening.

Suddenly the standard of the competition bears little resemblance to what somebody might imagine when they see the words Under 55.

That's certainly how I see my own game.

The fact I've averaged 70 tells you something about what I'm capable of.

The fact I've also averaged 40 tells you rather more about why I'm still eligible for these competitions.

It's About Consistency, Not Ceiling

I think that's probably the biggest thing I've taken from looking at the data.

There is a difference between a player's ceiling and their normal level.

A developing amateur player might have a considerably higher ceiling than their overall average suggests.

The better players simply reach that ceiling more often.

Move further up the darting ladder and the really noticeable difference isn't always one spectacular performance. It's seeing somebody produce the same standard again and again.

A 65 average isn't particularly remarkable if somebody normally averages 65.

It's extremely good if somebody normally averages 50.

And That's Why Under-55 Darts Works

I actually think this is one of the attractions of average-restricted competition.

Turn up at a completely unrestricted open and you could be drawn against somebody operating at an entirely different level.

There's nothing wrong with that — that's open darts.

But restricted competitions give developing players the opportunity to play meaningful matches against people who are broadly around their level.

That doesn't make them easy.

Far from it.

You're potentially facing somebody who normally averages 52 but is perfectly capable of throwing 65 against you.

And if you're unlucky, that's the version that turns up.

Don't Mistake Under-55 For Easy Darts

That's really the conclusion.

Under-55 isn't a ceiling on how well somebody can play.

It's a way of grouping players according to a longer-term measure of their standard.

Within those tournaments there are players capable of producing some very good darts indeed.

The Q4QS Tournament Strength figures illustrate that. An ADC Level Up field has reached 57.24, while a number of other U55 competitions are above 53.

More importantly, we've seen players eligible for these competitions produce tournament performances well beyond the 55 mark.

I know from my own darts how that happens.

Give me the right night and I've shown I can average 70.

Give me another night and I can average 40.

Unfortunately, I haven't yet worked out how to make sure the first player turns up rather than the second.

And I suspect quite a few Under-55 players reading this will know exactly what I mean.