Yesterday's Darts Results: Kaya Baysal Hits 115.62, Jayden Walker Wins Again and 33 Tournaments Added to Q4QS – 26 October 2026

Monday may not have had Sunday's enormous number of tournaments, but there was still plenty to talk about, with 33 competitions added to the Q4QS Database.

Kaya Baysal continued his impressive form with another tournament victory and four three-figure averages. Jayden Walker was among the junior winners in Salisbury, Shane Turner produced a 103.66 average on his way to a title, and Alec Small recorded a 115.62 in Wales.

There was also a remarkable set of averages at a handicap competition in Lichfield, although those figures need to be considered in the context of the format.

And there was WADC action too, with a blind doubles competition at the Red Rose Darts Hub.

Kaya Baysal continues his excellent run

Having featured prominently in Sunday's results, Kaya Baysal was back among the headlines on Monday.

At the David Street Club, Baysal won Pendle Super Series 3 – Week 5, defeating Leighton Jones 3–0 in the final and finishing with nine victories.

What really caught my attention was the consistency of his performances.

He recorded averages of 115.62, 104.86, 102.48 and 100.20, all in the same competition.

The 115.62 came against Alfie Armitage, while the 104.86 was recorded against Tony Clarke.

Carl Bevan and Leighton Jones both finished with seven victories, but Baysal was the outstanding performer.

It's one thing to hit a big average. Producing four three-figure averages during a tournament, and then winning it, tells us rather more about the standard of someone's darts.

Jayden Walker wins another Junior Volts title

At Stratford Social Club in Salisbury, Jayden Walker won the Monday Junior Volts competition, defeating Mason Beaven 3–1 in the final.

Walker finished with six victories and produced the highest average of the event, 86.71 against Jake Bertenshaw.

He also recorded 81.24 against Thomas Scamell and 76.48 against Zachary Petty.

Joshua Stott averaged 78.37, while Petty recorded 76.74.

Walker has appeared in our recent results more than once, and performances like this are worth keeping an eye on. Winning junior tournaments regularly is encouraging, but combining those victories with improving averages is particularly interesting.

Shane Turner breaks the 100 barrier

At the Riverside Club, Shane Turner won the Vault in-betweener competition, defeating Paul Farnes 4–2 in the final.

Turner collected seven victories and produced a 103.66 average against John McDonald.

His other leading averages included 90.13 and 85.08, while Robert Buckle recorded 83.50.

Another strong performance where the tournament winner also produced the highest average.

Alec Small hits 115.62 in Wattsville

One of Monday's strongest individual performances came at Wattsville National Club.

Alec Small recorded a 115.62 average against Luke Pope, followed by an equally impressive 104.86 against Keri Dacey.

However, the tournament title went to Rico Anderson, who defeated Small 3–1 in the final.

Anderson finished with eight victories, while Small collected seven.

It's a good example of something we see quite regularly in grassroots darts. The player producing the biggest averages doesn't necessarily win the tournament.

That doesn't diminish Small's performances, but Anderson deserves credit for coming through the matches and taking the title.

Adam Clarke wins in Lichfield – with some extraordinary averages

At the Bullseye Bar in Lichfield, Adam Clarke defeated Jake Lawley 3–2 to win the Handicap Knockout.

The recorded averages were extraordinary.

Martyn Exall topped the competition with 127.79, followed by Michael Bean on 116.20, Jodie Payne on 113.72, Adam Clarke on 113.56 and Clayton Edge on 112.68.

Those figures certainly stand out, but I would be cautious about comparing them directly with ordinary 501 tournament averages without checking exactly how the handicap format affects the statistics.

The result itself is straightforward: Clarke won the competition, with five victories recorded.

Liam Cook wins in Cwmbran

At Cwmbran Working Men's Club, Liam Cook defeated James Prettyjohn 4–1 in the final of the Money In Money Out competition.

Cook won seven matches and produced the highest average of the tournament, 93.94 against Dai Smith.

He also recorded 78.13 in the final and 77.83 against Ashley Jeremiah.

Prettyjohn and Bravon Monjero each finished with five victories.

Damian Corr takes the Halifax title

Damian Corr won the Division 1 competition at Forest Cottage Community Centre in Halifax, defeating John Clifford 3–1 in the final.

Corr finished with seven victories and produced the event's highest average, 95.94 against Tommy Hudson.

Jordon Catherall recorded 86.71, while Clifford produced 84.52.

A convincing tournament performance from Corr.

More Monday winners

There were several other results worth mentioning.

At Clandown Darts Promotions, Alfie Barney won the Monday Under-65 Round Robin, defeating Freddie Keen 3–2. Barney recorded two averages of 81.24 and finished with seven victories.

At the Wolversdene Club, David Moule defeated Jack Steer 3–0 to win the Money In Money Out Round Robin. Moule won eight matches, while Lee Evans produced the highest average of 98.02.

At Broadway Social Club, Shaun Barnes won the Clwb Emrys Circuit competition, defeating Morgan Preece 3–0 and finishing with nine victories. Preece recorded the highest average of 81.98.

At Bostin Darts 180 Bar, Shaun Hercules defeated Danny Lauby 3–0 in the final. Lauby had produced the competition's highest average of 93.94.

And at the Active Club Hub, Sam Atherton defeated Charlie Taylor 3–0 to win the Monday Vault competition. Both players finished with eight victories.

Junior darts: four Junior Volts competitions

As well as Jayden Walker's victory in Salisbury, three other Junior Volts competitions took place on Monday.

At MK Sports Bar & Lounge in Milton Keynes, Mason Lyon defeated Presley Lamb 3–2 in the final. Zac Copperwheat recorded the highest average of 85.89, with Jack Waker close behind on 83.50.

At McNamara's Sports Bar and Academy, Harley Lewis-Rowlands defeated Mason Gleave 3–0, finishing with seven victories. Rhys Brown produced the highest average of 91.09, while Lewis-Rowlands recorded 85.08 in the final.

At the Empire Clubs in Lancing, Ethan Yates defeated Jamie Johnson 3–2. Johnson produced the competition's highest average of 80.52.

There was also a victory for Harrison Doherty in Monday Night Mayhem at St Anthony's Darts, while Mason Morris won the Social Bull Under-18 Winter League competition.

It's another encouraging set of junior results, particularly with several players recording averages in the 80s and 90s.

WADC: blind doubles at Red Rose Darts Hub

Monday's WADC action came from the WADC Vault Break Blind Doubles at Red Rose Darts Hub.

The pairing listed as Celia Netty defeated Rachel t Andrea 3–2 in the final.

The highest recorded average was 51.83 from the pairing listed as Grace Wendy S.

Because these are blind doubles team labels rather than confirmed individual player identities, I wouldn't attach individual player statistics or profile links to them without further verification.

It's good to see doubles included in the WADC programme. Different formats give players another opportunity to compete, particularly when partnerships are drawn rather than established beforehand.

Monday's highest recorded averages

The handicap competition produced several exceptionally high figures, so I've separated those from the conventional competition results.

Player	Average	Competition
Martyn Exall	127.79	Lichfield Handicap Knockout
Michael Bean	116.20	Lichfield Handicap Knockout
Kaya Baysal	115.62	Pendle Super Series
Alec Small	115.62	Wattsville Vault
Jodie Payne	113.72	Lichfield Handicap Knockout
Adam Clarke	113.56	Lichfield Handicap Knockout
Clayton Edge	112.68	Lichfield Handicap Knockout
Shane Turner	103.66	Riverside Vault
Will Parry	100.20	Windle Round Robin
Lee Evans	98.02	Wolversdene Club

These are individual match averages, not tournament averages. Handicap-event figures are shown as recorded and should not automatically be compared on a like-for-like basis with standard competitions.

My five standout performances

1. Kaya Baysal: Nine victories, four three-figure averages and another Pendle Super Series title.
2. Alec Small: A 115.62 and a 104.86 at Wattsville, despite finishing runner-up.
3. Jayden Walker: Another Junior Volts victory, with an 86.71 average in Salisbury.
4. Shane Turner: Seven victories and a 103.66 average at the Riverside Club.
5. Liam Cook: Seven victories and a 93.94 average in Cwmbran.

Special mentions go to Damian Corr, Harley Lewis-Rowlands, Rhys Brown and Rico Anderson.

Another 33 tournaments added to Q4QS

Monday's results provided a good mixture of open competitions, restricted-average events, junior darts, a handicap tournament and WADC doubles.

For me, Kaya Baysal was the standout story. Following up Sunday's success with another title and four averages over 100 is impressive.

But there were plenty of other achievements worth recognising, from Jayden Walker's junior victory to Rico Anderson beating a player who had produced two exceptional averages.

That's one of the reasons I enjoy looking beyond the final scores. There's usually more to a tournament than simply who lifted the trophy.

Full results, rankings and player statistics are available at QuestForQSchool.

The ADC’s Most Familiar Finals – The Players Who Keep Meeting When It Matters

 

Anyone who regularly follows local darts will know the feeling.

You look at the results from a venue and think: haven’t those two played each other in the final before?

Quite often, the answer is yes.

With the Q4QS archive now containing thousands of historical tournament records, I’ve started digging into something I’ve wanted to look at for a while: the players who keep meeting each other when tournaments reach the business end.

And even an initial scan has thrown up some remarkable rivalries.

This isn't simply about two good players meeting regularly. To repeatedly meet in finals, both players have to negotiate the rest of the field time after time.

In some cases, they are doing it at the same venue so regularly that the match-up is becoming part of that venue's story.

Turner and Dutton keep finding each other in Wycombe

One of the examples that originally made me want to investigate this was Shane Turner against Stuart Dutton around the Wycombe area.

The numbers back up the impression.

My initial archive scan has found eight finals between Turner and Dutton, with seven of those taking place at Riverside Club in Wycombe.

Those seven Riverside finals are remarkably close too.

Shane Turner 4-3 Stuart Dutton

So despite repeatedly reaching the same final, neither player has been able to establish anything approaching complete dominance over the other.

That is exactly the sort of rivalry these numbers can uncover.

It isn't one memorable final.

It is two players repeatedly getting through the field and ending up staring at the same opponent again.

There is also another recorded final between them in Aylesbury, taking their initial total to eight.

Palmer and Quinn at Sartan

Another pairing I suspected before looking at the numbers was Ryan Palmer and Zach Quinn at Sartan Club.

Again, the archive confirms that they have shared more than one final there.

I have currently identified two Sartan finals between Palmer and Quinn in the archive.

On 19 August, Quinn took the title.

On 9 September, Palmer got the better of the return meeting.

That makes it 1-1 from those two finals.

It will be particularly interesting when I expand this beyond finals, because the next question becomes how often Palmer and Quinn have met in semi-finals, quarter-finals and earlier rounds at Sartan as well.

A rivalry doesn't necessarily begin at the final.

Sometimes the draw gets in the way.

Some extraordinary recurring finals

Once I expanded the first scan across the archive, some much bigger totals began to appear.

Among the most frequent pairings found so far are:

Gavin Sterio v Mike Huntley – 16 finals

Ryan Davies v Stephen Cake – 14 finals

Freddie Rowlands v Jenson Macey – 14 finals

Jake B-Smith v Jamie Chaplin – 13 finals

Dean Taylor v Mat Caste – 13 finals

Those numbers deserve some context.

Reaching one final is difficult enough.

For the same two players to end up facing one another in 13, 14 or even 16 recorded finals means that both have been consistently getting deep into tournaments within the same circuit or group of events.

That is the next part of the investigation.

Are those finals spread across several venues?

Are they concentrated almost entirely at one venue?

Is one player winning most of them, or are they genuinely split?

And how many times have the same players met away from the final?

Venue rivalries could be even more interesting

For me, this is where the data could become particularly interesting for grassroots darts.

National lists are good fun, but every regular venue develops its own cast of players.

Somebody may be one of the strongest players at a particular club for months.

Two players may repeatedly knock each other out.

Another player might continually reach finals but keep running into the same opponent.

We can now start putting numbers against those stories.

For example, rather than simply saying Shane Turner and Stuart Dutton are regulars around Wycombe, I can show that they have already contested seven recorded finals against each other at Riverside.

Eventually I should also be able to answer questions such as:

Which two players have contested the most finals at a single venue?

Who has beaten the same opponent in the most finals?

Which rivalry is closest to 50/50?

Which player has stopped another player winning the most titles?

Which players account for the greatest percentage of all finals at their home venue?

And which opponents seem almost impossible to keep apart?

Nearly 9,000 finals to investigate

The initial archive contains more than 9,600 individual tournament match files, and the first pass identified close to 9,000 recorded finals.

That means this is much bigger than a handful of examples.

There should be enough information to build proper historical profiles of individual venues and the players who have dominated them.

There is some work to do first.

The Q4QS archive contains material gathered through different sources, so I want to separate the ADC records properly and check for duplicate tournament data before presenting any list as a definitive all-time ranking.

For that reason, the national totals above should be regarded as an initial Q4QS archive scan rather than a final official ADC record book.

But the potential is obvious.

The local stories behind the numbers

This is exactly the sort of statistic I want Q4QS to uncover.

A leaderboard tells us who is performing well.

An average tells us how somebody is playing.

But neither necessarily tells us the stories developing week after week at individual venues.

Seven Turner-Dutton finals at Riverside does.

Palmer and Quinn repeatedly reaching the latter stages at Sartan does.

And somewhere within thousands of other matches will be rivalries that even the players themselves may not realise have happened quite so often.

This is only the first dig into the archive.

Next, I'm going to start separating the data by venue and finding the most repeated finals in ADC darts – both nationally and at individual venues.

There could be some very familiar names waiting for each other at the oche.

South & South West Round-Up – Brown and Cooper Continue Outstanding Form

 

Thursday night delivered another excellent programme of grassroots darts across the South West, with familiar names continuing their impressive seasons and several players producing outstanding three-figure averages.

From Bristol and Yeovil to Plymouth, Faringdon and Kentisbeare, there was plenty of quality on display as the ADC Vault Series continued.

Ashton Brown Produces Another Statement Performance

Few players are enjoying a better run than Ashton Brown.

The Hangar61 regular claimed yet another title after defeating Freddie Smith 3-0 in the final of the Thursday Night Round Robin at DartAsylum HQ.

Brown was in outstanding form throughout the evening, producing a superb 104.86 average in the final and recording three separate averages above 98 during the tournament. His recent consistency continues to make him one of the hottest players on the South West circuit.

Freddie Smith also deserves plenty of credit after another excellent run to the final.

Henry Cooper Dominates In Yeovil

The Yeovil Labour Club once again produced a strong Vault field, but it was Henry Cooper who stole the headlines.

Cooper defeated Paul Grenville 3-0 in the final and produced two sensational performances over the 100 mark, including a magnificent 103.26 average.

His latest success further strengthens an already excellent 2026 campaign and confirms his status as one of the leading players in the South West.

Scott Lawrey Triumphs In Plymouth

At Legends Lounge in Plymouth, Scott Lawrey came through a competitive field to defeat Sean Taylor 3-0 in the final.

Andy Steed once again showed his quality by recording the highest average of the event at 96.97, while Sean Taylor produced several excellent performances during his run to the final.

Shane Turner Claims Faringdon Title

Faringdon Town Football Club produced another highly competitive Vault.

Shane Turner defeated Lee Evans 3-1 in the final after producing a superb 100.20 average earlier in the evening.

Lee Evans and Sam Jackson both impressed throughout the tournament, making it one of the strongest events of the night.

Freddie Davey Wins In Kentisbeare

The Wyndham Arms hosted another enjoyable Devon Vault event.

Freddie Davey edged Craig Todd 3-2 in the final after an unbeaten evening, adding another title to his growing collection of good performances this season.

Other South West Highlights

Stewart Lyons claimed the Thursday Night Under 60 title at Highridge United, while Robbie Long continued his excellent run of form by winning another Hangar61 Thursday Night Round Robin.

Samuel King also impressed with victory at Purton after winning nine matches during the evening.

South West Standout Performers

🏆 Ashton Brown – DartAsylum Champion (104.86 average)

🏆 Henry Cooper – Yeovil Vault Champion

🏆 Scott Lawrey – Plymouth Vault Champion

🏆 Shane Turner – Faringdon Vault Champion

🏆 Freddie Davey – Kentisbeare Vault Champion

🏆 Stewart Lyons – Highridge Under 60 Champion

🔥 Performance of the Night: Ashton Brown – 104.86 average

Another excellent evening demonstrated the incredible depth of grassroots darts across the South West, with established names continuing to perform and several players producing averages well into three figures.