Yesterday’s Darts Results – Pete Hughes Fires in 104.86 as 37 Events Hit the Q4QS Database (26th August 2026

 

Another busy Wednesday of grassroots darts saw 37 tournaments added to the Q4QS database for 26 August, with action stretching across the South West and beyond.

There was plenty to pick out, but one of the clearest performances of the night came from Pete Hughes at Evesham Darts Competitions. Hughes took the Round Robin title with a 3–0 final victory over Shaun Vernall, producing a superb 104.86 average along the way.

Hughes delivers at Evesham

Pete Hughes continues to be a familiar name around the regional circuit, and this was another strong night.

His 104.86 was one of the best recorded averages across Wednesday's results, while Mitchell Leeming also impressed at Evesham with a 95.94, and Darrel Williams recorded an 88.41.

Hughes completed the job by defeating Vernall 3–0 in the final, adding another title to his recent results.

McCready takes Leominster honours

Alec McCready came through the Money In Money Out competition at Leominster & District Darts League.

McCready defeated Oscar Evans-Clay 3–1 in the final and also produced a 90.18 average during the tournament.

It was another useful result for McCready in an increasingly competitive part of the regional grassroots scene.

Richard Smith edges a seven-leg final

There was a much tighter finish at the Purton Red House Round Robin, where Richard Smith defeated James Roberts 4–3.

Ben Spencer was among the notable performers there, recording an 88.41 average.

Sanderson takes another JDC VOLTS title

The junior circuit again featured heavily in Wednesday's programme.

Charlie Sanderson won JDC VOLTS Series 7 at The Kings, defeating Charlie Fone 3–1 in the final.

With JDC and VOLTS competitions now appearing regularly in the Q4QS results database, they are also beginning to provide a much clearer picture of the young players producing results week after week.

Huntley wins 4–0

At Vetz Sports and Social Club, Mike Huntley produced one of the more emphatic final results of the night.

Huntley defeated Lloyd Sterio 4–0 to take the title and also registered an 88.41 average during the competition.

Pairs success in Devizes

There was also pairs action at the Devizes Town Pairs Special, where Sheppard/Perkins took the honours.

They defeated Dicker/Ferguson 3–0 in the final, with the winning pair recording an 80.52 average during the event.

Big numbers elsewhere

While the Q4QS daily roundup puts particular emphasis on the South West, there were some huge numbers elsewhere among Wednesday's 37 recorded competitions.

Andy Smith produced the highest recorded average of the day with 115.62 at the Bradmoor Farm Wednesday Vault Break 2. Adam Mould hit 108.15, while Chas Barstow recorded 107.36 and 104.27 during MIMO 2608.

Sam Jackson and Mark "Bully" Cannon were also among those breaking the 100 mark.

It was another night showing the depth of darts being played away from the major televised circuits — from established regional names to juniors and local players putting together eye-catching performances.

With 37 more tournaments now logged, all of the results continue to feed into the growing Q4QS database, rankings and player statistics.

What Are the Toughest Non-Televised Darts Tournaments of 2026 So Far?

 

Over the past few weeks, I've been using the Q4QS Tournament Strength data to look at the competitive landscape of darts from several different angles.

I've compared the world's leading tours, looked at the difference between the Players Championship, Challenge Tour and Development Tour, and most recently investigated just how tough ADC Vault tournaments can become.

This time I'm asking a simple question:

What have been the toughest individual non-televised tournaments of 2026 so far?

There is one important distinction before looking at the rankings.

This analysis does not include the PDC's televised events.

The ranking is based on the floor, qualifying, pathway, regional and open tournaments currently represented in the Q4QS Tournament Strength database. Events such as the World Championship, World Matchplay and other televised PDC tournaments are therefore not part of this comparison.

And, of course, we're only in August. This is a snapshot of 2026 so far, not a final end-of-year ranking.

First – Tournament Strength Is NOT an Average

This distinction is particularly important when looking at the numbers below.

A Q4QS Tournament Strength Score of 93.00 does not mean the players averaged 93.00.

Tournament Strength is a calculated Q4QS measure designed to assess the overall quality of a tournament field. It incorporates factors including player ratings, player performance and the overall strength of those competing.

It allows tournaments from very different levels and parts of the game to be compared using the same scale.

Think of it as a field-strength rating, not a three-dart average.

The Toughest Non-Televised Tournaments of 2026 So Far

Rank	Tournament	Q4QS Tournament Strength
1	PDC Players Championship 4	99.01
2	PDC Players Championship 1	98.15
3	Winmau World Masters – Preliminary Round Finals	97.99
4	PDC Players Championship 3	97.81
5	PDC Players Championship 2	97.75
6	European Tour 1 – Tour Card Holder Qualifier	96.51
7	European Tour 2 – Tour Card Holder Qualifier	95.00
8	UK Q-School Final Stage – Event 2	93.00
9	UK Q-School Final Stage – Event 1	92.81
10	PDC Challenge Tour 1	92.80
11	UK Q-School Final Stage – Event 4	92.61
12	UK Q-School Final Stage – Event 3	92.53
13	PDC Challenge Tour 2	92.46
14	PDC Challenge Tour 9	92.31
15	UK Q-School Stage 1 – Event 1	92.00
16	PDC Challenge Tour 3	91.50
17	EU Q-School Final Stage – Event 3	91.44
18	PDC Challenge Tour 4	91.41
19	EU Q-School Final Stage – Event 4	91.19
20	EU Q-School Final Stage – Event 1	91.18

Players Championship Is Still the Benchmark

Within the non-televised tournaments covered by this analysis, the Players Championship is the clear benchmark.

Players Championship 4 leads the database with a Tournament Strength Score of 99.01.

Players Championship 1, 3 and 2 are also all inside the top five.

These are 128-player fields packed with Tour Card holders, and there simply aren't many places for a weaker player to hide.

You can draw an outstanding player in the opening round and, should you win, potentially face another immediately afterwards.

The Players Championship doesn't have the crowds and atmosphere associated with televised darts, but purely in terms of field strength, the numbers underline just how unforgiving the floor circuit can be.

The World Masters Preliminary Stage Is a Standout

Sitting amongst all those Players Championships is something very different.

The Winmau World Masters Preliminary Round Finals scores 97.99, putting it third in the entire non-televised ranking.

That's an enormous Tournament Strength Score.

And it illustrates something that has become increasingly apparent while producing this series:

the most prestigious part of a tournament isn't necessarily the strongest part statistically.

When large numbers of extremely capable players are fighting for a limited number of places, preliminary rounds and qualifiers can create extraordinarily concentrated fields.

Tour Card Holder Qualifiers Are Brutal

Two European Tour Card Holder Qualifiers are next, scoring 96.51 and 95.00.

Those aren't European Tour stage events.

They're the tournaments players have to survive simply to reach them.

With fields consisting almost entirely of PDC Tour Card holders and only a limited number of qualification places available, straightforward matches are difficult to find.

Some of the strongest fields in darts therefore aren't playing in front of thousands of spectators.

They're playing on the floor trying to earn the right to do so.

Q-School Really Is That Difficult

Anyone who has followed Q-School knows its reputation.

The Tournament Strength data gives us an indication of just how difficult it really is.

UK Q-School Final Stage Event 2 records 93.00.

Event 1 scores 92.81, while Events 4 and 3 register 92.61 and 92.53 respectively.

For comparison, the strongest Challenge Tour event in the current data is 92.80.

That means the strongest UK Q-School Final Stage event actually edges it.

Q-School brings together former Tour Card holders, leading Challenge and Development Tour players, international competitors and ambitious players attempting to break into the professional game.

The numbers reinforce something anyone who has attempted Q-School already knows:

earning a Tour Card is brutally difficult.

Challenge Tour Shows the Depth Below the 128

Challenge Tour 1 reaches 92.80, with Events 2 and 9 recording 92.46 and 92.31.

That's another indication of the depth immediately beneath the PDC Tour.

It can be tempting to see Tour Card holders and non-Tour Card holders as two clearly defined standards of player.

The Tournament Strength data suggests reality is considerably less straightforward.

There is a huge amount of quality immediately outside the professional 128.

And Then It Starts Getting Really Interesting

The overall Top 20 is understandably dominated by Players Championship, Q-School and Challenge Tour events.

But move a little further down the rankings and tournaments from very different parts of darts start appearing alongside one another.

One in particular stands out.

ADC Winmau Championship South – Event 3: 89.02

The ADC Winmau Championship South Event 3 scores 89.02.

That's a significant number.

The event attracted more than 300 players in the Q4QS database, while another Championship South event scores 87.90 and the Friday night warm-up reaches 86.86.

In the previous article in this series I looked at how strong the sharp end of the ADC Vault system could become.

The Championship data takes that story another step further.

The strongest ADC Championship fields aren't at Challenge Tour level – there is still a meaningful gap between 89.02 and the Challenge Tour events above 92.

But they're considerably stronger than the term "grassroots darts" might lead some people to assume.

And Then There's the Dutch Open

The 2026 Dutch Open records 88.56 in the Q4QS database.

There is an important caveat with this figure.

The Q4QS Dutch Open data currently covers the tournament from the Last 1,024 onwards, rather than the complete entry.

The 88.56 Tournament Strength Score should therefore be interpreted as the strength of the section of the tournament represented in my database – not as a measurement of every player who originally entered the Dutch Open.

Even with that qualification, it provides another interesting reference point for the strength of major open darts.

Beyond the Top 20

Once we move away from the PDC-dominated top of the ranking, the variety becomes much more apparent.

Tournament	Q4QS Tournament Strength
ADC Winmau Championship South – Event 3	89.02
UK Q-School Stage 1 – Event 3	88.80
Dutch Open*	88.56
ADC Winmau Championship South – Event 1	87.90
EU Q-School Stage 1 – Event 1	87.86
PDC Europe Next Gen – Weekend 1	86.64
EU Q-School Stage 1 – Event 2	86.59
PDC Asian Tour 2	86.58
Scottish Open	86.56

*Dutch Open score represents the tournament from the Last 1,024 onwards.

This might actually be the most interesting part of the analysis.

We have ADC Championship darts, Q-School, Next Gen, the Asian Tour and major international opens all beginning to occupy similar territory.

They're very different competitions with very different purposes.

But Tournament Strength gives us a way of asking the same question of all of them:

How strong was the field?

A Bigger Tournament Doesn't Necessarily Mean a Stronger Field

Tournament prestige, prize money, crowd size and Tournament Strength are completely different things.

A small invitational event can contain some of the greatest players in the world.

A huge open tournament can contain hundreds or even thousands of players across a massive range of abilities.

And a qualifier can contain an unusually concentrated group of extremely strong players because almost everyone in the room is fighting for only a handful of places.

Tournament Strength isn't designed to tell us which event matters most.

It measures the competitive strength of the field represented in the Q4QS database.

That's a very different question.

And it's producing some fascinating answers.

Final Thoughts

So far in 2026, one thing remains very clear.

Within the non-televised tournaments covered by the Q4QS database, Players Championship darts sets an extraordinarily high benchmark.

But underneath it lies a much more interesting hierarchy.

Tour Card Holder Qualifiers are exceptionally strong.

Q-School really is as brutal as its reputation suggests.

The Challenge Tour demonstrates the enormous depth immediately outside the PDC's professional 128.

And further down, ADC Championships, major opens, Next Gen and international PDC circuits show just how much quality exists across the wider darts world.

Perhaps the biggest lesson from this series continues to be the same one:

The name above the tournament doesn't necessarily tell you how difficult the draw is going to be.

The players in the room do.

And that's exactly what the Q4QS Tournament Strength Score is designed to measure.

These are the standings in August 2026.

There is still plenty of darts to be played.

It will be fascinating to see whether anything can dislodge Players Championship 4 from the top before the end of the year.

Coming Next: The Toughest Darts Venues in Britain

We've compared tours.

We've compared individual tournaments.

Now the next question is:

Where are the toughest places to play?

Yesterday’s Darts Results: Godbeer Goes Back-to-Back as Boundy Wins at Portishead (25th August 2026)

 

Tuesday produced another packed night of grassroots darts, with 39 tournaments from 25 August added to the Q4QS database.

There was plenty to pick out across the South West, headed by another victory for Logun Godbeer at Highbridge, while Steve Boundy took the Tuesday Open at Portishead. Further afield, some huge averages were recorded, with Kaydon Doherty topping the night's numbers with a remarkable 116.83.

Godbeer does it again at Highbridge

Logun Godbeer made it back-to-back JDC VOLTS victories at Highbridge Social Club after also winning Monday's competition.

This time Godbeer defeated Tai Anderson 3-0 in the final, and the standard increased significantly from the previous night.

Godbeer produced an 85.08 average in the final itself, the best recorded performance of the tournament. He finished with nine victories across the night, with Anderson recording eight wins and a best of 75.15.

Two wins in two nights makes Godbeer one of the week's early standout performers.

Boundy takes Portishead Tuesday Open

At Portishead Workmens Darts, Steve Boundy came through a 60-match Tuesday Open to claim the title.

Boundy defeated Liam Trotman 3-1 in the final, with both players accumulating eight victories during the competition.

Boundy's best performance was an 81.87 average, while Jack Kempster recorded 77.08 and Trotman reached 75.61.

It continues Boundy's excellent run at Portishead after he also featured prominently in recent Q4QS results.

Astbury impresses with 104.86

Daniel Astbury combined a tournament victory with one of Tuesday's strongest performances.

Astbury won the Wicketts Tuesday Round Robin, beating Terry Nash 3-1 in the final, having earlier produced a superb 104.86 average.

Nash wasn't far behind, reaching 98.02, while Astbury added another 91.70 during his run.

Bryan Flew hits 103.66 on way to title

At Tredegar Constitutional Club, Bryan Flew put together an impressive night in Vault Break Round Robin 2.

Flew beat Dewi Beynon 3-0 in the final and recorded eight wins across the competition.

His standout performance was a 103.66 average, while he also produced 87.61 and 81.98 during his title-winning run.

Kaydon Doherty tops the averages

The biggest number recorded anywhere in Tuesday's data came from Kaydon Doherty at The Bullseye Bar in Lichfield.

Doherty averaged a huge 116.83 during the Custom Handicap Round Robin before going on to win the tournament, defeating Antony Dent 3-0 in the final.

It was an extraordinary set of numbers from the event. Darren Tunnicliffe recorded 113.45, Stan Stannard 109.98, Doherty another 108.94 and Dent 107.50.

Robert Lovelle wins at the Railway

There was also a strong night at DARTS@ THE RAILWAY INN, where Robert Lovelle emerged victorious.

Lovelle beat Jamie Roberts 3-0 in the final and finished with nine wins, the most at the tournament.

He also hit a 100.20 average, matched by Dan Williams, who added performances of 93.94 and 91.17.

More JDC VOLTS action

Highbridge wasn't the only JDC venue in action.

Joseph Lauridsen won at Minehead, defeating Kyle Chivers 3-0 in the final after both Lauridsen and Joshua Pravato recorded seven victories. Pravato's 74.74 was the highest average there.

Elsewhere, Freddie Rowlands won at Gosport, Tyler Shuck took the Halesowen event and Spencer Edwards won at Ogmore Vale, where he produced an impressive 91.09 average.

Plenty more winners across Tuesday

With 39 tournaments added, there was far more action than could fit into one roundup.

Among the other winners were Stephen Jones, Stewart Doughty, Darren Malt, Sean Holley, Ben Rowley, Shaun Vernall, Jack Seymour, Kyle Jones, Jack Wright, David Fisher and Donna Buckley.

There was also a women's singles victory for Jane Price, who beat Sharon Brewer 2-1 in the final and produced the event's highest recorded average of 79.11.

Another big night added to Q4QS

Tuesday's results offered a bit of everything.

Godbeer's second Highbridge victory in two nights and Boundy's Portishead success provide the main South West stories, while performances from Astbury, Flew and others underline the quality appearing throughout the grassroots game.

And with 39 more tournaments now in the Q4QS database, the picture of players, venues and form across the grassroots circuit continues to grow.

Yesterday’s Darts Results: Big Numbers and Junior Success on a Busy Monday (24th August 2026)

 

Monday brought another busy night of grassroots darts, with 22 tournaments from 24 August added to the Q4QS database.

There was plenty happening across the South West, including JDC VOLTS victories for Logun Godbeer at Highbridge and Joshua Stott at Salisbury, while the 49 Club staged another sizeable Under-65 competition. Elsewhere, Henry Povey, Edward Manley and Gavin Sterio were among several players producing eye-catching averages.

Godbeer takes Highbridge VOLTS title

Logun Godbeer continued his excellent run in the JDC VOLTS Series with victory at Highbridge Social Club.

Godbeer defeated Tai Anderson 3-0 in the final, completing an eight-win tournament. He also produced the highest average of the event, a 79.11, while Anderson recorded 77.08 and finished the day with seven victories.

It was another strong showing from Godbeer after also featuring prominently in Sunday's results.

Stott comes through at Salisbury

There was another South West JDC success at Stratford Social Club in Salisbury, where Joshua Stott took the title.

Stott beat Joel Hughes 3-2 in the final and finished with six victories. His best recorded average was 72.86, while Riley Milligan reached 69.98 and Mason Beaven 68.07.

With Godbeer and Stott both winning, it was another productive night for the region's developing junior players.

Greenslade wins big 49 Club event

One result that deserves plenty of attention came from the 49 Club Under-65 round robin, which generated 99 recorded matches.

Ryan Greenslade eventually emerged as champion, defeating Dave Dawson 4-0 in the final.

Both Greenslade and Dawson recorded eight victories during the tournament, while James Male produced the night's highest average at the venue with 73.92. Brooklyn Anthony also reached 70.86.

With that amount of darts played, it was one of Monday's most substantial local competitions.

Povey produces two ton-plus averages

One of the strongest individual performances came from Henry Povey at the Wolversdene Club.

Povey won the Money In Money Out Round-Robin, beating Jamie Kelling 3-2 in the final, but it was his scoring earlier in the competition that really caught the eye.

He recorded averages of 107.36 and 105.93, before averaging 92.22 in the final. Kelling also impressed, reaching 98.38 during the event.

Manley impresses in Vault Break victory

Edward Manley was another player combining a tournament win with some very big numbers.

Manley won Clive Arms Vault Break 2, beating Liam Forward 3-0 in the final, and recorded a superb 107.36 average during his run.

He also produced a 100.20, while Joshua Russell hit 103.66. Manley finished the competition with six victories.

Sterio stars with 103.66

At the Nantyffyllon Non Political Club, Gavin Sterio won an event featuring 75 recorded matches.

Sterio beat Tristan Perry 3-0 in the final after eight victories across the competition and produced a 103.66 average.

Mike Huntley also enjoyed an impressive night with performances of 95.55 and 93.94, while Sterio added a 93.83.

More Monday winners

There was plenty more happening throughout the night.

Andy Steed won the Monday Night Flyer at 8 Ball Bar & Sports, defeating Nathan Beckett in the final after Beckett had accumulated eight victories. Luke Grantham's 88.41 was the highest recorded average.

Spencer Cree took the Monday night round robin at Bostin Darts 180 Bar, while Freddie Wilson won at The C's Bar & Function Rooms, where Tom Finnegan produced a 96.97 average.

There was also another strong junior performance from Riley Herbert, who won the JDC VOLTS event in Milton Keynes with three victories.

Another strong start to the week

Twenty-two tournaments may be fewer than Sunday's huge programme, but there was no shortage of quality.

The combination of Godbeer and Stott winning JDC titles in the South West, Greenslade coming through a 99-match Under-65 event, and Povey, Manley and Sterio all producing ton-plus averages made it another interesting night to add to the growing Q4QS database.

And with another full week of grassroots action ahead, there should be plenty more to come.

PDC Womens Series Events 17-20

 The PDC Women's Series returned to Leicester for four more events at the Mattioli Arena on 22-23 August, and by the end of the weekend three of the biggest names in the women's game had added titles to their 2026 campaigns.

Lisa Ashton, Fallon Sherrock and Beau Greaves shared the four trophies, with Greaves taking control of Sunday by winning both Events 19 and 20.

There was plenty happening behind the champions too. Lauryn Salter produced an excellent run to her first final of the weekend, Gemma Hayter was a regular presence at the business end, while Jo Locke, Karolina Ratajska and Aileen de Graaf all made deep runs.

But as Sunday progressed, Greaves increasingly became the dominant figure.

Event 17 – Ashton opens the weekend with the title

Lisa Ashton made the perfect start to the Leicester weekend by winning Event 17 without losing a match.

Ashton defeated Lauryn Salter 5-0 in the final, completing a seven-match winning run and finishing the tournament with an overall average of 76.17.

The final itself wasn't Ashton's strongest statistical performance, with a 67.70 average, but she had already produced some much better darts on her route through the draw.

Her quarter-final victory over Grace Ferridge came with an 83.72 average, before Ashton survived an excellent semi-final against Gemma Hayter.

Hayter averaged 81.02, but Ashton found a way through 5-4 with a 74.93 average.

It was nevertheless an excellent tournament for Hayter, who averaged 80.54 across her six matches, winning five of them.

Salter's run to the final was another of the major stories of Event 17.

She defeated Emma Pearce 5-2 in the quarter-finals before coming through a dramatic semi-final against Jade Gofford, winning 5-4.

Gofford had produced an impressive 77.41 in beating Sue Lowther 5-2 in the previous round.

Aileen de Graaf also reached the quarter-finals, while Fallon Sherrock's first title challenge of the weekend ended earlier in the competition.

Statistically, Deta Hedman recorded the highest tournament average at 82.59, although that came from only two matches.

Ashton, however, was the player who kept winning – and seven consecutive victories gave her the opening title of the weekend.

Event 18 – Sherrock responds in style

If Event 17 belonged to Ashton, Event 18 belonged to Fallon Sherrock.

Sherrock went seven matches unbeaten and produced an 83.51 tournament average, comfortably the strongest sustained performance among the players who went deep into the draw.

She completed the job emphatically too.

Sherrock defeated Ashton 5-0 in the final, averaging 81.68 and conceding no legs.

It meant Ashton had reached consecutive finals at the start of the weekend, but there was to be no second title.

Sherrock had already whitewashed Aoife McCormack 5-0 in the quarter-finals, again averaging 81.68, before encountering a much tougher examination against Gemma Hayter.

That semi-final produced some excellent darts.

Sherrock averaged 79.42, Hayter 79.28, and it was Sherrock who emerged with a 5-3 victory.

Hayter's consistency was becoming one of the themes of the weekend. Having reached the Event 17 semi-finals, she immediately returned to the last four in Event 18.

On the other side of the draw, Ashton defeated Trina Gulliver 5-1 in the quarter-finals with an 81.28 average before overcoming Karolina Ratajska 5-3.

Ratajska had earlier beaten Tracey Dean 5-2 and finished the tournament with a 75.54 average across six matches.

But nobody could stop Sherrock.

Seven wins, an 83.51 tournament average and a 5-0 victory over Ashton in the final made Event 18 a particularly convincing title run.

Event 19 – Greaves takes over

Sunday brought Beau Greaves into the winners' circle – and once she got there, she didn't leave it.

Greaves won all seven of her matches in Event 19 and finished with an outstanding 87.60 tournament average.

The title came with a 5-3 final victory over Lisa Ashton, who remarkably reached her third final from the opening three events of the weekend.

Ashton averaged 81.28 in the final compared with Greaves' 84.55, but it was Greaves who secured the five legs required.

Her most impressive performance came in the quarter-finals.

Facing Aileen de Graaf, Greaves averaged a superb 96.30 in a 5-1 victory. De Graaf herself averaged 81.17, but could do little to stop the eventual champion.

Greaves then defeated Kirsty Hutchinson 5-2 in the semi-finals.

Ashton continued her remarkable weekend on the opposite side of the draw.

She whitewashed Angela Kirkwood 5-0 in the quarter-finals with an 81.68 average and then produced one of her best displays of the weekend, averaging 90.54 in another 5-0 victory, this time against Jo Locke.

Locke had reached the last four after edging Lauren Bloomfield 5-4 in the quarter-finals.

Hutchinson's run included a 5-3 quarter-final victory over Joanne Oldershaw, despite Oldershaw producing the higher average of 75.29.

There were other notable numbers throughout the field. Kirsi Viinikainen averaged 86.44 in her only recorded match, while de Graaf averaged 83.34 across her five matches.

But Greaves was operating on another level across the event.

Seven victories, an 87.60 tournament average and a peak of 96.30 gave her the first of what would become two Sunday titles.

Event 20 – Greaves completes the double

There was no stopping Greaves in the final event of the weekend.

She immediately followed her Event 19 success by winning Event 20, again going seven matches unbeaten and again averaging comfortably into the high 80s across the tournament.

Her overall Event 20 average was 87.42.

And this time the final was emphatic.

Greaves defeated Aileen de Graaf 5-0, averaging 91.65 to complete a remarkable Sunday double.

Before reaching the final, Greaves had beaten Angela Kirkwood 5-0 in the quarter-finals and Karolina Ratajska 5-1 in the semi-finals.

The latter was an impressive contest despite the scoreline.

Ratajska averaged 81.41, but Greaves responded with 89.20 and powered into another final.

De Graaf's route was considerably more dramatic.

She defeated Fallon Sherrock 5-3 in the quarter-finals, ending Sherrock's hopes of a second title during the weekend, before beating Jo Locke 5-1 in the semi-finals.

Locke had enjoyed another strong run, defeating Deta Hedman 5-3 in the last eight.

Elsewhere, Ratajska beat Gemma Hayter 5-3 in a quarter-final where Hayter averaged 81.45, while Greaves' 5-0 victory over Kirkwood completed the last-eight results.

For Greaves, though, Event 20 was the perfect conclusion to an exceptional day.

Across Events 19 and 20 she played 14 matches and won all 14.

Her tournament averages were 87.60 and 87.42, and she finished the weekend by averaging 91.65 in a whitewash victory in the final.

That is an imposing level of consistency.

Ashton shows remarkable consistency

Although Greaves finished the weekend with the biggest statement, Lisa Ashton's performances across the four events deserve considerable recognition.

Her opening three events produced finishes of:

Winner – Runner-up – Runner-up.

She won Event 17, lost to Sherrock in the Event 18 final and then reached another final in Event 19 before Greaves stopped her.

It meant Ashton played an enormous amount of competitive darts across the weekend while continuing to return to the latter stages.

Her 90.54 semi-final average against Jo Locke in Event 19 was one of her strongest individual displays.

Hayter repeatedly threatens

Gemma Hayter may not have collected a title, but her name appeared repeatedly in the latter stages.

She reached the semi-finals of both Events 17 and 18 and the quarter-finals of Event 20.

More importantly, her numbers remained strong.

Hayter averaged 80.54 in Event 17, 77.70 in Event 18 and 78.76 in Event 20.

She also averaged 81.02 in defeat against Ashton in the Event 17 semi-final and 81.45 when losing to Ratajska in the Event 20 quarter-final.

It was a weekend which demonstrated that Hayter is capable of consistently competing deep into Women's Series draws.

Four events tell the story of an increasingly competitive series

The four Leicester tournaments produced plenty of variety.

Lauryn Salter reached the Event 17 final.

Karolina Ratajska made a semi-final and later a quarter-final.

Jo Locke reached the Event 19 semi-finals and Event 20 quarter-finals.

Aileen de Graaf finished the weekend by reaching the Event 20 final after beating Sherrock along the way.

And established names including Deta Hedman, Trina Gulliver and Kirsty Hutchinson all featured at various stages of the weekend.

At the very top, though, three familiar names took the trophies.

Lisa Ashton opened the weekend.

Fallon Sherrock responded in Event 18.

And then Beau Greaves took complete control of Sunday.

Greaves' back-to-back titles – 14 consecutive victories across the two events with tournament averages of 87.60 and 87.42 – provided the defining performance of Women's Series 17-20.

Four events in Leicester had begun with Ashton looking almost impossible to keep out of a final.

They ended with Greaves looking almost impossible to beat.

Yesterday’s Darts Results: Greaves Stars as Sunday Produces 40 Tournaments 23rd August 2026

 

Sunday was one of the busiest days I have added to the Q4QS database recently, with 40 tournaments recorded from 23 August.

From the PDC Women’s Series to JDC VOLTS events around the country, restricted-average competitions and busy local opens, there was a huge amount of darts taking place.

Beau Greaves provided the biggest-name success of the day, while Ben Rowley produced some exceptional numbers, Steve Boundy collected another title and there were plenty of South West and junior stories to follow.

Greaves takes Women’s Series 19

Beau Greaves continued her success on the PDC Women’s Series by winning Event 19, beating Lisa Ashton 5-3 in the final.

Greaves won seven matches during the tournament and produced a 96.97 average in a 4-0 victory, followed later by 96.30 in her 5-1 win over Aileen de Graaf.

Ashton enjoyed an excellent run herself, winning six matches and recording 90.54, while Fallon Sherrock reached 93.94 and de Graaf 93.22.

Rowley hits huge numbers

One of Sunday's most eye-catching grassroots performances came from Ben Rowley at the Gap Week MIMO at Phoenix Darts Club.

Rowley won the competition with a 3-0 victory over Charlie Hymers in the final – and his numbers during the tournament were outstanding.

He produced recorded averages of 109.98, 104.86 and 100.20, with the 104.86 coming in the final itself.

Whatever the level or format, three separate ton-plus performances in the same event certainly stand out.

Boundy adds another title

Steve Boundy has featured regularly in these roundups recently and he was back among the winners on Sunday.

Boundy won the CUFC Open, defeating Andy Darbon 3-0 in the final after a tournament in which 75 matches were recorded.

His best performance was a 93.94 average, while he accumulated eight victories during the event. Darbon reached the final after seven wins.

Scott Mc wins at Wiltshire Darts House

There was another competitive Sunday Open at Wiltshire Darts House, with Scott Mc eventually taking the title.

Scott defeated Danny Humphries 5-3 in the final after recording nine victories across the competition.

Humphries may have finished runner-up but produced one of the day's strongest conventional averages with 103.66, while Scott reached 93.94 and Johnny Haines 91.09.

Richardson comes through high-quality Earls Barton event

The Silver Band pre-Vault round robin also produced some impressive numbers.

James Richardson beat Josh Richardson 3-2 in the final after both players reached a 100.20 average during the competition.

James added a 98.02 performance and collected ten victories, while Josh won nine matches and also recorded 99.40 and 92.02.

That looks like one of the strongest local events of Sunday's schedule.

South West JDC successes

There was a huge programme of JDC VOLTS action and several events across the South West.

At The Kings Pub in Exeter, Joseph Lauridsen defeated Quin Dymond 3-1 in the final. Both players finished with six victories, while George Miller produced the event's highest recorded average of 83.50.

At The Banckers Draught in Minehead, Charlie Mossman enjoyed an excellent day, beating Luhandré Laage in the final. Mossman won nine matches and recorded an 88.41 along the way.

There were JDC winners elsewhere too, including Arjun Sharma, Zach Langley, Jay Cottier, Ryan-Rai Rushton, Riley Pinhorne, Charlie Wills, James Prettyjohn, Rhys Evans and Riley Herbert across another extremely busy day for the junior circuit.

King takes the Portishead Under-55

The restricted-average competitions continue to provide some of the most competitive grassroots tournaments.

At Portishead Workmens Darts, Ryan King won the Under-55 Sunday Lunch, defeating Archie O'Driscoll 3-2 in the final.

King, O'Driscoll and Kristian Postlethwaite each recorded six victories during the tournament, with Joshua Geal producing its highest recorded average of 62.02.

More Sunday winners

There were plenty more performances worth noting.

Cody Kibble won the DARTMANN Under-70 tournament at Matson Rugby Club, beating Paul Meyer in the final.

Liam Hughes took the Champs Vault Break Week 1 competition despite Lee Evans producing an excellent 102.48 average during the event.

Kirk Bain collected ten victories on his way to the Isle of Wight Grand Prix 2 title, while Liam Hawthorne won the Under-65 round robin at Bostin Darts 180 Bar and Jack Wright took the Vault Break competition at Rushden Windmill Club.

Another reminder of the depth of grassroots darts

Forty tournaments in a single day tells its own story.

Alongside a major PDC Women's Series event were JDC competitions, regional ADC events, local opens, average-restricted tournaments and money-in-money-out competitions.

That's exactly what I want these daily Q4QS roundups to capture: not simply the biggest names, but the depth of competitive darts taking place every day.

And on a Sunday featuring Greaves, Ashton and Richardson alongside dozens of local winners and emerging juniors, there was plenty worth recording.

WDF Swedish Open Malmo 21-23 August 2026

The Swedish Open weekend brought together a sizeable international WDF field in Malmö, with two days of singles action producing four different champions across the Swedish Open and Swedish Masters.

By the end of the weekend, Ross Montgomery, Emine Dursun, Petri Rasmus and Anna Forsmark had collected the four main singles titles, but the results alone only tell part of the story.

There were big averages, close encounters and some outstanding individual performances throughout the draws, with Jenson Walker and Scott Robertson particularly impressive statistically in the men's events.

Swedish Open – Ross Montgomery takes the title

Ross Montgomery emerged as the men's Swedish Open champion after an impressive unbeaten run through the draw, culminating in a high-quality 6-3 victory over Jenson Walker in the final.

And Montgomery saved one of his strongest displays for when it mattered most.

The Scot averaged 94.98 in the final, with Walker himself returning an excellent 90.48.

It capped a seven-match winning run for Montgomery, whose tournament average across the recorded matches was 87.99.

His route became particularly demanding towards the latter stages.

Montgomery defeated Ron Meulenkamp 4-1 in the quarter-finals, averaging 86.69, before overcoming Pär Riihonen 5-3 in the semi-final.

Walker was waiting in the final after an impressive tournament of his own.

The WDF world number three had entered the weekend as one of the leading contenders and demonstrated exactly why. He averaged 88.75 across his seven recorded matches, winning six of them.

His quarter-final against Scott Robertson was arguably the match of the weekend.

Robertson averaged a remarkable 98.91, but Walker still found a way to win 4-3 while averaging 96.36 himself.

Walker then swept aside defending Swedish Open champion Liam Maendl-Lawrence 5-0 in the semi-finals before Montgomery finally ended his challenge.

Robertson produces the performance of the weekend

Despite falling in the quarter-finals, Scott Robertson produced some extraordinary numbers.

His overall tournament average was 96.62, the highest in the Swedish Open men's field.

Even more impressively, Robertson produced a 103.66 average in his Last 16 victory over Andreas Toft Jørgensen.

He also averaged 97.21 earlier in the tournament before producing 98.91 in defeat against Walker.

It is a reminder that knockout darts can be unforgiving: statistically one of the outstanding players of the entire weekend still departed in the last eight.

Elsewhere, Ron Meulenkamp averaged 87.44 across his run, while Anton Östlund recorded an 89.56 tournament average.

Pär Riihonen reached the semi-finals before losing to Montgomery, while Maendl-Lawrence's title defence eventually ended against Walker.

Swedish Open Women – Dursun comes through unbeaten

Emine Dursun claimed the women's Swedish Open title, defeating Irina Armstrong 5-3 in the final.

Dursun went through the competition unbeaten, recording five victories and averaging 66.31 across her tournament.

Her biggest test arguably came before the semi-finals.

Facing Rachna David in the quarter-finals, Dursun edged a deciding-leg contest 4-3. David actually produced the slightly higher average, 70.27 compared with Dursun's 69.32, but it was Dursun who secured the crucial fourth leg.

She then defeated Priscilla Steenbergen 4-1 in the semi-final before seeing off Armstrong in the title match with a 69.89 average.

Armstrong had beaten Helene Sundelin 4-1 in her quarter-final before ending Snezana Veljkovic's challenge 4-1 in the semi-finals.

One of the standout individual displays came from Steenbergen.

She whitewashed Jojo Rolls 4-0 in the quarter-finals with an 85.89 average, comfortably one of the strongest performances anywhere in the women's events during the weekend.

Mona Lund also produced an 83.63 in the earlier rounds.

However, it was Dursun who consistently found the results required and ultimately left Malmö with the Swedish Open title.

Swedish Masters – Petri Rasmus completes perfect run

If Montgomery was impressive in the Open, Petri Rasmus was every bit as convincing in the Swedish Masters.

Rasmus won all seven of his recorded matches and finished with an excellent 87.26 tournament average.

He defeated Anthony Brown 6-2 in the final, averaging 82.47 to Brown's 74.98.

Rasmus had already survived a strong challenge from Scott Robertson in the semi-finals. Robertson averaged 90.60, but Rasmus responded with 86.04 and secured a 5-3 victory.

Before that came another superb contest.

Rasmus defeated James Beeton in the Last 16 while averaging 97.33, with Beeton producing 96.95 in defeat.

Beeton himself enjoyed an excellent tournament statistically, averaging 90.29 overall.

Rasmus then beat Cayden Smith 4-2 in the quarter-finals before eliminating Robertson.

Brown came through the other side of the draw. He edged Jonas Graversen 4-3 in the quarter-finals with an 88.88 average before beating Stefan Schroder 5-3 in the semi-finals.

Schroder had produced a 92.49 average in a 4-0 quarter-final victory over Kilian Hohnstedt.

Jenson Walker again featured prominently, reaching the last eight before Robertson defeated him 4-3. Walker averaged 89.50 in that match but Robertson was again excellent at 93.44.

One of the most eye-catching individual performances came earlier in the tournament when Noa-Lynn van Leuven averaged 102.46 in victory over Petr Touš.

But across an entire tournament it was Rasmus who combined scoring quality with the consistency required to take the trophy.

Seven matches, seven victories and another significant WDF title.

Swedish Masters Women – Forsmark wins a thriller

The Swedish Masters women's final provided perhaps the most dramatic finish of the four competitions.

Sweden's Anna Forsmark defeated Rachna David 5-4, giving the home contingent a champion to celebrate.

David had been statistically outstanding throughout the tournament.

She averaged 76.43 across her five matches, considerably higher than Forsmark's tournament figure of 63.99, but Forsmark remained unbeaten and delivered when the deciding moments arrived.

The final demonstrated that perfectly.

David averaged 71.90 compared with Forsmark's 71.45, but it was Forsmark who took the deciding leg and the title.

Forsmark had already survived another decider in the quarter-finals, defeating Paula Jacklin 4-3 despite Jacklin producing a competitive 68.85 average.

A 4-1 semi-final victory over Irina Armstrong then put Forsmark into the final.

David's path contained some excellent performances.

She averaged 81.24 earlier in the tournament, followed by 71.57 in the Last 16 and 78.16 in her 4-2 quarter-final victory over Layla Brussel.

Her semi-final was another high-quality encounter, with David averaging 79.27 to beat Priscilla Steenbergen 4-2. Steenbergen herself averaged 73.40.

Steenbergen had produced an 80.38 in her quarter-final win over Trine Byø.

David therefore finished as comfortably the strongest player statistically across the Masters women's competition, but Forsmark's ability to keep finding a way through close matches ultimately proved decisive.

Four tournaments, four different stories

The Swedish weekend produced four champions in very different circumstances.

Ross Montgomery combined experience with some of his best darts at exactly the right time, finishing his Swedish Open campaign with a 94.98 average in the final.

Emine Dursun negotiated a competitive women's draw without losing a match and survived a deciding-leg quarter-final on the way to the Open title.

Petri Rasmus produced arguably the most complete title-winning performance of the weekend, going seven from seven with an 87.26 tournament average to capture the Swedish Masters.

And Anna Forsmark provided the home success, twice surviving deciding-leg matches and eventually overcoming the statistically outstanding Rachna David 5-4 for the Masters crown.

There were also performances that deserve recognition beyond the four winners.

Scott Robertson's Swedish Open numbers were exceptional. His 96.62 tournament average and 103.66 peak performance would normally be numbers associated with a title challenge, yet the brutality of knockout darts meant his run ended in the quarter-finals.

Jenson Walker reached the Open final and Masters quarter-finals while repeatedly producing averages around or above the 90 mark.

Rachna David reached the Masters final with the best overall numbers in that women's competition.

Priscilla Steenbergen produced an 85.89 in the Swedish Open quarter-finals.

Across four substantial international draws, the Swedish Open weekend therefore delivered much more than four names on a roll of honour.

It produced established names challenging for titles, home success through Forsmark, outstanding statistical performances and another reminder of the depth that now exists across the WDF circuit.

For Montgomery, Dursun, Rasmus and Forsmark, though, Malmö ended with the most important statistic of all: champion.

 The Swedish Open weekend brought together a sizeable international WDF field in Malmö, with two days of singles action producing four different champions across the Swedish Open and Swedish Masters.

By the end of the weekend, Ross Montgomery, Emine Dursun, Petri Rasmus and Anna Forsmark had collected the four main singles titles, but the results alone only tell part of the story.

There were big averages, close encounters and some outstanding individual performances throughout the draws, with Jenson Walker and Scott Robertson particularly impressive statistically in the men's events.

Swedish Open – Ross Montgomery takes the title

Ross Montgomery emerged as the men's Swedish Open champion after an impressive unbeaten run through the draw, culminating in a high-quality 6-3 victory over Jenson Walker in the final.

And Montgomery saved one of his strongest displays for when it mattered most.

The Scot averaged 94.98 in the final, with Walker himself returning an excellent 90.48.

It capped a seven-match winning run for Montgomery, whose tournament average across the recorded matches was 87.99.

His route became particularly demanding towards the latter stages.

Montgomery defeated Ron Meulenkamp 4-1 in the quarter-finals, averaging 86.69, before overcoming Pär Riihonen 5-3 in the semi-final.

Walker was waiting in the final after an impressive tournament of his own.

The WDF world number three had entered the weekend as one of the leading contenders and demonstrated exactly why. He averaged 88.75 across his seven recorded matches, winning six of them.

His quarter-final against Scott Robertson was arguably the match of the weekend.

Robertson averaged a remarkable 98.91, but Walker still found a way to win 4-3 while averaging 96.36 himself.

Walker then swept aside defending Swedish Open champion Liam Maendl-Lawrence 5-0 in the semi-finals before Montgomery finally ended his challenge.

Robertson produces the performance of the weekend

Despite falling in the quarter-finals, Scott Robertson produced some extraordinary numbers.

His overall tournament average was 96.62, the highest in the Swedish Open men's field.

Even more impressively, Robertson produced a 103.66 average in his Last 16 victory over Andreas Toft Jørgensen.

He also averaged 97.21 earlier in the tournament before producing 98.91 in defeat against Walker.

It is a reminder that knockout darts can be unforgiving: statistically one of the outstanding players of the entire weekend still departed in the last eight.

Elsewhere, Ron Meulenkamp averaged 87.44 across his run, while Anton Östlund recorded an 89.56 tournament average.

Pär Riihonen reached the semi-finals before losing to Montgomery, while Maendl-Lawrence's title defence eventually ended against Walker.

Swedish Open Women – Dursun comes through unbeaten

Emine Dursun claimed the women's Swedish Open title, defeating Irina Armstrong 5-3 in the final.

Dursun went through the competition unbeaten, recording five victories and averaging 66.31 across her tournament.

Her biggest test arguably came before the semi-finals.

Facing Rachna David in the quarter-finals, Dursun edged a deciding-leg contest 4-3. David actually produced the slightly higher average, 70.27 compared with Dursun's 69.32, but it was Dursun who secured the crucial fourth leg.

She then defeated Priscilla Steenbergen 4-1 in the semi-final before seeing off Armstrong in the title match with a 69.89 average.

Armstrong had beaten Helene Sundelin 4-1 in her quarter-final before ending Snezana Veljkovic's challenge 4-1 in the semi-finals.

One of the standout individual displays came from Steenbergen.

She whitewashed Jojo Rolls 4-0 in the quarter-finals with an 85.89 average, comfortably one of the strongest performances anywhere in the women's events during the weekend.

Mona Lund also produced an 83.63 in the earlier rounds.

However, it was Dursun who consistently found the results required and ultimately left Malmö with the Swedish Open title.

Swedish Masters – Petri Rasmus completes perfect run

If Montgomery was impressive in the Open, Petri Rasmus was every bit as convincing in the Swedish Masters.

Rasmus won all seven of his recorded matches and finished with an excellent 87.26 tournament average.

He defeated Anthony Brown 6-2 in the final, averaging 82.47 to Brown's 74.98.

Rasmus had already survived a strong challenge from Scott Robertson in the semi-finals. Robertson averaged 90.60, but Rasmus responded with 86.04 and secured a 5-3 victory.

Before that came another superb contest.

Rasmus defeated James Beeton in the Last 16 while averaging 97.33, with Beeton producing 96.95 in defeat.

Beeton himself enjoyed an excellent tournament statistically, averaging 90.29 overall.

Rasmus then beat Cayden Smith 4-2 in the quarter-finals before eliminating Robertson.

Brown came through the other side of the draw. He edged Jonas Graversen 4-3 in the quarter-finals with an 88.88 average before beating Stefan Schroder 5-3 in the semi-finals.

Schroder had produced a 92.49 average in a 4-0 quarter-final victory over Kilian Hohnstedt.

Jenson Walker again featured prominently, reaching the last eight before Robertson defeated him 4-3. Walker averaged 89.50 in that match but Robertson was again excellent at 93.44.

One of the most eye-catching individual performances came earlier in the tournament when Noa-Lynn van Leuven averaged 102.46 in victory over Petr Touš.

But across an entire tournament it was Rasmus who combined scoring quality with the consistency required to take the trophy.

Seven matches, seven victories and another significant WDF title.

Swedish Masters Women – Forsmark wins a thriller

The Swedish Masters women's final provided perhaps the most dramatic finish of the four competitions.

Sweden's Anna Forsmark defeated Rachna David 5-4, giving the home contingent a champion to celebrate.

David had been statistically outstanding throughout the tournament.

She averaged 76.43 across her five matches, considerably higher than Forsmark's tournament figure of 63.99, but Forsmark remained unbeaten and delivered when the deciding moments arrived.

The final demonstrated that perfectly.

David averaged 71.90 compared with Forsmark's 71.45, but it was Forsmark who took the deciding leg and the title.

Forsmark had already survived another decider in the quarter-finals, defeating Paula Jacklin 4-3 despite Jacklin producing a competitive 68.85 average.

A 4-1 semi-final victory over Irina Armstrong then put Forsmark into the final.

David's path contained some excellent performances.

She averaged 81.24 earlier in the tournament, followed by 71.57 in the Last 16 and 78.16 in her 4-2 quarter-final victory over Layla Brussel.

Her semi-final was another high-quality encounter, with David averaging 79.27 to beat Priscilla Steenbergen 4-2. Steenbergen herself averaged 73.40.

Steenbergen had produced an 80.38 in her quarter-final win over Trine Byø.

David therefore finished as comfortably the strongest player statistically across the Masters women's competition, but Forsmark's ability to keep finding a way through close matches ultimately proved decisive.

Four tournaments, four different stories

The Swedish weekend produced four champions in very different circumstances.

Ross Montgomery combined experience with some of his best darts at exactly the right time, finishing his Swedish Open campaign with a 94.98 average in the final.

Emine Dursun negotiated a competitive women's draw without losing a match and survived a deciding-leg quarter-final on the way to the Open title.

Petri Rasmus produced arguably the most complete title-winning performance of the weekend, going seven from seven with an 87.26 tournament average to capture the Swedish Masters.

And Anna Forsmark provided the home success, twice surviving deciding-leg matches and eventually overcoming the statistically outstanding Rachna David 5-4 for the Masters crown.

There were also performances that deserve recognition beyond the four winners.

Scott Robertson's Swedish Open numbers were exceptional. His 96.62 tournament average and 103.66 peak performance would normally be numbers associated with a title challenge, yet the brutality of knockout darts meant his run ended in the quarter-finals.

Jenson Walker reached the Open final and Masters quarter-finals while repeatedly producing averages around or above the 90 mark.

Rachna David reached the Masters final with the best overall numbers in that women's competition.

Priscilla Steenbergen produced an 85.89 in the Swedish Open quarter-finals.

Across four substantial international draws, the Swedish Open weekend therefore delivered much more than four names on a roll of honour.

It produced established names challenging for titles, home success through Forsmark, outstanding statistical performances and another reminder of the depth that now exists across the WDF circuit.

For Montgomery, Dursun, Rasmus and Forsmark, though, Malmö ended with the most important statistic of all: champion.