Arno Merk, Arron Monk and Jamie Hughes had been among the many first 32 gamers to progress by the opening stage of the 2026 PDC Q-College on Monday.
The primary day of UK and European Qualifying College started concurrently in Milton Keynes and Kalkar, Germany, commencing per week of motion the place greater than 900 gamers battle for his or her place on the PDC circuit for the following two years.
First Stage, which runs till January 7, sees gamers from throughout the globe try and qualify for Ultimate Stage, the place Tour Playing cards will probably be awarded from January 8 to 11.
PDC Europe Tremendous League winner Merk, recent from his run to the third spherical of the World Championships at Alexandra Palace, impressed early, successful 4 consecutive matches to e book his place in Ultimate Stage.
Former World Youth Champion Monk additionally superior, notably defeating three-time world champion John Half, with former European Tour title winner Hughes progressing as properly.
2026 PDC Qualifying Colleges
UK Qualifying College
First Stage Day One
Final 32
Tommy Lishman 5-3 James Evans-Bradford
Martin Grearson 5-2 Lloyd Walker
Arron Monk 5-2 Daniel Ayres
Jamie Chaplin 5-0 John Henderson
Robbie Martin 5-0 Keelan Kay
Derek Coulson 5-4 Killian McCormack
Shaun Fox 5-3 Joe Croft
Simon Stevenson 5-0 Damien Grimes
Tom Lonsdale 5-3 Jake Eichen
Shane McGuirk 5-4 Steve Beaton
Danny Goddard 5-1 Charlie Giant
Tom Sykes 5-2 Joseph Heywood
Lewis Satisfaction 5-1 Jamie Tilley
Jamie Hughes 5-2 Paul Lewis
James Welding 5-1 Jamie Kelling
Llew Bevan 5-2 James Howard Hughes
2026 European Qualifying College
First Stage Day One
Final 32
Patrick Maat 5-3 Michael De Meyer
Benjamin Pratnemer 5-4 Jeffrey de Zwaan
Jimmy van Schie 5-1 Kris Mievis
Danny Blom 5-1 Luitsen Elzinga
Stefan Dees 5-2 Jarno Bottenberg
Arno Merk 5-3 Michael Hurtz
Pascal Rupprecht 5-0 Mitja Gustorf
Danny Jansen 5-1 Tomislav Rosandic
Florian Preis 5-0 Jiri Brejcha
Romeo Grbavac 5-2 Gilbert van der Meijden
Simon Teysen 5-4 Brian Raman
Marvin Kraft 5-4 Sietse Lap
Filip Bereza 5-0 Michael Van De Ven
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