Salate Clinches Ally Pally Berth with Santiago Sweep

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Argentina’s Jesus Salate left no doubt.

The 2025 CDLC Tour came to a thrilling conclusion on Sunday in Santiago, with Salate sweeping the weekend in dominant fashion, capping off the last event of the year with another 6-0 demolition of Norman Madhoo in the final – identical to his performance the day prior.

While Saturday’s title put the Argentinian squarely in control of the Tour Points race, it was his 6-3 semifinal win over Rashad Sweeting that sealed the deal. Sweeting started strong and led 2–1, but Salate found another gear, punishing missed doubles and reeling off three consecutive legs from 3–3 to punch his ticket to the PDC PaddyPower World Darts Championship.

The final itself was over in just 14 minutes, with Salate producing relentless scoring and flawless finishes, showing no signs of easing up despite having already secured the points title.

Norman Madhoo, ever-consistent, reached his fifth final in six events but once again came up short – unable to convert any into a title. He finishes the season in a distant third behind Salate and Sweeting on the Tour Points List, putting his quest for a fifth World Championship appearance on hold until 2026.

In other standout performances:

  • Costa Rica’s Guillermo Soto pushed Salate hard in the quarters for the second day in a row but couldn’t hold his early advantage.

  • Bahamian Nelson Rahming made his first quarterfinal of the year, notching impressive wins over Navarro Bastian and Fitzroy Ellison.

  • Guyanese standout Sudesh Fitzgerald found the form that has been eluding him for much of the year, reaching the semis where he narrowly fell to his countryman 6-3.

Salate led the field in both scoring and power. His 85.12 average across 40 legs was the best on the day and four 180s put him ahead of Sweeting and Fitzgerald by one/

With four CDLC titles this season, Jesus Salate stands atop the Latin America and Caribbean Tour and will now carry the hopes of Argentina and all Latin America to Alexandra Palace this December.

QUARTERFINALS:
Rashad Sweeting (1) 6-4 Daniel Riveros
Jesus Salate (4) 6-4 Guillermo Soto (5)
Sudesh Fitzgerald (2) 6-3 Jonathan Heron (7)
Norman Madhoo (3) 6-2 Nelson Rahming

SEMIFINALS:
Rashad Sweeting 3-6 Jesus Salate
Sudesh Fitzgerald 3-6 Norman Madhoo

FINAL:
Jesus Salate 6-0 Norman Madhoo

Gates Closes Out 2025 Regular Season in Style with 13th CDC Tour Title

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Leonard Gates delivered a vintage performance on Championship Sunday in Brownsburg, Indiana, securing his 13th CDC Tour title, the most by any player in CDC history, with a commanding 7–3 win over Adam Sevada in the final of the CDC Indianapolis 501, the last event of the 2025 regular season.

Gates, who had already booked his return to the PDC/PaddyPower World Darts Championship via his Cross Border Darts Challenge win earlier this year, capped his campaign with a strong run that saw him sweep aside Danny Young, Jason Brandon, and top-seeded Sevada en route to the trophy. The two-time Continental Cup champion found top gear on Sunday, leading the field with 11 180s while averaging just under 88 across his matches.

Despite the loss in the final, Adam Sevada closed out a dream season by officially clinching the Jay Tomlinson Trophy as the CDC Tour Points leader. The top-ranked American not only qualifies for the World Championship but also earns direct entry to Stage 2 of PDC Q-School in 2026, a crucial step for a player pursuing a PDC Tour Card. His 89.12 average over 46 legs was the highest on the day.

The final Tour event also locked in two additional World Championship berths:

  • David Cameron will represent Canada as the top points-earner from north of the border.

  • Stowe Buntz, the Tour’s top-ranked player not otherwise qualified, books his return to Alexandra Palace after another standout campaign.

Elsewhere, Mike Scarborough continued to raise eyebrows, following up his run to the quarters on Saturday with another deep push on Sunday, the best back-to-back showing by any CDC Associate player this season.

Meanwhile, Kaidon Newberry and Danny Young both capped off breakthrough sophomore seasons with quarterfinal appearances, officially securing their spots in the 2025 Continental Cup next month in Philadelphia. Joining them will be first-year CDC Tour Card holder Chris McHargue who had a sizzling start to the 2025 Tour and held on to qualify in 16th position.

But there was heartbreak for a legend: Larry Butler, the 1994 World Matchplay champion and inaugural Continental Cup winner, fell just short of qualification, finishing 19th on the Tour Points List. This marks the first full CDC season in which “The Eagle” does not feature in the Tour Championship.

With the regular season now in the books, all eyes turn to Philadelphia on October 17-18, where the top 16 players from the 2025 Championship Darts Circuit will collide at the Continental Cup. The stakes? a $20,000 prize fund and berths in the Grand Slam of Darts, World Championship, and the 2026 US Darts Masters. Tickets are available at ticketsource.com/champdarts.

CDC Indianapolis 501 results
QUARTERFINALS:
Adam Sevada (1) 6-1 Kaidon Newberry
David Cameron (4) 3-6 Alex Spellman (5)
Mike Scarborough 5-6 Jason Brandon (10)
Leonard Gates (3) 6-3 Danny Young

SEMIFINALS:
Adam Sevada 7-5 Alex Spellman
Jason Brandon 5-7 Leonard Gates

FINAL:
Adam Sevada 3-7 Leonard Gates

Continental Cup Qualifiers:
Adam Sevada
Stowe Buntz
David Cameron
Leonard Gates
Alex Spellman
Darryl Christie
Gary Mawson
Jason Brandon
Doug Boehm
Kiley Edmunds
Jim Long
Jacob Taylor
Kaidon Newberry
Nick Linberg
Danny Young
Chris McHargue

2026 Cross Border Darts Challenge Automatic Qualifiers:

Team Canada
David Cameron
Darryl Christie
Kiley Edmunds
Jim Long
Jacob Taylor
John Part

Team USA
Adam Sevada
Stowe Buntz
Leonard Gates
Alex Spellman
Gary Mawson
Jason Brandon

Cameron Seals Return to London with Stunning Comeback in A-Z Darts Trophy

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David Cameron capped a high-stakes Double-In/Double-Out Saturday Special with a dramatic 7–6 victory over Stowe Buntz to claim the A-Z Darts Trophy in Brownsburg and cement his return to the World Darts Championship.

Cameron arrived needing only one match win to secure his return to the Ally Pally stage but proved a point by winning the event – his 10th CDC Tour title, a milestone matched only by Leonard Gates. After negotiating the early rounds, he edged Mike Scarborough 6-5 in the quarterfinals, defeated Jacob Taylor 7-3 in the semifinals, and finished with a blazing comeback in the final.

The title match was electric. Buntz burst to a 3-0 lead and stretched it to 5-2 behind three ton-plus finishes (157, 155, and 152). The momentum turned in leg eight when Cameron replied with a 127 checkout of his own, and from there he won four of the last five legs to snatch the trophy in a last-leg decider. It marked Buntz’s sixth final of the season and only the second that ended in heartbreak for the Virginia man.

Earlier, Taylor eliminated top seed Adam Sevada 6-5 in the quarterfinals before falling to Cameron in the semis. On the other side, Buntz defeated Jason Roker 6-4 and then saw off Leonard Gates 7-5 to reach the final. Scarborough and Nick McCoy became the first players from the Associates List to make a quarterfinal this year, while Roker returned to the last eight for the first time since Event 6 in Chicago.

On the stat sheet, Cameron led the event with an 86.00 average over 55 legs in the DI/DO format. Roker topped the maximums chart with seven 180s. Taylor’s consistency continued as he has now reached at least the quarterfinals in six of his nine appearances this season after missing the first half of the Tour due to family commitments.

The CDC season concludes Sunday in Brownsburg with the CDC Indianapolis 501, which will determine the 16 Continental Cup qualifiers, the six automatic berths (per country) for the 2026 Cross Border Darts Challenge, and the winner of the Jay Tomlinson Trophy.

QUARTERFINALS:
Adam Sevada (1) 5-6 Jacob Taylor (8)
David Cameron (4) 6-5 Mike Scarborough
Stowe Buntz (2) 6-4 Jason Roker
Leonard Gates 6-3 Nick McCoy

SEMIFINALS:
David Cameron 7-3 Jacob Taylor
Stowe Buntz 7-5 Leonard Gates

FINAL:
David Cameron 7-6 Stowe Buntz

Long lifts sixth CDC crown as Cameron closes in on World Championship return

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Jim Long produced a composed surge on Friday night to win the DartConnect Championship in Brownsburg, defeating David Cameron 7-3 in the final to secure his sixth career CDC title.

Long advanced with a 6-1 quarterfinal win over an in-form Nick Linberg, then turned back seventh-seeded Gary Mawson 7-3 in the semifinals before closing out Cameron in the title match. Cameron earned his place in the final by dispatching fifth-seeded Alex Spellman 6–2 and then upsetting top-seeded Adam Sevada 7–3.

The night carried major ranking implications. Cameron’s run to the final makes it virtually impossible for Darryl Christie to catch him for Canada’s top Tour Points spot; it would take Christie winning both remaining events with Cameron exiting in the first round twice. In practical terms, Cameron is all but locked for return to Ally Pally. On the U.S. side, Stowe Buntz sits 21 points behind Sevada in the race for the Jay Tomlinson Trophy, which is awarded to the top overall player on the Tour at the end of the season and also confers the benefit of entering PDC Q-School at Stage 2. Both Buntz and Sevada are already guaranteed World Championship berths but you can bet that neither will let their foot off the gas in pursuit of the Tour Points Championship.

Elsewhere, Larry Butler has slipped outside the top 16 and now risks missing the Continental Cup for the first time other than the year he was sidelined after a heart attack. There are three players within 10 points of the final Cup spot, setting up a tense finish and making every dart critical with only two events to play.

On the stats sheet, Buntz led the field in average at 90.28 over 27 legs, while Cameron topped the 180 chart with 12, three clear of both Long and Mawson. Big finishes lit up the early rounds as Jeremiah Millar and Trevor Buboltz each produced a 170 checkout (Millar’s came in a losing effort to Kiley Edmunds in the last 32).

The weekend continues Saturday in Brownsburg with the A-Z Darts Trophy — a double-in/double-out “Saturday Special,” and the penultimate stop of the 2025 CDC season.

QUARTERFINALS:
Adam Sevada (1) 6-2 Jacob Taylor (8)
David Cameron (4) 6-2 Alex Spellman (5)
Stowe Buntz (2) 5-6 Gary Mawson (7)
Nick Linberg (14) 1-6 Jim Long (6)

SEMIFINALS:
Adam Sevada 3-7 David Cameron
Gary Mawson 3-7 Jim Long

FINAL:
Jim Long 7-3 David Cameron

Sevada Scoring Power, Christie Double Trouble, Send The Reaper to the Winner’s Circle

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Adam Sevada delivered a commanding performance Sunday in Oakbrook Terrace, capturing the Boomerang Tours Fiesta title with a 7-2 victory over Darryl Christie to earn his fifth CDC Tour win of the 2025 season.

Sevada was clinical from start to finish, posting a 91.37 average, second only to Jacob Taylor (91.95), and produced a blistering 107.70 first-nine average – more than 10 points clear of anyone else in the field. After wins over Jason Brandon, Alex Spellman, and Christie, Sevada widened his lead in the 2025 Tour Points standings and took another step toward securing a trip to the PDC World Darts Championship.

The final told the story of missed chances for Christie, who failed to convert key doubles that could have leveled the match at 2-2 or clawed back a break in leg five. Still, his run to the final – his second on the CDC Tour this year – narrows the gap on David Cameron for the top Canadian spot on the Tour Points table, with a World Championship berth on the line.

Jacob Taylor, despite leading the field in average for the second straight event, once again saw his campaign cut short – this time in the quarterfinals in a deciding leg thriller at the hands of Christie. Meanwhile, Alex Spellman led the tournament in 180s, firing in 11, three more than Christie.

Sevada’s semifinal win came over Spellman (7–2), while Christie defeated Stowe Buntz by the same scoreline. In a day where chalk was king, Christie was the only unseeded player to advance beyond the last-16.

As the dust settles in Chicago, all eyes now turn to Indianapolis, where the 2025 CDC regular season concludes September 19–21. With three events remaining, Tour Cards, Continental Cup places, and three World Championship berths remain up for grabs.

BOOMERANG TOURS FIESTA

QUARTERFINALS
Adam Sevada (1) 6-1 Jason Brandon (8)
Kiley Edmunds (13) 1-6 Alex Spellman (5)
Stowe Buntz (2) 6-5 Jacob Taylor (7)
Leonard Gates (3) 5-6 Darryl Christie

SEMIFINALS
Adam Sevada 7-2 Alex Spellman
Stowe Buntz 2-7 Darryl Christie

FINAL
Adam Sevada 7-2 Darryl Christie

Buntz Denies Spellman a Daily Double in Chicago

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Stowe Buntz claimed his ninth career CDC title and fourth of the 2025 season on Saturday night, defeating Alex Spellman 7–3 in the final of the CDC Showdown in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois.

In a grueling evening under the “win-by-two clear legs” format, Buntz was dominant – dropping only 10 legs in the event and never being pushed to extra time. After dispatching Joey Lynaugh 6-2 in the quarterfinals and dominating Leonard Gates 7-1 in the semifinals, he delivered a commanding performance in the final to halt Spellman’s bid for a Saturday sweep.

Spellman had lifted the Cosmo Darts Championship title earlier in the day but couldn’t replicate the magic in the nightcap. His path to the final included a 6-1 quarterfinal win over Kiley Edmunds and a hard-fought 7-5 victory over top-seeded Adam Sevada in the semifinals. Spellman and Sevada also shared top honors in the 180 count, each firing in nine maximums.

The breakout performance of the night came from Jason Wilbur, who reached his first CDC quarterfinal after a 6-3 win over sixth seed Gary Mawson in the last 16. Wilbur was the only unseeded player to make the last eight, as ranked players proved too difficult to overcome elsewhere.

Jacob Taylor led the field in average at 88.91 over 24 legs, but ran into a tough extra-leg battle against Lynaugh, who sent the Canadian packing 7–5 in the round of 16.

With another title added to an already stellar season, Buntz continues to narrow the gap between he and Adam Sevada at the top of the 2025 standings with both vying for the top U.S. spot in race to the PaddyPower World Darts Championship.

The 2025 Championship Darts Circuit resumes Sunday with the Boomerang Tours Fiesta, and will conclude with a three-event stretch in Indianapolis, September 19–21 where the field for the Continental Cup will be confirmed, along with three automatic berths at the Alexandra Palace in December.

QUARTERFINALS
Adam Sevada (1) 6-4 Jason Brandon (8)
Kiley Edmunds (13) 1-6 Alex Spellman (5)
Stowe Buntz (2) 6-2 Joey Lynaugh (10)
Leonard Gates (3) 6-1 Jason Wilbur

SEMIFINALS
Adam Sevada 5-7 Alex Spellman
Stowe Buntz 7-1 Leonard Gates

FINAL
Alex Spellman 3-7 Stowe Buntz

Spellman Ends Year-Long Drought with Statement Win in Chicago

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Alex Spellman produced a dominant performance on Saturday in Chicago, whitewashing David Cameron 7-0 in the final to claim the 2025 Cosmo Darts Championship, his fifth career CDC Main Tour title.

The win comes almost one year to the day from his last trip to the winner’s circle – in Event #11 of the 2024 CDC season in Niagara Falls – and it and adds to a trophy case that also includes a Continental Cup and Cross Border Darts Challenge crown. Spellman was in complete control in the final, not giving Cameron even one shot at double and dropping the Canadian man to 9-6 in CDC event finals.

Spellman’s path to the final included a 6-1 quarterfinal win over Gary Brooks and a 7-5 semifinal victory over Darryl Christie. He also topped the 180 leaderboard with 11 on the day – three more than Christie – and finished among the tournament’s top three in scoring.

Cameron, seeded third, edged Jacob Taylor 6-5 in the quarterfinals and survived a tense battle with Stowe Buntz in the semis, running out a deciding-leg win 7-6. Despite the final result, he remains firmly in provisional World Championship qualification as the top Canadian player on the circuit, still well clear of Darryl Christie.

While the top-four seeds all advanced to the quarterfinals, unseeded players were also well represented with Wyoming man, Gary Brooks, carrying the flag as he made his first career CDC quarterfinal appearance. Adam Sevada, freshly minted as the top-seed, was edged 6-5 by Christie in the quarters but posted the highest event average at 92.48 over 27 legs, just ahead of Christie’s 92.16 over 45.

With just five events remaining, the race for Continental Cup positioning continues to heat up with players like John Part, Jacob Taylor and Ross Snook needing strong performances over the remainder of this weekend and in Indianapolis next month to book their spots in Philadelphia.

COSMO DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP

QUARTERFINALS
Adam Sevada (1) 5-6 Darryl Christie
Alex Spellman (4) 6-1 Gary Brooks
Stowe Buntz (2) 6-0 Danny Young
David Cameron (3) 6-5 Jacob Taylor (6)

SEMIFINALS
Darryl Christie 5-7 Alex Spellman
Stowe Buntz 6-7 David Cameron

FINAL
Alex Spellman 7-0 David Cameron

Buntz and Sevada Meet Again as Top Seeds Shine in Indianapolis

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Stowe Buntz capped off the Indianapolis weekend with another statement win, defeating Adam Sevada 7–6 in a thrilling final to capture the DJD Duel title and his eighth career CDC Tour victory.

The top seed was in dominant form throughout the day, dropping only two total legs in defeats of Trevor Buboltz and PDC Tour Card holder, Danny Lauby, to reach the quarterfinals. There, a whitewash 6-0 win over Jacob Taylor and a 7-4 semifinal triumph over David Cameron set up his third finals clash of the season with Sevada. This time, the Neon Nightmare was able to successfully parry multiple charges from The Reaper, holding his nerve after two multi-leg leads were erased and holding throw in the decider to hoist the trophy.

Sevada’s path saw him dispatch Scott Estle and Patrick Guariglia in quick fashion to reach the quarterfinals where he was unbothered by yesterday’s finalist, Jason Brandon, sweeping him aside 6-1. He then survived a last-leg decider against second-seeded Leonard Gates in the semis to return to the finals stage where Buntz exacted his revenge for their last two meetings.

Buntz’s 92.14 average over 43 legs led the field by a wide margin, with Cameron’s 87.58 the next closest. Sevada led the event in 180s, landing 12, two more than Gates.

The Tour’s elite rose to the occasion on Sunday, with all four semifinal spots claimed by the top four seeds. Friday’s champion, Darryl Christie, was the only unseeded player to reach the last eight, falling to Gates 6-4 in the quarterfinals.

With momentum firmly on his side, Buntz now sets his sights on Chicago, where the 2025 Championship Darts Circuit resumes August 23-24 with Events 11 through 13.

Sevada Completes Cambridge Sweep with DJD Masters Victory

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Adam Sevada completed a dream weekend in Canada with his second straight CDC title, defeating Stowe Buntz 7-3 in the final of Event #4 – the DJD Masters – on Sunday in Cambridge, Ontario.

Fresh off his Saturday triumph at the Cosmo Darts Classic, Sevada raised the bar yet again on Sunday, producing the highest tournament average of the day at 92.06 and firing in a field-best 15 maximums—five more than his nearest rival. After dispatching David Cameron in the quarterfinals and overpowering Kaidon Newberry 7-2 in the semis, Sevada turned in another composed performance in the final to complete the weekend sweep.

Buntz, also playing in his second final in as many days, once again fought his way through a tough section of the draw. He dropped just one leg to Doug Boehm in the quarterfinals, then produced one of the moments of the season with a nine-dart leg in his semifinal against Jim Long. He survived two match darts in that thrilling 7-6 victory, checking out 21 to reach yet another final. While the title once again slipped through his fingers, Buntz’s consistency across the weekend was enough to lock up the final Order of Merit berth into the US Darts Masters and North American Championship at Madison Square Garden later this month.

The event also showcased rising stars on both sides of the border. Colorado’s Kaidon Newberry backed up his quarterfinal run on Saturday with a semifinal finish on Sunday—his deepest run yet on the CDC Tour. Ontario’s Tyler Rettie also made a statement with his first career quarterfinal appearance. Meanwhile, Jason Brandon, less than 24 hours removed from punching his ticket to New York via the second US Darts Masters qualifier, ran out of steam in the quarters, suffering a 6-0 defeat to local hero, Jim Long.

With back-to-back titles, Adam Sevada now firmly puts himself into the ‘best player on the continent’ discussion —just as the spotlight begins to shift to darts’ biggest stage in North America.

DJD Masters Results:

Quarterfinals
Stowe Buntz (1) 6-1 Doug Boehm (8)
Jason Brandon (13) 0-6 Jim Long (5)
Kaidon Newberry 6-4 Tyler Rettie
David Cameron (3) 4-6 Adam Sevada (6)

Semifinals
Stowe Buntz 7-6 Jim Long
Kaidon Newberry 2-7 Adam Sevada

Final
Stowe Buntz 3-7 Adam Sevada

Sevada Shines in Cambridge to Claim Cosmo Classic Crown

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Adam Sevada capped off a strong day on the CDC Tour with a 7-5 victory over top seed Stowe Buntz to claim the Cosmo Darts Classic title on Saturday in Cambridge, Ontario.

Sevada’s run to the championship was marked by consecutive wins over the tournament’s top three seeds—David Cameron, Leonard Gates, and Stowe Buntz—to close out the event. His steady form across 49 legs earned him a tournament-best three-dart average of 90.76 among players with more than one match. He also tallied 10 maximums, just one short of the event leaders.

Buntz appeared poised to add another title to his growing résumé, grinding out a 7-5 win over Nick Linberg in the last 16 before defeating Doug Boehm and Alex Spellman to book his spot in the final. The title match was a tightly contested battle, but Sevada held his nerve down the stretch to deny the No. 1 seed and lift the trophy.

The day also featured standout efforts from rising star Kaidon Newberry, who pushed Gates to a sudden-death leg in the quarterfinals—marking the deepest CDC Tour run of his career—and David Cameron, who brought the crowd to its feet with a picture-perfect 170 checkout, the tournament’s highest.

Although Ross Snook exited early following a narrow first-round loss to Albert Anstey, his 95.16 average was the highest tournament average posted on the day. While achieved in a single match, it served as an encouraging glimpse of the top-tier form he’s capable of and will certainly instill confidence on a deeper run in tomorrow’s event.

The CDC Tour resumes Sunday with Event #4—the DJD Masters—set to begin at 11:00 AM Eastern.

Quarterfinals
Stowe Buntz (1) 6-3 Doug Boehm (8)
Alex Spellman (4) 6-3 Albert Anstey
Leonard Gates (2) 8-7 Kaidon Newberry
David Cameron (3) 3-6 Adam Sevada (6)

Semifinals
Stowe Buntz 6-3 Alex Spellman
Leonard Gates 2-6 Adam Sevada

Final
Stowe Buntz 5-7 Adam Sevada