PDC Unicorn Youth Tour 2012
The 2012 PDC Unicorn Youth Tour has been announced, dates as follows:
The expansion of the Youth Tour will see seven weekends held, each offering three tournaments worth £3,000 each in prize money. Five weekends will take place in the UK, with a further two weekends to be held in Germany and Holland, to give 21 events for the young players to compete in ahead of the World Youth Championship at the end of the year - meaning that over £90,000 prize money will be on offer during 2012. Each weekend will see two events held on a Saturday, with the first beginning at 12pm, and a third tournament played on Sunday (12pm start). All games will be the best of seven legs.
Events Schedule
Saturday 9.30am-11am – Event 1 Registration / 12pm – Event 1 Begins 
2pm-3pm – Event 2 Registration / Not Before 4pm – Event 2 Begins
Sunday
9.30am-11am – Event 3 Registration / 12pm – Event 3 Begins
PDC Unicorn Youth Tour Dates:
Event 1 Arron Monk 4-0 James Hubbard (DERBY) 
Event 2 Michael Smith 4-2 Daniel King-Morris (DERBY)
Event 3 Arron Monk 4-0 Michael Smith (DERBY)
Events 4 James Hubbard 4-1 Ben Songhurst (READING)
Event 5 Michael Smith 4-1 Jamie Landon (READING)
Event 6 (READING)
Events 7-9 Saturday June 2 & Sunday June 3 Ramada Hotel Bruehl,
Romerstrasse 1, 50321 Bruehl, Germany
Ramada Hotel Bruehl Hotel Rates: Single Room €77 including breakfast Double Room €84 including breakfast Contact Stefanie Loetzke on 0049 2232 204 506 or via stefanie.loetzke@ramada.de
Events 10-12 Saturday July 14 & Sunday July 15 Barnsley Metrodome, Queens Ground, Queens Road, Barnsley, S74 1AN
Events 13-15 Saturday August 4 & Sunday August 5 Moorways Centre, Moor Lane, Allenton, Derby, DE24 9HY
Events 16-18 Saturday September 29 & Sunday September 30 Robin Park Tennis Centre, Loire Drive, Wigan, WN5 0UH
Dates TBC for one further weekend in Holland
For Hotels in:
Barnsley/Derby/Wigan/Reading go to the Premier Inn Logo on homepage
Entry to each tournament will cost £30, and entries are now available online:
If you are an existing PDPA member you can enter via the PDC Servasport On-Line Entry System, if you are a new Youth Player you can register via this link http://pdclive.servasport.com/register.html Please note that entries will only be accepted online in 2012.
The prize money breakdown for each tournament is:
Winner £500
Runner-Up £300
Semi-Finalists £200
Quarter-Finalists £100
Last 16 £75
Last 32 £50
PDC Unicorn Youth Tour Order of Merit As at April 22 2012 following Event Three
| Pos | Name | Events | Prize Money |
| 1 | Monk, Arron | 3 | £1,075 |
| 2 | Smith, Michael | 3 | £900 |
| 3 | Hubbard, James | 3 | £575 |
| 4 | Aubrey,Chris | 3 | £400 |
| 5 | King-Morris,Daniel | 3 | £300 |
| 5 | Patchett, Jake | 3 | £300 |
| 7 | Kirk,Aden | 3 | £225 |
| 7 | Meaney,Paddy | 3 | £225 |
| 9 | Hart,Adam | 2 | £200 |
| 9 | Hill,Sam | 3 | £200 |
| 9 | Hunt,Adam | 3 | £200 |
| 9 | Monk,Brandonn | 3 | £200 |
| 13 | DeRuyter,Kirk | 3 | £150 |
| 13 | Evans,Ricky | 3 | £150 |
| 13 | Jones,Jake | 3 | £150 |
| 13 | Pallett,David | 3 | £150 |
| 13 | Robinson,Reece | 3 | £150 |
| 13 | Whittingham,Darren | 3 | £150 |
| 19 | Bagley,Curtis | 3 | £125 |
| 19 | Hammond,Curtis | 3 | £125 |
| 21 | Davidson,Sam | 3 | £100 |
| 21 | Davis,Joe | 2 | £100 |
| 21 | Dicken,Matthew | 3 | £100 |
| 21 | Haggerty,Steve | 3 | £100 |
| 21 | Herrington,Ryan | 3 | £100 |
| 21 | Hill,Jack | 3 | £100 |
| 21 | Miles, Harry | 3 | £100 |
| 21 | Robson,Ross | 2 | £100 |
| 21 | Stell, Oliver | 3 | £100 |
| 21 | van Duijvenbode,Dirk | 3 | £100 |
| 31 | de Kruijf, John | 3 | £75 |
| 31 | Dennant,Matthew | 3 | £75 |
| 31 | Green,Jamie | 3 | £75 |
| 31 | Head, Samuel | 2 | £75 |
| 31 | Humphries,Luke | 2 | £75 |
| 31 | Jones,Josh | 3 | £75 |
| 31 | Lewis,Jamie | 3 | £75 |
| 31 | Maher,Ryan | 3 | £75 |
| 31 | Mayes, Conor | 2 | £75 |
| 31 | Payne,Josh | 3 | £75 |
| 31 | Seagrave,John | 3 | £75 |
| 31 | Walsh,Brandon | 3 | £75 |
| 43 | Aspinall, Nathan | 2 | £50 |
| 43 | Bailey,Leon | 3 | £50 |
| 43 | Bateman, Aaron | 3 | £50 |
| 43 | Draper,Carl | 3 | £50 |
| 43 | Esam, John | 3 | £50 |
| 43 | Friedlander, Shane | 3 | £50 |
| 43 | Heneghan,Martin | 3 | £50 |
| 43 | Khayat,Ash | 3 | £50 |
| 43 | Landon,Jamie | 3 | £50 |
| 43 | O’Connor, James | 3 | £50 |
| 43 | Oliver,Lewis | 3 | £50 |
| 43 | Read,Dan | 3 | £50 |
| 43 | Showell, Luke Stephen | 3 | £50 |
| 43 | Siegers, Danny | 3 | £50 |
| 43 | Smith, James | 3 | £50 |
| 43 | Smith, Tom | 3 | £50 |
| 43 | Smith-Neale,Adam | 3 | £50 |
| 43 | Songhurst,Ben | 3 | £50 |
| 43 | Thompson, James | 3 | £50 |
| 43 | Vickers, Jordan | 2 | £50 |
| 43 | West,Anthony | 3 | £50 |
| 43 | Wharton,Kristian | 1 | £50 |
| 43 | Whitworth, Lee | 2 | £50 |
PDC Unicorn Youth Tour events will be open to any player aged 14 or above, with an upper age limit of being 21 on January 1 2012.
Players aged 21 at this time are eligible to compete in all 2012 events.
The PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship will follow the 21 Youth Tour events and be held later in 2012, with details to be announced later this year but a confirmed prize fund of £30,000 on offer.
In 2011 Arron Monk defeated Michael van Gerwen in the final which was played during SKYs World Championship coverage, in 2012 James Hubbard beat Michael van Gerwen 6-3 to win the title.
| YEAR | CHAMPION | SCORE | Runner-Up | Prize Money Champion | Prize Money Runner-Up |
| 2011 | Arron Monk | 6-3 | Michael van Gerwen | £10,000 | £5,000 |
| 2012 | James Hubbard | 6-3 | Michael van Gerwen | £10,000 | £5,000 |
| 2013 |
Holland’s Michael van Gerwen topped the PDC Unicorn Youth Tour in 2011, while second-placed Paul Barham and 2012 World Youth Championship finalist James Hubbard will turn professional this year after winning Tour Cards by virtue of their success in the youth events.