You now have the ‘Golden Ticket’ a PDC Tour Card, so what do I do now. Here is a full explanation of what you need to do next.

1. As a Tour Card Holder, you have also qualified for the UK Open Finals.
2. You will also need to sign your PDC Players Contract prior to the first event.

1-UPGRADE YOUR PDPA MEMBERSHIP:

This is for players who won a Tour Card at Q-School only.

The first thing you need to do is to pay for you membership upgrade to full membership as you are currently only an associate member of the PDPA. This cost £100 and must be paid by Friday the 24th January 2020 at 14.00hrs as this is prior to the first event of 2020.

If this is not done by this time, you run the risk of losing your Tour Card. It is the second item on the page via PayPal, you can also use a credit card if you do not have a PayPal account.

2-ATTEND THE TOUR CARD INDUCTION:

It is a requisite that all new Tour Card Holders attend the induction, for ease of use we hold this the night before the first PDC Pro-Tour event of 2020, so make sure your travel plans fall into place for this event.

Date/Time: Friday 7th February 2020 at 18.30-20.30
Venue: Holiday Inn Barnsley, M1 Junction 37, Barnsley Road, Dodworth, Barnsley S75 3JT
Room: Room to the left of bar area as you look at it, please be prompt.

3-DOWNLOAD THE PDPA DARTS APP:

This has all the information on that you may need, it gives you the next entry deadline and also   the deadlines notifications a few days prior, it also has all the event dates and deadlines, tables, race tables, rules and news items so you case follow our sport on the go.

To download go to the App Store or Google Play for Android.

Once dowloaded, go to the menu > setting > notifications and click the Pro-Tour button, if you are also on the Development Tour player click that one also.

4-BETTING INTEGRITY MODULE:

If you were a TCH last season, you are not required to do this as it was done in 2019, so your name will not be put forward for this module.

You must complete this online module prior to playing your first event of 2020, as this first event is the next day you must complete this prior to this induction, forgetting, leaving it or not understanding it needs to be done could leave you in the position of not being able to play until you do.

Your email address and name will be given and they will contact you via this email address to complete this online module, which is required to be done by Thursday 6th February.

5-SOCIAL MEDIA/CONTACTS:

We have a twitter account and a Face Book Account, so for updated information or urgent news items please make sure you follow.

• Twitter > @PDPA_darts
• Facebook > @PDPA.darts
• Contacts > PDPA Office [email protected] Office 01228 594273
  CEO Alan Warriner-Little [email protected] Mobile 07798 693998
• PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALL THESE CONTACTS

6-EVENT ENTRIES:

As you played at Q-School, or have come from the DT/CT you will already have a ‘Sport Radar’ account, if you manager/agent/friend do entries for you, it is worth at least finding out how they are done for future reference.

To make sure you are all ready for the new season, please make sure you have entered the following events as the deadlines are prior to this induction.

Players Championships 1-2 8th/9th Feb Barnsley -> Tuesday 28th January 14.00hrs
European Tour 1-2 14th Feb Wigan -> Tuesday 4th February 14.00hrs
Players Championship 3-4 15th/16th February ->Tuesday 4th February 14.00hrs

7-PDPA WEBSITE:

You must familiarise yourself with the PDPA Website, as this is where all your information is that you need as a PDC Professional. You need to know where to look for items, so here are a few that you need to find that are most important, please make some time to do so it is important.

• Homepage > This has updated results going across the top, features and shortcuts, news items and the menu in top right corner.
• 2020 PDC Calendar > For event info, hotel details, travel and event brief.
• What the PDPA Do > A full explanation of what we do.
• Where the relevant tables are >All Ranking Tables.

All other details of your membership to the PDPA will be done with you at the Tour Card Induction.

In Attendance:

Alan Warriner-Little PDPA CEO
Jacques Nieuwlaat PDPA Director
Andy Scott PDPA Director
Zoe Banks – PDPA Secretary & Admin
Gareth Williams – PDPA Solicitor
Tina Tomlinson – Travel Counsellors
Keith Bisby – PDC Pro Tour Manager
Nigel Mawer - DRA
Dave Jones – DRA
David Macher – Dart Connect
Trevor Willday – Prosperity Wealth