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.

Due to the current Pandemic Restrictions, we will be doing the new Tour Card Holders Induction via a ‘Zoom’ internet meeting and the log on details will be forwarded to you prior.

This is a requirement of being a new Tour Card Holder. As we are unable to do at an event this will be done via the Zoom online platform, you will be sent the information direct and how to join, we will also be doing two a UK based one and a European based one.

• UK Tour Card Induction: Friday 19th February 2021 18.00 hrs GMT.
  And will last around one hour. Below are the significant things that you need to do now:

1-AS A TOUR CARD HOLDER, YOU ARE NOW IN THE UK OPEN FINALS.

These details will be announced when available, your position in the draw will be dependant on your OoM ranking on the cut-off date.

2-PDC PLAYERS CONTRACT.

This will be sent to you direct, and must be signed before you can play in a PDC event. So if you need to seek legal advice you need to get this early.

3-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 TBC as this is prior to the first event of 2021.

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.

4-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.

5-BETTING INTEGRITY MODULE:

If you were a Tour Card Holder in any of the last three seasons, you are not required to do this, so your name will not be put forward for this module.

You must complete this online module prior to playing your first PDC event of 2021, which is only be a week so don’t leave it, 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 TBC.

6-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 info@pdpa.co.uk Office 01228 594273
  CEO Alan Warriner-Little awl@pdpa.co.uk Mobile 07798 693998
• PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALL THESE CONTACTS

7-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.

PDC Super Series 1 Players Championships 1-4 -> Deadline 18th February 2021 2pm

8-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.
• 2021 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.

9-Complete your SportRadar Info

Go to your account and fill in all the required info on your Personal Details.

10-PDPA Partners

DartConnect FREE TO ALL TCH
DRA
PDC
Prosperity Wealth
Griffiths & Pegg Inc UK withholding tax
Travel Counsellors
Solicitor
etc