WITH THE JDC USING THE NEW DARTCONNECT RANKING SYSTEM THIS IS HOW POINTS WILL NOW BE AWARDED AND WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CASE OF A TIE IN POINTS RANKING POINTS IN FINAL STAGE ARE AWARDED AS ONE POINT PER WIN FROM THE LAST 64 ONWARDS IN EACH EVENT. ANY TIES WILL BE SPLIT AS FOLLOWS BASED ON ALL MATCH RESULTS: LEG DIFFERENCE, LEGS WON, THEN DARTCONNECT AVERAGE. IF THE ADVANCE TOUR SHOULD HAVE PLAYERS MISSING THEN THE JDC WILL INVITE THE HIGHEST RANKED PLAYER/PLAYERS FROM THE FOUNDATION TOUR OOM UNTIL THE FULL 32 PLAYERS HAVE BEEN SECURED FOR THE ADVANCED TOUR.
NB - FURTHER RULING 19/6/21 IF THE ADVANCED TOUR IS NOT AT FULL COMPLIMENT PLAYERS WHO RECEIVE A BYE WILL ACQUIRE 4 LEGS.
ADVANCED TOUR IS AGE RESTRICTED EACH YEAR. ALL PLAYERS MUST BE UNDER 18 AS OF THE CUTOFF DATE FOR THAT YEAR. DETAILS ARE PUBLISHED ON THE ENTRY FORM FOR Q- SCHOOL.
IF YOU TURN 18 BEFORE THE CUT OFF EACH YEAR. YOU CAN PLAY JDC FOUNDATION TOUR FOR THE PRIZE MONEY AND EXPERIENCE UP TO YOUR 18TH BIRTHDAY, BUT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CLAIM ANY PLACINGS OR TOUR CARDS IF YOU TURN 18 BEFORE THE CUTOFF DATE EACH YEAR.
FOUNDATION TOUR PLAYERS WHO WIN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY ON THE ADVANCED TOUR THE FOLLOWING YEAR WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY THE FOUNDATION TOUR DURING THE YEAR THEY WERE TO PLAY ON THE ADVANCED TOUR.