Jonny Clayton won the Swiss Darts Trophy in Basel on Sunday night, beating Luke Humphries 8-4 in the final. Damon Heta reached the last 16 before Cristo Reyes stopped him 6-4. At home, Tim Pusey won ANZ Premier League Night 3 at Margaret Court Arena, edging Mal Cuming 5-4, and Michael Cassar brought home singles silver from the WDF Asia-Pacific Cup in Mongolia.
Next up: the league heads to Auckland on Friday and Heta lines up at the final European Tour event of the year in Maastricht.
In this roundup
- How did Jonny Clayton beat Luke Humphries in Basel?
- How far did Damon Heta get at the Swiss Darts Trophy?
- Who won ANZ Premier League Night 3 in Melbourne?
- How did Australia go at the WDF Asia-Pacific Cup?
- That's the week
How did Jonny Clayton beat Luke Humphries in Basel?
On the doubles. The two finished with almost identical averages, 101.75 for Humphries and 101.68 for Clayton, according to BBC Sport. The difference was Clayton's finishing, including a 46 checkout on double 16 to close out the title.
It's Clayton's fourth European Tour title and his first ranking title of 2026 (Sky Sports). He summed it up simply: "If you want to win these trophies you have to beat people like Luke."
Humphries arrived in Basel as the new World Grand Prix champion and nearly kept the run going. His 6-0 win over Krzysztof Ratajski on Sunday came with a 114.15 average, which Darts World reports as the highest ever recorded at this event. He then averaged 111.17 to beat Mensur Suljovic 7-4 in the semi-finals.
Watch: Official PDC highlights from the Swiss Darts Trophy in Basel.
How far did Damon Heta get at the Swiss Darts Trophy?
To the last 16, and he looked sharp getting there. Heta started in Friday's first round and beat Alexander Fehlmann 6-2 with a 95.05 average. On Saturday he knocked out seed Danny Noppert 6-3.
Sunday was a different story. Reyes, who was having a strong weekend of his own, averaged 100.89 to Heta's 92.79 and won 6-4 (Darts World). Reyes then pushed on to the quarter-finals before Humphries ended his run.
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Who won ANZ Premier League Night 3 in Melbourne?
Tim Pusey, and he did it with almost no margin for error. He survived three missed match darts against Ben Robb in the quarter-finals, edged table-topper Raymond Smith 5-3 in the semis, then beat Cuming in a last-leg decider, pinning double 10 with his second dart (PDC).
"I'm on top of the world. The crowd loved it and I loved it," Pusey said. The win is worth A$1,000 and five points, and it moves him into the top four of the standings.
Cuming deserves a mention too. It's his first ANZ Premier League final in only his third event, and his semi-final was a 5-0 whitewash of defending champion Simon Whitlock.
How did Australia go at the WDF Asia-Pacific Cup?
Michael Cassar went closest to gold. He reached the open singles final in Ulaanbaatar and lost 6-4 to Japan's Hiroki Kaneko, who averaged 86.35 and hit two 180s and a 118 finish along the way (WDF).
Japan finished with both singles titles, with Mayumi Ouchi winning the women's event. It was the first time the Asia-Pacific Cup has been held in Mongolia in its 52-year history.
For a national squad selected through the Australian Darts Championships, a singles silver against the region's best is a result worth noting. If you play DA-ranked events, this is the pathway that leads there.
That's the week
The ANZ Premier League plays its only New Zealand leg on Friday, and the European Tour wraps up in Maastricht. All times are Melbourne time (AEDT).
- ANZ Premier League Night 4: Friday 16 October, Te Paepae Theatre, NZICC, Auckland. Darts from 7pm NZDT, which is 5pm Melbourne time. Quarter-finals: Robb v Whitlock, Cuming v Smith, Pusey v Klinge, Tata v Comito.
- Dutch Darts Championship (ET15): Friday 16 to Sunday 18 October, MECC Maastricht. Heta is in the field as a Pro Tour qualifier, so he plays in Friday's first round. European Tour sessions usually start at 1pm and 7pm local time (CEST), which is 10pm and 4am Melbourne time. The PDC confirms the exact schedule after Thursday's draw.
- Why Maastricht matters: it's the last European Tour event of 2026. The top 32 on the European Tour Order of Merit afterwards qualify for the European Championship in Dortmund, 22 to 25 October.
We'll have the Auckland and Maastricht results here next Monday.
Results and schedules sourced from BBC Sport, Sky Sports, Darts World, Darts News, PDC, World Darts Federation and Ticketek NZ.