Gian van Veen retained the PDC Winmau World Youth Championship title on Sunday evening, defeating Women’s Series winner Beau Greaves 6-3 to triumph at Butlin’s Minehead Resort.
Van Veen, 23, produced a polished display to topple Greaves and pocket the £12,000 top prize, which saw him emulate Belgian star Dimitri Van den Bergh and become the second player to win successive World Youth Championship titles.
The newly crowned European Champion drew first blood with a 14-dart hold of throw, having missed the bull for a spectacular 170 outshot in the previous visit.
Greaves opened her account with a 16-dart leveller via double eight, but Van Veen responded with a three-leg burst to take control, following up legs of 13 and 15 darts with a crucial 86 combination on tops to establish a 4-1 cushion.
The Doncaster trailblazer looked poised to restore parity after reeling off back-to-back legs to reduce the deficit to 4-3, although she was ruthlessly punished for missing five darts at double in leg eight, despite leaving herself on 96 after just nine darts.
Van Veen capitalised with his second 13-darter of the contest to regain control at 5-3, before sealing the deal in style, courtesy of a clinical 118 checkout.
Van den Bergh claimed back-to-back World Youth Championship titles in 2017 and 2018 respectively, while Littler, Luke Humphries and Michael Smith also feature on the decorated World Youth Championship roll of honour.
PDC Winmau World Youth Championship Final
Gian van Veen 6-3 Beau Greaves