What the DRA Case List Is
The DRA is the independent body that handles disciplinary matters for PDC tour card holders. Its newly published list is backdated rather than reflecting a single new incident — it covers hearings held across a roughly three-and-a-half-year window, from January 2023 through to June 2026, and is the first such list the DRA has made public since 2022.
Raymond van Barneveld: Two Separate Cases
Raymond van Barneveld features twice on the list. The first case relates to inappropriate behaviour and the use of offensive language at Players Championship 2 in Wigan, which resulted in a three-month ban — suspended for 12 months — alongside a £3,000 fine. The second concerns a failure to report damage to his hotel room while at Players Championship 15 in Germany on 30 August 2025. Despite his suspended ban from the Wigan case still being active at that point, the DRA limited the sanction to a formal warning, with no additional fine and no activation of the earlier suspended ban.
Cameron Menzies: Punished Drinks Table After World Championship Exit
Cameron Menzieswas sanctioned after repeatedly punching the underside of the drinks table on stage in frustration following his World Championship defeat to Charlie Manby. A DRA hearing on 19 January 2026 resulted in a £2,500 fine and a four-month ban, suspended until 23 July 2027 — meaning any further breach of the DRA’s code before that date could see the suspension activated.
Gary Anderson Also Fined
Gary Anderson was fined £3,000, with £1,000 of that suspended until September 2026, over aggressive and abusive behaviour toward a journalist backstage following his defeat to Stephen Bunting at the 2025 World Matchplay in Blackpool.
Other Names on the List
The DRA’s list also includes entries for several other tour card holders, among them Nathan Aspinall, Luke Humphries, Rob Cross and Gerwyn Price, covering separate and generally less severe incidents over the same period.
What It Means Going Forward
None of the sanctions announced remove a player from competition immediately — the Van Barneveld and Menzies bans are both suspended, so both players continue on the PDC circuitas normal. The practical effect is a financial penalty now and a probationary period during which a further serious breach of the DRA’s code could trigger the original ban on top of any fresh sanction.