Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - MunaNovember 2012, Van Barneveld akakunda mutambo wake wekutanga mukuru mumakore anopfuura mashanu paGrand Slam yeDarts isiri-yakarongwa
. Akakunda Mark Walsh 5<unk>0 mumutambo wake wekutanga weboka, asati arasikirwa ne5<unk>4 kuBDO World Champion Christian Kist mune yake yechipiri. Zvisinei, 5<unk>2 kukunda Wayne Jones kubva 2<unk>0 pasi kwakanga kwakakwana kuti amuone achikwanisa kupinda muchikamu chekurova, uko akakunda mumwe muDutchman Wesley Harms 10<unk>4 mumakore gumi nematanhatu, akatsiva kurasikirwa kwake kwekare kuna Kist mumakwikwi ekupedzisira nekukunda 16<unk>10, uye akarova Andy Hamilton 16<unk>10 mumakwikwi ekupedzisira kuti agadzire kupesana kweDutch yose neGran Prix champion Michael van Gerwen. Van Barneveld haana kumbobvira asara mumutambo wekupedzisira uye kunyangwe akarasikirwa nemikana mitatu yekukunda 16<unk>13, akavhara zita mumutambo unotevera aine 11-darter kurwisa kukanda. Kukunda kwake gare gare kwakatumidzwa zita rakanakisa PDC Terevhizheni Performance yeGore.