From Warrington to Wollongong: Kebab-loving darts cult hero heading to Australia

Teenage darts sensation Luke Littler is to marque his debut successful Australia erstwhile helium headlines the country’s biggest lawsuit successful Wollongong successful August.

The 17-year-old English improvement Littler, who has flourished arsenic the sport’s biggest attraction since becoming the youngest ever satellite title finalist astatine 16 successful January, volition diagnostic successful a star-studded line-up astatine the Australian Darts Masters connected August 9 and 10.

Luke Littler became the youngest-ever satellite title finalist earlier this year.Credit: Getty

Littler volition beryllium joined successful the World Series of Darts lawsuit by Luke Humphries, who bushed him to the rubric successful the satellite title last and is the existent satellite No.1 player. Fast nutrient joints successful the Illawarra request not apply, however, with Littler reportedly ditching his favoured diet of pizza, kebabs and ham and food omelettes successful a bid to support his career.

The Professional Darts Corporation’s yearly sojourn to Australia and New Zealand volition instrumentality successful the Wollongong event, earlier moving connected to the New Zealand Darts Masters astatine Hamilton’s GLOBOX Arena the pursuing weekend.

Both events volition diagnostic a 16-player field, competing implicit 2 days of action, with 8 PDC superstars tussling with 8 players from Oceania.

It volition besides beryllium satellite champ Humphries’ Australian debut pursuing a sensational 12-month spell successful which helium won the World Grand Prix, Grand Slam of Darts and Players Championship Finals titles arsenic good arsenic the large one.

Littler’s preferred fare of accelerated nutrient earned him arsenic galore fans arsenic his prowess with the arrows.Credit: Getty

But Littler, contempt losing the satellite final, has since made an astonishing interaction successful the pro ranks, having rapidly tasted World Series occurrence with triumph successful January’s Bahrain Darts Masters earlier making a superb commencement to the Premier League – featuring the 8 champion players successful the satellite – which helium presently leads.

Rob Cross, beaten by Littler successful the satellite semi-final, is aiming for a treble rubric defence, having won successful some Hamilton and Wollongong successful 2023.

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Like Cross, erstwhile satellite champions Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith and Peter Wright volition besides beryllium successful the field, on with UK Open champion Dimitri Van den Bergh.

Australian No.1 Damon Heta, presently Australia’s outstanding player, volition implicit the database of 8 PDC representatives, portion his World Cup spouse Simon Whitlock volition vie successful some events. Brenton Lloyd and Rob Modra person confirmed their spots aft qualifying done the home DartPlayers Australia circuit this year, with a further 4 Oceanic qualifiers inactive to beryllium confirmed.

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