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Jan 08, 2024 at 1:37 pm

Teen sensation Luke Littler and world champion Luke Humphries will participate in the Dutch Darts Masters in Den Bosch on January 26 and 27. There are also eight Dutch people, including Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld, in the party.

Sixteen-year-old Littler surprised at the last World Cup by reaching the final. On his way to the final battle, the Englishman defeated former world champions Van Barneveld and Rob Cross, among others. Littler had to admit his superiority in Humphries in the final.

In addition to Van Gerwen and Van Barneveld, compatriots Danny Noppert, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Vincent van der Voort, Gian van Veen, Jermaine Wattimena and Kevin Doets are also present in Den Bosch.

The Dutch Darts Masters returns to the calendar this year. The last edition was in Amsterdam in 2022. The Belgian Dimitri Van den Bergh then took the overall victory in the Ziggo Dome by defeating Van Duijvenbode in the final. Van den Bergh has received another invitation for this edition.

The darts event in Den Bosch is part of the World Series circuit. The season starts on January 18 and 19 in Bahrain.

Participant field Dutch Darts Masters

• Luke Humphries (Eng)
• Luke Littler (Eng)
• Michael van Gerwen
• Michael Smith (Eng)
• Gerwyn Prace (Wall)
• Rob Cross (Eng)
• Peter Wright (Sch)
• Nathan Aspinall (Eng)
• Danny Noppert
• Dirk van Duijvenbode
• Vincent van der Voort
• Gian van Veen
• Raymond van Barneveld
• Dimitri Van den Bergh (Bel)
• Jermaine Wattimena
• Kevin Doets

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Luke Littler has been in the spotlight. At 16 years old, with a physiognomy unusual for an athlete, the young British surprised everyone and everything by becoming runner-up in the world darts champion, providing record television audiences and making a country (and the world) root for his successes… who celebrates with kebab.

Luke Littler. Fix this name. The 16-year-old – he turns 17 on the 21st – is one of the stars of world sport. And so it is possible to show how a perfectly anonymous person can rise to stardom in just a few days.

Littler, born in the English industrial town of Runcorn, shot to the front pages when he began to climb the stages at the World Darts Championship held in London.

Until the event, Littler had only had four duels at the senior level. In fact, as he himself acknowledged, his aim began to be refined in pubs. That’s why, when the World Cup started, no one remembered who was only 164th in the world. The problem, for his opponents of course, is that Littler began to eliminate, one by one, several favorites for final victory. Brendan Dolan, Rob Cross or Raymond van Barneveld all fell at the hands of Luke Littler.

In the final, the young teenager was up against compatriot Luke Humphries who admitted it was strange to have, for the first time and in his own country, the public cheering for his opponent. The two athletes were fighting for a prize worth around half a million euros. The most veteran won and Littler had to settle for 23,000 euros. Not bad for a 16 year old boy.

Read the full article in the NOVO edition which is on newsstands this Saturday, January 6th.

2024-01-06 02:00:00
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World Darts finalist Luke Littler doesn’t have to worry about ever going hungry. The sensational performance of the 16-year-old Englishman was responded to by a kebab seller in Warrington, who will prepare his favorite food at any time until the end of his life.

Littler shocked the public by advancing to the finals, where he made it as the youngest player in history. Still a teenager, he revealed during the tournament that he loves kebabs above all else. You can enjoy the delicacy with loaded meat in a wrap and vegetables every day.

Luke Humphries became the premier world champion in darts within the PDC organization. The 28-year-old Englishman defeated his compatriot Luke Littler, who is 12 years younger, 7:4 in Wednesday’s final in London.

“Whenever he returns to Warrington, he can order Luke The Nuke Wrap, which we named after him. He probably eats it every day when he is at home and not traveling for tournaments. It consists of meat, salad, onion and mayonnaise. From the first day of the WC in darts, we said that Luke would be the world champion. He wasn’t far from it, but it’s still incredible what he was able to do at the age of 16.” revealed the owner of the kebab stand.

Littler was defeated in the final by his namesake Humphries. The leader of the world ranking triumphed 7:4 on legs.

2024-01-04 16:39:40
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As of: December 28, 2023 10:00 a.m

The day after the two Germans Martin Schindler and Gabriel Clemens were eliminated from the World Darts Championship in London, Ricardo Pietreczko did not freeze in awe even before the match against top favorite Luke Humphries. Florian Hempel also has a class opponent in front of him.

Ricardo Pietreczko can’t get enough of London at the moment. The darts professional spent the Christmas days sightseeing in the British capital, and between the years he watches the World Cup games on television with his girlfriend.

Darts World Cup today: Hempel at lunchtime, Pietreczko in the evening

And this Thursday (game two of the evening session, around 9:30 p.m./DAZN and Sport1) the 29-year-old from Nuremberg – nicknamed Pikachu – can go back on the biggest stage himself. The opponent is none other than top favorite Luke Humphries, who earned more than twice as much prize money in 2023 as all other top players.

Florian Hempel will also face an opponent who is in outstanding form in game one of the lunch session on Thursday (from 1.30 p.m.): Steven Bunting from England.

The games on Thursday at a glance:

3rd round (afternoon from 1:45 p.m.):
Florian Hempel (Germany) – Stephen Bunting (England)
Joe Cullen (England) – Ryan Searle (England)
Ross Smith (England) – Chris Dobey (England)

3rd round (evening from 8:15 p.m.):
Gerwyn Price (Wales) – Brendan Dolan (Northern Ireland)
Luke Humphries (England) – Ricardo Pietreczko (Germany)
Ricky Evans (England) – Daryl Gurney (Nordirland)

“There is no big favorite”

Pietreczko told the German Press Agency (dpa) about the biggest game of his career so far: “Humphries is in good form right now, you’ve seen that. You’ve seen often enough that anyone can beat anyone on the tour. There is “Not a big favorite. There are many favorites, but not one.”

After aborting his training as a waiter and postman and completing his apprenticeship as a painter, Pietreczko now seems to have found his calling.

Pal Dardai, Roger Federer and Chris Dobey as role models

“I see myself playing darts until I can’t stand anymore,” said “Pikachu” about his future. The Hertha fan cites coach Pal Dardai, former tennis superstar Roger Federer and English darts professional Chris Dobey as role models in sport. The earliest he could meet him in London is in the final on January 3rd.

Hempel warns competitors

Like Pietreczko, Hempel also amazes the darts scene. In the second round he made the biggest comeback of the World Cup so far with a 3-2 win over top Belgian player Dimitri Van den Bergh. The former handball goalkeeper was already behind 2-0 after sets, but then survived three match darts and started his crazy comeback.

“Perhaps this is a warning to the next ones that they better put the match darts in,” Hempel said afterwards. Stephen Bunting is likely to take the warning, which was probably intended as a joke, seriously. And the Englishman can counter this for his part. With 107.28 points, the 2014 BDO world champion played the best average of the second round in his opening game against compatriot Ryan Joyce. So it doesn’t get any easier for Hempel.

2023-12-28 10:01:08
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Pro ShotsVan Peer screams after his win against Woodhouse

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While Berry van Peer battled ‘darteritis’ in 2017 and could not smile at all, the darts player from Roosendaal has a big smile on his face after today. In his World Cup debut, he defeated world number 33 Luke Woodhouse 3-2 in sets.

And that was extra nice. Because Van Peer also had some physical discomfort this week, he said afterwards. The Brabander had fallen down the stairs and bruised two ribs, which meant he could train less in recent days.

In addition, there was also a mental story surrounding the Dutchman. Six years ago things went wrong at Van Peer. He was unable to get an arrow out of his hand at the Grand Slam of Darts. Darteritus took a serious form. This condition causes a blockage in the head, causing the movement they have been performing for years to suddenly no longer work.

But now the arrows more than flew out of his hand. He immediately won the first set, much to his relief. “Yes, there was a lot of energy today. I’m really looking forward to it and it’s paying off,” he said afterwards.

Van Peer wanted to get Woodhouse back after defeats: ‘Nice motivation’

But Woodhouse did not simply give in. The Englishman was sharper in the second set and Woodhouse leveled the score in five legs.

Van Peer then proved once again that his mental problems are completely over. He won the third set and managed to get two arrows in the fourth set to decide the match. But they were lost, a fifth set had to decide.

“Those arrows could have gone in, they were also close, but it just didn’t work out. But I knew that I was better in scoring in this match, so you shouldn’t think too much about those missed arrows and just get over it. That happened also.”

Missed five match arrows, but still great joy

That was right. In the fifth set, Van Peer initially missed three arrows for the match, but to his great joy the fourth was still hit.

For the first time in his career, the 27-year-old Roosendaler managed to win a match against Woodhouse. He failed to do that the previous two times. “I thought: I have to get him back. That was a nice motivation for today.”

In the second round, Van Peer will face another Englishman, Josh Rock. The Dutchman is full of confidence. “I threw well today. I can continue to build on this”

7 Dutchmen still in the tournament

Due to Van Peer’s victory, there are now seven Dutch players left in the tournament.

These are Michael van Gerwen, Danny Noppert, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Raymond van Barneveld, Richard Veenstra, Jermaine Wattimena and Van Peer.

Danny Noppert will play against Englishman Scott Williams on Thursday evening.

2023-12-21 15:06:47
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Dec 20, 2023 at 3:15 PM Update: 28 minutes ago

Niels Zonneveld was eliminated in the second round of the Darts World Cup on Wednesday. The Dutchman lost to the Englishman Ross Smith in London: 3-1. Raymond van Barneveld will face the Pole Radoslaw Szaganski in his second round match.

The 25-year-old Zonneveld had little to say in the first set against Smith (PDC-16), nine years his senior. The world number 83 recovered in the remainder of the match, but was unable to corner his opponent.

Zonneveld threw an average of 90.75 per three darts, while Smith averaged 95.01. The Dutchman only hit a double on his tenth opportunity. Smith underlined his strong performance with a 170 finish in the third set.

Zonneveld started his World Cup well on Sunday with a 3-1 win over Darren Webster. The Uitgeester only had to deal with family news on Tuesday: his grandmother had suddenly died. “Go home quickly tomorrow and then go to grandpa,” he said afterwards Viaplay.

Van Barneveld plays in his second round match against Szaganski, who was too strong for the Finn Marko Kantele on Wednesday: 3-2. The Pole, who is participating in the World Cup for the first time, is number 69 in the world. Van Barneveld is forty places higher. The match between Van Barneveld and Szaganski is scheduled for Friday.

Two more Dutch players will be in action at Alexandra Palace on Wednesday. In the evening session, Richard Veenstra (against Ben Robb) and Christian Kist (against Luke Littler) make an appearance.

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