Darts star on comeback at Ally Pally after nearly quitting the sport due to tragic death Jonny Clayton has revealed he almost quit darts after the death of his father last year, admitting: “I’d lost everything, I couldn’t be bothered.”.
But the popular former plasterer from Pontyberem admitted he was close to packing up his arrows and returning to sweet home alabaster when his father, John, died suddenly in July 2023 – and his form on the oche slumped.
The ‘Ferret’ pulled out of a late nosedive to pip Daryl Gurney 4-3 and reach the last 16 of the Paddy Power PDC World Championship.
“The guys were flying to Australia or New Zealand for the World Series and I lost my dad on the morning of that flight.
“When I lost my dad – and I don’t want to keep going on about it as it is old news – it hurt.
