Luke Littler reveals he will NEVER throw the darts he used to win World Championship again
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LUKE LITTLER will never throw again the darts with which he won the World Championship. Ahead of his first appearance on the PDC Tour as the newly-crowned world champion, The Nuke has brought along a new set of darts to the Bahrain Darts Masters. The equipment that he used to become the youngest world champion in history – he smashed Michael van Gerwen 7-3 in the Ally Pally final – will be commemorated in a frame at home instead.
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That piece of sporting history will be a lifelong reminder of what he achieved over Christmas and New Year as he banked £500,000 in prize money. Littler, who is refreshed after a short break in Benidorm, said: “I feel fine. Got a brand new set of darts.
“Not going to throw with the ones that I won the World Championship with. They are going to be in a frame. It’s all about breaking in a new set.”. The 17-year-old faces Filipino Lourence Ilagan in the first round on Thursday evening. If he wins that, he could face former world champion Gerwyn Price in the quarter-finals of this Middle Eastern World Series of Darts event.
Littler lifted the Golden Palm Trees trophy a year ago aged 16 – it was his first tournament win as a professional player – and he cannot wait to be introduced by MC John McDonald as the champion of the world. The Warrington ace – who turns 18 on Tuesday, January 21 – said: “It’s going to be good.
