Luke Littler’s age triggers ceremony change for World Championship trophy raise
The PDC are set to make a significant change to the trophy lifting ceremony for the World Darts Championship last due to Luke Littler’s age.
Paddy Power, who sponsor the match, are being pressured to tone down their involvement as Littler is below 18 and legally unable to gamble. This means the betting giants will not have any officers on stage when the prizes are handed out, no matter whether or not the 16-year-old wins or not.
Additionally, no Paddy Power logos can be seen on both the successful or runner up trophies and the cheques can be offered by a member of the PDC. The Irish firm are additionally not allowed to put up any pictures or movies of Littler attributable to authorized restrictions.
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Littler is the youngest participant ever to succeed in the Ally Pally showpiece and the one teenager to ever obtain the feat. He is already the youngest finalist, breaking the document set by 21-year-old Kirk Shepherd in 2008.
On that event, the Swindon-born star misplaced 7-2 to John Part within the last. By distinction, Michael van Gerwen, who’s the youngest world championship winner of the fashionable period, reached attain the ultimate aged 23, and lifted the trophy at 24.
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Littler beat Rob Cross 6-2 within the semi-final in one other flabbergasting show the place he averaged over 100 for the fifth time within the match. Earlier rounds noticed him beat Matt Campbell, Brendan Dolan and Raymond van Barneveld, with the reigning World Youth Champion surging in direction of the showpiece occasion in some fashion.
Humphries, in the meantime, noticed off Scott Williams, Dave Chisnall, Joe Cullen, Ricardo Pietreczko and Lee Evans to succeed in the showpiece.
