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Whitlock rushes off UK Open darts stage for lavatory – and followers create genius track

Simon Whitlock desperately rushed off the darts stage for a bathroom break in gorgeous scenes on the UK Open.

Whitlock confronted his PDC World Cup of Darts associate Damon Heta on Friday in a closely-fought match. Australia’s most interesting throwers traded turns being within the lead earlier than Heta clinched a 10-8 win over Whitlock to achieve the fifth spherical.

The Wizard was seemingly all out of methods at 9-8 as he all of a sudden approached the referee with a involved look on his face and urgently left the stage. He might be heard saying: “I’m gonna burst. I’ve got to go.”

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And the commentators promptly revealed the 2012 European Champion had scurried off for an unscheduled bathroom break. They mentioned: “I was just talking about the respect between these two, so I don’t think there’s any skulduggery involved here. I think Simon Whitlock really does need to go to the loo!”

In weird scenes to anybody tuning in, Heta was left standing alone on the oche mid leg. Whitlock returned a couple of minutes later solely to be greeted with hilarious chants from the gang, who sang: “Simon Whitlock, he s***s when he wants.”

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Damon Heta was left confused standing alone on the oche
Damon Heta was left confused standing alone on the oche

Despite his transient relaxation, Whitlock could be swiftly flushed out by his compatriot, who went on to win the leg. And followers have been left in heaps of laughter as they took to social media to voice their astonishment on the unimaginable scenes on show at Butlin’s Minehead Resort.

One X person wrote: “Imagine not loving this sport though,” whereas one other tweeted: “What a sport.”



The fans greeted Whitlock back with hilarious chants
The followers greeted Whitlock again with hilarious chants

A 3rd commented: “I love darts so much,” whereas a fourth added: “Darts heritage.”

Others chimed in by tweeting: “God I love this man!” and: “What a man.”