The Ally Pally wasp was back up to its old tricks on Tuesday afternoon as hit buzzed its way onto the back of Teemu Harju’s shirt during his clash with Alan Soutar
Darts’ main character was back up to its old tricks as it planted the kiss of death on Finland’s Teemu Harju.
Harju was embroiled in an endurance clash with Scotland’s Alan Soutar during Tuesday afternoon’s opening match when the Ally Pally wasp buzzed its way back on stage. Camera’s picked the wasp up on the collar of Harju’s shirt during the fourth set.
He was seen laughing with officials as he pointed to the winged menace , while rival Soutar also spotted the wasp as he peered over to take a look. However, it shouldn’t have been a laughing matter for the Finn.
The wasp had already provided the kiss of death to Ross Smith’s hopes, as the No.12 seed went crashing out on Saturday evening.
And it would again spell the end for Harju, after flicking the wasp away, who would lose out to Soutar after over an hour on the stage.
The Scot missed 15 match darts before finally ending the clash – and he will now face Gian van Veen in the second round on December 22.
“Will someone please get the ally pally wasp off Harju’s neck please! It’s giving me total anxiety watching this,” one fan joked.
“The Ally Pally wasp is back This time it’s pestering Harju and has gone down the back of his shirt collar,” a second shared. While a third posted: “The wasp on the collar of Harju at the darts again..”
“This Wasp’s on generational run. Goat,” a fourth said. And another added: “Convinced that the PDC bring their own supply of wasps to Ally Pally every year now.
“Just keep releasing a new wasp on to the stage when they’ve not seen the previous one for a while and is presumed dead.”