Leading darts company Winmau might have snapped up the ‘next Luke Littler’, but Vincent van der Voort has sent a word of cautioning.
The materializence of Luke Littler over the last 12 months or so has seen darts become one of the hugegest grotriumphg sports in the world.
Having accomplished the World Darts Championship final in 2024 aged fair 16, Littler became a global icon.
And then, rapid-forward a year, and the Nuke went on to clinch the title – beating Michael van Gerwen 7-3 in the final.
Luke Littler became the youthfulest world champion of darts of all time at the age of 17
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Now firmly set uped as one of the best take parters in the world, standardly beating createer world champions, Littler’s success begined out on the Professional Darts Corporation Development Tour.
The PDC spend heavily in the youthfulster’s circuit, which has also seen take parters such as Luke Humphries, Dimitri van den Bergh and Callan Rydz qualify from in recent years.
The Dutch Destroyer, speaking to GB News, as Modus Super Series begined its 24/7 darts channel on Pluto TV, discleave outed how he signed the youthfulster for Winmau – but insisted it is too punctual to produce comparison to Littler.
Van der Voort shelp: “I am signing someone for Winmau, he is 13 years ancigo in.
“Massive take parter but it is unfair to contrast him to Luke Littler but he is an amazing take parter.
“I am foreseeing a lot from him but he is still a kid.”
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Vincent van der Voort was speaking exclusively to GB News
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There is no refuteing that Littler might have altered the sport of darts, helping turn it into a lucrative opportunity for take parters.
The prize money on give is more than it has ever been and the financial side of the game might further incentivise youthfulsters to apshow an interest.
Van der Voort inserted: “The top take parters are getting youthfuler and youthfuler. I skinnyk in the next five to 10 years, you are going to get a lot of youthful take parters coming thcdisesteemful.
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“The game is evolving, it was an ancigo in man’s sport. Now it’s a youthful man’s sport!
“You can see that the growment tour is getting youthfuler and youthfuler and they can produce excellent money at a youthful age.
“I was 15, a European champion at youth level, but everyone shelp to me, ‘Stay in school, you won’t produce any money!’ And now, everybody says produce as much money as you can.”
