"I might have a go at the World Darts Championship qualifier" - Adrian Lewis doesn't rule out using PDC Tour Card before the end of 2024

One of the most naturally talented and easy to watch players of all-time, Adrian Lewis has been enjoying a sabbatical from his professional career since last April. In 2025 however, 'Jackpot' will return to competitive action, starting off on the MODUS Super Series.

Fresh off the back of his big announcement, the two time world champion joined Wayne Mardle on the latest episode of William Hill's Club 501 Podcast. "MODUS are going to manage my schedule. Me and Jason Thame have been talking on and off for a few months," Lewis begins his tale. "We've sorted a few things out and he asked if I wanted to the MODUS Super Series."

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Initially though, Lewis wasn't completely sure about a darting return. "I was like 'ooh, I don't know yet. Next year we'll have a crack.' And that's how it's all come about," he explains. Mardle, like most darting fans, is keen to find out if there's a pathway back into the big time and back onto the PDC's biggest stages.

"I'm going to see where I'm at first," Lewis answers after a moment to think. "Obviously I'll do the MODUS next year, see where I'm at see where my games at and if I'm enjoying it. Then obviously, I'd love to go to Q-School."

Lewis does still currently have a PDC Tour Card until the end of the year and as he explains to Mardle it's not completely out of the question that he could use it. "Don't write it off. I was speaking to Barry Hearn the other day and I said I might, not saying I will. I might have a go at the World Darts Championship qualifier," he says tantalisingly dangling the prospect of an Alexandra Palace return for Mardle to get excited about.

Whilst his break from darts lasted nearly two years, as Lewis explains, it was always going to be just a break and not the complete end to his career in darts. "It was never my intention to put the darts away forever. You know, I said I was taking a break, I never said I was retiring and there was always a possibility I was going to come back," he adds. "I didn't really have the hunger, which I knew I needed to have to succeed. My wife has got an incurable kidney disease so we were in and out of hospital a lot of the time. Then, my daughter, she's disabled, she's got autism and it was just all getting too much for me. That's not going away of course, but we can learn to deal with it."

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