Reece Colley sealed the WDF World Open on Friday night defeating Jimmy van Schie and in the process in winning 6-4, he took the top prize of 3,000 euros.
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Van Schie had qualified for the final by defeating Thomas Krejci (4-1), Andras Borbely (4-2), Shaun McDonald (4-3), Markus Straub (4-0), Thomas Junghans (4-1), Wesley Plaisier (4-2) and Daniel Zapata (5-0). In his match against Zapata, Van Schie even threw an average of 112.16.
Colley dealt with successively Jens Larsson (4-1), Richard Wery (4-0), Neil Duff (4-2), Dave Ladley (4-2), Daniele Petri (4-1), Mark Barilli (4-3) and Krzysztof Kciuk (5-0).
In the final, Colley quickly took the lead by winning four of the first five legs after including two 15-darters and a 14-darter. However, Van Schie then came back from 1-4 to 4-4. Colley regained the lead with a 20-darter, after which the Englishman seized victory with a brilliant 170 finish in the tenth leg.
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Results WDF World Open (men)
Finale
Reece Colley (86.93) 6 | 4 (87.69) Jimmy van Schie
Semi-final
Jimmy van Schie (112.16) 5 | 0 (85.81) Daniel Zapata
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Reece Colley (91.65) 5 | 0 (68.56) Krzysztof Kciuk
Quarterfinals
Jimmy van Schie (90.06) 4 | 2 (88.96) Wesley Plaisier
Daniel Zapata (84.26) 4 | 3 (84.00) Francois Schweyen
Reece Colley (84.34) 4 | 3 (78.13) Mark Barilli
Krzysztof Kciuk (81.41) 4 | 3 (79.96) Elliot Milk
Last 16
Wesley Plaisier (88.41) 4 | 0 (66.05) Arjan Konterman
Jimmy van Schie (98.20) 4 | 1 (91.36) Thomas Junghans
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Francois Schweyen (80.79) 4 | 3 (79.33) Simon Bak
Daniel Zapata (83.36) 4 | 1 (77.01) Carl Wilkinson
Reece Colley (86.89) 4 | 1 (80.63) Daniele Petri
Mark Barilli (81.42) 4 | 2 (72.11) Dario Fochesato
Elliot Milk (80.16) 4 | 0 (72.21) Kristiaan de Boer
Krzysztof Kciuk (91.86) 4 | 2 (80.55) Hannes Schnier
Last 32
Wesley Plaisier (82.36) 4 | 0 (75.75) Aaron Turner
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Arjan Konterman (83.76) 4 | 2 (85.15) Barry Copeland
Jimmy van Schie (100.20) 4 | 0 (86.74) Markus Straub
Thomas Junghans (89.97) 4 | 2 (87.78) Andy Boulton
Francois Schweyen (86.12) 4 | 2 (85.76) Liam Maendl-Lawrance
Simon Bak (77.74) 4 | 2 (73.77) Laszlo Kadar
Daniel Zapata (81.00) 4 | 2 (74.22) Michal Smejda
Carl Wilkinson (95.31) 4 | 2 (89.79) Maximilian Czerwinski
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Reece Colley (94.21) 4 | 2 (85.33) Dave Ladley
Daniele Petri (105.47) 4 | 0 (86.32) Nico Blum
Dario Fochesato (68.48) 4 | 3 (68.92) Alberto Bezjian
Mark Barilli (86.02) 4 | 2 (83.67) Nandor Pres
Elliot Milk (89.51) 4 | 3 (87.19) Connor Scutt
Kristiaan de Boer (95.64) 4 | 2 (91.21) Alex Spellman
Krzysztof Kciuk (89.11) 4 | 1 (71.43) Jesse Delorme
Hannes Schnier (82.50) 4 | 1 (80.97) Brandon Richardson
Last 64
Wesley Plaisier (92.49) 4 | 0 (81.81) Sietse Lap
Aaron Turner (83.79) 4 | 3 (89.62) Shusaku Nakamura
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Barry Copeland (85.97) 4 | 3 (72.72) Raymond van den Ende
Arjan Konterman (73.19) 4 | 2 (70.79) Ryan Hogarth
Jimmy van Schie (90.41) 4 | 3 (81.58) Shaun McDonald
Markus Straub (81.19) 4 | 2 (74.94) Mikkel Bak
Thomas Junghans (88.37) 4 | 1 (72.64) Ivanko Radovac
Andy Boulton (78.95) 4 | 3 (84.66) Richie Parkin
Liam Maendl-Lawrance (87.03) 4 | 1 (70.95) Christian Helmecke
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Francois Schweyen (102.46) 4 | 1 (78.04) Petri Rasmus
Simon Bak (73.30) 4 | 3 (69.09) Aaron Rench
Laszlo Kadar (84.78) 4 | 3 (83.66) Joey Lynaugh
Daniel Zapata (88.41) 4 | 0 (86.73) Rory Hansen
Michal Smejda (77.51) 4 | 3 (77.16) Dennis Nilsson
Maximilian Czerwinski (87.15) 4 | 2 (78.27) Edwin Torbjornsson
Carl Wilkinson (78.08) 4 | 0 (62.72) Jake MacMillan
Reece Colley (89.55) 4 | 2 (77.63) Neil Duff
Dave Ladley (84.64) 4 | 3 (82.88) Sybren Gijbels
Daniele Petri (76.83) 4 | 3 (84.79) Martyn Turner
Nico Blum (92.05) 4 | 2 (95.60) Kai Gotthardt
Dario Fochesato (68.40) 4 | 3 (68.20) Benjamin Pratnemer
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Alberto Bezjian (88.75) 4 | 3 (88.34) Dustin Holt
Nandor Pres (89.58) 4 | 2 (77.50) Darren Johnson
Mark Barilli (86.70) 4 | 2 (83.84) Bjorn Vervloet
Connor Scutt (103.96) 4 | 2 (99.11) Ben Robb
Elliot Milk (88.74) 4 | 2 (91.36) James Beeton
Alex Spellman (97.55) 4 | 2 (91.27) Moreno Blom
Kristiaan de Boer (74.73) 4 | 1 (70.33) Janis Kupsis
Krzysztof Kciuk (87.89) 4 | 1 (77.35) Franko Giuliani
Jesse Delorme (77.58) 4 | 2 (71.71) Ivan Madsen
Hannes Schnier (67.94) 4 | 3 (62.96) Dalibor Smolik
Brandon Richardson (94.77) 4 | 2 (90.92) Jan MacIntosh
Last 128
Wesley Plaisier (80.16) 4 | 0 (78.08) Henrik Sjoberg
Sietse Lap (86.51) 4 | 3 (88.63) Alexander Masek
Aaron Turner (88.68) 4 | 2 (96.86) Johan Engstrom
Shusaku Nakamura (69.91) 4 | 0 (67.11) Stephan Cobau
Barry Copeland (103.66) 4 | 0 (93.26) James Vanbesien
Raymond van den Ende (86.66) 4 | 2 (89.51) Jeff Springer Jr
Ryan Hogarth (71.57) 4 | 0 (50.11) Leon-Paul Helmke
Arjan Konterman (72.02) 4 | 3 (69.53) Jeroen Martens
Jimmy van Schie (96.78) 4 | 2 (89.08) Andras Borbely
Shaun McDonald (91.69) 4 | 1 (77.03) Darryl Christie
Markus Straub (74.13) 4 | 3 (78.35) Jordan Brooks
Mikkel Bak (76.53) 4 | 1 (71.00) Sheldon Fudge
Thomas Junghans (84.68) 4 | 0 (77.65) Jani Laurila
Ivanko Radovac (78.23) 4 | 3 (82.85) Paul Mitchell
Richie Parkin (75.78) 4 | 1 (71.61) William McKendry
Andy Boulton (91.73) 4 | 2 (80.72) Ryan Deprez
Liam Maendl-Lawrance (81.07) 4 | 1 (74.20) Dean Reynolds
Christian Helmecke (89.19) 4 | 2 (89.06) Marcel Walpen
Francois Schweyen (80.38) 4 | 1 (72.48) Ben Hazel
Petri Rasmus (82.24) 4 | 1 (79.20) Johann Brouwer
Aaron Rench (78.77) 4 | 2 (77.75) Jason Brandon
Simon Bak (85.89) 4 | 0 (59.00) Toni Cvitanovic
Laszlo Kadar (85.89) 4 | 0 (69.18) Ron Looker
Joey Lynaugh (83.09) 4 | 1 (77.60) Marcel Hausotter
Rory Hansen (77.97) 4 | 1 (64.18) Kai-Fan Leung
Daniel Zapata (93.86) 4 | 1 (82.71) David Davies
Dennis Nilsson (79.98) 4 | 2 (79.78) Jack Hill
Michal Smejda (76.10) 4 | 0 (70.76) Scott Goodwin
Edwin Torbjornsson (85.99) 4 | 1 (72.72) Jeroen Caron
Maximilian Czerwinski (83.50) 4 | 0 (75.57) Shane Turner
Carl Wilkinson (81.35) 4 | 3 (80.80) David Fatum
Jake MacMillan (75.76) 4 | 2 (73.28) Ross Snook
Neil Duff (77.08) 4 | 0 (65.04) Nathan Osmond
Reece Colley (95.43) 4 | 0 (61.85) Richard Wery
Sybren Gijbels (75.55) 4 | 1 (64.68) Jaroslav Novotny
Dave Ladley (72.73) 4 | 1 (71.72) Jose Angel Molera
Martyn Turner (78.97) 4 | 3 (82.86) Jim Long
Daniele Petri (68.95) 4 | 2 (66.87) Filip Manak
Kai Gotthardt (91.38) 4 | 1 (77.12) Jani Keskinarkaus
Nico Blum (84.68) 4 | 0 (65.32) Stephen Krikorian
Benjamin Pratnemer (80.59) 4 | 3 (71.13) Sebastian Biela
Dario Fochesato (75.90) 4 | 3 (71.65) Gary Brooks
Dustin Holt (74.87) 4 | 1 (66.54) Kentaro Nishioka
Alberto Bezjian (74.22) 4 | 0 (65.37) Dieter van Ham
Darren Johnson (78.08) 4 | 0 (75.28) Jeff Smith
Nandor Pres (71.77) 4 | 1 (65.86) Callum Francis
Mark Barilli (88.41) 4 | 0 (77.95) Marko Kantele
Bjorn Vervloet (65.30) 4 | 1 (60.05) Wilfred Covey
Ben Robb (86.94) 4 | 2 (75.30) Tonni Sorensen
Connor Scutt (93.94) 4 | 0 (84.85) Christian Goedl
James Beeton (75.14) 4 | 2 (75.66) Michael Neubert
Elliot Milk (77.08) 4 | 0 (68.48) Trey Hammond
Moreno Blom (82.26) 4 | 3 (73.19) Stian Allum
Alex Spellman (81.26) 4 | 1 (74.20) Niels van Zanten
Janis Kupsis (83.80) 4 | 1 (71.86) Roland Lenngren
Kristiaan de Boer (91.24) 4 | 1 (78.97) Kieran Smith
Krzysztof Kciuk (89.68) 4 | 3 (81.56) Daniel Racoveanu
Franko Giuliani (77.52) 4 | 2 (82.72) Corne Groeneveld
Jesse Delorme (83.97) 4 | 2 (79.05) Mike Gillet
Ivan Madsen (74.40) 4 | 1 (66.39) Gergo Farkas
Dalibor Smolik (85.69) 4 | 1 (79.30) Cliff Prior
Hannes Schnier (79.31) 4 | 1 (75.35) Sebastien Sovage
Brandon Richardson (75.42) 4 | 2 (73.51) Philip van Gasse
Jan MacIntosh (87.28) 4 | 1 (68.78) Jürgen Heuberger
Last 256
Wesley Plaisier (80.16) 4 | 0 (59.80) John Finnegan
Henrik Sjoberg (70.18) 4 | 1 (56.66) Reece Pauling
Sietse Lap (95.58) 4 | 1 (87.16) Jason Waugh
Alexander Masek (79.38) 4 | 1 (74.62) Pavel Jirkal
Aaron Turner () W | F () Kilian Perales
Johan Engstrom (84.98) 4 | 3 (83.44) Felix Losan
Shusaku Nakamura (91.09) 4 | 0 (63.55) Sorin Cristu
Stephan Cobau (64.57) 4 | 1 (65.89) Darryl Loughery
Barry Copeland (76.10) 4 | 0 (58.62) Balázs Kerényi
James Vanbesien (74.22) 4 | 0 (45.85) Michael Mcleod
Jeff Springer Jr (91.09) 4 | 0 (64.68) Dave Dwyer
Raymond van den Ende (90.39) 4 | 3 (82.04) Robbie Mills
Ryan Hogarth (88.41) 4 | 0 (72.27) Gerald Porter
Leon-Paul Helmke () W | X () Stefaan Deprez
Jeroen Martens (63.28) 4 | 0 (43.42) Kyle Mcloughlin
Arjan Konterman (84.79) 4 | 2 (77.16) Nandor Major
Jimmy van Schie (87.28) 4 | 1 (66.58) Thomas Krejci
Andras Borbely (80.16) 4 | 0 (63.50) Russell Lyzak
Darryl Christie (66.38) 4 | 3 (58.38) Greg MacRae
Shaun McDonald (74.34) 4 | 1 (76.45) Niels-Joergen Hansen
Jordan Brooks (82.36) 4 | 0 (78.13) Carlo van Peer
Markus Straub (79.11) 4 | 0 (73.44) Almos Kovacs
Sheldon Fudge (92.42) 4 | 1 (86.88) Nico Plovier
Mikkel Bak (73.50) 4 | 3 (66.00) Stiliyan Stoyanov
Thomas Junghans (88.14) 4 | 2 (74.91) Josep Arimany
Jani Laurila (72.94) 4 | 1 (61.76) Levi Kransel
Ivanko Radovac (58.70) 4 | 1 (54.69) Don Almeida
Paul Mitchell (81.12) 4 | 3 (81.84) Andreas Harrysson
Richie Parkin (77.08) 4 | 0 (68.84) Scott Walters
William McKendry (59.52) 4 | 0 (43.22) Josep Maria Salvado
Andy Boulton (88.14) 4 | 2 (79.64) Brandon Goddard
Ryan Deprez (74.28) 4 | 3 (64.75) Krzysztof Engel
Liam Maendl-Lawrance (74.54) 4 | 1 (72.35) Mio Varila
Dean Reynolds () W | F () Zoltan Polonyi
Marcel Walpen (82.67) 4 | 2 (76.51) Łukasz Wacławski
Christian Helmecke (74.05) 4 | 3 (65.77) Jonathan Martin
Francois Schweyen (82.36) 4 | 0 (54.25) Hilmar Por Honnuson
Ben Hazel (69.89) 4 | 2 (68.61) Robbie Curran
Petri Rasmus (79.01) 4 | 3 (79.13) Janos Borzsei
Johann Brouwer (69.69) 4 | 1 (66.38) Martin Whatmough
Jason Brandon (79.11) 4 | 0 (54.38) Christian Siek
Aaron Rench (66.07) 4 | 0 (59.37) Ole Johan Klyve
Toni Cvitanovic (46.25) 4 | 0 (39.19) Mark Lehman
Simon Bak (84.96) 4 | 1 (80.44) Aaron Jalbert
Laszlo Kadar (69.31) 4 | 1 (63.87) Justin Ryan
Ron Looker (61.00) 4 | 1 (59.85) Witold Lewandowski
Marcel Hausotter (69.67) 4 | 2 (65.14) Jacob Brooks
Joey Lynaugh (83.50) 4 | 0 (68.96) Patrick Quinn
Kai-Fan Leung (58.54) 4 | 3 (59.71) Gary Blackwood
Rory Hansen (82.02) 4 | 1 (81.42) Michael Mogensen
David Davies (67.43) 4 | 2 (62.40) Martin Lund
Daniel Zapata (87.68) 4 | 3 (78.87) Didier De Vuyst
Dennis Nilsson (80.16) 4 | 0 (76.68) Richard Oliver
Jack Hill (81.24) 4 | 0 (60.42) Tanguy Borra
Michal Smejda (72.43) 4 | 0 (64.48) Luchian Abel
Scott Goodwin (61.98) 4 | 0 (61.00) Karlo Lopatic
Edwin Torbjornsson (78.73) 4 | 1 (64.81) Matthew Thompson
Jeroen Caron (80.63) 4 | 3 (79.58) Glen Parsons
Shane Turner (70.73) 4 | 0 (51.61) Annfinn Hjaltalin
Maximilian Czerwinski (78.78) 4 | 3 (81.34) Tom Sawyer
Carl Wilkinson (76.10) 4 | 0 (69.16) Sorin Andreica
David Fatum (70.89) 4 | 2 (58.61) Karl Helgi Jonsson
Ross Snook (88.41) 4 | 0 (56.91) Luke Leonard
Jake MacMillan (71.33) 4 | 2 (68.78) Niels Aagaard Nielsen
Neil Duff (71.44) 4 | 2 (65.72) Eric Basullas
Nathan Osmond (60.07) 4 | 1 (50.71) Colin McLain
Reece Colley (84.89) 4 | 1 (81.56) Jens Larsson
Richard Wery () W | F () Robert Hall
Sybren Gijbels (95.43) 4 | 0 (84.90) Kevin Lane
Jaroslav Novotny (68.83) 4 | 1 (62.89) Dennie Olde Kalter
Dave Ladley (76.07) 4 | 1 (67.33) Robert Nelson
Jose Angel Molera (67.87) 4 | 3 (71.66) Dean Biskupic
Martyn Turner (84.59) 4 | 2 (76.72) Rickard Tingvall
Jim Long (83.50) 4 | 0 (44.88) Dennis Bullock
Daniele Petri (83.50) 4 | 0 (64.57) Jürg Mühlemann
Filip Manak (78.45) 4 | 2 (76.02) Robbie Phillips
Kai Gotthardt (92.06) 4 | 3 (86.07) Antony Allen
Jani Keskinarkaus (77.58) 4 | 2 (68.32) John Cook
Stephen Krikorian (68.12) 4 | 2 (67.69) Antonio Hibernon
Nico Blum (79.88) 4 | 2 (82.33) Rainer Sturm
Benjamin Pratnemer (76.98) 4 | 1 (69.45) Peter Kelemen
Sebastian Biela (67.56) 4 | 3 (70.10) Jamie Suckling
Dario Fochesato (80.16) 4 | 0 (70.84) Dirk Langhoff
Gary Brooks (70.21) 4 | 2 (62.49) Leon Crump
Dustin Holt (93.51) 4 | 1 (88.28) Kevin Luke
Kentaro Nishioka (52.22) 4 | 3 (51.64) Mitch Butler
Alberto Bezjian (71.49) 4 | 3 (69.04) Danny Trueman
Dieter van Ham (67.55) 4 | 0 (65.24) Fabian Schon
Darren Johnson (72.21) 4 | 1 (68.66) Carles Arola
Jeff Smith (87.13) 4 | 0 (50.91) Wolfgang Winkler
Nandor Pres (60.07) 4 | 1 (52.83) Tom-Luca Lau
Callum Francis (91.18) 4 | 3 (89.72) Brian Raman
Mark Barilli (91.09) 4 | 0 (76.67) David Ruiz
Marko Kantele (62.79) 4 | 3 (68.83) Kelvin O'Keefe
Bjorn Vervloet (87.71) 4 | 1 (74.74) Marc Burmeister
Wilfred Covey (68.32) 4 | 0 (49.32) Adam Dempsey
Ben Robb (84.17) 4 | 2 (78.72) Nelson Bacus
Tonni Sorensen (71.78) 4 | 2 (61.62) Niklas Klasila
Christian Goedl (99.45) 4 | 1 (83.87) Daniele Sergi
Connor Scutt (92.70) 4 | 1 (58.10) Graydon Gillchrist
James Beeton (91.09) 4 | 0 (79.00) Bobby Dees Jr
Michael Neubert (79.58) 4 | 3 (76.32) Pontus Danielsson
Trey Hammond (60.83) 4 | 2 (60.11) Simon Hansen
Elliot Milk (98.56) 4 | 0 (73.35) David Wawrzewski
Moreno Blom (88.59) 4 | 1 (71.70) Marcus Maier
Stian Allum (60.73) 4 | 0 (48.19) Massimo Benvenuto
Alex Spellman (81.59) 4 | 1 (70.93) Stefano Bozicek
Niels van Zanten (70.73) 4 | 0 (70.00) Rajmund Papp
Janis Kupsis (76.28) 4 | 3 (74.59) Matthew Edgar
Roland Lenngren (67.27) 4 | 3 (71.90) Neven Resetar
Kieran Smith (72.26) 4 | 1 (70.07) Hajime Watanabe
Kristiaan de Boer (77.08) 4 | 0 (72.29) Dragutin Pecnjak
Daniel Racoveanu (92.26) 4 | 1 (83.31) Alexander Merkx
Krzysztof Kciuk (82.86) 4 | 3 (84.20) Luca Jager
Franko Giuliani (68.32) 4 | 0 (59.21) Massimo Sulcic
Corne Groeneveld (90.25) 4 | 1 (80.64) Marko Janjic
Mike Gillet (85.31) 4 | 1 (79.29) Tom Veje Kristensen
Jesse Delorme (71.72) 4 | 3 (68.89) Stephen Phillips
Gergo Farkas (80.16) 4 | 1 (73.99) Terry Andrews
Ivan Madsen (74.75) 4 | 2 (71.39) John Neill
Cliff Prior (66.80) 4 | 0 (55.69) Raul Invernon
Dalibor Smolik (74.89) 4 | 2 (77.46) Pal Szekely
Hannes Schnier (76.70) 4 | 1 (51.58) Jose Manuel Albite
Sebastien Sovage (71.18) 4 | 1 (68.17) Franck Le Bihan
Brandon Richardson (79.32) 4 | 3 (83.38) Patrik Kovacs
Philip van Gasse (63.39) 4 | 2 (56.74) Zachary Thornton
Jan MacIntosh (71.91) 4 | 1 (69.26) Janos Bagi
Jürgen Heuberger (80.23) 4 | 1 (71.29) Romeo Grbavac

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- Seems to me that the top 16 players pick and choose whatever they want to play. Good,all the money will get spread out more. They get more money from exhibitions than tournaments so let them all withdrawrick6703-11-2026
- Play all legs and the winners split the pot. Luke gets the lot of he wins them all. If your occupation is darts player you can't enter, regardless of ability.BandB01-11-2026
- I'm quite a jaded person all things considered, but to be honest I found Beat Luke Littler to be pretty entertaining. It certainly wasn't seamless, which is to be expected given the lack of precedence, but I actually think the pacing was pretty good, the production was impressive, and there was a good sense of humour and levity to it. I think it was a very ambitious undertaking but one that, for the most part, paid off. I liked the system with the four pots and I think it added to the drama and intrigue. I enjoyed seeing the diverse range of entrants and learning about their backstories. I think the interactivity was pretty clever and well-integrated. The panel was a little incoherent at times; Lee Mack shone however, and his improvisational skills were appreciated during some more awkward interstitial moments. As far as the darts is concerned, it was a shame that the format didn't allow Littler to get into full flow. You obviously don't want him to steamroll everyone but you want to feel like you're getting the full Littler package rather than seeing him struggling to get out of first gear. I will say that his leg against Jayden Walker was very impressive, but it was mostly downhill from there. The attraction revolves around Littler being this untouchable, indomitable force, yet the format doesn't really allow him to fulfil that characterisation. As for Fallon Sherrock, she was mightily impressive and deserved the victory. It is a testament to her unshakeable character that she was able to bang in a 14-darter under such mind-bending pressure. Everything that has been said about the misleading marketing is valid, though they were clear about their eligibility criteria and were able to offload the responsibility somewhat by bringing the viewers into the decision-making process in real time. What is clear though, is that Fallon played the game according to the rules, and she should not be criticised for that, much less abused. I will admit though that it is a kick in the teeth for those true amateurs who committed time and money to the course, and I would also question those who think pub players would have no chance, given that some of Littler's winning legs were dispatched in 7 visits to the board! The great thing about darts is that it isn't so much that amateurs cannot replicate the feats of brilliance pulled off by professionals of the sport, than it is that they simply cannot replicate the consistency of their output, something that this format almost entirely removes from the equation. It should also be noted that, financially, Fallon certainly stands to benefit much less in relative terms from the paycheque than would your average pub thrower, as I'm sure she nets a fair income from the lucrative exhibition circuit alone. What I do hope is that she might use this as an opportunity to really build up a head of steam heading into the new season, as it seems long overdue that she come through Q-School and really take it to the pros on a week-in week-out basis, but whatever she chooses to do, she has certainly achieved enough already for one if not several lifetimes, so who am I to dictate terms? To conclude though, I will state once again that I found Beat Luke Littler to be a pretty enjoyable evening of entertainment. I do feel for the contestants who never actually had the chance to try their luck against the world #1, although I suppose it comes with the format, but all which inevitably raises the question: will Netflix be tempted to do it all again next year? It's hard to say. Whether it would be financially viable, I can't weigh in there. One point I have been making though, and which I touched on earlier, is that the entire concept relies on a public perception that Littler is more or less unbeatable, and that certainly hasn't been the case of late. If the execs had been trying to pitch the show in recent months while Littler has seemed vulnerable, rather than when he was mopping up almost every major title on the calendar, it would certainly be a tougher sell. We will have to see in about 6 months' time whether Littler can still reliably command perception as a near-unstoppable force in darts, and then we'll have a clearer idea about whether we should expect a second helping. Even as a one-off experiment though, and with all the controversy taken into account, I still don't think they disgraced themselves by any means, and that will probably be my lingering assessment of the event when all is said and done.Deduce635801-11-2026
- Fair play to Fallon. But...shows the mockery when a professional players wins what was meant to be an amateur v Pro event, Littlers performance was poor, and what about the players who didn't get a game? Would have been better if the pot was split amoungst all the winners and they all got a leg.BandB31-10-2026
- Not even slightly interestedrick6730-10-2026






