World Champion Luke Littler will headline The Hyde Park Darts Championship together with Luke Humphries, Fallon Sherrock and Michael van Gerwen in July.
Littler will take to the stage on the well-known Nice Oak Stage on Tuesday, July 8, with the darting stars joined by particular visitors Olly Murs, Roman Kemp and former Aston Villa striker Dion Dublin.
The match is a part of Hyde Park’s Open Home summer time pageant and can proceed Littler’s place as the largest family identify within the sport.
Littler has introduced a legion of latest followers into darts after successful the world championship earlier this 12 months on the age of 17.
PDC chief Matthew Porter mentioned: “We’re really looking forward to putting on a world-class darts show as part of this year’s BST Hyde Park Open House Festival. It’s an iconic part of British Summer Time and darts is an iconic part of British culture so to bring the two together is a really exciting concept and we can’t wait for what will be a fun, entertaining evening.”
The announcement comes only a day after the Warrington wonderkid recommended he would boycott occasions in Germany.
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Michael van Gerwen hits a sensational nine-darter in Munich on the Elten German Darts Grand Prix
It follows his defeat to Gian van Veen within the German Darts Grand Prix on Monday evening after which he claimed he may not function in one other German occasion till the European Tour finale in Dortmund this October.
“Shouldn’t have been in Munich but had to play anyway,” he mentioned. “Next one in Germany for me is Dortmund and I am glad to say that.”
The most recent occasion provides to an already packed schedule with the World Matchplay happening on the iconic Winter Gardens, Blackpool from July 19-27.
The match in Hyde Park will even function Humphries, regardless of the world No 1 involved that he was taking part in an excessive amount of darts.
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Littler got here shut to a different nine-darter within the Premier League throughout his semi-final match towards Luke Humphries in Manchester
Talking after competing within the Worldwide Darts Open in Germany earlier this month, he mentioned: “I feel a bit emotionless. I feel like I’m up here and my emotions are all over the place.
“It is not that I do not need to be right here, it simply appears a chore for me in the meanwhile. I am taking part in an excessive amount of.
“I need to give something away, I need a break. It’s not good for my mental state.”
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Fallon Sherrock has suggested Littler to not take heed to social media criticism
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