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'It's gone mad...' Darts club sees massive surge in new members inspired by Luke Littler

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When Ben Wright bumped into Luke Littler in a darts shop just before Christmas, he could never have imagined that the teenager was about to become the talk of the nation. "He's just a run of the mill kid," said Ben, who runs Stockport Junior Darts Academy. "Everybody in the darts community knew he was a special talent but to play the way he has is pretty much unheard of. "It was amazing to see his abilities on TV.

The pressure he has handled for a 16-year-old is absolutely phenomenal." Try MEN Premium now with our amazing New Year offer...

just click here to give it a go. Darts mania has swept the UK in recent weeks as the Warrington teenager set the PDC World Darts Championship alight, knocking out some of the sport's biggest names on his way to the final of the competition.

Although he eventually lost out to Luke Humphries, Littler's astonishing rise captured the public imagination and put darts firmly on the map.

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