Tuesday nights have been transformed in Edenderry in Co Offaly.
A darts room at the back of O'Donoghue’s pub has been buzzing for the last six weeks with unlikely customers; darts players aged 10 to 18 years old.The boom is mostly being attributed to the 'Luke Littler effect', after the recent successes of the English teenage darts sensation.
The academy is something Mr Downey had wanted to do for a long time. After seeing the impact Luke Littler was having on young people, he decided it was the right time to get it up and running. Twelve-year-old Sean has been playing darts since he was around five, as his father is also interested in the sport. He is already a big fan of the academy.
"They seem to be getting on well and they seem to be enjoying it, and that's the most important thing to us." He has learned different ways to grip his darts and how to finish properly, saying it is not all about high scores."I'm in higher level maths in school and straight off the ball its quick maths here, there and everywhere, so it definitely helps the game.
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