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Meet next Luke Littler, 10, who got snapped up by same brand and got 180 at 3

15 June 2024 , 17:36
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Youngster thinks he can be even better than Luke the Nuke
Youngster thinks he can be even better than Luke the Nuke

A DARTS prodigy is out to be the next Luke Littler having already faced off against world champions.

Lennon "The Force" Wharf, 10, has been juggling his SATs with playing for Suffolk's Under-18s darts team.

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Lennon Wharf has met teenage superstar Luke LittlerCredit: X/ GaryWharfy
The whizkid has also posed with reigning world champ Luke Humphries and proud dad Gary
The whizkid has also posed with reigning world champ Luke Humphries and proud dad GaryCredit: X/ GaryWharfy
Lennon has already racked up 450 maximums
Lennon has already racked up 450 maximumsCredit: X/ GaryWharfy
Luke Littler has taken the darts world by storm
Luke Littler has taken the darts world by stormCredit: Getty

The rising star hit his first 180 aged THREE and has racked up an astounding 450 maximums since then.

Lennon has already signed on for Target Darts - the same brand that represents teenage phenom Littler, as well as Rob Cross and Raymond van Barneveld.

His father, Gary, told BBC Radio Suffolk: "He's calm, he takes it all in his stride - win or lose - and gets on with it.

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"It's hard when you're watching because you can't do anything when he's on the stage.

"You're just hoping that he hits the double to win the game. You're a bag of nerves."

Local darts legend Keith Deller has visited the Wharfs' house to take on Lennon.

And the whizkid also faced 2008 world champion Mark Webster aged eight.

He said: "I just play the board, not the player."

Darts has exploded in popularity since Littler reached the World Championship final aged 16.

He has since gone on to win the Premier League.

Lennon has set his sights on going one better than Littler and dominating the sport.

He said: "You want to win three or four maybe to actually remember it.

"I want to win at least three."

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