Bradley Brooks pakte op zondagavond de titel in het PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship. Hij versloeg Joe Davis met 6-5 in de finale in Coventry.
Het was pas de tweede Jeugd-WK finale die tot een beslissende leg ging. De 20-jarige Brooks pakte de £10.000 eerste prijs en verzekerde zichzelf van een plek op het William Hill World Darts Championship van volgende maand.
Eind september werden de eerste rondes van het toernooi gespeeld, en deze twee spelers waren die dag het sterkst. Ook in de finale waren ze nauwelijks van elkaar te onderscheiden.
BROOKS: "It's amazing, I'm really happy to win the trophy. If you look at the players who've won it previously, they were all world-class players.
I felt really good in practice and when I got on stage it wasn't really going for me.
I'm not too happy with the way I played - I don't think it was more nerves, it was more trying too hard to impress people but luckily I got away with it in the end.
I've got just over two weeks to prepare myself for the World Championship and hopefully it can push me further. It's a massive thing for me and I can't wait to play.
I feel I've been on the tour for long enough now, even though I'm only young I know the ropes and need to start producing on tour so hopefully this is a push in the right direction for me."
PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship Finale
Bradley Brooks 6-5 Joe Davis
© Foto's: Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)