School hand Luke

Darts champ Littler so good at 9 he was moved to under-21s

- JEREMY ARMSTRONG

New world darts champion Luke Littler has left people in awe since his surname was the word to use to compare him with his opponents.

It turns out that when he was nine he was already so brilliant at the game he had to be pitted against under-21s.

His childhood coach Karl Holden added that he had no doubts about how special Littler was when the lad left St Helens Darts Academy in Merseyside four years later aged 13.