Norfolk pub owner who's set up a darts club says sport will "take off" locally, if properly supported
Adam Thompson runs the Windmill Pub in Great Yarmouth and says he put this all together- due to the lack of places to play around the county
The owner of a pub in Norfolk who's set up a darts club for young people is telling us that the sport will "take off" locally, if it's properly supported
Adam Thompson runs the Windmill Pub in Great Yarmouth and says he put this all together- due to the lack of places for people to play around the county.
"There's kids coming now who've never thrown a dart before"
He told us what he thinks is behind this big local interest:
"Darts is massive now, in Yarmouth. Football was the big thing before this but we now don't have any divisions in the town. My worry is that darts will go the same way, if we don't get the children involved.
"Luke Littler has obviously had a massive part to play in this, but there were four or five kids that were playing darts before all this. But there's kids coming now who've never thrown a dart before- it was lovely to see that.
"There were three over four from Norwich which came down"
"I thought they'd be 40/50 people, which we did get. But there were three over four from Norwich which came down with their children. It was amazing to see some many people thank me.
"If people are interested- come along and have fun, I'm sure you'll make friends. You don't need to bring anything, the amount of donations I've had means there's plenty to go around. I've said to the children pick your darts and if you like them, look after them and bring them back".