{"id":51036,"date":"2021-02-23T14:48:53","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T14:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=51036"},"modified":"2021-02-23T14:48:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T14:48:55","slug":"welsh-teenage-darts-talent-ready-for-professional-debut-at-pdc-pro-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2021\/02\/23\/welsh-teenage-darts-talent-ready-for-professional-debut-at-pdc-pro-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh teenage Darts talent ready for professional debut at PDC Pro Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">19-year-old &#8216;Prince of Wales&#8217; hopes to break into the top 64 in the world rankings <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>THE FUTURE of Darts in Wales is looking bright, as one Welsh teenager is set to make his PDC Pro Tour debut this Thursday, February 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>19-year-old Lewis Williams qualified for his first professional tour, after securing fourth on the UK Q-School Order of Merit earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve loved darts since I was young and now it\u2019s going to be crazy, playing against the best players in the world week in, week out,\u201d said Williams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2021\/02\/02\/could-darts-become-waless-new-national-sport\/\">renaissance of Welsh darts<\/a>, the Swansea-born player is one of five Welsh players to earn their PDC Pro Tour card this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams has secured at least two years on the professional circuit, with only 128 players from across the globe granted a tour card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\udfee\ud835\udfec\ud835\udfee\ud835\udfed \ud835\udde7\ud835\udde2\ud835\udde8\ud835\udde5 \ud835\uddd6\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde5\ud835\uddd7 \ud835\udddb\ud835\udde2\ud835\udddf\ud835\uddd7\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde5\ud835\udde6<br><br>Full breakdown of the 128 players who will compete on the PDC tour this year&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lDBlQtjUKb\">pic.twitter.com\/lDBlQtjUKb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialPDC\/status\/1362115053185601539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He will be lining up alongside Jonny Clayton from Llanelli and the Newport duo of Nick Kenny and Jonathan Worsley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the Welshman gaining the most attention will be Gerwyn Price, from Markham in Caerphilly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After winning the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship and becoming the first Welshman to win the tournament, Price is ranked world number one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By overtaking the Netherlands\u2019 Michael van Gerwen, Price has a target on his back, as many of darts&#8217; leading names look to unseat him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams, nicknamed \u2018The Prince of Wales\u2019 and with &#8220;Ruby&#8221; by the Kaiser Chiefs as his walk-on music, faces an uphill battle to make his mark in the tournaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the tough competition, the teenager is not fazed and is focused on his own development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to the experience of the first players championships,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI can gauge where I am and what I\u2019ll need to do to achieve a place in the Top 64 in the world rankings and try to qualify for a few major tournaments over the next year or two.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The PDC Pro Tour gets underway in Bolton this Thursday, February 25 until Sunday, February 28, as a part of the Super Series 1.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE FUTURE of Darts in Wales is looking bright, as 19-year-old Lewis Williams is set to make his PDC Pro Tour debut this Thursday, February 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":554,"featured_media":51043,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[775,6999,7000,7102,7101,3247],"coauthors":[6719],"class_list":["post-51036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-darts","tag-gerwyn-price","tag-jonny-clayton","tag-lewis-williams","tag-pdc-pro-tour","tag-world-darts-championship"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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