Dutch debutant sprays wasp spray at the World Cup darts and gets ‘punched’: ‘It was meant as a joke’

It was intended as a joke, but the PDC darts association appreciated it less. Jurjen van der Velde (23) got a lot of laughs on Tuesday evening by entering the stage with wasp spray before his lost ‘Frisian derby’ against Danny Noppert (3-1). This is how he went into battle against the now famous Ally Pally wasp. “But that wasn’t such a good idea on my part.”

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