Emotional Northern Ireland triumph
Josh Rock burst into tears on stage after Northern Ireland won a dramatic World Cup last leg decider.
His team partner Daryl Gurney hit double eight to wrap up an epic 10-9 win over Wales in the final in Frankfurt last night (Sunday).
Rock, 24, and Gurney then dropped to their knees on stage in scenes of incredible emotion as they picked up their first world titles and an £80,000 jackpot.
He said: “When we said we are paired together we’ll win it. We didn’t expect to do it, but we did it.
“As a team we were fantastic. We fought hard all the way through.”
Debut fizzles out for Dutchman
Gian van Veen had a great tournament personally but could not take his team all the way to the trophy.
The disappointment will be raw right now but when he reflects on it, there is a lot he can learn from it.
It should give him the confidence that if he is on his game, he cann beat anyone on the darts circuit right now.
Making a country proud
Northern Ireland have produced plenty of good darts players over the years but winning a World Cup requires something very different.
They came into this tournament as fourth seeds, full of talent, but unable to produce it enough with the regularity needed to win titles.
Both players put the comments of the doubters to one side and produced the best darts of their careers in Germany.
This victory is something special and this pair will be partying long into the night, something they have surely earned this weekend.
