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Darts referee fears ‘I’ll by no means ref once more’ if Premier League nightmare occurs

Owen Binks is about to make his Premier League Darts debut in Nottingham after overseeing his first PDC match final month

Referee Owen Binks is about to make his Premier League darts debut. (Picture: Getty)

Premier League Darts refereeing debutant Owen Binks has shared his issues that his first sport might be his final if he makes an important mistake. The referee will make his Premier League debut on Thursday in Nottingham.

The night will see Josh Rock tackle Stephen Bunting, Jonny Clayton vs Michael van Gerwen, Luke Humphries vs Gian van Veen and Gerwyn Value vs Luke Littler within the quarter-finals.

Binks has beforehand officiated over 6,000 video games on the MODUS Tremendous Sequence. However the step up signifies that the gamers gained’t be the one nervous ones on the stage.

Talking to Tungsten Tales Darts, the 27-year-old, who has affectionately been nicknamed ‘Jar Jar’, has shared his issues over a nightmare state of affairs. “I’ve acquired a horrible feeling that I will go in there, the primary three darts hit the board, and I am going to name them improper, it might probably’t be that tough,” he stated.

“What if I immediately neglect how you can depend? What if I simply neglect all the pieces due to the nerves, all kinds of bizarre ideas going by means of my head?

“The truth that I’m going to be calling the motion on the principle stage has actually all the time been a dream of mine.

“Even listening to it nonetheless hasn’t fairly sunk in. It should after I’m up there, that’s for positive. However yeah, it’s mad.”

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