Gerwyn Price may never have claimed the PDC World Darts Championship without Barrie Bates (Picture: Getty Images)Gerwyn Price owes some of his remarkable success in darts to his good friend Barrie Bates, but the man known as Champagne says the Iceman was destined for the top from the first day he picked up a set of arrows. He was beating players that had played darts for years. ‘Wayne Warren [2019 BDO world champion] is another one, all natural! Don’t get me wrong I didn’t think he’d be back-to-back Grand Slam champion and world champion, World Cup champion, but you knew there was something in him in the way he played. ‘It’s a bit more professional now,’ said Barrie of the darts world.

Source: Metro January 08, 2021 16:30 UTC