Barry Hearn dubbed 'ashtray' and 'terrible person' as World Darts Championship star goes on attack
dailyrecord.co.ukDarts veteran Vincent van der Voort has branded former PDC chief Barry Hearn "a terrible person". 76-year-old Hearn, who passed the PDC reins to his son Eddie in 2021, was at the helm for almost 20 years and was pivotal in propelling darts into the mainstream after surpassing the BDO as the sport's premier governing body.Van der Voort, 48, switched from the BDO to the PDC with compatriot Michael van Gerwen in 2007.
Now contemplating retirement after an uneventful few years, 'The Dutch Destroyer' says he wants to go out with a bang at the World Darts Championship, which starts in December.Yet, when asked on the Darts Draait Door podcast about whether he'd like Hearn Sr to bid him farewell after his final game, Van der Voort said: "I consider that chance very small." He continued: "He's a great businessman.
He has really been an icon for the sport of darts, what he has put down... In terms of business we couldn't have wished for a better one. "But as a person, a bigger ashtray does not exist.
On a personal level he is a terrible person, I think. In terms of business we couldn't have wished for a better one."Van der Voort is a two-time World Darts Championship quarter-finalist, having achieved the feat in 2011 and 2015.
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