Darts star’s incredible streak comes to an end after FOURTEEN YEARS following extraordinary 319-tournament run

A DARTS player’s sensational fourteen-year run has come to an end.

The 51-year-old from Northern Ireland, who is ranked number 33 in the world, missed his first Players Championship since 2011 this week.

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A Northern Irish darts star’s fourteen-year run has come to an end[/caption]

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The player missed the Players Championship for the first time since 2011[/caption]

But this week he was absent from the tournament in Hildesheim, Germany.

Known as ‘The History Maker’, the darts star lived up to his name by playing in an astonishing 319 consecutive Players Championships.

And when he missed his last tournament back in 2011, he had a good excuse as it was all the way away in Canada.

Brendan Dolan has won a total of nine Players Championships, including last year’s Hildesheim tournament.

And he also reached two PDC World Championship quarter-finals, in 2019 and 2024.

But he is most well known for a never-before-seen achievement at the World Grand Prix.

There, Dolan became the first man ever to hit a nine-darter under the double-in, double-out format in which players must start and finish on a double.

He would go on to reach the final of that tournament, where he was beaten by Phil Taylor.

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Dolan was 27th in the Players Championship Order of Merit last year, which saw him qualify for the Finals.

But he was beaten by Martin Schindler in the first round as Luke Humphries went on to win the title in Minehead by beating Luke Littler.