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LUKE LITTLER is still the new boy at the oche in the world of darts, but he may have to look over his shoulder at the next generation sooner than he thinks.
It comes after Littler, 17, tasted defeat in a darts exhibition match against an eight-year-old.
GettyNoah, from Northampton, stunned Littler in front of a huge crowd of supporters at a Summer Showdown darts exhibition in Cardiff.
He was selected from the crowd and invited to take on Premier League Darts champion Littler.
And Noah stunned the crowd as he beat the Nuke 1-0 by scoring 90 on his final throws.
As quoted by the BBC, Noah was asked whether his year could get any better, to which he said: “Not really, no”.
Noah only started throwing darts two years ago at the age of six.
He reportedly trains for 16 hours a week and will start throwing darts for Buckinghamshire County next week.
Mum, Helen, said: “It’s been a very, very exciting weekend. It was amazing, absolutely amazing.
“It’s been an incredible year, he’s loving every minute of it.”
Helen told BBC Three Counties Radio that Littler also gave Noah some flights as a souvenir after their game.
She added: “He (Littler) was an absolute gentleman, he was so, so lovely.”
Reacting to the shock result on social media, one fan said: “They just get littler and littler.”
A second said: “I thought Littler was supposed to be the prodigy.”
Another said: “Luke Littlest.”
A fourth added: “Luke Littler-er.”
PDC Order of Merit
Correct as of August 26*
1 Luke Humphries £1,647,250
2 Michael Smith £1,060,750
3 Michael van Gerwen £969,500
4 Rob Cross £591,500
5 Nathan Aspinall £558,250
6 Gerwyn Price £533,000
7 Dave Chisnall £518,250
8 Jonny Clayton £507,000
9 Damon Heta £496,750
10 Ross Smith £481,750
11 Dimitri Van den Bergh £471,250
12 Peter Wright £466,000
13 Chris Dobey £439,750
14 Joe Cullen £423,250
15 Stephen Bunting £416,000
16 Danny Noppert £408,250
17 Josh Rock £400,500
18 James Wade £373,250
19 Andrew Gilding £365,000
20 Ryan Searle £364,000
21 Dirk van Duijvenbode £358,250
22 Gary Anderson £338,500
23 Luke Littler £331,000
24 Martin Schindler £328,250
25 Gabriel Clemens £301,500
26 Krzysztof Ratajski £285,000
27 Daryl Gurney £280,750
28 Raymond van Barneveld £275,750
29 Brendan Dolan £269,250
30 Jose De Sousa £212,750
31 Gian van Veen £200,000
31 Scott Williams £200,000
Littler was beaten by World No1 Luke Humphries in the New Zealand Darts Masters earlier this month,
He is next scheduled to be in action on August 30 at the NEO.bet German Darts Championship.
The world No23 is one of the 16 seeded players for the event taking place between August 30 and September 1.
It has a prize pool of £175,000 with the winner pocketing £30,000.
The event in Hildesheim is the ninth round of the PDC European Tour of Darts.
Inside Littler's massive rise
LUKE LITTLER has taken the darts world by storm since exploding onto the scene at the PDC World Championship.
The Nuke reached the final on his Ally Pally debut at just 16 years of age – smashing records along the way.
He has since joined Jude Bellingham on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list.
And the teenage titan even had to snub an invite from the WWE.
The Sun exclusively revealed that Littler is plotting to create a fitness empire.
He is also cashing in away from the Oche thanks to an Instagram side hustle.
And he’s even the face of a brand new cereal.
The wonderkid has now cemented his place among the tungsten elite by winning the Premier League Darts final – and the £275k top prize.
Check out all of our latest Luke Littler stories.
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