DARTS star Gerwyn Price is set to cross over to a completely different sport for an esteemed event.
, 41, is currently ranked as his sport’s World No7 amid an impressive 12-year career on the oche.
Darts star Gerwyn Price is set to cross over to pool for the UK Open Pool Championship Credit: Alamy
Price will be joined by talkSPORT host Andy Goldstein in the pool tournament Credit: Getty Images – Getty
And The Iceman is now set to compete in the 2026 UK Open Championship.
The Welsh thrower has experience as he previously played at last year’s Mosconi Cup, competing in an exhibition Pro-Am event at Alexandra Palace but he will now step onto a greater stage.
The five-day championship event will take place at the Brentwood Centre starting from May 25.
Price will be joined by talkSPORT host , who recently confirmed his attendance.
Price and Goldstein join a total of 256 players, including 128 professionals from more than 50 countries.
The UK Open has been promoted as a “truly open format” as amateur entrants have also been announced.
The event also features a junior competition, which will include players as young as seven.
The event comes with a lucrative prize fund that stands at an impressive £167,500.
was won by Singapore’s Aloysius Yapp who defeated Jonas Souto 13-1 in the final in Telford.
This is not the first time Price switches sports as he did the same in 2014 when he left .
The star started out as a teenager and played rugby league in Wales as well as Scotland.
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