RUSS BRAY has revealed that a surprising nation is on the rise in darts and could soon have its own Luke Littler.
The legend has backed the next crop of stars out of the Philippines to impress.
Russ Bray has hailed the talent emerging from the Philippines
He believes someone with the talent of Luke Littler could come through
, 68, believes that the nation has the best players outside of Europe.
He reckons due to the impressive nature of the country’s talent that they would be deserving of a .
The retired referee has even gone as far as to say that it is not long before a Luke Littler-type talent emerges at the oche.
He told Online Darts : “They’ve come a long way in a long space of time.
“I mean, I’ve been with Unicorn, I don’t know, some 20 years now, and when I look at the launch and what we’ve got now compared to when I first got involved — upwards and onwards, massively.
“Every kid there — especially in the soft-tip scene — you see them coming through.
“The main protagonists aren’t that old; Lawrence Ilagan’s one of the older statesmen.
“But when it starts with players like Paolo Nebrida and Alexis Toylo, those types of guys are the younger ones coming through.
“They can do a lot of damage, and yes, there’s definitely a out there somewhere.”
Bray is set to visit the Philippines ahead of Australia’s ANZ Premier League.
He added: “I’m off to the Philippines.
“I’ve got a couple of bits and pieces to do out there, and then I’ll go straight from there to Australia for the first four weeks of their Premier League.
“I’m not back home until about the 27th of October — so four or five weeks — but lovely.”
Meanwhile, Bray has also claimed that venues should improve security to eradicate whistling at darts events.
He added: “Personally, I think if venues had proper security briefings, and there were signs everywhere saying, ‘If you whistle, you’ll be thrown out,’ that would help.
“Simple as that. It’s also down to the crowd — if someone next to me was whistling every five minutes, I’d be saying, ‘Come on, mate, give it a rest.’
“Ninety per cent of the crowd are lovely — it’s just those few.”
