Lawrie Targets £501,000 by Beating Littler — SkimNews
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- Mitchell Lawrie was selected from 24 amateurs for Netflix’s live special Beat Luke Littler, which will be broadcast from Manchester Central Convention Complex on Friday.
- Beat Luke Littler pits a contestant against 19-year-old, two-time world champion Luke Littler in a single leg of 501; the first to win takes £501,000 and ends the competition immediately.
- Mitchell Lawrie recalled defeating Littler at the 2023 World Cup junior darts in Gibraltar, when Scotland beat England 4-3 in the deciding leg and went on to win the tournament.
- Mitchell Lawrie was crowned WDF Open Youth World Champion last year before becoming the first teenager to reach the WDF World Championship final in December.
- Jimmy van Schie described Lawrie as “the future of darts” after defeating the Scot in that WDF World Championship final.
- Gary Anderson inspired Lawrie, who began playing darts at two when his grandfather mounted a board on a chair and took the sport seriously only three and a half years ago after concluding he was not good enough at football.
Why it matters: Lawrie stands to gain £501,000 from one televised 501 leg, while the first amateur to beat Littler ends the 24-player contest immediately. His 2023 victory supplies the key under-the-radar edge: Friday’s contest has a head-to-head precedent against a champion he has already beaten, not an entirely untested challenge.
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