‘I’m going to kill you if you don’t stop’ – Darts sponsor reveals death threats as Luke Humphries jumps to his defence
A DARTS company has revealed they have been receiving death threats after deciding to sponsor two players.
DartsHub is known for compiling videos of darts-related content and has more than 25,000 followers on Instagram.
The company recently began sponsoring world No11 Dimitri Van den Bergh and world No37 Callan Rydz.
And they have now taken to social media to confirm the vile threats they have been on the end of in response to their link-up with the pair.
They posted: “This is not something I ever thought I would share, but it’s an important message that needs to be shared.
“Ever since I announced my sponsorship of Dimitri and Callan, I’ve been getting a lot of hate messages. Sometimes that includes death threats.
“I understand that not everyone can be a fan of the players, but messages like ‘I’m going to kill you if you don’t stop this’ really go too far.
“Sponsoring them was one of my dreams and I want to thank them for that opportunity. I have already met them too and they are really friendly people.
“We all have families too, so think twice before sending something like that. Hopefully this message will have a positive impact. In any case, I’m not going to quit.”
World champion Luke Humphries was one of the first people to defend DartsHub as he gave them the encouragement to keep going.
He said: “You keep going pal, you’re a top guy! Lovely meeting you the other month.
“Looking forward to the next time not many people can say they sponsor two top players .”
Belgian Van den Bergh, 30, was criticised earlier this year for “delaying tactics” against Humphries.
Van den Bergh was booed by the crowd, but Humphries insisted he was not bothered by it.
He said: “I wasn’t angry with him. I’m used to Dimitri being quite a flowy player, quite a good pace to play against.
“He’s completely different now. He’s probably one of the toughest players to play. He’s incredibly slow and takes a long, long time to take his darts out. It was quite tough to follow the rhythm.
“The crowd were on his back. I tried to stop them from booing and whistling. But the crowd made their mind up.
“I thought when he slowed everything down when he was 10-8 up I thought, it’s not a good thing to do that. The crowd are getting on your back then. I thought I had him for a moment.”