Extraordinary second darts participant hits ‘Ally Pally wasp’ with dart mid-flight

In a rare second, one darts participant ended up hitting the notorious ‘Ally Pally wasp’.

Oh sure LADs, whereas this time of yr may imply Christmas markets and nativity performs for some, it’s the annual pilgrimage to the World Darts Championship for others.

Up on a hill in North London, followers don their fancy gown costumes to down just a few pints and cheer on the gamers.

And positive, whereas attending to see among the finest darts gamers on this planet is arguably the primary attraction, so is all of the area of interest little bits of enjoyable and custom, such because the pesky Ally Pally wasp.

The little factor has brought on a stir on the matches over current years and even within the opening days of 2025’s occasion, it’s already ended up going viral.

The Ally Pally wasp

The insect had already gone after the defending world champ and supreme LAD, Luke Littler, throughout his post-match interview on stage after his first-round win over Darius Labanauskas on Thursday (11 December).

The 18-year-old was having to uncomfortably duck and dive earlier than with the ability to keep it up.

After which when Ross Smith confronted Andreas Harrysson the subsequent day, he was stated to be seemingly oblivious to the truth that the Ally Pally wasp was at his neck, buzzing round on-stage.

I imply, we’re assuming it’s the similar wasp each time however like, isn’t that the enjoyable of it?

Anyway, Rob Cross additionally didn’t seem to note the factor when it chilled on his shoulder throughout an interview, with Ted Evetts additionally having a run-in with it.

Throughout his loss to the world No.2, Luke Humphries, the Englishman flicked it off his chest – even waving goodbye to the wasp because it fell.

However when the wasp met Nitin Kumar, its destiny was rather less pleasant.

Ally Pally wasp hit by dart 🐝 🎯 pic.twitter.com/bhqXlgjCaP

— Sky Sports activities Darts (@SkySportsDarts) December 14, 2025

Struck by Nitin Kumar

Kumar was going through Richard Veenstra within the first rounds of the darts competitors yesterday (14 December) when the wasp made its manner again onto the stage.

However it simply bought a little bit too near the motion and the commentators observed: “Oh, not the wasp, not in leg two.”

Nonetheless, as Kumar threw his dart, it struck the wasp mid-flight with the cameras catching the precise second.

“The wasp has had extra display screen time than Littler!” followers joked, as others stated there’s ‘just one winner this yr’ and it’s the Ally Pally wasp.

Issues labored out fairly properly for Kumar although, whatever the wasp’s interjection as he made historical past and have become the primary Indian participant to win a match at Ally Pally.