Michael Flynn: amateur who was startled by Michael Van Gerwen – after Pep Talk from his wife and Mad Dash to the airport | News Darts
Irish amateur dart player Michael Flynn made titles this week after a shock of victory over Michael Van Gerwen – and revealed that he was inspired by his wife’s text message.
Flynn, who plays on a tour of PDC Challenge, was a late call for the third championship event of the season, in the three -time world champion Van Gerwen’s native Netherlands.
He only discovered that he would play on Sunday morning, and after a crazy line from his house in the west of Ireland, he continued to knock out the world no. 3.
“I laughed when I saw that I was playing Van Gerwen,” said Flynn, whose day the daily work works in social welfare in Limerick district, Sky Sports News.
“I wrote my wife, and she said,” Okay, you need to play against these guys if you plan to become a professional, so just go out and beat him up ” – and I’m.
‘I showed that amateur can mix it with great boys’
“It was a great moment and a little shock – shock for most people, I think. Shock for him.
“Wading him in his garden, there was a great achievement. I was delighted with him, I was doing well.
“It is probably a big enough time for the arrows that the amateurs who can see that we can mix it with big guys and beat them any day.”
Flynn says they brought him back to reality after his notable victory of a friend who reminded him that his turn was to sort the lotto union.
The 32-year-old also went into detail about his rush to reach an event and how much practice is able to enter around his daily work and the construction of the house.
‘Pack the bags and head to the road as fast as possible’
Flynn said, “I had breakfast with my daughter about 11, half past 11 on Sunday and my phone rang.
“It was my manager and said,” What are the chances of moving to the Netherlands? “
“We spent 20 minutes talking, watching the flights, seeing if it was possible. We were a late flight from Dublin, so” he packed his bags and hit the road as fast as he could. “
“I was preparing for a job on Monday morning. I thought I would pack lunch that night, I was in the Netherlands next minute that wants to get to bed as quickly as possible.”
Flynn added, “I exercise late into the night. I try to get an hour if I can take the tournament where I try to get in for two hours.
“I’m trying to build a house right now, so there is an improvised board in the communal room of the house in my parents’ house. It is not an ideal setting, but it’s okay for me.”
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