Premier League Darts: Gerwyn Price will ‘grin and bear’ whatever comes his way after ear defenders ban | Darts News

Gerwyn Price: “I wore ear protectors once and I’ll never wear them again” I The SSE Arena in Belfast is the first of 17 venues to host the Premier League on Thursday – live on Sky Sports – with the Play-Offs returning to The O2 in London on Thursday 25 May.

Gerwyn Price will not be allowed to wear ear protectors under new PDC regulations

Gerwyn Price admits he will have to “grin and bear it” with whatever comes next after learning he will not be allowed to wear ear defenders under new PDC regulations.

The 37-year-old stunned the crowd at Alexandra Palace by going out on ear defenders for the fifth set of his shock World Championship quarter-final loss to Germany’s Gabriel Clemens last month.

Price has since been banned from wearing it in winter events after the PDC amended the rules.

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Price returned for the fifth set of his 5-1 World Championship quarterfinal loss to Gabriel Clemens wearing ear defenders to block the raucous Ally Pally crowd.

I’m not a fan of the in-ear plugs that Mervyn King wears. I just have to grin and bear whatever happens like I did a few years ago and just play darts.

Gerwyn Price won’t wear earmuffs over his ears like Mervyn King

In the new regulation, there is a changed wording from the rule that says: “Players are not allowed to wear headphones, headphones or headphone-type ear defenders when throwing the bull before the match or during the match.”

However, the use of ear plugs in the ears is allowed, but Mervyn King is a prime example of using them.

Ahead of the start of this year’s Premier League in Belfast on Thursday night, Price, who threatened not to return to Alexandra Palace after his experience, said: “I wore ear defenders once and I won’t wear them again. It’s best left if I’m honest with you.

“I’m not a fan of the in-ear plugs that Mervyn King wears. I just grin and bear it with whatever comes my way like I had some last year, and just play darts.

“I’m here to play darts. I’m here to do the best I can, whatever is thrown at me. That’s all I can do, so I’m looking forward to playing in Belfast and Cardiff next week. I hope I can reward them crowd. again with some good darts and hopefully one or two nine-darters too.

“I want to do well in the Premier League now. I’m here to win. Here, now, here I play well.”

Price is not a fan of the current Premier League format

Price is part of eight Premier League players for 2023, including world champion Michael Smith, Premier League champion Michael van Gerwen, Peter Wright, Jonny Clayton, Nathan Aspinall, Dimitri Van den Bergh and newly crowned Masters champion Chris Dobey.

The Welshman, who is not the biggest fan of the current format, said: “This format is like other tournaments from the quarter-finals onwards. You have to play Pro Tours, Europe. It’s difficult to play in that format when you have to travel every week.

Premier League darts stars outside the iconic Goliath crane at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast

And discussing the list of players taking part in this year’s tournament, ‘The Iceman’ added: “PDC selects players for their own reasons. As long as I’m there, I don’t care what happens around me. to be honest with you.”

The new Premier League Darts season will begin at the SSE Arena in Belfast on Thursday 2 February, the first of 17 individual venues to host the 2023 Premier League, which will take place on Thursday nights from February to May – live on Sky Sports!