PDC World Darts Championship 2017: Peter Wright victorious over Jerry Hendriks at boozy Ally Pally
For once, however, Snakebite was outdone in the dancing stakes by a jiving Jerry Hendriks, whose own snake hips wooed the crowd
PETER WRIGHT may have won the darts last night but he lost the dancing competition.
Snakebite, 46, made his customary entrance at the William Hill PDC World Darts Championships with his popular bouncing arms routine.
For once, though, he was surprisingly outdone in the dancing stakes by a jiving Jerry Hendriks, whose own snake hips wooed the boozy crowd.
But Wright produced the arrows when it mattered on the Ally Pally stage, prevailing with a superb 3-0 victory.
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