Darts ace travels in limo from Portsmouth to London for World Championship debut

Darts star Adam Lipscombe travelled from Portsmouth to London for his World Championship debut on Monday night against Jonny Clayton in a stretch limo

Adam Lipscombe travelled to London in a limo for his World Championship debut

Darts star Adam Lipscombe travelled to the Ally Pally in a stretch limo ahead of his World Championship debut.

The 33-year-old will take to the biggest stage in darts on Monday night when he plays world No.5 Jonny Clayton, and ‘Baby Boy’ is certainly making the most of his upcoming appearance.

Lipscombe enjoyed a breakout run at the Players Championship when he reached the third round, taking the scalps of Cameron Menzies and Bradley Brooks before losing 10-9 to Daryl Gurney. The Portsmouth thrower will need to be at his very best to beat Clayton and make his darting dreams come true.

Adam Lipscombe will make his World Championship debut on Monday

Ahead of his debut, Lipscombe is leaving no stone unturned as he looks to piece together a memorable day. A picture was posted to X showing Lipscombe posing in front of a white limo, which he took the 72 miles from Portsmouth all the way to London, where he stayed ahead of the biggest game of his career.

Lipscombe has enjoyed success on the Pro Tour this year, earning his place at Ally Pally after finishing 34th on the ProTour Order of Merit.

The Pompey native won his Tour Card at Q-School at the start of this year. However, things did not start well for him as he lost one of his early games and left the event.

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“I just said to my dad let’s go, I’d had enough,” he said. “I was thinking I’ll go again next year, but I got to my home, parked up and my phone started ringing with someone saying I had to come back because there had been a pull out.

“I then went back and ended up getting a card, it has just absolutely turned my life upside down and since then it has been mad.”

Lipscombe takes on an out-of-form Clayton, who is enduring a tough end to what started as an incredibly positive year.

Jonny Clayton starts his World Championship campaign on Monday night

‘The Ferret’ reached the final of the Masters and the World Cup of Darts, also enjoying runs to the semi-final of the UK Open, World Matchplay and World Grand Prix.

But the world No.5 has lost five of his last six games and was knocked out at the first hurdle in the European Championship, Grand Slam of Darts and Players Championship Finals.

If the Welshman wants to make certain of his Premier League place next year, he needs to overturn a £43,000 deficit to current world No.4 Stephen Bunting.