WE could all do with a bit of extra practice on the dart board but few of us think of doing it for 24 hours straight.
That's the challenge that Ireland's top TikTok darts sensation, Mick Meehan, has set himself as he aims to play non stop for a full day for charity.
Known as The Mick Fella on the popular social media site, Meehan has enlisted the help of some of the country's best darts players to raise much needed funds for Temple Street Children's Hospital.
Speaking to Darts In Ireland ahead of his 24-hour challenge beginning at 8pm on Friday night, Mick joked that it will either make him a better player or turn him off darts for life.
He said: "My initial thought was to go for the world record of non stop playing darts but when I looked that up I saw that some guy in England had done that for almost three days and I thought that's just too much.
"So I'm going for 24 hours starting at 8pm on Friday.
"I work as a postman so I have early starts at 6am most mornings and get finished by 2pm, so I'll try to get some sleep in before the darts marathon starts.
"Temple Street is a worthy cause too and the great thing is that it's a direct link so all the money donated will go directly to the hospital."
Amongst those that will play Mick during his 24 hours are PDC star Dylan Slevin, top Irish ladies players Robyn Byrne and Katie Sheldon, and a host of top men's players including Ronan McDonagh, Lewis Ireland, Neilie Brouder, Sean McKeon and Alan Richards amongst others.
Mick added: "I'll have over 30 people in total involved, including my family, and the plan will be to play everyone in a race to ten and just see where it goes from there.
"Hopefully my arm will be able for it. I'll probably do less throwing over the next few days to give it a rest. I just hope it doesn't put me off darts for life."
All joking aside, Mick has taken his own game to new heights over recent months, showing that his non stop throwing against top players on his streams is bearing fruit.
At the INDO Grand Prix in Dundalk last month, Mick made it as far as the semi-finals of the INDO Development Tour, only losing out in the last four to one of the country's best players in Dylan Dowling.
Mick says he's taken great confidence from that as he hasn't competed in many major darts events before.
He said: "My stats were good and I averaged up over 70 in that game against Dylan.
"I'm very happy with that as it shows my game is progressing but at the same time I don't want to put too much pressure on myself to be playing great darts all the time as I just really want to enjoy doing the streams."
That said, Mick does have a future plan to take on the PDC Development Tour if he can maintain his progress in the game.
He said: "If I keep improving and do well at other events in the future I'd be looking to take on the PDC Development Tour in two years time.
"By then I'd hope to have attracted some sponsors but really I'd be looking to document my time playing on it for TikTok.
"I've no great plans to try and turn professional or anything like that, as I'd just be happy to keep growing on TikTok and do well there."
To donate towards Mick's 24 hour darts marathon fundraiser for Temple Street Children's Hospital, you can click on the following link:
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