- author, Lewis Adams & Connor Bennett
- role, BBC News, Suffolk
The 10-year-old darts sensation has already beaten former professionals and is on his way to becoming world champion.
Lennon “The Force” Wharfe juggles studying for the SATs with representing Suffolk’s under-18 darts team.
The youngster scored his first 180 at the age of three and went on to top scores in Ochi over 450 repetitions.
His father, Gary, said his son was “doing everything well” as his darts career continued to flourish.
The promising player has already been snapped up by Target Darts, the same brand that boasts the likes of Luke Littler, Rob Cross and Raymond van Barneveld.
Suffolk darts legend Keith Deller travelled to Brandon’s family home to play against Lennon.
Deller is one of many professional darts players to have played against Lennon, who previously faced 2008 world champion Mark Webster as an eight-year-old.
Warf said his son’s rapid progress in the sport has been “amazing.”
“He’s calm, he takes it all in stride, win or lose, and gets on with it,” he told BBC Radio Suffolk.
“It’s hard to watch because you can’t do anything while he’s on stage.
“You’re just hoping he’ll hit a double and win the game. You’re too nervous.”
For Lennon, it’s a much more calm approach: “I just play the boards, I don’t play the players,” he said.
He has made clear his ambition to go further than his 17-year-old idol Littler and become a world champion himself – but not just once.
“You’d want to win three or four games to really be memorable,” he said.
“I want to win at least three.”