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.
PA:Press Association Peter Wright overcame Jerry Hendriks to advance[/caption]
Getty Images Peter Wright shares a joke with opponent Jerry Hendriks[/caption]
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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The No 3 seed’s average of 101.06 was the first achieved this year over a ton — and he also spectacularly took out 141 to clinch the second set.
Devon Petersen danced on to the stage with his usual grandstand arrival for the first round.
PA:Press Association Steve Beaton defeated Devon Peterson at Ally Pally[/caption]
Lawrence Lustig Revellers wore fancy dress in the crowd at Ally Pally[/caption]
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But the South African ended up body-popping all the way to the exit door as he was beaten 3-1 by Steve Beaton, the 1996 BDO world champion.
Ex-rugby league star Gerwyn Price lost 3-1 to Jonny Clayton.
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