A darts mad toddler from Belfast has had his dreams come true after meeting with his hero Luke Littler before he appears at the Premier League Darts event.
Two-year-old Hunter Parker was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma at just 16 weeks old before going on to spend over 100 days in intensive care undergoing treatment for the tumour on his spine. Due to this compressing on his spine he was been left unable to walk and has nerve damage in one of his arms, but despite this he has become an avid darts player.
Earlier this week Belfast Live spoke with Hunter's mum Emma who said her son has been obsessed with darts for the past year, with Luke 'The Nuke' Littler becoming his favourite player and hero.
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She said she hoped that her son might be able to meet the 18-year-old darts world champion when he was in Belfast this week for the Premier League event at the SSE Arena and following an appeal with Belfast Live the young boy's dreams came true.
Luke's dad messaged Emma on Wednesday and invited Hunter and his family to come down and meet with him. They also presented Hunter with a signed Luke Littler magnetic dart board and gave the family some tickets to watch the event on Thursday night.
Emma said: "We are so thankful to Luke and his dad for arranging for Hunter to come and meet with him, it really was a dream come true and he loved every minute of it. He was in his element.
"Luke's dad messaged me on Wednesday and invited us down to meet Luke and even presented Hunter with a signed dart board and tickets to go and see him live.
"It was such an amazing experience and we are just so grateful that they made such a wonderful effort for our boy."
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