Noa-Lynn van Leuven He is not going to end his darts career for good. For now, however, she took a break for her mental health. After an unsuccessful participation in PDC Q-School 2025, Van Leuven announced that she would put away the darts for a while.
“After school Q, I decided to focus on mental health in the coming time” Van Leuven explains the advertisement. “The past year was hard and intense and I notice that I have to load now. But to explain: do not stop darts. This is a conscious step to return to come back stronger than ever. “
Due to the inserted break, Van Leuven did not compete in the first Trip to the challenge Season tournaments at the beginning of this month. “But I’m working to give the rest of the season. My next tournament is Women’s serieswhere I focus mainly on finding fun in the game again, “he explains.
The Dutch did not manage to secure the cruise card in Q-School and did not really bring her the best arrows. “Unfortunately, I didn’t play the best matches,” she wondered at that time. “The truth is that my head has not been in the right place for some time. For months I fought with mental health every time the tournament appears. “
“I tried to move it aside, but this time it didn’t work,” continued Van Leuven. “Concentration of darts, while old traumas raise heads because of the events of last year, does not work. It’s time to determine the priorities of my mental health and work on improvement. ”
Van Leuven was in the center of attention last year after Aileen de Graaf and Anca Zijlstra left the Dutch team of women because they no longer wanted to be in a transgender team. Despite all the dangers of Van Leuven, he qualified for the Great Slam Darts and World Darts Championship through a series of women. In London, Van Leuven lost in the first round to Kevin Doets.
