Peter Wright’s family ‘devastated’ at darts trophies being sold | Other | Sport

The Scot’s World Championship and World Matchplay replica trophies were this week listed for sale by Dart Gear Competitions. The items available also included a signed photo from when Wright won the Matchplay in 2021. After learning that Snakebite’s prized silverware was up for sale, Wright’s wife, Joanne, took to X. She said: “No they aren’t for sale. They weren’t approved to be sold. They belong to our children.”

She added: “It was never our intention for these sentimental items to be sold off in this manner, Peter gave them up on a bad day really.

“They are keepsakes for our children. So we are happy to pay back what was paid to use to receive these items back for our family. I’ve left a message for someone to call me from the people selling.

“But I did explain the situation as long as they take them all off social media and arrange the return of them with me. We are devastated that he did this. The world’s trophy was a wedding present to our daughter Naomi. The large frames I bought them.”

Dart Gear Competitions responded via a video on Facebook on Tuesday evening. They said they were happy to “reverse the transaction” and would even deliver the trophies back to the darts icon.

Their statement said: “This is a response video about the Peter Wright trophies that we purchased over the weekend. It all started on Thursday, Peter gave me a call asking if I wanted to buy some darts which I did.

“Over the weekend there were various messages from Peter asking if I’d like to purchase his trophies. On Sunday I agreed a price for the Matchplay and World Championship trophy and some shirts.

“Monday I went round as arranged and picked up the trophies. Since we’ve had the trophies in our house all we’ve seen is various backlash on social media from Peter’s wife tweets stating these were promised to their children.

“Peter we’ve tried to call you, these were bought in good faith. So Peter all you have to do is give me a call. We’ve put the trophies into storage, you’re more than welcome to have them back. All we want to do is have the reverse transaction done.”

Wright forged a respectable run at the 2025 World Championship, where he saw off defending champion Luke Humphries before losing in the quarter-finals to Stephen Bunting. However, his last major title came in the German Darts Championship in 2024, where he beat world No. 1 Luke Littler.