Lawrie reveals he paid Gary Anderson’s son a tenner to escape marking

MITCHELL LAWRIE has revealed he paid Gary Anderson’s son a TENNER to mark for him.

The WDF world No1 was with the two-time world champion’s family at an exhibition and admitted he was happy to avoid keeping score for a game.

Lawrie, 15, regards the Scot as one of his idols on the oche and even bribed his lad Tai with some pocket money to take over the job.

He told Oche180: “I was speaking to his son and wife at the weekend. I actually paid his son a tenner to mark for me because I didn’t want to mark.

“I have a great story I can tell everybody: I paid Gary Anderson’s son a tenner to mark for me.

“He called Rachael his wife and said if he is good enough to play, he is good enough to mark.

“Then I met him at an exhibition as well. He is a lovely guy and genuine, just straight up.

“I love that because I am the exact same.”

Wee Sox has taken the amateur circuit by storm, reaching the WDF World Championship final on his debut last year before losing 6-3 to Jimmy van Schie.

The Renfrew thrower has since gone from strength to strength, adding the Scottish Classic, Slovak Classic and Slovak Masters titles to his growing haul.

Lawrie has also claimed the JDC World Championship crown, beating Kaya Baysal 5-2 in the showpiece at Ally Pally.

Now the Scot is targeting a PDC Tour Card at January’s Q School, with the prospect of eventually sharing the oche with his idol Anderson a dream come true.

He added: “I know I can hold my own against anybody in the world if I play well. It would be a very difficult game for sure.

“But anyone on that PDC circuit is. Especially a man like Gary Anderson. He is different class.”

Words: Aaron Nijjar

Image: Taylor Lanning