George Noble: Last News

Darts referee George Noble seemingly took a brief nap on stage at the Czech Open on Friday.The veteran official, who has been involved in the sport since the early-1990s, appeared to momentarily lose sight of where he was by taking a nap while the PDC event took place. Noble, who is known for his no-nonsense approach, looked as if he had his eyes closed as he somehow maintained his balance and gently swayed.It took several moments before the “sleepy” referee opened his eyes, before folding his arms.

A darts match between Joe Cullen and Daryl Gurney on Sunday afternoon spiralled into chaos as some members of the crowd started whistling.During the German Darts Championship match, referee George Noble had called on the crowd several times to stop making noises as it was clearly putting off and aggravating the players.The whistling continued and the referee threatened to stop the game entirely, insisting that if such sounds persisted he would be taking the players off the stage.After Gurney managed to find his stride and saw off Cullen with a 6-3 win in the last 16, some online comments blasted the actions of the crowd. One said: "Why on earth would anyone do that? Imagine like you go to a professional darts championship created by the PDC, you are watching the raining masters and a one-time world grand prix winner playing an amazing game and YOU are whistling like you have nothing better to do."Another scorned: "Paying good money to watch the best in the world play, and some jacka** is whistling.

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