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Nathan Aspinall reveals he has gone from sublime arrows to making slime with his daughters!<\/p>\n

The World No.7, who has roared up the rankings over the past 18 months, is getting used to life at home, social distancing, shopping for his grandparents and home schooling.<\/p>\n

Stockport star Nathan Aspinall is the biggest oche success story of the past year and a half but is enjoying the Coronavirus-enforced lockdown.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cI\u2019ve just spent the first week of lockdown making slime with my two daughters. I leave the clearing up to the missus!<\/p>\n

\u201cWe haven\u2019t got the biggest back garden, so it\u2019s just been painting and a bit of home schooling. We have Brooke who is eight and Milly is two.”<\/p>\n

\u201cWe immediately set up a bit of a routine with Brooke doing an hour or two a day of school work and proper activities. It\u2019s hard for the kids because they\u2019re not seeing their friends so we have to do our best for them.”<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard for everyone really. I\u2019ve been doing the shopping and get medication for my grandparents who live just five minutes away. They\u2019ve been self-isolating for three weeks now. They leave a list under the green bin, I collect it and then leave the stuff outside their front door.”<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m actually loving spending time at home. It\u2019s going to really tell me how strong my relationship with the missus is! We were planning to get married next year. It\u2019s good for us to see how it is to be a normal couple day after day. We were meant to book the venue last week but we couldn\u2019t do that because they are not taking any further bookings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nathan Aspinall has revealed that the top darts stars and bosses are ready to \u201cprotect\u201d the players who are in financial crisis.<\/p>\n

He admits that he is so relieved after two World Championship semi-finals<\/a> and a UK Open win gave him money in the bank to survive the Covid-19 lockdown<\/p>\n

But the kind-hearted rising star is concerned, along with other top players, of the plight facing pals and rivals on the breadline.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI feel very lucky to be in an OK situation. A lot of my family are in trouble with work. My mum works for the Co-op, my dad and stepdad are both self-employed and have no savings and are very worried.”<\/p>\n

\u201cIf push came to shove, I will do my best to help my family. I do look at my life and think \u2018Thank God I\u2019ve got this money in the bank\u2019. It\u2019s not even just getting through the situation we are in now.”<\/p>\n

“But when it all gets back up and running, the pressure I would have been under would have been incredible. I would be in debt and needing\u00a0to put food on the table again.”<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be really hard for the players outside the top 32. When it does all start up again that\u2019s what so many players will be facing, real pressure to win matches. Any money that they have managed to save will have gone just surviving through the lockdown.”<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been in that position before and it\u2019s really not nice, trust me. It\u2019s so hard to play darts with that pressure.”<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be fair to the PDC and PDPA they are constantly in touch with us. I am aware they are looking into something to protect the players who need it urgently. And I think rightly so.”<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think Michael van Gerwen needs the help! But the guys at the top would accept we have to help the lower ranked players out. I don\u2019t know how that works but it\u2019s important to keep everyone on the tour OK and in the best frame of mind possible.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThe type of guy I am, I want to help, I\u2019ve been in that position. I believe most of the top boys will want to help out.\u201d<\/p>\n

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