3 protesters thrown out of Women's World Matchplay ahead of Noa-Lynn van Leuven match

Noa-Lynn van Leuven is making a return to the Winter Gardens for the third year in her career in 2025, but the leading trans darter's presence has sadly not been without incident, as seen first hand by Dartsnews.com.

As the Dutch star made her walk-on ahead of her quarter-final match against Lorraine Winstanley, three "Save Women's Sport" protesters attempted to interrupt proceedings. Wearing message laden tops and trying to throw anti-trans propaganda onto the stage, two of the trio were quickly tackled by security as the third attempted to film the proceedings.

As seen first hand by Dartsnews.com, the protesters were dragged away, quite literally kicking and screaming, in a vein attempt to relay their message, before security finally managed to drag all three of the perpetrators out of the Winter Gardens.

The scuffle didn't seem to effect Van Leuven's performance in the slightest however, as she powered to a 4-0 win over Lorraine Winstanley, moving through to the semifinals in Blackpool.