As no surprise to those who regularly tune into the World Championships, there is only one starting point and that is Team Singapore headlined by a living legend, a darting icon, at sixty eight years young, the incomparable Paul Lim!
Recorded the first televised nine darter at the World Championships in 1990 for a grand prize of £52,000 (£28,000 more than the 1990 World Champion). It took 19 years for another player to record a nine darter on the World Championship stage. Paul turned back the clock in 2018 narrowly missing the double twelve for another nine darter 28 years later.
Paul Lim and Harith Lim have represented Singapore at all stagings of the event and only once have failed to reach the second round (2015 against second seed Scotland). In 2017 they defeated number one seed Scotland in the first round on their run to the quarter finals and in 2019 defeated the Welsh pair of Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton in the opening round.
Both feature on the Asian soft tip circuit and Paul has recently been competing in the World Seniors tournaments.