Other multiple winners include Eric Bristow, Phil Taylor, John Walton and Andy Fordham.

The Pentathlon has been described as "the toughest and most gruelling darts event on the calendar," whose aim is "to reduce luck to a minimum and ensure that talent, skill and determination are rewarded with success.

"[3] Bobby George described it as "like darts' version of Superstars without any cycling, shooting or swimming."

He also thought it a "ridiculous event", which "had no appeal to me whatsoever", and "one long, hard, boring slog".

[4] John Lowe, on the other hand, enjoyed the event, but eventually stopped playing in it because the prizemoney hadn't increased in years.