Dutch Raymond van Barneveld have enjoyed a glorious dartkarriere, where he has triumphed at the WORLD cup five times (four times in the BDO-aegis – 1998, 1999, 2003 and 2015, and a walk in the PDC under the auspices of the – 2007).

In november published the dutchman, to 2019 will be his last season on the best dartscene.

Now tells the skilled pilekaster to The Sun, why he has chosen to put the arrows on the shelf.

In June, was Raymond van Barneveld and his wife Silvia, their house robbed, and it would be an extremely nasty experience for the woman. Barneveld was not at home when he was at a tournament in Barnsley. It set in motion in the minds of the dartlegenden.

– My marriage is a big problem.

– in Particular when you will robbed in your own house. My wife had a loaded gun to his head in June, says Barneveld to The Sun.

since then, Raymond van Barneveld had a sense of guilt over the fact that he was not at home that day.

– My wife will not stay in the house more, because she is scared.

– We will have to live separately. She will stay in an apartment. She is afraid.

– It is we have to deal with. I can’t give her the love and attention, because I’m away all the time.

Why has Barney (as he is called, red.) decided to pull the plug – to be more together with his family.

He has for many years gone on compromise with family life, and he has missed many important events as the result of life as a professional dartspiller.

– There is no time for private things. Four of my good friends has passed away. You can’t say goodbye to them at funerals, if you are flying. Or in Australia is Dubai.

– A few of my friends have kept 50th birthday. I can’t be there, because I’m out and play.

– It cuts my heart, ” says Barneveld.

His grandchildren he’s also not much of a busy life.

– My grandchildren come each week home to the Silvia (Barnevelds wife, red.), and I’m not there. I will get pictures of them through WhatsApp.

– But I can’t see them, I can’t cuddle them, I can’t feel them. Life goes by fast, before you know it. Some days misses me a full day to travel.

– I will not complain, I earn money. But I have a good life? No, says Barneveld.

13. december to 1. January he places up in the WORLD championship in the PDC under the auspices of, where he is seeded as number 17. In recent years, the dutchman struggled with the results, and Barneveld has previously stated that the motivation has been waning.

Recent large individual title for Raymond van Barneveld was at the Premier League in 2014.

the Dutchman competed in dartforbundet BDC (British Darts Organisation, ed.) from 1987 to 2006. In 2006 he switched to the more moneyed confederation, the PDC (Professional Darts Corporation, ed.).