{"id":2241812,"date":"2024-05-10T13:19:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T17:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/female-darts-player-gets-huge-offer-after-forfeiting-against-trans-opponent\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T13:20:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T17:20:50","slug":"female-darts-player-gets-huge-offer-after-forfeiting-against-trans-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/female-darts-player-gets-huge-offer-after-forfeiting-against-trans-opponent\/","title":{"rendered":"Female darts player receives big offer after forfeiting against transgender opponent"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffemale-darts-player-gets-huge-offer-after-forfeiting-against-trans-opponent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2241812&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Top British darts player Deta Hedman made headlines during the Denmark Open in Esbjerg by refusing to compete against a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trans-in-sports-and-bidens-divisive-voting-speech-guest-olivia-rondeau-vince-jason-save-the-nation\/\" title=\"Trans In Sports And Biden\u2019s Divisive Voting Speech | Guest Olivia Rondeau | Vince &#038; Jason Save The Nation\">transgender opponent<\/a>, Noa-Lynn van Leuven. Hedman&#8217;s stand against men participating in women&#8217;s sports drew support, including an offer of prize money, which she declined,\u200c emphasizing her stance\u2062 on the issue. (55 words) Top British darts player Deta Hedman garnered attention at the Denmark Open in\u2063 Esbjerg for\u200d declining to play against transgender opponent Noa-Lynn van\u2063 Leuven. Hedman&#8217;s stance against men in\u2063 women&#8217;s sports received backing, \u2064with a \u2064prize money offer she \u200cturned down, reiterating her position on the\u200b matter.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>    <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/igcolonel\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/igcolonel\/%20\"><span>Warner Todd Huston<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 10, 2024 at 9:22am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Top British darts player Deta Hedman made news over the weekend by refusing to play against a man who claims to be a woman.<\/p>\n<p>Hedman was scheduled to face \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/massive-transgender-athletes-banned-womens-sports-naia-major-blow-lgbt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transgender<\/a>\u201d opponent Noa-Lynn van Leuven in the quarterfinals of the Denmark Open in Esbjerg, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/female-darts-player-refuses-play-transgender-opponent-forfeits-match\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of playing against van Leuven, Hedman forfeited the game.<\/p>\n<p>Amid claims that she missed the match because of an unspecified ailment, she made it clear that wasn\u2019t the reason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo fake illness,\u201d Hedman said in a social media post on Saturday. \u201cI said I wouldn\u2019t play a man in a ladies event.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No fake illness I said I wouldn\u2019t play a man in a ladies event . Don\u2019t listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/phillbarrs?\">@phillbarrs<\/a> he knows sweet fa, nor does his reliable source .<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Deta Hedman (@Deta132) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Deta132\/status\/1786870151679205742?\">May 4, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A day later, she was offered a big deal for her bravery.<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s sports advocate and former NCAA swimmer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/riley-gaines-others-launch-lawsuit-ncaa-woke-policies-spread\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Riley Gaines<\/a> said in a Sunday post on X that she would give Hedman the prize money she missed by forfeiting her game against van Leuven.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI must get into contact with Deta Hedman,\u201d Gaines wrote. \u201cI want to pay her the prize money she missed out on, just as @Seth Dillon and I did with billiards player Kim O\u2019Brien for taking the same stand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBravery deserves to be rewarded.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I must get into contact with Deta Hedman. I want to pay her the prize money she missed out on, just as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SethDillon?\">@SethDillon<\/a> and I did with billiards player Kim O\u2019Brien for taking the same stand.<\/p>\n<p>Bravery deserves to be rewarded. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ESZ55k6Z3C\">https:\/\/t.co\/ESZ55k6Z3C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_\/status\/1787124520253366719?\">May 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hedman, however, turned it down.<\/p>\n<p>She responded, \u201c[T]hank you for your kind offer, but Denmark Darts paid me out in full for [the] event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hedman also insisted quite directly that she does not think men should be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/megan-rapinoe-demands-trans-athletes-allowed-compete-women-remember-team-faced-teenage-boys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">competing against women<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis subject causing much angst in the sport I love,\u201d she told Gaines. \u201cPeople can be whoever they want in life but I don\u2019t think <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/female-darts-player-forfeits-tourney-after-getting-matched-up-against-man\/\" title=\"Woman Withdraws from Tournament Due to Match Against Male Opponent\">biological born men<\/a> should compete in Women\u2019s sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_?\">@Riley_Gaines_<\/a> thank you for your kind offer , but Denmark Darts paid me out in full for event . <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaveWSports?\">@SaveWSports<\/a> . This subject causing much angst in the sport I love . People can be whoever they want in life but I don\u2019t think biological born men should compete in Women\u2019s sport<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Deta Hedman (@Deta132) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Deta132\/status\/1787369901335728153?\">May 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In an X post on Wednesday, she explained that the world of darts is already inclusive enough, with the World Darts Federation providing men\u2019s and women\u2019s events and the Professional Darts Corporation offering open competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI played in it a few years ago and you know [it\u2019s] open, so no problem playing men in open,\u201d Hedman said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In the WDF we have a men\u2019s World C and a women\u2019s World champs, we also have a boys and a separate girls World champs , so we cater for all . In PDC it\u2019s an open comp where all can enter I played in it a few years ago and you know its open , so no problem playing men in open .<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Deta Hedman (@Deta132) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Deta132\/status\/1788172495075332338?\">May 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Van Leuven started \u201ctransitioning\u201d in 2022 and entered women\u2019s events that year, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/darts\/news\/12288\/12924406\/womens-world-matchplay-noa-lynn-van-leuven-set-to-be-first-trans-woman-to-play-in-a-tv-darts-tournament\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t sit right with Hedman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor many months I\u2019ve struggled with transgenders playing in the women\u2019s world ranked events. I have thought this is wrong since day one,\u201d she said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/dartsworld50.com\/2023\/12\/12\/deta-kickstarts-fairness-debate-in-womens-darts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> in December.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you agree with Hedman\u2019s decision to forfeit?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hedman made it clear she has no personal issues with van Leuven or fellow \u201ctrans\u201d competitor <a href=\"https:\/\/mastercaller.com\/players\/victoria-monaghan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Victoria Monaghan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not close to Noa-Lynn in darts but in fairness seems a lovely person, at Lakeside I met Victoria Monaghan and must admit she is a right character we had banter and a fair few laughs, but my personal view is trans shouldn\u2019t be playing in women\u2019s ranked events,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Hedman said she has received a lot of support for her position.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Absolutely blown away by the best wishes from around the world I recieved , one good thing is that several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-trans-propaganda-film-for-kids-is-sponsored-by-pharma-company\/\" title=\"Pro-Trans Propaganda Film for Kids Is Sponsored by Pharma Company\">high profile media<\/a> now want to hear Women\u2019s views on the subject .<br \/> Will try my best to get message across <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaveWSports?\">@SaveWSports<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Deta Hedman (@Deta132) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Deta132\/status\/1787909073330950154?\">May 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In this day of cancel culture for those who dare speak out against transgenderism and left-wing ideology, she is certainly brave to take such a stand.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, it appears Hedman is getting as much support as she deserves.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. 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Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-43\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/igcolonel\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-43\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-43\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-43\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-43\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Warner Todd Huston has been writing editorials and news since 2001 but started his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/byron-donalds-takes-shot-at-host-of-the-view-dares-panel-to-invite-him-on-as-a-guest\/\" title=\"Byron Donalds Takes Shot at Host of 'The View,' Dares Panel to Invite Him On as a Guest\">writing career penning articles<\/a> about U.S. history back in the early 1990s. Huston has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business Network, CNN and several local Chicago news programs to discuss the issues of the day. Additionally, he is a regular guest on radio programs from coast to coast. Huston has also been a Breitbart News contributor since 2009. Warner works out of the Chicago area, a place he calls a &#8220;target-rich environment&#8221; for political news. Follow him on Truth Social at @WarnerToddHuston.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Warner Todd Huston has been writing editorials and news since 2001 but started his writing career penning articles about U.S. history back in the early 1990s. Huston has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business Network, CNN and several local Chicago news programs to discuss the issues of the day. Additionally, he is a regular guest on radio programs from coast to coast. Huston has also been a Breitbart News contributor since 2009. Warner works out of the Chicago area, a place he calls a &#8220;target-rich environment&#8221; for political news. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top British darts player Deta Hedman made headlines by opting out of a match against a self-identified woman during the Denmark Open in Esbjerg. Hedman&#8217;s decision not to compete against transgender opponent Noa-Lynn van Leuven in the quarterfinals garnered significant attention. 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