Advertisement Ben McCaffrey is one to watch Posted: 6:25 pm April 18, 2021 By Katrina Brennan SIXTEEN years old and brimming with confidence, not arrogance, just confidence. And why wouldn’t he be. Newtownbutler teenager Ben McCaffrey has already beaten former world champion Michael van Gerwen twice and has recently been endorsed by the Welsh manufacturing company Winmau.
Ben has been coming through the ranks after taking up the sport at a competitive level at 12 years old. He began playing in his local bar An Chead Chumann in his hometown and a year later he was playing an an exhibition tournament in the Great Northern hotel in Bundoran beating the legendary van Gerwen.