Books… TONY BROWN AND THE ‘MAGNETISM OF DARTS’ 22 Oct 2022 England and Kent’s Tony Brown passed away on 22nd September 2022. Although I never met Tony, I used to watch him on TV and I did eventually speak to him…
Darts History… JOHN GWYNNE – COMMENTATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE 13 Oct 2022 BROADCASTING GIANT JOHN GWYNNE PASSES AWAY I was very sad to read of the death of commentator and friend John Gwynne on Saturday 9th July 2022. We had met on…
Darts History… MIKE GREGORY – A TRIBUTE – PART 3 12 Oct 2022 In this final part of my tribute to Mike Gregory, I take a look at his other victories and important matches he appeared in over the years. The excellent website…
Ladies Darts SANDRA GREATBATCH – A TOP WALES LADY DARTER 12 Oct 202212 Oct 2022 Readers of my global Dr. Darts’ Newsletter/Darts History were made aware of the passing of Shaun ‘Nine-Dart’ Greatbatch when I published a tribute to him in the June 2022, issue…
Darts History… SHAUN ‘NINE DART’ GREATBATCH 12 Oct 202213 Oct 2022 Shaun Greatbatch passed away on 6th June 2022. Shaun (pictured) was best known for being the first man to hit a nine-darter on ‘live’ TV. Shaun’s wife, Barbara Lee broke…
Darts History… TONY BROWN – 1945-2022 – A TRIBUTE 2 Oct 2022 It is becoming more and more common that I hear news of yet another darts star of the past, who I admired and watched on TV back in the day…
Darts History… MIKE GREGORY – 1956-2022 24 May 2022 Darts fans mourned the recent death of yet another top darts player, England’s Mike Gregory. Mike was born in St. Martin’s Hospital, Bath, Somerset on 16th December 1956. He was…
Darts History… MIKE GREGORY – A TRIBUTE (PART 2) – NEWS OF THE WORLD 10 May 202212 Oct 2022 I continue my tribute to Mike Gregory by featuring his success in the News of the World (Photo © 1988 Darts World/PC Darts Archive/Steve Daszko) but, before that, I received…
Dartboards and darts… RECORD DEAL ANNOUNCED AS THE PROFESSIONAL DARTS CORPORATION AND WINMAU TEAM UP WITH OFFICIAL PARTNERSHIP 22 Feb 2022 An exciting new era for the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) has begun following the announcement that PDC events will be played exclusively using WINMAU dartboards in a record five-year partnership.…
Australia… TERRY O’DEA – AUSSIE DARTS LEGEND 28 Jan 202228 Jan 2022 On 18th May 2021 Australian darts star Russell Stewart posted: It is with heavy heart that I have to inform you of the sad news of the passing of my…
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