Players Don Coutts 22 May 201930 Oct 2019 Darts Historian Patrick Chaplin scours the country for some of the top names of the past. “Where are they now and what are they doing?” DON COUTTS Don Coutts relaxing…
Dartboards and darts The Grimsby Dartboard ‘Double Twenty Eight!’ 22 May 201921 Oct 2019 One of the earliest recorded darts teams hailed from Grimsby on the North East Lincolnshire coast of England. Dogger Bank No.1 Team During the 1940s the News of the World published a…
General Duke Of Edinburgh’s Award 22 May 201921 Oct 2019 DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD RECOGNISES DARTS AS A SKILL The prestigious Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme which, for many years in the UK, has run programmes of activities to provide…
Dartboards and darts The East End Fives Board 22 May 201930 Oct 2019 Here we have a unique board the originated in the East End of London. I am always keen to receive articles from darts players, writers and fans and am happy…
Books… Eric Bristow – The Crafty Cockney The Autobiography 22 May 201928 Jun 2019 Over two decades on from his first venture into biography in 1985, so much has happened to Eric Bristow most of which not even the brash 26-year old back then…
Books… 101 Excuses For Bad Darts 22 May 201928 Jun 2019 It’s like the return of an old friend. I first set eyes on a copy of Norma Brockwell’s book 101 Excuses for Bad Darts when it was originally published in Australia in…
Ladies Darts… Francis HOENSELAAR 22 May 201918 Jul 2019 Francis Hoenselarr at the Lakeside World Darts Championship 2009 - Photo by Hans Willink. Introductory Note: Charis Mutschler of the top German website www.darts1.de interviewed the 2009 Lakeside Women’s World Professional Darts…
Darts History Farebrother Concentric Darts 22 May 201918 Jul 2019 Back in 2003 a visitor to my website asked me if I knew anything about a darts manufacturing company called Farebrother. The enquirer knew little about the company except for…
General Fortitude; Heart; Opportunity; Darts 22 May 201918 Jul 2019 George Silberzahn on his 70th birthday’ (Photo: Sandie Silberzahn) Sport offers unique opportunities for an individual to experience the “thrill of victory and the agony of defeat” even when the…
Darts History… Flight Collecting 22 May 201928 Aug 2019 CALLING ALL BELOPTEROPHILISTS In 1985, in one of my very early attempts to trace the real history of the game of darts, I sent a questionnaire to every single brewer…
Dr Patrick Chaplin 