Books… The Sun Darts Quiz Book Compiled By Chris Bradshaw 22 May 201928 Jun 2019 Now here’s a book for the real darts connoisseur – especially for those who think they know everything there is to know about the sport. The compiler, Chris Bradshaw, must have plundered…
Games & Setup Training 22 May 201930 Oct 2019 I am a Darts Historian, not a professional dart player. My skills at darts are strictly pub level but my knowledge of the game is extensive. It is, therefore, just…
Darts History… DARTBOARDS WERE MADE FROM PIG BRISTLE? 22 May 201921 Dec 2020 When the world’s first ‘bristle’ dartboard was introduced in England in the 1930s, word soon spread around via the less well informed that the boards were actually made of pig…
Dartboards and darts… DARTS HISTORY – STRANGE BUT TRUE 22 May 201918 Mar 2026 GAAAAAMMEE! In the late 1990s in Merseyside, England an unusual occurrence is recorded at the movies. A young couple cuddled up to each other during an horrific scene in a…
Darts History 1930’S Pubs and Darts 22 May 201928 Jun 2019 THE LEGACY OF RUPERT CROFT-COOKE Red Lion, Frome, (Somerset) Darts Team 1929/30 Rupert Croft-Cooke was an author who could turn his hand – or more correctly his pen – to…
Players Steve ‘The Original’ Brown 22 May 201918 Jul 2019 ‘Steve with ‘Dr. Darts’ at the 2008 World Masters’ and the photo credit (Photo: Moppix) Introductory Note: Charis Mutschler of the top German website www.darts1.de interviewed Steve Brown just before the World…
Players Steve Brennan 22 May 201921 Aug 2019 IT WAS ALL DOWN TO A BROKEN LEG If Steve Brennan had not broken his leg playing football, the chances are we would never have seen him play darts on…
Games & Setup Shanghai 22 May 201928 Jun 2019 There are many, many games that can be played on a dartboard other than 301, 501, etc and the names and rules of those games are featured in a number…
International Darts… DARTS HISTORY – SOUTH AFRICA – THE SOUTH AFRICAN LADIES DARTS ASSOCIATION 22 May 201913 Mar 2026 It’s about time I gave some attention to the Ladies game. Here’s a piece I wrote in 1996 about ladies darts in South Africa. Although ladies in South Africa had…
Ladies Darts Smile Please – Game On! 22 May 20191 Jul 2019 Back in 2006 I was contacted by young female arts student who had come up with a novel project for her photography degree which involved darts. I provided her with…
Dr Patrick Chaplin 