Darts History… DARTS HISTORY – THE ELKADART STORY 8 Jul 20242 Mar 2026 It is almost a decade since I tracked down Ben Drake, the co-founder of the former popular darts company ELKADART, at his home in Berkshire. Elkadart was a major dart…
Pub History PUB HISTORY – COACHING DAYS AND COACHING WAYS – A BELATED ADDENDUM 8 Jul 202420 Feb 2026 I am sure that everyone who is interested in pub history and the coaching era, have at some stage, either come across during research or have purchased W. Outram Tristram’s…
General THE LEGENDARY LORD LONSDALE ‘THE PEOPLE’ TROPHY – WHAT HAPPENED TO IT? 7 Oct 2023 Over recent months I have been reporting in my newsletter, Darts History, on aspects on The People Lord Lonsdale Team Challenge. Despite The People having withdrawn its sponsorship after the…
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… DARTS HISTORY – JOHN GWYNNE – COMMENTATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE 13 Oct 20222 Mar 2026 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… DARTS HISTORY -MIKE GREGORY – A TRIBUTE – PART 3 12 Oct 202220 Feb 2026 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… DARTS HISTORY –MIKE GREGORY – 1956-2022 24 May 202220 Feb 2026 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…
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