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…
Darts History… CLIMAX 78 – THE FORK TRUCK DRIVERS’ DARTS TOURNAMENT 17 Nov 2021 In the late 1970s, sponsors were queueing up at the office of the British Darts Organisation (BDO) in London to put their money down to support the numerous televised darts…
Darts History… GRAHAM FRITH -THE PHANTOM ARROW 17 Nov 2021 In the Summer of 1967, Ted Cain, the owner of a country club at Kirklinton, near Carlisle, was looking for a different stage attraction to entertain his patrons. He came…
Players… GEORGE SILBERZAHN 15 Feb 2021 OBITUARY To darts players in the UK, George Silberzahn may not be well known but in the USA he carved out a reputation as the man whose mission in life…
News Of The World… LEN HEARD – THE BRITISH USA DARTS CHAMPION 15 Feb 20219 Jan 2024 In January 2021 ex-pat darts player Len Heard celebrated his 79th birthday. Immediately I can hear you saying “Len who?” I’ll let darts journalist Steve Chapman explain. Leonard Heard (pictured…
General… LIONEL SMITH 30 Dec 2020 The popularity of my News of the World,featured more or less monthly in my global Dr. Darts’ Newsletter,seems to grow and grow. This particular post was inspired by one of…
Darts History… CHARLES ‘CHARLIE’ BOWLEY – NEWS OF THE WORLD CHAMPION 1930 20 Dec 202021 Dec 2020 It was a chance conversation that my wife had with a colleague at work back in 1988 which revealed the story of Charles ‘Charlie’ Bowley and his victory in the…
Pub Games… FLY LOO – A PUB GAME THAT DEFIES THE LAW? 11 Nov 2020 Three years ago whilst browsing through a bound volume of late nineteenth-century copies of Tit-Bits I chanced upon an issue dated 28th May 1898 which included an article titled ‘Pastimes…
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