Pub Games… PUB GAMES – GNURDLING AND SIGNAGE 16 Aug 20192 Mar 2026 In the past I have been known to write pieces about the origins of specific pub signs and pub games. Some of my previous efforts which have included the Goat…
Australia… DARTS HISTORY – THE ORIGINS OF DARTS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA 13 Aug 201913 Mar 2026 This article was prepared in response to an e-mail enquiry dated 9th May 2019 from Lisa Kingscott of Angle Vale, South Australia. Lisa wrote: This photo of Walter was taken…
Darts History The £oyal Society Of Dartsmen (£.S.D.) 13 Aug 201913 Aug 2019 Before the advent of the National Health Service after the Second World War hospitals existed primarily for the poor and were supported financially by philanthropists or those with money and…
FAQs DARTS HISTORY – WHERE DOES THE WORD OCHE ORIGINATE? 13 Aug 201917 Mar 2026 This is one question that I am asked time and time again and one for which I can only offer a theory. 'Oche' as a word meaning the throwing line…
International Darts… DARTS HISTORY – INTERNATIONAL LINKS – AN IMPORTANT NOTE 22 May 201913 Mar 2026 Please note that this list of links is wildly late of date and a good number of them will be closed. My apologies for that. My intention is to delete…
Links… Players’ Websites 22 May 201918 Jul 2019 Dart Players SitesAlan Warriner - LittleAndy BrownAndy CallabyBob Anderson Bobby George Brian Woods Co StompéDarren WebsterDarryl Fitton Dennis Priestley Eric Bristow M.B.E.Francis HoenselaarGeorge SilberzahnJan Van Der RasselJohn LoweJohn PartJohn WaltonJonny NijsKarin KrappenKellyann McKinnonKevin PainterLionel SamsMark…
Ladies Darts… DARTS HISTORY – LADIES DARTS – TRINA HONOURED WITH ‘TRINA TRAIL’ 22 May 201927 Mar 2026 Trina Gulliver has been uniquely honoured in her home town of Southam, Warwickshire, with seven specially made benches to celebrate her seven consecutive BDO Lakeside Women’s World titles from 2001…
News Of The World DARTS HISTORY – NEWS OF THE WORLD INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP – WINNERS AND RUNNER-UPS – 1927/8 TO 1938/39, 1947-48 TO 1989-90 AND 1996/97 22 May 201918 Mar 2026 The "News of the World" tournament commenced 1927 and started out originally as a London competition. It then expanded to become one of the world's biggest darts tournaments. LONDON AREA1927-28Sammy…
News Of The World DARTS HISTORY – THE NEWS OF THE WORLD INDIVIDUAL DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP – A HISTORY 22 May 201918 Mar 2026 For many years the News of the World Individual Darts Championship was the one competition that every dart player wanted to win. They say that ‘from little acorns mighty oaks…
Players John Lowe Interview 22 May 201918 Jul 2019 JOHN LOWE This exclusive interview with three-time World Professional Darts Champion John Lowe by Charis Mutschler of Germany’s top darts website www.darts1.de is reproduced here with permission. Charis Mutschler: John, you have…
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