Darts History… SCOTLAND’S FIRST NATIONAL DARTS CHAMPION -ALEX DOEY 29 Oct 2025 When I first began delving into the history of darts nearly forty years ago, I believed that the game of darts had been established in Scotland for well over one…
Dartboards and darts THE CASINO DARTBOARD 20 Oct 2025 A different way to play CASINO DARTBOARD Back in March 2022, I received an enquiry, from Stuart M. via the Darts From the Past Facebook page, asking about the Casino…
Darts History… GERMAN DARTS MAGAZINES AND… 20 Oct 2025 GERMAN DARTS MAGAZINES – DARTS ECHO AND… ....BOB ANDERSON, JOHN LOWE, AND HEIKE ERNST Whilst working through a large file of darts photos back in 2021, I came across one…
Darts History… PETER ‘POP’ BROOKS 14 Oct 2025 Peter 'Pop' Brooks PETER ‘POP’ BROOKS One of the most enjoyable things I find about researching the history of darts is that it often leads to me learning about dart…
Darts History… BBC HAS NO PLANS FOR TELEVISING DARTS 14 Oct 2025 BBC HAS "NO PLANS" FOR TELEVISING DARTS While broadcasters clamour for a piece of the darts cake, I bring you a special report highlighting when the BBC (Britain’s national broadcaster),…
Darts History… JAMIE ‘BRAVEDART’ HARVEY 3 Oct 2025 JAMIE ‘BRAVEDART’ HARVEY Once again, it is time to pay tribute to another darts hero who has passed away. On this occasion it is Scotland’s Jamie Harvey. His passing was…
Darts History WINMAU WORLD MASTERS REMASTERED FEBRUARY 2025 12 Feb 2025 I hope that you, like me, sat and watched the ‘remastered’ WINMAU World Masters on TV or another platform in early February. What a feast of excellent darts! If you…
Darts History… ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF DARTS ORGANISATION 1925-2025 12 Feb 2025 THE NATIONAL DARTS ASSOCIATION (NDA) – PART ONE ‘When the [National Darts] Association was formed…there were only eight [darts] leagues in existence…now there are nearly 200 affiliated to the N.D.A……
Darts History… JERRY SMITH – DAILY MIRROR JUNIOR DARTS CHAMPION 1978 10 Jul 2024 Thinking of the impact that Luke ‘The Nuke’ Littler had on darts at Christmas 2023 and every week thereafter, made me think about what opportunities were available to young people,…
Darts History… ELKADART – A HISTORY 8 Jul 2024 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…
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