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…
Dartboards and darts… COVID-19 – THE GREATEST-EVER THREAT TO DARTS AND OTHER PUB GAMES 4 Aug 20204 Aug 2020 While all around us (at least here in the UK) the plague that is Covid-19 appears to be easing, the UK Government allowed pubs and clubs to reopen from early…
Darts History… JOHN ROSS – ‘THE GRANDFATHER OF DARTS’ 10 May 202010 May 2020 On Monday 8th May 1989, shortly after his 85th birthday, John Ross passed away. He had been ill for some time. In this article I look back on the life…
Dartboards and darts… THE PERRANPORTH SPRING DART 5 May 2020 I have been researching the history and development of darts for many years and had always assumed the progress of the process of manufacture of dart barrels to be from…
Darts History… THE LENGTH OF THE OCHE 25 Apr 2020 When it was originally established in 1973, the British Darts Organisation (BDO) adopted the oche length the National Darts Association of Great Britain (NDAGB) had first set up in its…
Darts History… NEW ORGANISATION TO TAKE ON THE PDC AND BDO 31 Mar 2020 EMBARGOED UNTIL 12.01 A.M. (1.4.20) News released on the first of the month has reached me that, following a number of high-level meetings of half a dozen miscellaneous and misinformed…
Darts History… NEWS OF THE WORLD – TREBLE 20 GUILD 24 Mar 2020 Back in 2016 Daryl H., a long-time subscriber to my Dr. Darts’ Newsletter (DDN) wrote to me saying: I read some info in [your] newsletter regarding the News of the…
Darts History… SAMMY STONE – FIRST WINNER OF THE NEWS OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 23 Jan 202023 Jan 2020 One of the key dangers of the internet for darts fans is that in some cases there is no historical basis for some of the material that appears online about…
Dartboards and darts… UNICORN AND THE SILVER COMET 19 Jan 2020 On 16 August 1986, at very beginning of my journey to discover the origins and development of the sport of darts, I drove to London to interview Stanley Lowy MBE,…
Darts History THE NODOR FOURS – THE NODOR CHALLENGE CUP 26 Dec 2019 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE NODOR FOURS FOCUSING ON THE 1959 CHAMPIONS – THE GLOUCESTER ARMS, SURBITON In its day the national NODOR Fours tournament was to darts teams what…
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