Darts History… HARRY HEENAN – THE PRIDE OF SCOTLAND 16 Sep 2019 Harry Heenan (b. 13th May 1936) was a proud Glaswegian darts player who burst on to the scene in the early 1960s. Harry Heenan Harry was born in Glasgow…
Darts History… BREXIT IS BAD FOR DARTS 15 Sep 201915 Sep 2019 By the time you read this we here in the UK will all know what is, or isn’t or possibly might be happening as regards the exit of Britain from…
Darts History… DARTS HISTORY AND PUB GAMES HISTORY – THE INDOOR LEAGUE 31 Aug 20192 Mar 2026 The Indoor League was a ground-breaking British television series launched by Yorkshire Television (YTV) in the early 1970s. The series featured a number of popular English pub games including darts…
Dartboards and darts… EU DARTBOARD RULING DECLARED ‘CRAZY’ 29 Aug 201921 Oct 2019 The world of darts is this morning reeling from the news that a new European Union (EU) regulation threatens the very existence of the sport. Regulation 1420/16 drafted by the…
Darts History… THE FIRST DARTBOARD IN AMERICA 28 Aug 201930 Aug 2019 I have a very limited knowledge of the history of darts in the USA yet whenever I am asked questions in that regard I do my utmost to research and…
Dartboards and darts… DARTS HISTORY – THE BUNGAY DARTBOARD AND THE BROOME ELECTRONIC DART TARGET 28 Aug 20192 Mar 2026 The Bungay Dartboard The firm of Gibson and Balls is not one that immediately springs to mind when thinking about dartboard manufacturers. Names such as WINMAU, NODOR and UNICORN are…
Darts History… DARTS ORGANISATION – THE EARLY YEARS 21 Aug 201921 Oct 2019 Half a century before the British Darts Organisation (BDO) established its formal rules of the sport of darts, men were taking the first tentative steps towards standardisation. Members of the…
Darts History… DARTS HISTORY – BEATING THE MEN AT THEIR OWN GAME – THE EILEEN TURNAGE STORY 21 Aug 20192 Mar 2026 Back in 1927 the popular Sunday newspaper, the News of the World, introduced an individual darts tournament. They called it a ‘test’; its purpose to find the best darts player…
Darts History… DARTS AN OLYMPIC SPORT? does anyone really care? 18 Aug 201918 Aug 2019 Hearing the news in July 2019 that breakdancing has taken a step closer to inclusion in the 2024 Paris Olympics made me ask “What has happened to the case for…
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…
Dr Patrick Chaplin 