Games & Setup… GAMESMANSHIP 27 Oct 201927 Oct 2019 HAS IT ANY PLACE IN PROFESSIONAL DARTS? It’s a while now since darts hit the headlines in some of the national newspapers and on-line when an escape of ‘gas’ disrupted…
General… THE HALEX DARTS DOLLIES 15 Sep 201915 Sep 2019 In the late 1970s, as darts was emerging as a serious spectator sport and before the politically correct brigade came along and spoiled things for everyone, there were the Halex…
General… THE DARTS CHAMPION AND THE GUINNESS LITHOGRAPHS 2 Sep 20192 Sep 2019 ‘My company are planning to distribute a number of auto-lithographs to public houses, working men’s clubs etc. The subjects of these lithographs are to be taken from the Guinness Book…
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…
FAQs… John Lowe – Nine Darter 22 May 201915 Nov 2019 John Lowe has called his now legendary nine-darter, achieved on 13th October 1984, as ‘two and a half minutes of magic’. Indeed he has recorded the historic event in detail…
General Duke Of Edinburgh’s Award 22 May 201921 Oct 2019 DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD RECOGNISES DARTS AS A SKILL The prestigious Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme which, for many years in the UK, has run programmes of activities to provide…
General Fortitude; Heart; Opportunity; Darts 22 May 201918 Jul 2019 George Silberzahn on his 70th birthday’ (Photo: Sandie Silberzahn) Sport offers unique opportunities for an individual to experience the “thrill of victory and the agony of defeat” even when the…
Darts History… Flight Collecting 22 May 201928 Aug 2019 CALLING ALL BELOPTEROPHILISTS In 1985, in one of my very early attempts to trace the real history of the game of darts, I sent a questionnaire to every single brewer…
General NOEL WILLIAMSON’S POEMS 22 May 201930 Oct 2019 A SELECTION Noel was very keen to pass on his skills as a dart player both as a coach and a poet. Here is an early 1970s poem about the…
General NOEL E. WILLIAMSON 22 May 201927 Oct 2019 The Poet Laureate of Darts During the 1960s, when the world’s attention was yet to be turned to darts in a big way and Eric Bristow was eleven years old,…
