Darts History… DARTS HISTORY -THE LENGTH OF THE OCHE 25 Apr 202020 Feb 2026 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…
General DARTS HISTORY – DARTS PINBALL 5 Dec 201917 Mar 2026 WERE YOU A DARTING PINBALL WIZARD? Back in the early 2000s I wrote darts-related pieces regularly for the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) often for their website and occasionally for tournament…
Darts History… DARTS HISTORY – DARTS AT SEA – R.M.S. SAMARIA 3 Dec 201917 Mar 2026 DARTS ON THE OCEAN WAVE Back in 2015 Dave J. wrote to me asking for help in identifying the date the darts shown here were made. Eventually between the two…
General DARTS HISTORY – BELGIAN DARTS – LUC MARREEL 21 Nov 201917 Mar 2026 Belgium’s first top international darts star Luc Marreel was born in Gullegem, near Menin, Belgium on 5th February 1949. Luc (pictured) first came to prominence when he won the Frankrijk…
Games & Setup… DARTS HISTORY – GAMESMANSHIP 27 Oct 201917 Mar 2026 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… DARTS HISTORY – THE HALEX DARTS DOLLIES 15 Sep 201917 Mar 2026 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… DARTS HISTORY – DARTS CHAMPION, JOE HITCHCOCK, AND THE GUINNESS LITHOGRAPHS 2 Sep 201917 Mar 2026 ‘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 HISTORY – IS DARTS AN OLYMPIC SPORT? DOES ANYONE REALLY CARE? 18 Aug 201913 Mar 2026 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… DARTS HISTORY – JOHN LOWE AND THE FIRST TELEVISED NINE DARTER 22 May 201917 Mar 2026 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 DARTS HISTORY – THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD 22 May 201917 Mar 2026 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…
Dr Patrick Chaplin 