News Of The World… GEORGE ‘PODGE’ ROGERS 20 Sep 201920 Sep 2019 George Rogers played for Durham County on 84 occasions, 50 times for the ‘A’ team and 34 times for the ‘B’, achieving around 50% success rate in both teams, a…
News Of The World… OLIVER JAMES – WALES’ FIRST NEWS OF THE WORLD CHAMPION 19 Sep 201919 Sep 2019 Despite Wales sending Divisional champions to London for the Grand Finals of the News of the World every year since the competition was restored after the Second World War in…
News Of The World… RON CHURCH – ‘THE LEANING TOWER OF SHOREDITCH’ 18 Sep 201921 Oct 2019 Ron Church, runner-up in the 1973 News of the World individual darts tournament, was a popular London darter, played for London ‘B’ during the 1976/77 season and won the British…
News Of The World… KIM ‘THE FOX’ BROWN 29 Aug 201917 Sep 2019 Kim Brown Darts legend Kim Brown (b. 30th December 1930) (pictured) died of cancer in the early hours of 29th December 2012 at his home in Knowle, near Bristol surrounded…
News Of The World… HARRY PERRYMAN – NEWS OF THE WORLD CHAMPION 1951 29 Aug 2019 Harry Perryman (right) being awarded his championship trophy by the popular English comedian Tommy Trinder in 1951 I know, from the number of enquiries I receive that darts fans like…
News Of The World… STEFAN LORD 21 Aug 201927 Oct 2019 Swedish darts star Stefan Lord is perhaps best remembered by Darts World readers, and all darts fans of a certain age, for his two victories in the News of the…
News Of The World News Of The World Winners 22 May 201921 Oct 2019 THE NEWS OF THE WORLD INDIVIDUAL DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP THE WINNERS The "News of the World" tournament commenced 1927 and started out originally as a London competition. It then expanded to…
News Of The World The News Of The World: Individual Darts Championship 22 May 201930 Oct 2019 For many years the News of the World Individual Darts Championship was the one competition that every dart player wanted to win. They say that ‘from little acorns mighty oaks…
