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 201913 Feb 2020 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…
Humour… The Lighter Side Of Darts 22 May 201921 Dec 2020 Whilst recently rummaging through my data files I discovered an article which was originally written in 2000 for Planetdarts (the original name of the Professional Darts Corporation's website) but somehow…
Dartboards and darts… Strange But True 22 May 201921 Dec 2020 GAAAAAMMEE! In the late 1990s in Merseyside, England an unusual occurrence is recorded at the movies. A young couple cuddled up to each other during an horrific scene in a…
News Of The World… Trevor Peachey 22 May 201921 Jan 2021 When writing for Darts World magazine an occasional series was featured in which I sought out darts champions of the past. TREVOR PEACHEY – 1956 NEWS OF THE WORLD CHAMPION In April more or less…
Dr Patrick Chaplin 