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LIONEL SMITH

30 Dec 2020
The popularity of my News of the World,featured more or less monthly in my global Dr. Darts’ Newsletter,seems to grow and grow. This particular post was inspired by one of…
Darts History…

CHARLES ‘CHARLIE’ BOWLEY – NEWS OF THE WORLD CHAMPION 1930

20 Dec 202021 Dec 2020
It was a chance conversation that my wife had with a colleague at work back in 1988 which revealed the story of Charles ‘Charlie’ Bowley and his victory in the…
Players…

DAVE KELLY – US DARTS ACE

14 Jun 202029 Jun 2020
It is always a sad day when one hears about the passing of any well-known darts player. Regrettably, the month of June 2020 was no different. It is thanks to…
News Of The World…

JOHN ZIMNOWODA

8 Jun 2020
Now there’s a surname to conjure with. I was researching something else in back issues of Darts World magazine dating back to the late 1970s when I noticed a report…
Players

CERI MORGAN (1947-2020)

8 Mar 2020
The world of darts mourned yet another popular darter of the past with the death, on 29th February 2020, of Wales’s Ceri Morgan. He was 72. Ceri was born in…
News Of The World…

BRYAN SMART

2 Feb 20202 Feb 2020
NEWS OF THE WORLD - LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE DIVISIONAL CHAMPION 1977 When I was made permanent custodian of the former Darts World photographic library by the retiring owner/editor Tony Wood…
Darts History…

SAMMY STONE – FIRST WINNER OF THE NEWS OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

23 Jan 202023 Jan 2020
One of the key dangers of the internet for darts fans is that in some cases there is no historical basis for some of the material that appears online about…
Australia…

GEORGE FOSTER

22 Nov 201922 Nov 2019
AUSTRALIAN DARTS ACE The name George Foster may not be a name that instantly springs to mind today but rest assured that he deserves his place in darts history. I…
Australia…

KEVIN WHITE

21 Nov 201921 Nov 2019
AN AUSTRALIAN DARTS STAR On 20th May 2015 the death was announced of top Australian darts player, Kevin White. Kevin White (right) with George Foster - 1976 Unicorn Unicorn World…
Books…

DARTS PLAYERS’ BIOGRAPHIES

1 Nov 2019
TELLING IT LIKE IT WAS I am always on the lookout for new books about darts especially biographies of famous (and not so famous) darts players and so it was…

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