Darts History… CLIMAX 78 – THE FORK TRUCK DRIVERS’ DARTS TOURNAMENT 17 Nov 2021 In the late 1970s, sponsors were queueing up at the office of the British Darts Organisation (BDO) in London to put their money down to support the numerous televised darts…
Darts History… GRAHAM FRITH -THE PHANTOM ARROW 17 Nov 2021 In the Summer of 1967, Ted Cain, the owner of a country club at Kirklinton, near Carlisle, was looking for a different stage attraction to entertain his patrons. He came…
Players… GEORGE SILBERZAHN 15 Feb 2021 OBITUARY To darts players in the UK, George Silberzahn may not be well known but in the USA he carved out a reputation as the man whose mission in life…
News Of The World… LEN HEARD – THE BRITISH USA DARTS CHAMPION 15 Feb 2021 In January 2021 ex-pat darts player Len Heard celebrated his 79th birthday. Immediately I can hear you saying “Len who?” I’ll let darts journalist Steve Chapman explain. Leonard Heard (pictured…
General… 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…
Dr Patrick Chaplin 