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…
Darts History… NEW ORGANISATION TO TAKE ON THE PDC AND BDO 31 Mar 2020 EMBARGOED UNTIL 12.01 A.M. (1.4.20) News released on the first of the month has reached me that, following a number of high-level meetings of half a dozen miscellaneous and misinformed…
Humour… THOMAS ‘TUMBLE’ TOMPKINS 27 Oct 201918 Nov 2021 Way, way back probably even before the first issue of Dr. Darts’ Newsletter (DDN) was published in 2010, I received an e-mail from Dennis D. an itinerant woodsman asking if…
Darts History… BREXIT IS BAD FOR DARTS 15 Sep 201915 Sep 2019 By the time you read this we here in the UK will all know what is, or isn’t or possibly might be happening as regards the exit of Britain from…
Dartboards and darts… EU DARTBOARD RULING DECLARED ‘CRAZY’ 29 Aug 201921 Oct 2019 The world of darts is this morning reeling from the news that a new European Union (EU) regulation threatens the very existence of the sport. Regulation 1420/16 drafted by the…
Humour HARROWS LAUNCHES ‘DARTOBIKE’ 29 Aug 201921 Oct 2019 Amazing news from Harrows. Always looking for innovative ways of utilising dartboards, Harrows’ Research and Development Department’s New Uses for Dartboards (NUD) team have come up with an idea that…
Trivia Darts Trivia Part Five 22 May 201921 Dec 2020 Your Darts Trivia I was thinking that, if one person – Bob Lanctot of Ontario, Canada - was good enough to supply me with a truckload of darts trivia for…
Trivia Darts Trivia Part Four 22 May 201927 Jun 2019 The following story was posted on alt.sport.darts by Geoff Gant ( softly@pncl.co.uk ): "I know darts stories can rival fishermen's' for size, speed and accuracy, but here is one that actually happened…
Trivia Darts Trivia Part Three 22 May 201927 Jun 2019 From information supplied by Bob Lanctot admin@ottadart.ca The National Capital Area Darts Page http://www.ottadart.ca/ Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Dartboards are made from compressed biscuits of African sisal. Flights made of real turkey feathers are becoming…
Trivia Darts Trivia Part Two 22 May 201927 Jun 2019 From information supplied by Bob Lanctot admin@ottadart.ca The National Capital Area Darts Page http://www.ottadart.ca/ Ottawa, Ontario, Canada In September, 1989 Vic Cutts and Pete Hotchkins playing at the Eagle Nechells, Birmingham, England, totaled 460,740…
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