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…
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…
Darts History… JOHN ROSS – ‘THE GRANDFATHER OF DARTS’ 10 May 202010 May 2020 On Monday 8th May 1989, shortly after his 85th birthday, John Ross passed away. He had been ill for some time. In this article I look back on the life…
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…
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…
Darts History… THE INDOOR LEAGUE 31 Aug 201917 Nov 2021 THE INDOOR LEAGUE The Indoor League was a ground-breaking British television series launched by Yorkshire Television (YTV) in the early 1970s. The series featured a number of popular English pub…
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…
Dr Patrick Chaplin 