Darts History… BEATING THE MEN AT THEIR OWN GAME – THE EILEEN TURNAGE STORY 21 Aug 201930 Aug 2019 Back in 1927 the popular Sunday newspaper, the News of the World, introduced an individual darts tournament. They called it a ‘test’; its purpose to find the best darts player…
Darts History The £oyal Society Of Dartsmen (£.S.D.) 13 Aug 201913 Aug 2019 Before the advent of the National Health Service after the Second World War hospitals existed primarily for the poor and were supported financially by philanthropists or those with money and…
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…
Players Peter Chapman 22 May 201930 Oct 2019 PETER CHAPMAN, NEWS OF THE WORLD CHAMPION 1973/74 Darts World magazine was only a few issues old when it proclaimed Peter Chapman, a private gardener from Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, winner of…
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…
Darts History Darts On The Wireless 22 May 201920 Aug 2019 Darts fans all over the world marvel at today’s supreme digital technology which brings every throw of a dart and captures every expression on the faces of the 'gladiators' in…
Players Bill Lennard – ‘mr. Consistency’ 21 May 201920 Aug 2019 If ever there was a player born ten to fifteen years too early then I think it has to be Bill Lennard. William Henry Lennard was born in Manchester in…
Dr Patrick Chaplin 