Vacuuming to victory - the house-husband shaking up darts
Stephen Moss
Tuesday January 16, 2007
The Guardian
Despite what you might think from their size, most darts players do not make a fat living out of their sport. Take Phill Nixon. For 33 years, the 50-year-old father of eight from Ferryhill, a former mining town in County Durham, has been plugging away in pub leagues waiting for his big break. For the past 20, he has been trying to qualify for the British Darts Organisation world final, a beer-sodden jamboree at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey, that is televised live on the BBC and has a cult following.
Vacuuming to victory - the house-husband shaking up darts - Guardian Unlimited Sport
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Vacuuming to victory - the house-husband shaking up darts - Guardian Unlimited Sport
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