Planet Darts - "Magnificent Eight" Anticipating Big Kick-Off!

"Magnificent Eight" Anticipating Big Kick-Off! PHIL TAYLOR will begin his challenge to regain darting supremacy from Raymond van Barneveld when the 2007 Holsten Premier League Darts kicks off on Thursday night.

Taylor lost his Ladbrokes.com World Championship crown to the Dutchman a month ago, letting a 3-0 lead slip at the Circus Tavern before van Barneveld won 7-6 in a sudden death final leg.

The pair will meet twice in the next 14 weeks during the league phase of the £275,000 Holsten Premier League, with the first night taking place at the Plymouth Pavilions.
Planet Darts - "Magnificent Eight" Anticipating Big Kick-Off!

RocklandNews.com Bad Medicine eliminated!

The long awaited January 2nd had finally arrived and legions of Rocklandites flocked to the old Bigalo Mansion for what they thought was a once in a lifetime Rockland Eagles open house. Word spread like wildfire through Rockvegas from TKO Sheas to DJ's pub that the Eagles was opening it's doors to the public to watch Dart master Skitziod and his band of brothers known as Bad Medicine go for the State Championship. The masses gathered in the Bird Parking lot but were not granted access inside the building. The mob was growing angry and sources said that an emergency meeting was called and the Eagles brass was gathered in the upstairs hall war room.

RocklandNews.com Bad Medicine eliminated!

03, 2007

Brian White
Rockland News

Unicorn - Sid Waddell - uniBlog 30/01/2007

I have rarely been more excited at this time of the year. It is apparently when people get most depressed as the Christmas bills come to roost and cold winds dispel what remains of the festive bonhomie. But if you’re a darts fan it’s Mardi Gras right through till May with the all-action Holsten Premier Darts League. We are starting at Plymouth on Thursday and I am licking the old Geordie lips.

My best line of the recent World Championship was, ‘It’s brutal. It’s vicious. But it’s a kind of poetry.’ That will do to set the tone for 15 weeks of sensational darts featuring the tungsten gallacticos. I hope this list doesn’t faze any of the lads because I’m known in some circles as The Black Spot.
Unicorn - Sid Waddell - uniBlog 30/01/2007

kare11.com - KARE 11 TV - Man who fell 16 stories goes home

There's a sense of relief around Blair, Wisconsin since Josh Hanson has come home from Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. Josh, they call him Hannor here, fell 16 stories out a window at the Hyatt Hotel. He landed on an awning, which broke his fall and probably saved his life. Hannor runs Heine's Sports Bar with partner Chad Steine. "He has some cuts on his hands and face and his one leg is broken, but other than that, he looks and sounds great."
kare11.com :: KARE 11 TV - Man who fell 16 stories goes home

Man who fell 16 stories discharged from hospital BY DAVE ORRICK Pioneer Press “Hanner” is heading home. Joshua Hanson, known to friends as Hanner — and to much of the world as the Wisconsin guy who fell 16 stories last week and suffered no brain or spinal injuries — was discharged from the hospital and headed home this afternoon, a hospital official said this afternoon. His friends are looking forward to it. “I just think he wants to get back here and relax,” said Andy Anderson, one of Hanson’s two roommates in Blair, Wis., located between Eau Claire and La Crosse. “He’s gotten a lot of attention this past week, and I think he wants to see his daughter.”
TwinCities.com - Man who fell 16 stories discharged from hospital

A western Wisconsin man who survived a 16-story fall at a Minneapolis hotel is breathing through a tube, after both his lungs collapsed and he tore his trachea. His aunt says Joshua Hanson, 29, Blair, also has a rod permanently placed in his right leg – but all things considered, he’s making good progress. Hanson was in critical condition Monday at a hospital in Minneapolis. He was there for a darts tournament last Saturday when he ran down a 17th-floor hallway while goofing around and he went through a double-paned window which stretches from the floor to the ceiling. It took place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Minneapolis.
He landed on an overhang one story above the ground, and was conscious when he was taken to the hospital. Friends and relatives call Hanson’s survival a miracle. Doctors say they have no explanation for it – and they don’t have a timetable yet for his recovery. Meanwhile, the city will inspect the broken window today. Officials said it met the city’s code when the hotel was built 20 years ago but it would not pass the mandate for new buildings. The hotel says it will do what’s necessary to make things safe...
River Falls Journal - Blair man in critical condition after fall
Wheeler News Service, Published Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Planet Darts - Bob Of All Trades...Master Of Darts!

Bob Of All Trades...Master Of Darts! IF a modern-day author were to look to write a second 'This Sporting Life' novel, they could do much worse than looking back over the career of Bob Anderson. The 59-year-old has enjoyed considerable success in three different sports since his days as a schoolboy javelin champion, and has even gained a single-figure golfing handicap in recent years.
Planet Darts - Bob Of All Trades...Master Of Darts!

Planet Darts - Double Success For Duo In Vegas

Double Success For Duo In Vegas JOHN PART and Wes Newton enjoyed a successful weekend at the Las Vegas Open - but John Kuczysnki narrowly missed out on the singles title. Both Newton and Part - the current Las Vegas Desert Classic champion - headed across the Atlantic following the Players Championship
Planet Darts - Double Success For Duo In Vegas


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9 darter video

The classic John Lowe 9 darter is on youtube.com:

CEN Sport: Darts - Cambs call on the A Team to save their skin

Darts: Cambs call on the A Team to save their skin ONLY a stirring performance from Cambridgeshire's A team players prevented a surprise home defeat by Glamorgan. They trailed 13-5 overnight after a crushing defeat for the men's B team and, in the words of chairman Peter Melton, "had a real mountain to climb". But a day which started with new champion Martin Adams parading the Lakeside World Championship Trophy ended with the Cambs men's A team clawing their way back to within an inch of an astounding win against a side packed with past and present Welsh internationals. CEN Sport: Darts - Cambs call on the A Team to save their skin

BCNG Portals Page Bull’s-Eye: Elks Dart League is a piece of cork

Jen Biron removes her darts from the board Tuesday at Elks Lodge.

Jen Biron stepped up to the oche (line) held onto the barrel of her dart, aimed, and threw it towards the dart board. Her dart lands on a black single section adjacent to the red bull’s-eye.

It’s worth nine points. Biron is one of about 40 dart enthusiasts who attend Elks Lodge’s Tuesday night dart league. “The people who are here and the social interaction, that’s what its all about,” Biron said.
BCNG Portals Page Bull’s-Eye: Elks Dart League is a piece of cork
By RACHEL STERN Observer Reporter Jan 28 2007

Dartoids World Bobby George!!! # 282 02/01/2007

THAT'S THE WAY TO WRITE IT, The thing about Bobby George’s first book, Bobby Dazzler, My Story, is that you don’t need to read a review to decide whether or not you want to plunk down money to buy the book. Just as you know you gotta watch when George bounds on stage decked out like Elvis, dripping in jewelry, and carrying a candelabra, the sizzling Dazzler cover more sells the steak that follows.
There’s George, smiling, hand on chin...

Or is he smiling?
Dartoids World Bobby George!!! # 282 02/01/2007

Unicorn - News: NEW DEALS FOR MANLEY AND PAINTER

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Peter Manley and Kevin Painter have pledged their futures to Team Unicorn – signing new three-year deals – which ties them to the world’s top darts manufacturer until 2010.

It rounds off a memorable week for Manley, who has just been named as the 5th and last English star for next month’s Masters of Darts tournament in Holland.

Unicorn - News NEW DEALS FOR MANLEY AND PAINTER

BBC SPORT: Darts - Bobby George comp

Bobby George comp Bobby George The King of Bling We had hundreds of entries in our competition to win copies of Bobby George's autobiography Bobby Dazzler. The book tells the "rags to bling" story of the Eastender who left school barely able to read and write, picked up a set up darts for the first time aged 30 and within three years had won a world title.
BBC SPORT: Darts - Bobby George comp

"Published to coincide with the

2007 BDO World Professional Darts Championships

from 6th-14th January in Frimley Green

BOBBY DAZZLER
my story by Bobby George

After a tough childhood, helping his imposing dad in the garden, looking after his pigeons, Bobby George left school early barely able to read or write. A life in the building trade – digging the Victoria Line on the London underground and laying concrete and granite floors – or minding Essex pub doors in the post-Krays era seemed to beckon.

That is until, after a day’s fishing off southern Ireland in the summer of 1976, a game of pub darts got off the ground. By the end of the night Bobby had taken on and beaten the whole pub. He was a natural. He has never really looked back: three years later he won the News of the World Championship.
BOBBY DAZZLER - Published to coincide with the 2007 BDO World Professional Darts Championships: "

News & Star Three bonus point-win for Cumbria

CUMBRIA’S trip to Cleveland resulted in a very welcome win for the county and lifted them into almost touching distance of Division Two safety. Cumbria are nine points clear of the bottom place, and only two behind fellow strugglers Norfolk with games against Northumberland and Derbyshire to be played at home and trips to Merseyside and finally Norfolk to come.
News & Star Three bonus point-win for Cumbria
Published on 27/01/2007 darts By Stan Launder

Civic Leaders Shower Praise On Darts Hero (from The Northern Echo)

Civic leaders shower praise on darts hero Making the news: Reporter Catherine Jewitt presents Phill Nixon with framed Northern Echo images of his exploits in the world of darts championships
Excitement surrounding County Durham's latest sporting hero continued as the Ferryhill Flyer's achievement on the world's stage was formally acknowledged in his home town yesterday. Chris Fay reports. PHILL NIXON made the ten- minute trip from his home in Skipton Close, Ferryhill, to the town hall by chauffeur-driven limousine...
Civic Leaders Shower Praise On Darts Hero (from The Northern Echo)

Peterborough Today - DARTS: Cambs capture world class star

DARTS: Cambs capture world class star
THE creme of Cambridgeshire darts take to the oche this weekend for the start of another British Inter-Counties Premier Division season. Hampshire provide the first hurdle for the local throwers at the March United Services Club in New Road on Saturday and Sunday as Cambs launch their bid to better last season's fine second place behind champions Yorkshire.
Peterborough Today - DARTS: Cambs capture world class star

Dart throwers aiming for $15,000: 18th annual event attracts top players

Last spring, Roger Carter said he didn't even notice the stare of the television cameras when he competed for a slice of $1 million.

Carter was featured as one of the top 16 American dart throwers against the top 16 international throwers at the 2006 World Series of Darts in Connecticut. ESPN's cameras and lights covered the action.

"I didn't last long, just one round," said Carter, who is town this weekend competing in the 18th annual Shoot for the Moon dart competition. "I wasn't nervous and actually loved the cameras being there."

Dart throwers aiming for $15,000: 18th annual event attracts top players

icWestlothian - Year’s first stand-off at the oche brings loss to Borders

Year’s first stand-off at the oche brings loss to Borders Jan 26 2007 WEST Lothian’s County darts players went down to a 3-1 aggregate defeat against their Borders counterparts in their first county game of 2007.icWestlothian - Year’s first stand-off at the oche brings loss to Borders

Sport - Isle of Man Today: ALL-ISLAND DARTS

THE second all-Island darts ranking event, sponsored by B&B Furniture, goes ahead at the Quarterbridge Hotel on Saturday. All players must sign on between 7.45pm and 8.15pm for an 8.30 start. At the end of the ranking season the top four players will be sent to the Denmark Open in August. Prize money is also paid out on each event.
Sport - Isle of Man Today: ALL-ISLAND DARTS

Typhon Mobile Develops Phil Taylor's Power Darts Mobile Game for Player One - Yahoo! News

Fri Jan 26, 7:00 AM ET

Madrid, Spain (PRWeb) January 26, 2007 -- Players can now test their skills against the world's best in this new darts game developed by Typhon Mobile, based on the world darts champion Phil "The Power" Taylor. This game takes you from local pub championships, onto the regional and finally the world darts showdown with the great champion himself. Unlock the special characters, play secret game modes and lots more, its all here in Phil Taylor's Power Darts.



Typhon Mobile Develops Phil Taylor's Power Darts Mobile Game for Player One - Yahoo! News

Sun.Star Manila - Filipino-Korean darts tilt set on Saturday

Filipino-Korean darts tilt set on Saturday

FILIPINO-Korean friendship will be showcased in the staging of the Seoul International Darts-League (SIDL)-Manila Invitational Classified doubles tournament at 8 p.m. on Saturday at the Daungan Restaurant located along Mother Ignacia Street in Quezon City.

Sun.Star Manila - Filipino-Korean darts tilt set on Saturday

News & Star Manley out to prove he’s a Master of Darts

CARLISLE-BASED Peter Manley has been handed a wild card for the 2007 Masters of Darts in Holland next month. The world number four will complete the five-man England team for the tournament at Hengelo, which will see them take on their Dutch counterparts. Manley, a three-time World Championship finalist and former Las Vegas Desert Classic winner, joins Phil Taylor, Colin Lloyd, Wayne Mardle and Mervyn King in the England team.
News & Star Manley out to prove he’s a Master of Darts

Hants Darts Team Battle The Drop (from This is Hampshire)

Hants darts team battle the drop
By Clive Downton
Comment

HAMPSHIRE county darts team's yo-yo season continues after failing to deal with high-flying Kent at home.

The county is now back in the battle to avoid relegation with only Warwickshire doing worse in the British Inter County Premier League.

Hants Darts Team Battle The Drop (from This is Hampshire)

Video - NJDL 2005-2006 Championship

NJDL 2005-2006 Championship. There's a bit of a cable TV video on YouTube:

Sport - Falkirk Today: Central Scotland Darts - CARRONBRAES DARTS LEAGUE

CENTRAL SCOTLAND DARTS. The Super League knock-out cup will be held in BMW on Sunday, February 4 with a 12.30 p.m. register for a 1 p.m. start. Format nine singles. Entries are now being taken for the third Central Open to be held in Bannockburn Club on April 6 and 7. Prize money has gone up with the gents on £1500, ladies £300, under-21s £100, under-18s £50 plus a place in the Winmau World Masters 2007. Entry for pairs is £10 per pair with the winners on £400. Due to high demand the closing date will come forward. Players should contact Davie Hanson on 07904 4884456.

CARRONBRAES DARTS LEAGUE. Results: Star Inn 2, Colonial 0; Hurlet 1, Cavalier 2; Mariner 2, Bowhouse 1; Carronshore 2, Tam Bain 1. The finals night will be at the Railway Tavern on Monday, January 29, 7.15 for a 7.30 p.m. start.
Sport - Falkirk Today: Central Scotland Darts - CARRONBRAES DARTS LEAGUE

Mixed Days For Jenkins (from Malvern Gazette)

Terry Jenkins had mixed fortunes at the two-day StanJames.com Players Championship played last weekend in Gibralter.

Ledbury-based Jenkins crashed out of the Saturday event in the opening round, losing 3-1 to Matt Clark, who was defeated in the fourth round by Ronnie Baxter.

Mixed Days For Jenkins (from Malvern Gazette)

Competitors get the point | www.azstarnet.com

For dart players, league is also about the camaraderie The most riveting thing to watch in most local bars on Jan. 16 was on television, where the nail-biting finish to a college basketball game between Oklahoma State and Texas was unfolding.
But at the Liquor Barrel Saloon, 6925 E. Broadway, and a handful of other area watering holes, the patrons were more interested in the fates of the Poor Losers, the Evil Monkeys and the Tuesday Night Leftovers.
Welcome to the Southern Arizona Darting Association's spring league, ...

Competitors get the point - www.azstarnet.com



By Brian J. Pedersen
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona - Published: 01.25.2007

Hants Darts Heroes Aim To Conquer The World (from This is Hampshire)

HAMPSHIRE'S Paul Gibbs has finally achieved his aim in darts - but he has already set himself another tough target.

The arrows ace from Alresford has long yearned to toe the oche at Frimley Green's famous Lakeside Country Club. That dream will become a reality in the next few weeks, so he intends to go a step further and become world champion.

Hants Darts Heroes Aim To Conquer The World (from This is Hampshire)

icNewcastle - Flyer cleans up with sponsor deal

Phill Nixon found overnight fame following his thrilling comeback in the BDO World Darts final against England team captain Martin Adams.

Despite missing out on a £70,000 cash prize during the live televised event seven days ago (CORR as of Sunday) Phill is set to clean up as part of a new sponsorship deal.

Darts Wilts On Bottom After Brave Fight (from This Is Wiltshire)

DARTS: Wilts on bottom after brave fight
By Dave Eaton

WILTSHIRE just missed out on collecting a prize scalp and recording a win over second-placed Bedfordshire, writes DAVE EATON.

They had fought back in their latest Division Three away inter-county match to only trail the hosts 17-16 at the Russell Park Club, Bedford, with the last three games to play.

Darts Wilts On Bottom After Brave Fight (from This Is Wiltshire)

Gibraltar Open 2007 sponsored by”Kronenbourg 1664”

£2485 Prize Money* + Winmau places + WDF Ranking Points
MEN'S WOMEN'S SINGLES
to be held at The Central Hall, North Pavilion Road, Gibraltar on Saturday 17th March 2007(The day after the Torremolinos Open Finals)

Gibraltar's first dedicated sports website: Darts: Gibraltar Open 2007 details

icNewcastle - Darts: A new era for darts

Darts: A new era for darts Jan 23 2007 By Stuart Rayner, The Journal One afternoon's darts has extended his 15 minutes of fame into a full week. But as much as he has enjoyed it Phill Nixon has his eyes on the long-term, he tells Stuart Rayner One week on from the darts match which will perhaps come closer than any other to living up to commentator Sid Waddell's legendary phrase `the greatest comeback since Lazarus', the life of Phill Nixon is slowly returning to normal. But the Ferryhill Flyer is hoping his heroics can have a lasting legacy on the sport.
icNewcastle - Darts: A new era for darts

The Cumberland News Iceman rocks Dutch whizkid on Gib

Published in the News Star on 23/01/2007

By Martin Morgan

FORMER world No 1 Alan Warriner-Little returned to form with a Rock-solid performance to reach the semi-finals of the Stan James.com players championship in Gibraltar at the weekend.

The Maryport-based ace, now 26 in the world rankings, beat teenage prodigy Michael van Gerwen, who had earlier outplayed world champion Raymond van Barneveld, dropping only one leg against his fellow Dutchman - on his way to the last four.

The Cumberland News Iceman rocks Dutch whizkid on Gib

Darts Defeat Knocks Oxon Off Top (from Oxford Mail)

DARTS: Defeat knocks Oxon off top

Oxfordshire's Division 2 title ambitions suffered a knock as they went down to a 23-16 defeat against second-placed Somerset.

The result saw the west country outfit take over at the top and with four matches left to play, it promises to be a nail-biting finale to the season for Oxfordshire who now trail Somerset by three points. Darts Defeat Knocks Oxon Off Top (from Oxford Mail)

BBC SPORT: Darts - Greatest darts quotes ever

BOBBY GEORGE

It's in his genes - it's in his 501s. Cushty-wushty.
Bobby George, former world darts finalist and BBC commentator. Never knowingly under-punned.

His darts used to stick out like tulips in the board.
On the improvement of Dutchman Vincent van der Voort.

Is ballrooming dancing a sport? It's recognised as a sport but I don't see any balls there.
Bobby defends darts as a sport.

Painter didn't play well early on - you could say he was up and down like a paint brush.
George turns to some DIY commentary.

BBC SPORT: Darts - Greatest darts quotes ever

American Dart Organization Regional Playoff schedule

Vist the site for more listings:
Region 1-1: The Masters Regional will be held on Friday, February 9, in Homer, AK For more info, contact Jeff at dartsalaska@hotmail.com or 907 283-9286.
American Dart Organization Regional Playoff schedule

Sport - Warwick Today: Darts, Trina leads county darts effort

Seven-times world champion Trina Gulliver helped her Warwickshire women's A team to victory over their Yorkshire counterparts at the weekend, but their efforts failed to prevent an overall reverse in the BICC Premier Division. The Bears lost 23-16 overall to their northern rivals at Glasshoughton Working Men's Club in Castleford. The women's B string managed a 3-3 draw, but there were losses for the men's A and B teams at 8-4 and 7-5 respectively.

Darts Professional Bob Anderson - Chin Wag Edition 22

Welcome to Chin Wag

Edition 22 - Tuesday 23 January 2007







Howdy Pardners !!! What a night at The Dorchester in London for the PDPA Awards Dinner. Great night, but I wouldn't like to have it as my local! £7 for a small bottle of beer!!!

The evening went well and it was good to meet and socialise with so many with whom I usually compete. Great to see Cliff and Carol Lazarenko, and hope it's not too long before we see Cliff back to full fitness. I was especially pleased to see Ritchie Gardner there, honoured along with the rest of the first 14 players to start the PDC, me included.

Darts Professional Bob Anderson - Chin Wag Edition 22

DARTS ON TRIAL?

Threats, counter-threats, legal action…….it must be another week in the wide world of darts!

I watched again the documentary about the ‘Big Split’ back in 1993. ‘Blood on the Carpet’ certainly brought back a lot of memories and at times, it mirrored what is going on right now.

We have seen threats of legal action against 2006 BDO World Champion Jelle Klaasen, which smacks of more bad blood and sour grapes. BDO spokesman Robert Holmes has been quoted as saying: “In the case of Jelle Klaasen it is our duty to remind them of their contractual obligations.” He said they are consulting lawyers and that: “We mean business over this.” DARTS ON TRIAL?

barrow in furness, barrow news sport, DARTS legends

DARTS legends Eric Bristow and John Lowe entertained a packed Forum 28 in Barrow last night with the former being taught a lesson by a local player.

23/01/2007
MORE than 200 Furness darts fans were given a rare treat at Barrow’s Forum 28 on Sunday when two of the best-known faces in the sport came to town.
barrow in furness, barrow news sport, Town salutes darts heroes

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