Snooker chief Barry Hearn says annual qualifying for a tour card would help prevent a "circuit for mediocrity".
With a seventh ranking tournament due in Berlin next year, the new chairman wants a pro tour of up to 20 events and has warned players not to be "lazy".
(link to full article...) By Mark Ashenden
Showing posts with label Barry Hearn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barry Hearn. Show all posts
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Hearn reaffirms desire to dominate darts
Hearn reaffirms desire to dominate darts
21 February 2010 By Linda Maher (story source link)
Barry Hearn’s attempt to dominate world darts suffered a blow last month, when it was announced that the amateur British Darts Organisation (BDO) refused even to discuss the prospect of a merger with the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
Hearn had offered to buy the BDO and promised a £2 million cash injection into the amateur game. But anyone who thought the knockback would stop Hearn from expanding his empire didn’t have long to wait to be proved wrong.
He has since launched his ‘‘masterplan’’ for professional darts, including a world cup, an under-21 championship and a women’s world championship.
All this came less than a week after the PDC’s Premier League event drew 10,000 fans to the O2 in London, the biggest-ever attendance for an indoor sporting event in Britain.
The new world cup competition will be screened by Sky in December, with prize money of £150,000 on offer and 24 countries taking part.
The under-21 world championship will involve a final at the Alexandra Palace and will have a prize fund of £30,000, while the women’s championship final will be played live on Sky in Blackpool ahead of the World Matchplay final in July. It will also have a prize fund of £30,000.
‘‘The aim of our offer to the BDO was to unify the sport of darts, and this remains our long-term objective, despite the decision by the BDO county associations. To turn down £2 million without even sitting down with us to discuss the details of our offer is, in my opinion, unbelievable when you consider the poor state of health financially of the amateur game," said Hearn.
‘‘I would like to congratulate the eight counties who voted at least to consider the offer in detail by way of meeting. They have done their membership and the sport of darts proud, and can hold their heads high. We are delighted to offer each of those counties one entrant into the 2010 PDC UK Open.
Now we move forward with the beginning of a new era for darts."
Despite Hearn’s attempts for darts domination, there is still a feeling that the BDO and the World Darts Federation (WDF) are about the grassroots of the sport. The current BDO darts champion, Martin Adams, said last week that he would not be making the move to the professional game.
‘ ‘I have a quotation from my local newspaper in Peterborough from Barry Hearn that they [the PDC] are sports entertainment.
We’re not sports entertainment in the BDO and WDF, we are the sport," said Adams.
‘‘We [the BDO] need to improve quite a lot of things at all levels, but as long as we get the loyalty from the players in the BDO, then there’s no reason why we can’t achieve what we want to."
The split between the BDO and the PDC dates back to 1993 when a 16-strong group of top players, including 15time world champion Phil Taylor, broke away to form what was initially known as the World Darts Council.
Last year the BDO made a profit of £16,000 - the PDC made a profit of £1 million, had a turnover of £9 million and, according to Hearn, has about £3 million in the bank.
21 February 2010 By Linda Maher (story source link)
Barry Hearn’s attempt to dominate world darts suffered a blow last month, when it was announced that the amateur British Darts Organisation (BDO) refused even to discuss the prospect of a merger with the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
Hearn had offered to buy the BDO and promised a £2 million cash injection into the amateur game. But anyone who thought the knockback would stop Hearn from expanding his empire didn’t have long to wait to be proved wrong.
He has since launched his ‘‘masterplan’’ for professional darts, including a world cup, an under-21 championship and a women’s world championship.
All this came less than a week after the PDC’s Premier League event drew 10,000 fans to the O2 in London, the biggest-ever attendance for an indoor sporting event in Britain.
The new world cup competition will be screened by Sky in December, with prize money of £150,000 on offer and 24 countries taking part.
The under-21 world championship will involve a final at the Alexandra Palace and will have a prize fund of £30,000, while the women’s championship final will be played live on Sky in Blackpool ahead of the World Matchplay final in July. It will also have a prize fund of £30,000.
‘‘The aim of our offer to the BDO was to unify the sport of darts, and this remains our long-term objective, despite the decision by the BDO county associations. To turn down £2 million without even sitting down with us to discuss the details of our offer is, in my opinion, unbelievable when you consider the poor state of health financially of the amateur game," said Hearn.
‘‘I would like to congratulate the eight counties who voted at least to consider the offer in detail by way of meeting. They have done their membership and the sport of darts proud, and can hold their heads high. We are delighted to offer each of those counties one entrant into the 2010 PDC UK Open.
Now we move forward with the beginning of a new era for darts."
Despite Hearn’s attempts for darts domination, there is still a feeling that the BDO and the World Darts Federation (WDF) are about the grassroots of the sport. The current BDO darts champion, Martin Adams, said last week that he would not be making the move to the professional game.
‘ ‘I have a quotation from my local newspaper in Peterborough from Barry Hearn that they [the PDC] are sports entertainment.
We’re not sports entertainment in the BDO and WDF, we are the sport," said Adams.
‘‘We [the BDO] need to improve quite a lot of things at all levels, but as long as we get the loyalty from the players in the BDO, then there’s no reason why we can’t achieve what we want to."
The split between the BDO and the PDC dates back to 1993 when a 16-strong group of top players, including 15time world champion Phil Taylor, broke away to form what was initially known as the World Darts Council.
Last year the BDO made a profit of £16,000 - the PDC made a profit of £1 million, had a turnover of £9 million and, according to Hearn, has about £3 million in the bank.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
#darts - PDC Plans
PDC Board plans for the expansion of the professional game of darts offering all players opportunity http://www.unicorn-darts.com/news/2010/2/16/unicorn-backs-big-pdc-changes.aspx
Sunday, January 31, 2010
HEARN BID FOR BDO REJECTED
#darts #bdo At a Full Council meeting of the BDO held today 31st January, a vote by County delegates agreed by majority decision to turn down an offer by the PDC to buy the BDO.
No further details are available at this time. http://www.bdodarts.com/
bbcsport The British Darts Organisation (BDO) rejects a buy-out offer from the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). http://bit.ly/cvu0fx
No further details are available at this time. http://www.bdodarts.com/
bbcsport The British Darts Organisation (BDO) rejects a buy-out offer from the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). http://bit.ly/cvu0fx
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
BDO chief Olly Croft is 'working on' PDC's takeover bid
British Darts Organisation chief Olly Croft says he is "working on" a takeover offer from rival organisation the Professional Darts Corporation.
PDC head Barry Hearn had an offer of £1m plus a further £1m to invest in the game rejected by Croft in October.
(full story)
PDC head Barry Hearn had an offer of £1m plus a further £1m to invest in the game rejected by Croft in October.
(full story)
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Superstars of Darts interview - PDC Chairman Barry Hearn
The SOD forums require registration for access to content...
We recently asked our forum members at Superstars of Darts to put forward their
questions for PDC Chairman Barry Hearn, after he volunteered to do an interview.
A good selection of the questions suggested by our forum members were put to
Barry Hearn and his responses are below.
Many thanks to Barry and the PDC for this interview on behalf of our forum
members. (full interview...)
We recently asked our forum members at Superstars of Darts to put forward their
questions for PDC Chairman Barry Hearn, after he volunteered to do an interview.
A good selection of the questions suggested by our forum members were put to
Barry Hearn and his responses are below.
Many thanks to Barry and the PDC for this interview on behalf of our forum
members. (full interview...)
Friday, February 06, 2009
Hearn praises 'Tiger' Taylor
Professional Darts Corporation chairman Barry Hearn has told Setanta.com that he believes that Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor has become the Tiger Woods of darts.
Hearn feels that the sport will continue to thrive as long as Taylor continues to hit the heights that have brought him 4 world titles over the past 19 years.
“People have called the PDC ‘Phil’s Darts Club’, and it is in a way, because he is so clearly the best
(full article link...)
Taylor is like Woods, says Hearn
Phil Taylor
Taylor beat Raymond van Barneveld to win his 14th world title in January
Darts promoter Barry Hearn believes Phil Taylor has had the same impact on darts as Tiger Woods has on golf.
Hearn believes the 48-year-old's constant success over the past 20 years has made him a household name in sport.
In a recent trip to Los Angeles to stay with singer Robbie Williams, Taylor said he was surprised to be signing more autographs than his close friend.
(full article...)
Hearn feels that the sport will continue to thrive as long as Taylor continues to hit the heights that have brought him 4 world titles over the past 19 years.
“People have called the PDC ‘Phil’s Darts Club’, and it is in a way, because he is so clearly the best
(full article link...)
Taylor is like Woods, says Hearn
Phil Taylor
Taylor beat Raymond van Barneveld to win his 14th world title in January
Darts promoter Barry Hearn believes Phil Taylor has had the same impact on darts as Tiger Woods has on golf.
Hearn believes the 48-year-old's constant success over the past 20 years has made him a household name in sport.
In a recent trip to Los Angeles to stay with singer Robbie Williams, Taylor said he was surprised to be signing more autographs than his close friend.
(full article...)
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
BARRY HEARN IN DARTS ATTACK
BARRY HEARN used to point Steve Davis, Jimmy White and Ronnie O’Sullivan towards the green baize and walk Chris Eubank, Nigel Benn and Lennox Lewis into the ring.
Now he is happier following world champion Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor on to the oche and shaping the careers of Terry ‘The Bull’ Jenkins and Jelle ‘The Matador’ Klaasen.
On Friday, his darts bandwagon rolls on when the inaugural PDC Players’ Championship starts at the famed Circus Tavern in Purfleet.
(full article link...)
Now he is happier following world champion Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor on to the oche and shaping the careers of Terry ‘The Bull’ Jenkins and Jelle ‘The Matador’ Klaasen.
On Friday, his darts bandwagon rolls on when the inaugural PDC Players’ Championship starts at the famed Circus Tavern in Purfleet.
(full article link...)
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Marketing Profile: Barry Hearn chairman, Matchroom Sport
LONDON - Sports promoter Barry Hearn is nothing if not enthusiastic about his latest venture, the Prizefighter boxing tournament. 'This is the best thing that has happened to boxing since the introduction of the Queensbury rules,' he claims.
Hearn is not one for underselling a show, and has arguably done more to boost viewing figures for sport on TV than anyone else since the inception of Sky Sports in 1990.
TV viewers today have less patience and a wider selection of channels to choose from than ever before and Hearn has positioned himself to benefit from both trends.
'I originally went into boxing 25 years ago because I didn't think that the shows I was going to were giving me value for money,' he recalls. 'Boxing is too dominated by big names that don't have a competitive fight. I could tell you who was going to win 95% of fights before they began.'
Prizefighter, an eight-man tournament taking place over the course of an evening, is earthier than the world-title fights Hearn has promoted for boxers including Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank and Prince Naseem Hamed. In 1987, Hearn staged a memorable bout between British heavyweight Frank Bruno and veteran Joe Bugner, during one of his comebacks, at Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane ground in front of more than 30,000 fans.
Prizefighter is very different affair, however. 'It's not about using the best in the world. Nobody has said to me that it was the best boxing they'd ever seen, but people have said it was the best night of boxing they've seen,' he enthuses.
The first tournament, held in Bethnal Green, East London, in April, was won by a 37-year-old taxi driver, while the latest show featured a contestant who had called off his honeymoon to prepare for the tournament in a caravan parked in his trainer's garden. The second of the new-format events took place earlier this month at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle and was broadcast live on Sky Sports. In typical style, Hearn arranged for the trophy to be carried down the River Tyne by the Royal Marines in a PR stunt for the TV cameras.
A third instalment in the series, which is due to be held on 24 October, will introduce a new weight category; the winner will take home a £25,000 prize.
You get the feeling Hearn would love a crack at the title himself, but, although he offers a brutal assessment of his own abilities as fighter in his youth, he turned his attention to other sports. 'I was shit at boxing, but I used to travel the world doing marathons,' he says. 'I did the London marathon four times, Brazil, New York and Hong Kong. My best time was three hours 21 minutes. I'm also pretty dangerous off 18 in golf.'
Fighting out of Dagenham, Essex, the entrepreneur today runs Matchroom Sport with his son and daughter, and is responsible for creating sporting brands such as Premier League Snooker, Poker Million and Premier League Darts, among other successful launches of recent years.
The nascent Premier League Darts format has helped make household names out of the likes of Phil 'The Power' Taylor, and scored a major coup in 2006 when Raymond 'The Man' Van Barneveld, world champion with the rival BDO organisation, joined the league. Anyone who has tried and failed to get tickets to a show in the three years since its launch will testify to just how successful Hearn's brand has been.
'Sport is a soap opera, and in soap operas you have great characters,' he says. 'In the 80s, we sat down with the snooker players and said: "We're not going to change you, but we can make the most of what you are." So we said to Steve Davis, "You are going to be boring; same tux, no drinking." We told Jimmy White that he was the Jack-the-lad character. We've done the same with darts now.'
Hearn and his team have fun sitting around inventing the elaborate nicknames for all their darts players. 'We've got a great one for a new player called David Frost. We've called him Frosty the Throwman,' he says. However, he is also honest enough to admit that the Midas touch has deserted him on occasion.
'You try things all the time, and if they fail, nobody notices. We've recently launched Premier League Bowls, so we'll see how that goes.'
One of the most remarkable sporting transformations in recent years has taken place in cricket. The abbreviated form of the game, Twenty20, has flourished, and much attention has been drawn to the announcement of the $100m Stanford Cup, which takes place later this year.
'The Stanford Cup is an immediate fix and an attention-seeker,' says Hearn. 'Our strategy is a bit more of slow burner. I think that Sir Allen Stanford [the billionaire financier and cricket enthusiast behind the Cup] could have achieved the same attention with just a £1m prize fund. Ultimately, if it's a poor tournament, then the money means nothing. The only thing that's important is if people have left with a smile on their faces.'
These days, Hearn seems more keen on putting on a show than making money. 'For years I couldn't say that,' he admits. 'I lost money for eight years on Premier League Snooker, but it makes money now. The money is quite nice, but for a time it was the be all and end all.'
He says the football club of which he is chairman, Leyton Orient, which plays at Matchroom Stadium, costs him £800,000 year, but through all the highs and low his investments paid off when, in 1999, he found himself and his family seated in the Royal Box at the old Wembley Stadium for the Third Division play-off final. Despite losing, it is a day he remembers fondly.
Hearn takes as much pride in his work today as he did in the early 70s when he began buying and selling snooker halls.
'We can just do our job, but we'll never get anywhere; you have to put on a show,' he argues. 'Sure, we all churn it out and go through the motions some days. But if you put on a show and people say "I got more value", that's worth a lot'.
Hearn is now nearing his 60th birthday, but he is not a man you can ever imagine merely going through the motions, let alone putting his feet up for a long retirement. 'I've maintained enthusiasm beyond belief. I've always been half-decent at sports. I'd struggle to get a bronze for ability, but I'd get a gold medal for enthusiasm.'
Inside work
* 1974-1982: Operating Luciana Snooker Clubs
* 1982-present: Chairman, Matchroom Sport
* 1987: Stages Frank Bruno vs Joe Bugner heavyweight bout
* 1995-present: Chairman, Leyton Orient FC
* 2000: Launches Poker Million
* 2001-present: Chairman, Professional Darts Corporation
* 2008: Launches Prizefighter boxing series
Outside work
* Family: Married, two children
* Hobbies: Golf, running, cricket, poker
* Football team: Chairman of Leyton Orient
* Phone: Blackberry Pearl
* Trivia: Hearn appeared in the video for the 1986 Chas & Dave hit Snooker Loopy
by Ed Kemp Marketing 23-Sep-08, 16:31
(Source link...)
Hearn is not one for underselling a show, and has arguably done more to boost viewing figures for sport on TV than anyone else since the inception of Sky Sports in 1990.
TV viewers today have less patience and a wider selection of channels to choose from than ever before and Hearn has positioned himself to benefit from both trends.
'I originally went into boxing 25 years ago because I didn't think that the shows I was going to were giving me value for money,' he recalls. 'Boxing is too dominated by big names that don't have a competitive fight. I could tell you who was going to win 95% of fights before they began.'
Prizefighter, an eight-man tournament taking place over the course of an evening, is earthier than the world-title fights Hearn has promoted for boxers including Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank and Prince Naseem Hamed. In 1987, Hearn staged a memorable bout between British heavyweight Frank Bruno and veteran Joe Bugner, during one of his comebacks, at Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane ground in front of more than 30,000 fans.
Prizefighter is very different affair, however. 'It's not about using the best in the world. Nobody has said to me that it was the best boxing they'd ever seen, but people have said it was the best night of boxing they've seen,' he enthuses.
The first tournament, held in Bethnal Green, East London, in April, was won by a 37-year-old taxi driver, while the latest show featured a contestant who had called off his honeymoon to prepare for the tournament in a caravan parked in his trainer's garden. The second of the new-format events took place earlier this month at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle and was broadcast live on Sky Sports. In typical style, Hearn arranged for the trophy to be carried down the River Tyne by the Royal Marines in a PR stunt for the TV cameras.
A third instalment in the series, which is due to be held on 24 October, will introduce a new weight category; the winner will take home a £25,000 prize.
You get the feeling Hearn would love a crack at the title himself, but, although he offers a brutal assessment of his own abilities as fighter in his youth, he turned his attention to other sports. 'I was shit at boxing, but I used to travel the world doing marathons,' he says. 'I did the London marathon four times, Brazil, New York and Hong Kong. My best time was three hours 21 minutes. I'm also pretty dangerous off 18 in golf.'
Fighting out of Dagenham, Essex, the entrepreneur today runs Matchroom Sport with his son and daughter, and is responsible for creating sporting brands such as Premier League Snooker, Poker Million and Premier League Darts, among other successful launches of recent years.
The nascent Premier League Darts format has helped make household names out of the likes of Phil 'The Power' Taylor, and scored a major coup in 2006 when Raymond 'The Man' Van Barneveld, world champion with the rival BDO organisation, joined the league. Anyone who has tried and failed to get tickets to a show in the three years since its launch will testify to just how successful Hearn's brand has been.
'Sport is a soap opera, and in soap operas you have great characters,' he says. 'In the 80s, we sat down with the snooker players and said: "We're not going to change you, but we can make the most of what you are." So we said to Steve Davis, "You are going to be boring; same tux, no drinking." We told Jimmy White that he was the Jack-the-lad character. We've done the same with darts now.'
Hearn and his team have fun sitting around inventing the elaborate nicknames for all their darts players. 'We've got a great one for a new player called David Frost. We've called him Frosty the Throwman,' he says. However, he is also honest enough to admit that the Midas touch has deserted him on occasion.
'You try things all the time, and if they fail, nobody notices. We've recently launched Premier League Bowls, so we'll see how that goes.'
One of the most remarkable sporting transformations in recent years has taken place in cricket. The abbreviated form of the game, Twenty20, has flourished, and much attention has been drawn to the announcement of the $100m Stanford Cup, which takes place later this year.
'The Stanford Cup is an immediate fix and an attention-seeker,' says Hearn. 'Our strategy is a bit more of slow burner. I think that Sir Allen Stanford [the billionaire financier and cricket enthusiast behind the Cup] could have achieved the same attention with just a £1m prize fund. Ultimately, if it's a poor tournament, then the money means nothing. The only thing that's important is if people have left with a smile on their faces.'
These days, Hearn seems more keen on putting on a show than making money. 'For years I couldn't say that,' he admits. 'I lost money for eight years on Premier League Snooker, but it makes money now. The money is quite nice, but for a time it was the be all and end all.'
He says the football club of which he is chairman, Leyton Orient, which plays at Matchroom Stadium, costs him £800,000 year, but through all the highs and low his investments paid off when, in 1999, he found himself and his family seated in the Royal Box at the old Wembley Stadium for the Third Division play-off final. Despite losing, it is a day he remembers fondly.
Hearn takes as much pride in his work today as he did in the early 70s when he began buying and selling snooker halls.
'We can just do our job, but we'll never get anywhere; you have to put on a show,' he argues. 'Sure, we all churn it out and go through the motions some days. But if you put on a show and people say "I got more value", that's worth a lot'.
Hearn is now nearing his 60th birthday, but he is not a man you can ever imagine merely going through the motions, let alone putting his feet up for a long retirement. 'I've maintained enthusiasm beyond belief. I've always been half-decent at sports. I'd struggle to get a bronze for ability, but I'd get a gold medal for enthusiasm.'
Inside work
* 1974-1982: Operating Luciana Snooker Clubs
* 1982-present: Chairman, Matchroom Sport
* 1987: Stages Frank Bruno vs Joe Bugner heavyweight bout
* 1995-present: Chairman, Leyton Orient FC
* 2000: Launches Poker Million
* 2001-present: Chairman, Professional Darts Corporation
* 2008: Launches Prizefighter boxing series
Outside work
* Family: Married, two children
* Hobbies: Golf, running, cricket, poker
* Football team: Chairman of Leyton Orient
* Phone: Blackberry Pearl
* Trivia: Hearn appeared in the video for the 1986 Chas & Dave hit Snooker Loopy
by Ed Kemp Marketing 23-Sep-08, 16:31
(Source link...)
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Barry Hearn's plans for world darts
Barry Hearn, Chairman of the PDC, has hinted that the World Championship finals may move to a new home. He also told BBC London there are moves for a new competition between players from the two rival codes.
There is an audio link to the interview on the site.
BBC - London - Sport - Barry Hearn's plans for world dartsPDC Launch Grand Slam of Darts
The Professional Darts Corporation, the Premiership of Darts, will stage the ground-breaking £250,000 Grand Slam of Darts tournament from 17-25 November 2007, with a massive £60,000 prize to the winner.The tournament will involve finalists from major tournaments over a two-year period from both the Professional Darts Corporation and BDO/WDF circuit. Planet Darts: Grand Slam of Darts
Monday, July 17, 2006
Planet Darts : Scholten & Hearn Are 'Catch Of The Day!'
Planet Darts: "Scholten & Hearn Are 'Catch Of The Day!'
FISHING fans can catch Dutch darts star Roland Scholten and PDC Chairman Barry Hearn on a new series of podcasts with Discovery Real Time.
The duo joined fishing expert and Discovery Real Time presenter Matt Hayes during the five-part series, which is entitled 'Essential Fishing Skills' and now available for download."
FISHING fans can catch Dutch darts star Roland Scholten and PDC Chairman Barry Hearn on a new series of podcasts with Discovery Real Time.
The duo joined fishing expert and Discovery Real Time presenter Matt Hayes during the five-part series, which is entitled 'Essential Fishing Skills' and now available for download."
Friday, May 19, 2006
Dartoids World - Thank you, Stan James!
Dartoids World: "Thank you, Stan James!
# 251 05/17/2006
It seems like only yesterday that word popped out in the New York Times that the Professional Darts Corporation’s (PDC) Barry Hearn, Michael Davies (the bloke who brought us Who Wants to be a Millionaire and Wife Swap) and ESPN had struck a deal. It was last October actually, just about six moons ago…
The news seemed too good to be true.
But it was true. The richest extravaganza in the history of the sport of darts, the World Series of Darts (WSOD), was ON and the whole thing was going to unfold on American soil (which we stole from the Indians) and be broadcast beginning July 18 in eight prime-time segments on American television. The top prize for an American, if an American could achieve the unthinkable – beat the odds (currently set at 25-1 by British sports bookmaker Stan James) and outlast the top sixteen professionals in the world – was set at a whopping one million dollars. "
# 251 05/17/2006
It seems like only yesterday that word popped out in the New York Times that the Professional Darts Corporation’s (PDC) Barry Hearn, Michael Davies (the bloke who brought us Who Wants to be a Millionaire and Wife Swap) and ESPN had struck a deal. It was last October actually, just about six moons ago…
The news seemed too good to be true.
But it was true. The richest extravaganza in the history of the sport of darts, the World Series of Darts (WSOD), was ON and the whole thing was going to unfold on American soil (which we stole from the Indians) and be broadcast beginning July 18 in eight prime-time segments on American television. The top prize for an American, if an American could achieve the unthinkable – beat the odds (currently set at 25-1 by British sports bookmaker Stan James) and outlast the top sixteen professionals in the world – was set at a whopping one million dollars. "
Monday, May 01, 2006
Dartoids World - WSoD Player Profile: John Kuczynski
Dartoids World: "John Kuczynski
# 250 05/01/2006
World Series of Darts Player Profile
It’s going to be tough… the top sixteen in the world are great players. But there are a lot of great players here in the U.S. (too). I’m looking forward to it. I’ll have a lot of support there from family and friends.
-- John Kuczynski
....
As the story goes, Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Chairman Barry Hearn has commented that Zion Grove, Pennsylvania’s John Kuczynski’s top sixteen finish at last year’s Ladbrokes World Profession Darts Championship cost him $25,000.
Whether the story’s true or not is anybody’s guess."
# 250 05/01/2006
World Series of Darts Player Profile
It’s going to be tough… the top sixteen in the world are great players. But there are a lot of great players here in the U.S. (too). I’m looking forward to it. I’ll have a lot of support there from family and friends.
-- John Kuczynski
....
As the story goes, Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Chairman Barry Hearn has commented that Zion Grove, Pennsylvania’s John Kuczynski’s top sixteen finish at last year’s Ladbrokes World Profession Darts Championship cost him $25,000.
Whether the story’s true or not is anybody’s guess."
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