Alex scores bullseye with place in U.S. Hall of Fame

ALEX Duff only took up darts so he could win a bottle of whisky in a pub competition.

But he became Scotland's first professional player, winning hundreds of trophies - and even played in the British team.

His darts career ended 30 years ago but Alex has now received another prize - a place in the National Darts Hall of Fame in the US - for charity work he did out there while playing darts.

And the Glasgow man's achievements are all the more amazing as he was born with the genetic muscle disease muscular dystrophy and can't straighten his arms.
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Dart Tournament Helps Raise Money For Boy With Multiple Sclerosis

Dart Tournament Helps Raise Money For Boy With Multiple Sclerosis

Reported by: Megan Healey

Saturday, Jul 12, 2008 @04:15pm EST

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The 22nd Annual Hall of Fame Darts Tournament kicked off Friday night at the Moose Lodge. Players of all ages will compete for cash prizes. Admission is only $10. 20% of the proceeds go to four-year-old Hunter Page of Milton, Pennsylvania who has multiple sclerosis.(for full story and video click here)

2007 National Darts Hall of Fame tournament will be

This just in... The 2007 National Darts Hall of Fame tournament will be held July 13-15 - the new flyer will be posted soon!! The nominee list for 2007 has been announced!

SEWA members will recognize at least one name on the list!

Eric McVay, Washington

National Darts Hall of Fame

National Darts Hall of Fame

National Darts Hall of Fame:
"The 2006 National Darts Hall of Fame tournament will be held July 14-16 - download the flyer here! Separate Youth Shoot information is available here."

National Darts Hall of Fame: Voting

National Darts Hall of Fame: Voting:

"2006 Nominees

The names below are those have been nominated for inclusion in the National Darts Hall of Fame for 2006. You may read their 'darts resumes' by clicking their names.

Check back often, as this list will be growing, and we will also be implementing an online voting system! Stay tuned...

Would you like to nominate someone for membership in the National Darts Hall of Fame? Download the nomination form after reading the nomination criteria. NOTE: After completing the Nomination Form, you may either mail or e-mail it to the addresses given at the bottom of the form.

* Jim Askham, Illinois
* Mike Broderick, Pennsylvania
* Bull's Eye News, Ohio
* Ray Carver, New Hampshire
* Peter Citera, Illinois
* John Cutler, Virginia
* Carol DePriest, Michigan
* Grand Rapids Dart League, Michigan
* John Kuczynski, Pennsylvania
* Lisa Lima, New Hampshire
* Dan Olson, Canada
* Deb Parker, North Carolina
* Kathy Thibault, Virginia
* Bernard Thompson, Maryland
* Bryn Watkins, Massachusetts (Youth)
* Eric Watkins, Massachusetts (Youth)
* Darin Young, Pennsylvania
* Ervin Moo Young, Illinois"

National Darts Hall of Fame: Voting

I don't often see much news of the National Darts Hall of Fame, but I visit the site from time to time to see whats up. This time I found that nominations for new members of the NDHOF are open, and that it's easy to nominate. There are forums for the site, but I don't see much action there and there are signs that spamers are on the move to trash the forum. I was also unable to find the 2005 entry into the NDHoF.

Who do you think should be added to the NDHoF?


National Darts Hall of Fame: Voting: "2006 Nominees

The names below are those have been nominated for inclusion in the National Darts Hall of Fame for 2006. You may read their 'darts resumes' by clicking their names.

Check back often, as this list will be growing, and we will also be implementing an online voting system! Stay tuned...

Would you like to nominate someone for membership in the National Darts Hall of Fame? Download the nomination form after reading the nomination criteria. NOTE: After completing the Nomination Form, you may either mail or e-mail it to the addresses given at the bottom of the form.

* Bernard Thompson from Frederick, MD
* Lisa Lima from Falls Church, VA"

Some fun Dart facts

Along with the link to National Darts Hall of Fame (more on the NDHoF in a future post) I've gotten some good information and fun links that point to darts accomplishments and records. I hope that at some point these items get much more recognition. Granted that some items where not accomplished during sanctioned matches or tourneys, but it must be said that it's fun to see some of the ways that darts have been showcased!

Some fun Dart facts (from the dart dog site):
WORLD RECORDS
Most titles
Eric Bristow (born 25th April 1957)
World Professional Championship 5 times
News of the World
World Masters 5 times
World Cup singles 4 times
John lowe is the only other person to have won all four world titles
3 World titles, 2 World Masters, 2 World Cup singles, News of the World

World Cup
England hold the record of seven world titles
John Lowe and Eric Bristow played on all seven occasions

Record Prize
John Lowe won £102,000 for the first televised nine dart game on 13th October 1984 inSlough, England.

Speed Records
The fastest time for three legs of 301, finishing on doubles is 1min 38 sec by Ritchie Gardner on 12th Sept 1989

Scoring Records
24 Hour
Men (8 players) 1,722,249
Women (8 players) 744,439
Individual 566,175 Russell Locke
Bulls &25s (8 players) 526,750
10 Hour
Most Trebles 3056 Paul Taylor
Most Doubles 3265 Paul Taylor
Highest Score 465,919 Jon Archer
Bulls (individual) 1320 by John Lowe at the Unicorn Tavern, Chesterfield Derbys.
6 Hour
Men 210,172 Russel Locke
Women 99,725 Karen Knightly
Million and One Up
Men (8 players) 36,583 darts
Women (8 players) 70,019 darts "