Dartoids World 6-8-2010

Greetings!
The Premier League Final “A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon” is the opening line of the poem by Robert Service titled “The Shooting of Dan McGrew.” Fast forward to May 23, 2010 and the Wembley Arena where a bunch of darts fans were ready to whoop it up for the 2010 Premier League Finals. Funny thing happened – a power outage delayed the event 24 hour’s. That held the crowd to only 2,000 which doesn’t include a nationwide TV audience. Next door at Wembley Stadium England was laying a 3-1 “green card check” on Mexico in a friendly prior to soccer’s World Cup coming in June. When things got going in the Arena “The Power” got going full blast.

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Dartoids World - Dr. Darts, Trina Gulliver, and the "Brit and Yankee" Podcast!

# 289 04/04/2007

Good old boy Doctor of Darts, Patrick Chaplin, is at it again!

He has just today announced the pending publication of the first-ever book featuring a female darts player – seven-time world champion Trina Gulliver. Called “The Golden Girl – The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Ladies’ Darts Player,” the book will certainly be popular among darts enthusiasts everywhere, and not just for the photographs.

Please see the details ... Dartoids World

Dartoids World Bob Elliott is one of the GOOD guys!

# 288 04/01/2007

Sometimes I can’t start writing fast enough. This was the case when I learned about my old friend Bob Elliott.

Elliott and I go back to my early days in darts in the Cape Cod Dart League (CCDL). I was just beginning to venture beyond the comfort zone of “C” league play and into the intimidating world of blind draws.

My early experience was not good. Quite often if I drew one of the better shooters I was treated with disrespect. The added stress of trying my best to shoot well with someone who didn’t want to be my partner caused my darts to fly worse than normal. Regularly I headed home sorry that I’d gone out in the first place.

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Could Cricket have saved the World Series of Darts?
# 286 02/28/2007

The question has been posed: Would the World Series of Darts have been successful had the choice of game been cricket instead of 501?

I agree that cricket is America’s game, that there is more strategy involved in cricket than 501, and that had cricket been the game selected for the World Series of Darts the show would likely have appealed to a somewhat wider audience.

Hey Dummy! We’re Talkin’ about a Darts Light!
# 287 03/01/2007

I realize this may be a bit incircumspect but, what the hell – this is frickin’ Dartoid’s World, so I’m gonna just put it out there.

Had Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan been Jewish and Austin, Texas’ inventor Scott Harrison been alive 500 years ago, under the circumstances, a circumcised (OUCH!) Magellan might have circumnavigated the globe with a Circumluminator on board, enabling the crew to throw some 501 before they were attacked and killed by a horde of whacked-out Filipinos with spears.

Dartoids World - # 285 02/27/2007

Want to Swap your Wife?
# 285 02/27/2007

When word leaked out in October, 2005 that England’s Michael Davies – the bloke who brought us Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Wife Swap – had just closed a deal to air the World Series of Darts, I thought, like, well, that’s pretty amazing.

An eight-part series about darts on ESPN! Holy crap!

or click the "Darts as reality TV" tag below this post

A million dollar payday! It was a potential life-changing dream come true for some average Joe.

It could have changed the face of the sport in America. Dartoids World - # 285 02/27/2007

See this link for the full email on the subject or click the "Darts as reality TV" tag below this post

Dartoids World: # 284 02/23/2004

This fall I will have been married to my wife, Marylou, for twenty-seven years!

TWENTY-SEVEN! Dartoids World: # 284 02/23/2004

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

The Bloodshot Open # 281

01/16/2007



In February, 2003 – almost four years ago – I drove from Pennsylvania to Ohio for the fifth annual Columbus Darters Association (CDA) Bloodshot Open. What I remember most about the $5,000 tournament is the drive home. It’s taken me until now to get over the trauma.

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uniBlog: Darts in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Darts in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Posted by Paul Seigel
uniBlog
02/01/2007
11:30:00

While I had hoped business travel might coincide with the 13th staging of the Asia Pacific Cup in Kuala Lumpur in September, it was not to be. News reached me fast however and I was pleased to learn that my old Filipino friend Ramon Sabalboro just missed the quarter finals in the Men’s 501 Singles. Three Filipinos including Lourence Ilagan and Rizal Barellano made the final eight, testament yet again to the talent and depth of talent to be found on the archipelago.

As expected, New Zealand increased their winning streak to four and will be the odds on favorite to make it five when they host the tournament in 2008.

Good Places to Visit and Throw Darts

Good Places to Visit and Throw Darts
# 279 12/28/2006

Good Places to Visit and Throw Darts

WELCOME to Dartoid’s World, the only column about darts that has been ranked three times consecutively in a row one time right after the other among the top causes of barfing.

Today’s subject is my recent three-week 28,000-mile darts journey from Tampa, Florida to Thailand, Cambodia, Korea, Los Angeles and someplace called Pasco in southeast Washington where I threw a challenge match and met a darter named Shawnee Jumping Turtle.

My first stop was Bangkok - there had just been a coup here so I thought it would be a good place to visit and throw darts. Dartoid’s World