Charis Mutschler

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
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More Wasps (or… Days 3 and 4 of the PDC World Championship)

A debutant opened the third day – Welshman David Davies faced Mario Vandenbogaerde, who, however, couldn’t live up to his nickname “Super Mario.”

Though Davies was a World Championship debutant, he has experience as a member of …

Sunday, December 14, 2025
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The Wasps Are Back Too!

In addition to the players the wasps were back for the first two days of the World Championship!

The first day of the PDC World Championship, featuring only one evening session, began with the first German participant, Arno Merk, one of eight German players …

Friday, December 12, 2025
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They are Back!

Yes, indeed, last year they failed to qualify for the World Championship because they had dropped low in the rankings and lost their Tour Card at the end of 2024.

Neither of them could regain it in Qualifying School 2025.

This year, Mervyn King qualified via …

Tuesday, December 9, 2025
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World Championships – Part 1

This year again, the WDF World Championships and the PDC World Championship are close to each on the calendar – the WDF World Championships ended on December 7th and the PDC World Championship will begin on December 11th. That leaves just three days to …

Wednesday, July 30, 2025
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World Matchplay 2025 – Quarters, Semis, Final

From the quarterfinals on I was in Blackpool…

Quarterfinals

Until arriving in Blackpool, I followed the tournament on TV.  James Wade had looked really strong – but during the walk-on for the quarterfinals it seemed he was uncomfortable…

Gian van Veen won …

Sunday, July 27, 2025
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World Matchplay 2025 – Debutants

Readers awaiting this column probably expected it would be about the World Matchplay quarterfinals.  Of course, there will be a column about the rest of the tournament, but I thought some variation would be welcome and decided to first write this little piece about …

Thursday, July 24, 2025
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World Matchplay 2025 – Second Round

At the start of the second round, seven unseeded and nine seeded players were still in the tournament – and on the first of the two nights there were three matches between a seeded and an unseeded player and one match between two …

Thursday, July 24, 2025
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World Matchplay 2025 – First Round

The first round of a major tournament often brings some upsets and surprise wins and it was no different in this year’s World Matchplay.

It started on the first night when not only reigning champion Luke Humphries but the 2023 champion, Nathan Apspinall, …

Monday, March 10, 2025
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The UK Open 2025 – will a Luke be the winner?

The weather on the final day of the UK Open was as fine as on the days before. The wind was a little bit stronger and on the Bristol channel there was a lot of ship traffic. The …