Friday, January 10, 2025
Column CM142
Steve Beaton
Birthday: April 5, 1964
Lives in: North Walsham, England
Born in: Coventry, England
Nickname: The Bronzed Adonis
Darts: 22-gram Winmau Steve Beaton
Walk-on Music: Stayin’ Alive (The Bee Gees)
Steve Beaton is another of the players who missed this PDC World Championship – a World Championship in …
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Thursday, January 2, 2025
Column CM141
Simon Whitlock
Birthday: March 3, 1969
Lives in: Cessnock, Australia
Born in: Hornsby, Australia
Nickname: The Wizard
Darts: 22-gram Red Dragon Eagles
Walk-on Music: Down Under (Men At Work)
The popular Australian Simon Whitlock entered the spotlight in 2002 when he won the Australian Masters and the Oceanic Masters …
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Sunday, December 29, 2024
Column CM140
Mervyn King
Birthday: March 15, 1966
Lives in: Bradwell, England
Born in: Ipswich, England
Nickname: The King
Darts: 22-gram Mervyn King
Walk-on Music: King of Kings (Motörhead)
Mervyn King started to play darts when he was 12 years old after his father bestowed him an old paper board with …
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Monday, December 18, 2024
Column CM139
Happy Birthday, Vincent van der Voort!
Birthday: December 18, 1975
Lives in: Pumerend, Netherlands
Born in: Pumerend, Netherlands
Nickname: The Dutch Destroyer
Darts: 23-gram Winmau Signature
Walk-on Music: Give it Up (K.C. & The Sunshine Band)
Dutchman Vincent van der Voort started to play darts when he was ten …
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Monday, December 16, 2024
Column CM138
Paul Lim
Birthday: January 25, 1954
Lives in: Singapore
Born in: Singapore
Nickname: Singapore Slinger
Darts: 21-gram Target
Walk-on-Music: Walk of Life (Dire Straits)
The now 70-year-old Paul Lim Leong Hwa has moved around the world all his life. He was born in Singapore, lived and worked for some …
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Friday, December 12, 2024
Column CM137
Changers…
This year some of the well-known players will miss the PDC World Championship.
Most have in common (and it’s not uncommon) that at some time in their career they switched from one darts organisation to the other – normally they started in the BDO and later switched to …
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Thursday, December 12, 2024
Column CM136
The Festive Season…
It is once again that time of the year – most people will think of Christmas while dart players and dart fans have other priorities. This is the month in which not only one but two World Championships – well, in fact, FIVE World Championships – …
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Charis' ColumnFriday, July 26, 2024
Column CM135
The Women’s World Matchplay 2024
This year, the Women’s World Matchplay was held for the third time. Among the eight participants was only one debutant – Anastasia Dobromyslova. All other seven women took part for at least second time. The venue again was not as full as for the …
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Thursday, July 25, 2024
Column CM134
World Matchplay 2024 – Semifinals and Finall
Semifinals
In the semifinals of the World Matchplay stood the three players ranked 1, 2 and 3 in the Order of Merit (and, accordingly, the three top seeds in tournament) and one non seeded player.
In the first semifinal the number …
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Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Column CM133
World Matchplay 2024 – The Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals took place over two days as well. On the first day, the players from the upper half played again and on the second day the players from the lower half stood on stage – and on both days just one non-seeded …
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