Tuesday, October 10, 2017
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Winmau World Masters – Day 2
Since the second day of the Winmau World Masters didn’t start until 2:00 pm I used the time (and the sunshine) to take a look around…
Bridlington still today has an active harbour and is well known for its catch of shell fish. …
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Charis' ColumnTuesday, October 10, 2017
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Winmau World Masters – Day 1
Of all the tournaments I visit the Winmau World Masters is usually the most exhausting…
Nowhere else are so many players around, nowhere else are several tournaments played at the same time, and nowhere else do the participants come from so many different …
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Thursday, August 3, 2017
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Taylors Wake
Well, I can’t deny I am still influenced by our holiday in Ireland. Otherwise what happened during this year’s World Matchplay never would have reminded me of Finnegans Wake – not only the famous Irish ballad but also James Joyce’s difficult to understand last work, in which …
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Thursday, July 19, 2017
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World Matchplay – the Favourites
When you look at the list of favourites at the betting companies to win of the World Matchplay this year it looks like this:
Michael van Gerwen.
Gary Anderson.
Peter Wright.
Phil Taylor.
Dave Chisnall.
Yes, Dave Chisnall is on place five of the …
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Charis' Column
Thursday, July 19, 2017
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World Matchplay – the Debutants
This year with Steve West, Cristo Reyes, Rob Cross, James Wilson and Christian Kist five players will make their debut at Blackpool. West, Kist and Wilson all take the stage at Winter Gardens on the first evening of the tournament against Michael Smith, Gary …
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Charis' Column
Saturday, June 17, 2017
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The darts I missed…
Yes, I’ve been on holiday! And we really had a great holiday! But it might be the timing was not exactly right as I missed some tournaments…
You might argue that today, in times of the Internet, that shouldn’t be a problem because a lot …
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Charis' ColumnWednesday, May 3, 2017
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Interview with Brazil’s Diogo Portela
Congratulations on being invited to the PDC World Cup to represent your country! Have you ever take part in this kind of tournament?
Thank you very much! I’ve played the WDF World Cup, America’s Cup and Caribbean Cup representing my country but nothing like …
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017
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The 2017 UK Open
When I left home to travel to the UK Open I was still reeling from the news of Stacy Bromberg’s death. I suppose I am what Dartoid calls a “collected” friend, although I didn’t see Stacy often.
I first learned about her at the SEWA …
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Thursday, February 2, 2017
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Taking a break…
I needed a break after the PDC World Championship, a not uncommon need for all people who are in some way involved a rather exhausting affair. I also needed to pause and reflect on whether I thought it was a good event or not. Well, I …
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Monday, December 26, 2016
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“A Morning Song”
During my visit to St. Martin’s in the Field the choir sang an Advent hymn by Eleanor Farjeon, an English writer who mainly wrote children’s books. Eleanor’s father had been an author and two of her brothers were writers as well while her older brother was …
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