Tuesday, July 23, 2023
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World Matchplay 2024 – The Second Round
In the second round the format was a little bit longer – perhaps this was not good for all the matches.
The first evening I watched fromt home. On the second night I was in Blackpool. It is always more thrilling when …
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Thursday, July 19, 2023
Column CM132
World Matchplay 2024 – The First Round
In just a few days the first round of World Matchplay was already over – just a short while after all had started.
It was an interesting first round with good and often thrilling matches – although all debutants were knocked out …
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Thursday, July 11, 2023
Column CM131
World Matchplay 2024 – The Debutants
Ricardo Pietreczko
Born: 20. October 1994
Lives in: Nürnberg/Erlangen, Germany
Darts: 23g DataDarts
Nickname: Pikachu
Walk-on-Music: Pokemon Theme (Jason Paige)
German Ricardo Pietreczko is the first of this year’s five debutants who will come on the stage of the Winter Gardens in Blackpool …
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Monday, December 16, 2023
Column CM130
An inteview with Alex Spellman
Along with Stowe Buntz, American Alex Spellman dominated this year’s Championship Darts Circuit (CDC) and qualified by the rankings for the PDC World Championship 2023/24. Spellman has competed for about ten years but only first appeared internationally when in 2022 he won his first …
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Monday, December 11, 2023
Column CM129
An inteview with South Africa’s Simon Adams
This year, Simon Adams was the South African participant in the PDC World Championship (2023/24). Internationally he not well known even though he has played darts for more than 40 years and has been quite successful in South Africa. Adams sees himself …
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Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Column CM128
The Grand Slam’s about to begin!
Jim, you are some kind of old hand in the US sport of darts – what has kept you interested in the sport for such a long time?
Yes, been playing a long time. What keeps me playing is the competition, camraderie and …
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Thursday, November 9, 2023
Column CM127
The Grand Slam’s about to begin!
It is November. The leaves have started to fall, and the weather is strange. Rain, wind, sunshine – and temperatures that don’t seem to be able to decide between summer and winter.
Dart players and fans from all over the world will head …
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Sunday, July 22, 2023
Column CM126
Thirty Years of World Matchplay – the Players from Great Britain
When one looks at the World Matchplay winner’s list the name Phil Taylor immediately catches the eye – it appears so often. Taylor won the event sixteen times, as often as he won the World Championship. It is …
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Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Column CM125
Thirty Years of World Matchplay – the Continental Europeans
Following the first part of the World Matchplay history which dealt with the participants from North America, today’s installment looks at the Continental European players and, well, the players from Australia.
Even before Roland Scholten a Dutch player appeared among …
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Friday, July 14, 2023
Column CM124
Thirty Years of World Matchplay – the North Americans
Second only to the PDC World Championship, the PDC World Matchplay is the PDC tournament with the longest history. This year, it will take place for the 30th time. But the World Matchplay differs from other PDC events, not only …
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