Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Column CM94
One of the best Women’s World Championship Finals: Trina Gulliver vs. Anastasia Dobromyslova
The final is not always the best match of a tournament but there were some World Championship finals which surely rate among the best matches in the history of darts.
I picked three and checked them …
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Column CM93
The European Championship
I will not predict anything this time – not after all those wrong predictions last time! But I have looked at the line up for the European Championship which really can take place despite all the problems the Corona crisis presents. There will even be a …
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Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Column CM92
World Grand Prix Debutants
This year, in the World Grand Prix – which due to the Corona pandemic will not be played as usual in the City West hotel in Dublin but rather behind closed doors in the Ricoh Arena in Coventry – six debutants will take part who …
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Charis' Column
Saturday, July 25, 2020
Column CM90
Superbly Amplified (or World Matchplay – Round #2)
Am I the only one who is curious why the arena in Milton Keynes is called “Marshall Arena”?
Surely others have wondered too but no doubt most don’t care and are just happy that live darts is finally back. Still, perhaps …
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Friday, July 24, 2020
Column CM89
Gary Anderson is to blame!
My idea was to abstain from accompanying this year’s World Matchplay with columns since I couldn’t watch it live on the spot. And I’ve never ever been in Milton Keynes either….
But then Gary Anderson came along and was asked in two different interviews …
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Charis' Column
Wednesday, July 18, 2020
Column CM88
After the Summer Series and before (almost) World Matchplay…
Thanks to the PDC Summer Series we were finally able to watch live darts again! But for the players and their managers and the few officials the situation during the five days was far from normal…
All had to arrive …
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Charis' Column
Tuesday, March 25, 2020
Column CM86
UK Open Day 3 – And Now for Something Completely Different…
…namely about another famous person born in Weston who had nothing at all to with darts – John Cleese, one of the founders of Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
In darts language there exists the phrase “Not old” …
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Charis' ColumnTuesday, March 25, 2020
Column CM85
UK Open Day 2 – Ritchie Blackmore
One of the best-known people from Weston-super-Mare is Ritchie Blackmore, the lead guitarist from Deep Purple (although he only lived for his first two years in Weston). His family then moved to Heston, a suburb of London. When Blackmore was eleven, he …
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Charis' Column
Tuesday, March 25, 2020
Column CM84
UK Open Day 1 – Weston-super-Mare
When I walked back after the first day of the UK Open in Minehead from Butlins to my Bed and Breakfast the lights twinkled from the other side of the bay. There sits Weston super- Mare.
Weston-super-Mare is today a town far bigger …
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Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Column CM83
Charis interviews Canada’s Matt Campbell
You know what they say about mice, men and their best-laid plans – they often go awry. Such (obviously) was the case with the following interview, which was intended to be shared before the start of the world championships. Campbell fell 3-1 in the …
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