Friday, July 22, 2021
Column HR307
And this year’s World Matchplay champion will be…
Matchplay 2021 officially kicked off at the Winter Gardens when Dimitri Van den Bergh belatedly raised the Phil Taylor Trophy he won last year. That one played sans crowd in Milton Keys. The Old Dart Coach was shocked that presenter John …
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Howie Reed's Column
Friday, July 16, 2021
Column HR306
Tip a few for Andy Fordham
As the summer wind blows across the English landscape the last two of the Brit’s four premier summer sporting events are played. Already in the books is “The Championship,” the official name for Wimbledon, and Euro 2020 – played in 2021. So far, …
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Howie Reed's Column
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Column 601
WAKE UP! SEE THE LIGHT!
If you are a league that is still sending dues to the ADO or a player who attends tournaments “sanctioned” by the ADO (and hence adding funds to their coffers via a surcharge on your entry fees) and you are not aware of the …
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Dartoid's Column
Friday, June 25, 2021
Column 600
EIGHTEEN YEARS!
It been more than 18 years since the American Darts Organization has shared a financial report.
REPEAT: EIGHTEEN YEARS!
With all the social media discussion recently (and the Old Dart Coach, Howie Reed’s recent column) about whether that ADO has filed for bankruptcy (and the “defense” …
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Dartoid's Column
Thursday, June 25, 2021
Column HR305
Has the ADO filed for bankruptcy?
The ether will be filled with dart stories in the coming weeks and months predicting what the future holds. That applies to both steel and machine…
The speculation will be based on little bits of fact and globs of guessing – all nicely …
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Howie Reed's Column
Thursday, June 3, 2021
Column HR304
THE FERRET RULES!
In 1939, author Agatha Christie published her best-known mystery story. Most know it as either “10 Little Indians” or “Then There Was None.” Neither was the original title.
If published today, “Ten Little Indians” would be titled “Ten Height Challenged Human Persons from the Subcontinent.”
In …
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Howie Reed's Column
Friday, May 21, 2021
Column 599
The World Seniors Dart Championship deserves massive support. And Larry Butler!
To quote the greatest of them all, darts fans should be “over the moon” at news of the upcoming World Seniors Darts Championship. I certainly am.
But then I’d much rather watch an old Ali-Frasier fight than any …
Friday, May 21, 2021
Column HR303
Rest in Peace, Terry O’Dea – more gold gone from the Golden Age
There are times when the Old Dart Coach takes advantage of this space to wax “not very eloquently” about the Golden Age of Darts. The ODC accepts that today’s players wonder what the hell the “aged …
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Howie Reed's Column
Friday, May 14, 2021
Column 598
Goodbye old friends…
I am posting this column again because some people have asked me why I have blocked them…
Darts and politics don’t mix! Not in my world anyway…
“For some time, I have been working on a column, struggling really,” I wrote to a friend recently.
Writer’s …
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Dartoid's ColumnTuesday, April 24, 2021
Column HR302
The torch passes…
There is an old canard around that to be a successful person it’s necessary to be evil, mean, a slave driver and generally unpleasant to those who are of little value economically to you.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Currently, in North America there are few “new” canards as …
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