Sunday, June 9, 2019
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BetVictor PDC World Cup of Darts – Final Day
The final day promised much and delivered. It was a day to remember!
Quarter-finals (format: two singles best of 7-501. If tied, doubles best of 7-501. First to 2 points advances to the semi-finals)
The quarter finals saw another …
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Howie Reed's Column
Saturday, June 8, 2019
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BetVictor PDC World Cup of Darts – Day Three
As the Old Dart Coach predicted England went out without firing a shot. The Republic of Ireland with William O’Conner averaging 115 advanced to the quarter finals – O’Conner took out Rob Cross 4-3.
For the USA it was another …
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Howie Reed's Column
Friday, June 7, 2019
Column HR261
BetVictor PDC World Cup of Darts – Day Two
Today saw the end of round one.
The leisurely pace now quickens as all reaming teams see action tomorrow. The format changes from doubles only to singles, and doubles if necessary. We’re told the format change will be fairer for …
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Howie Reed's Column
Thursday, June 6, 2019
Column HR260
BetVictor PDC World Cup of Darts – Day One
When the sun rose this morning in Hamburg, Germany, at 5:29 a.m. the odds were good that few if any of the 2 million-plus metropolitan area population knew or even cared that in just 15 hours the PDC World Cup …
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Howie Reed's Column
Thursday, May 30, 2019
Column HR259
It’s time again for the BetVictor PDC World Cup of Darts!
Have you noticed that none of the wagering sites have female or transgender names? To be fair, shouldn’t there be a “The BetPickles” or “BetBruce/Caitlyn” or even just a “BetVictor/Victoria” World Cup? Walk-on girls were dumped in the …
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Howie Reed's Column
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Column 573
How to Master the Game of Cricket – a book review
Full disclosure: Mesa, Arizona’s Jason Carter and I have a history. It dates to when I took issue with an article he wrote about MAPP (Minimum Advertising Price Policies). It was riddled with inaccuracies and fundamentally argued that …
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Dartoid's Column
Monday, May 20, 2019
Column HR258
This week’s Premier League finals… and a beautiful Latin lady
It’s time for the Old Dart Coach to do his spring column cleaning – to bring the dear faithful reader the rest of the news in the darting world that’s fit to print.
The Premier League finals are this …
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Howie Reed's Column
Thursday, May 16, 2019
Column HR257
Bend over. Grab your ankles.
Sometimes the Old Dart Coach has to grab his ankles and admit he made a mistake. This is one of those times. He issues this apology after first calling Guinness to register his recent error.
In his last column the ODC wrote that Ian …
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Howie Reed's Column
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Column 572
Shoe for Dart, again!
Ronnie “Rocket” Baxter, who once demolished me repeatedly one evening at CD’s Lounge in Las Vegas, was recently asked in a Facebook post what type of shoe is best for darts.
His answer: trainers. In American lingo that’s tennis shoes.
This may or may not …
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Dartoid's Column
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Column HR256
Some things are true because they’re true!
As he has want to do, the Old Dart Coach was musing at his humble Hacienda estate. He wrote on April 29, 2019, that “Some things are true because they’re true.”
For example, for sports music May is the best. It starts …
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