Saturday, September 11, 2021
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Belgium KO’d by Austria, Yanks Bye-bye, 7 Seeds Advance
This is the first time since 2016 that all seeds advanced to the round of 16. For those seeded teams that didn’t look good the experts’ said, “They’ll play better in singles.” Most did play better except for Belgium. How …
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Friday, September 10, 2021
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Japan lights up the stage. Seeds don’t, but advance.
Another GREAT day with the World Cup – and beer!
One of the stupider statements came from announcer Stuart Pike. “Darts is becoming popular in Japan.” Machine darts is BIG in Japan, steel darts not so much. The Japanese duo …
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Thursday, September 9, 2021
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Netherlands, Poland & USA: SOCKO! Singapore gets a Mulligan.
Day One of the Cazoo World Cup began when the resplendent John McDonald called the meeting to order on a day that had been a sunny 80 degrees in Jena, Germany. Prior to the opening dart, the Old Dart Coach …
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Wednesday, September 8, 2021
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2021 World Cup of Darts PREDICTIONS!
The Old Dart Coach was singing at the top of his voice with all his baby heart (in the key of ugly):
How is your mother,
How is your brother,
How is your sister Sue
How is your Granny
How is your Fanny …
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Monday, July 26, 2021
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Colorful hair, pants, shoes, “Old Mo” and Snakebite GIT ‘ER DONE!
The Old Dart Coach could dine on crow, fava beans and a nice Chianti (not Pierazzuoli Chianti Montalbano Riserva 2015 – but on the brown bag stuff). But still, his Matchplay predictions were right more than wrong. He …
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Friday, July 22, 2021
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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 ColumnFriday, July 16, 2021
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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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Thursday, June 25, 2021
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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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Thursday, June 3, 2021
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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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Friday, May 21, 2021
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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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