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
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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
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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
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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
Monday, May 20, 2019
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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
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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
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
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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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Howie Reed's ColumnMonday, April 11, 2019
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It was a dark and stormy night…
…many years ago, on December 31.
(In truth, it wasn’t “dark and stormy” but in the mid-50s with occasional showers. “Dark and stormy” sounds more literary.)
At Pine Meadows Golf Course in Martinez, California, the New Year’s Eve revelry was slowly taking …
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Howie Reed's Column
Monday, April 1, 2019
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NEWS ALERT times deux!
As all in the world darting universe are aware, the Old Dart Coach is always described as “calm, cool and collected.” It’s possible that Rudyard Kipling was writing about him when he penned, “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing …
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Howie Reed's Column
Monday, March 18, 2019
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An all-encompassing Darts Hall of Fame… and the DRA is whack-a-doodle!
The Old Dart Coach was recently bemoaning the absence of an all-encompassing Darts Hall of Fame – a place of recognition for all the great darters, not merely those in the separate PDC or USA Halls. (Just to …
