Friday, August 16, 2023
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THE WEEK THAT WAS…
Rob Cross would have to have been angry when he traveled with his mates from the PDC for the World Series in New Zealand and Australia. He won both the New Zealand and the New South Wales Darts Masters pretty as you’d like. In New …
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Friday, August 11, 2023
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SKULLDUGGERY AFOOT?
Skullduggery depends on the eye of the beer holder. The definitions run the gamut from “underhanded or unscrupulous” to “dishonorable behavior or proceedings” to “mean… dishonesty… trickery.” To some, much of this defines the American Darts Organization.
Recently, the Old Dart Coach’s amigo, Mick Smith, asked, “Why …
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Wednesday, August 2, 2023
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PLAYING CATCH UP and ADIOS
While the Old Dart Coach was tied up with the PDC “Squatter’s & Pointers” performing in Blackpool he ignored North America. Thereby he missed another great weekend for the ‘Queen of the Oche” Paula Murphy who went through the ladies at the Music City …
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Monday, July 24, 2023
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BEAU IS BODACIOUS!
The 7 top women and one “I Feel Like a Woman” toed the oche for the second Women’s World Matchplay – the winner would bank £10,000. The show opened with a collage of women’s legends of darts. Shame on the PDC for ignoring the fact that …
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Monday, July 24, 2023
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ALL HAIL THE ASP!
The first day of World Matchplay quarter final matches had more “big checks” than the lotto. In both matches big leads were the order of the day. Daryl Gurney took it on the chin from Joe Cullen. Gurney, who had only missed 12 doubles the …
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Thursday, July 20, 2023
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THEN THERE WERE EIGHT…
The stage at the Winter Gardens (Blackpool) has seen players and fans battling sweltering heat. The fans, of course, were forced to consume aiming fluid while players were limited to H2O. This year, the temperature has been unusually cool. The second round of the World …
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Tuesday, July 18, 2023
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HIT THE DOOR, van Gerwen!
Dart players by nature are a gullible lot. Given enough aiming fluid and group tighter darters will believe anything. Phil Taylor was actually able to go “over the moon,” Gary Anderson did not drop SAD’s (silent and deadly) bomb’s on the oche and a …
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Howie Reed's ColumnTuesday, July 12, 2023
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MID-SUMMER CLASSICS
After a brief vacation (wishing all Happy Canada Day and/or Happy July 4th) Toeing the Oche is back!
The PDC and the ADO both have Mid-Summer classics. The PDC has the World Matchplay starting Saturday with a prize fund of £800,000 with the winner scooping up …
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Tuesday, June 27, 2023
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The Cowboy Rides Away
George Strait sang, “Now I just found a game that I can’t play. And this is where the cowboy rides away.”
But first. The PDC World Cup 2023 is in the rear-view mirror but, like “The Song is Ended (but the Melody Lingers On)”, …
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Friday, June 20, 2023
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All Hail the Victors… WALES!
There is nothing in the world more aggravating than the jerk that says, “I told you so!” That person deserves “the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,” as Bill Shakespeare wrote. The Old Dart Coach is willing to accept his fate as he wrote …
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