Charis’ Column

Monday, July 16, 2018
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World Matchplay 2018 – Preview, Part 1 – The Debutants

This year, six debutants qualified for Blackpool and will stand for the first time on the stage at the Winter Gardens. Two of them are Dutch, one is from England, one from Ireland, one from Wales and one from …

Tuesday, July 10, 2018
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Did we really miss him?

It is only a short time now until the start of the prestigious World Matchplay in Blackpool and the question that suddenly popped into my head is, “Did we miss him?” Of course I am talking about the retired Phil Taylor!

When you follow …

Friday, June 29, 2018
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An interview with Mark McGeeney

Mark – you entered the BDO World Championship this year as the BDO number 1. Was it more a motivation or more a burden for you? 

I didn’t feel a difference. Playing at the World Championships is pressure enough.

You took part for the …

Monday, April 23, 2018
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Interview with Rene Eidams

Rene, you refer to yourself as a “professional darts player.” Does that mean you can live from playing darts?

No, ‘till now it doesn’t really work. That’s why I as a sideline have got darts shop under www.cubedarts.de.

What is or was your line …

Saturday, March 24, 2018
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Adventure Weekend in Minehead

The new darting year started with the great final of the PDC World Championship which Rob Cross was able to win and continued with the BDO World Championship which was not as high class as the PDC counterpart but nevertheless quite entertaining. After that, we …

Tuesday, January 8, 2018
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Change of Power

Well, what a tournament! And what an outcome!

I can’t imagine anybody predicted this. I surely didn’t.

Like many other dart fans around the world I was almost convinced we would see another triumph of the green Dutchman. There were a few other options I had …

Wednesday, December 20, 2017
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A little more about the darts scene in Russia (an interview with Igor Dzasokhov)

Igor Dzasokhov is the chairman of the Euroasian Darts Cooperation (EADC) which among other tournaments organises in its member countries’ qualifiers for the PDC World Championship in London. This year – as two years ago …

Wednesday, December 20, 2017
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Interview with Alexandr Oreshkin

Russian darts player Aleksandr Oreshkin, born 1961, for the first time stood on the stage of the Alexandra Palace in 2016. He had qualified by the Russian World Championship qualifier. His strange throwing action caused a stir and seemed to distract his opponents. He won …

Thursday, November 30, 2017
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Grand Slam – Catherine Eddowes (or Behind Lock and Bars 4) 

Until today, I couldn’t find a blue plaque for Catherine Eddowes in Wolverhampton. But of course you really can’t call her an “important” person. Her “fame” results from quite gruesome circumstances: Eddowes was the fourth victim of Jack …

Wednesday, November 29, 2017
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Grand Slam – Suffragettes (or Behind Lock and Bars 3) 

When I walk from my hotel into town I always pass a house with a blue plaque. The plaques remember important persons of the town – and most of the names I’ve never heard before. Out of curiosity I …