Charis’ Column

Friday, December 24, 2016
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At St. Martin in the Fields and Alexandra Palace 

As the World Championship would not begin before the evening I took the bus and underground into the City of London. The city is always crowded and even more so such a short time before Christmas. So I concentrated on …

Friday, December 2, 2016
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An interview with Linda Duffy

Linda Batten-Duffy, the #1 in woman’s darts from 1982-1987, started to play darts in her local pub when she was 15. At the time, women had few options to play darts in England – even county ladies darts didn’t exist before 1975. Nevertheless, Linda …

Thursday, September 15, 2016
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The Silly Season?

Well, not exactly a “silly season”… not anymore.

Until some years ago, the period after the World Matchplay in Blackpool used to be the beginning of the “silly season” in darts. Players went on holiday, probably to the Continent to lie on the beaches, recover from …

Tuesday, August 3, 2016
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“Brexit” Darts

This year, I began my trip to Blackpool feeling slightly uneasy. Only a few days before, the UK had voted to leave the EU and one could read everywhere about bursts of hatred against foreigners. Hatred is an attitude that perplexes me. I just can’t understand …

Tuesday, June 28, 2016
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Darts in June – Upsets, Highlights and Another Milestone Birthday 

June’s darting highlight certainly was the PDC World Cup. It’s a darts tournament I like – different format, different faces and even sometimes a few upsets! And this year it even included a premature birthday present…

This year’s …

Wednesday, May 25, 2016
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“Wolfie” celebrates his 60th birthday! 

Martin “Wolfie” Adams will celebrate his 60th birthday on June 4th. I can imagine he’ll celebrate it in style while taking part in a tournament… and to be sure the wolves will be howling!

Adams’ 36-year long (more or less) darting career started by …

Tuesday, May 24, 2016
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Charis interviews Martin “Wolfie” Adams 

Martin – of course, people wonder why after years of refusal you took part in the Grand Slam last year?

Well, that’s nothing mysterious. The BDO talked to me and advised me to take part.

How did you like it?

I really enjoyed …

Monday, April 11, 2016
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The fat’s in the fire…  

When I recently watched the Michael van Gerwen /Phil Taylor match during Premier League, which ended in a draw, I couldn’t help feeling something like Jetzt haben wir den Salat, which means in English “The fat’s in the fire”…

Whatever you might …

Monday, March 14, 2016
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The UK Open – is this really a column?

Although I am still not quite sure what a column really is I agreed to write one and my new boss, Dartoid, made me visit the UK Open as the tournament offered a chance for a journalistic attempt. And …

Friday, February 19, 2016
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An interview with Larry Butler

Born in 1957, Larry Butler is 58 years of age – three years older than Phil Taylor. But he is still one of the most successful American dart players, possibly the most successful.

Beside countless North American tournament wins, both steel-tip and soft-tip, he …