Charis’ Column

Monday, July 22, 2019
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World Matchplay 2019 – Debutantes Part 2

Glen Durrant

Age: 48
Nickname: Duzza
Best TV run: 2017 Grand Slam of Darts – quarter-final, three times BDO World Champion
Betfred tournament odds: 40/1
First round opponent: Adrian Lewis

To call Durrant a debutante – well, I feel rather reluctant about …

Monday, July 22, 2019
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World Matchplay 2019 – Debutantes Part 1

This year seven debutantes will stand for the first time at the World Matchplay oche, one more than last year. One could rate it as another sign of the changing of the guard though two of the debutantes are already older than …

Saturday, June 8, 2019
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Interview with Chuck Puleo

46-year-old Cuck Puleo was more or less unknown when he qualified in 2018 after three wins on the CDC circuit as the highest ranked American player for the PDC World Championship 2019. With Dimitri van den Bergh he was drawn against a tough opponent and …

Monday, March 25, 2019
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UK Open – Day 3

The third day of the UK Open dawned – it was rather grey outside, not really dry and it stormed. Not nice for hiking but when Coleridge was on his way in March 1798, he had to take a break in an inn in …

Monday, March 25, 2019
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UK Open – Day 2

Rather astonishingly, the second day of the UK Open started quite nice and dry again – an ideal day to walk a few miles on the Coleridge Way. The next destination on route is the small town of Porlock. Again you can find an …

Monday, March 18, 2019
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UK Open – Day 1

The weather was not really an issue this year though in the evening of the day before the UK Open started we had quite a strong wind in Minehead and my window rattled loudly. But with this exception it is almost spring here, not …

Wednesday, January 30, 2019
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“Only a publicity stunt…”

…said Linda Duffy when she heard of the PDC’s plan to offer two places for women in the World Championship. Furthermore, she stated her belief that it is unfair when women must play against men. Of course, she has an explanation for this disconcerting opinion …

Monday, December 24, 2018
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Anastasia Dobromsylova – until now, the only woman to qualify by pub qualifier for the PDC World Championship

Yes, that happened once (it was not so long ago). The woman who managed this was Anastasia Dobromyslova and she was again one of the players who stood on the stage …

Wednesday, December 19, 2018
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WC day four, and the first (and so far, only) German women on the PDC circuit

Yes, really, it is true, there were German ladies who played a few PDC Europe Events. There were two: Sabrina Spörle and Stefanie Lück.

Sabrina Spörle was more a soft darts player and …

Tuesday, December 18, 2018
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PDC World Championships – day three and the (probably) only PDC Women’s World Champion

On the third day of the World Championship – during which the top favourite, Michael van Gerwen would appear for the first time on the Alexandra Palace stage – we begin by reflecting on another …