Dartoid’s Column

Saturday, September 28, 2018
Column 564
Darts in America – 2000 vs. 2018

According to a survey conducted in the year 2000 by the American Darts Organization the average dart player in this country was 38 years old. This suggests that today on average you and I are about 56. In my case (and the …

Monday, August 27, 2018
Column 563
Rest in Peace, John McCain

Tucked away somewhere in the “sweaty hubbub of Vietnam’s capital of Hanoi is an air-conditioned oasis of American military life they call ‘The Ranch.’” According to Newsweek’s chief political correspondent, Howard Fineman, the installation is equipped with “basketball and volleyball courts, clipped lawns, a …

Monday, August 6, 2018
Column 562
Still more darts wanderlust (Cape Town and Bangkok)

“Now when I was a little chap,” recalled Joseph Conrad at the beginning of Heart of Darkness, “I had a passion for maps. I would look for hours at South America, or Africa, or Australia, and lose myself in all the …

Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Column 561
Preparing for darts in Cape Town

As I take aim at checking out the darts scene in Cape Town, South Africa (hopefully with a meet up arranged by PDC professional Devon Petersen) I am reminded of one of my more unusual experiences, from 1997… ______________________________________________________________________________

I’ve thrown darts in …

Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Column 560
Jerry Butler for Larry Butler

As Jerry Butler says, although his famous song is about love the theme can be applied to almost anything…

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Get well Larry!

From the Field,

Dartoid…

Sunday, June 10, 2018
Column 559
Dear Jong-un – Let’s Play Darts!

Dear Jong-un…

Please accept my deepest condolences to you and your family on the death of your father (and on your haircut) and also my apology for addressing you informally. I write in friendship to ask for an invitation to come to North …

Friday, June 1, 2018
Column 558
The Man.  The Myth.  The Legend.

As the Old Dart Coach is currently in the thick of his series on the PDC’s World Cup XIII it seems appropriate to remind younger and newer readers just who is the Old Dart Coach. The following column ran in 2011.

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As …

Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Column 557
Just the MAPP facts, Jack!  And more.

About a month ago I pulled a column. It was titled “Darts Retail in the US: Savvy Business Model or American Greed?” Although I didn’t author the piece I endorsed it as “thought provoking and well researched.”

I learned very quickly that …

Sunday, April 1, 2018
Column 556
THE BEST BOOK ABOUT DARTS EVER WRITTEN!

I have more than 100 books about darts in my library.

Occasionally, I am asked to recommend one of them. I respond as one might expect. “Are you interested in a novel, a book about technique, a book by a legend about …