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Column #356 One year ago, this May, in darts…

Friday, May 1, 2009
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One year ago, this May, in darts…

Across the world colorful May flowers reach for the sun – but not for long in Myanmar, western China and the American Midwest where cyclones, earthquakes and tornados blow the flora, and pretty much everything else, away…

…as does thirteen-time world champion …

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Column #355 One year ago, this April, in darts…

Wednesday, April 1, 2009
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One year ago, this April, in darts…

Amidst the usual unrelenting showers, April produces a series of firsts in the history of our sport, some reported and some not… and still others which, because strange things happen around April 1, may not have happened at all.

Bulls Eye News …

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Column #354 The Future of the Las Vegas Desert Classic

Tuesday, March 31, 2009
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The Future of the Las Vegas Desert Classic

It isn’t often that Dartoid’s World passes on the writings of someone else, let alone someone sane – however it is rare that word leaks out, such as those below from Superstars of Darts, Andy Fairclough, that portend such massive …

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Column #353 Viper Strikes Unique Deal

Monday, March 30, 2009
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Viper Strikes Unique Deal

Professional dart player Tony Eccles, known as The Viper, has secured a rather unusual sponsorship deal, from the members of internet Darts forum Superstars of Darts. Over 100 members of the popular forum bought shares for £25, raising £3650 before holding three rounds of …

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Column #352 One year ago, this March, in darts…

Monday, March 2, 2009
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One year ago, this March, in darts…

March marched in just like them thar posh Redcoats once did into Lexington and Concord, and then…

BAM! BANG! BOOM!

Phil Taylor shows those who just last month chided his best days were behind him that, unlike them thar Redcoats… he still

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Column #351 My wife has just won her TWENTY-EIGHTH Golden Nose!

Monday, February 23, 2009
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My wife has just won her TWENTY-EIGHTH Golden Nose!

This fall I will have been married to my wife, Marylou, for twenty-eight years!

TWENTY-EIGHT!

That would be a quick d14 – now BUY ME A BEER!

On average I throw darts three nights a week. And I travel. I’ve …

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Column #350 Sponsor a Professional Darts Player!

Friday, February 20, 2009
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Sponsor a Professional Darts Player!

Much like the little ditties I’ve popped out for the past fifteen years, there are certain darts website forums that are just not relevant. But I won’t mention SEWA.

There is however, one forum, now five-years-old, that has been on the cutting-edge since its …

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Column #349 Help find The Phantom Darts Player!

Wednesday, February 18, 2009
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Help find The Phantom Darts Player!

It was a Saturday night, and Stevenage was ready.
The stage was set among the audience of many.
The Legends of Darts where in town,
Who dare challenge, and take a crown.
A guy in his thirty’s approached from the crowd,
I will

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Column #348 The First Annual White Sands Missile Launch Darts Tournament

Tuesday, February 17, 2009
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The First Annual White Sands Missile Launch Darts Tournament

To some, the eighty-four mile, hour or so long stretch along old US Highway 54 from El Paso, Texas to Alamogordo, New Mexico might seem desolate, but it’s not. At least it wasn’t for me. Travelers will typically encounter military …

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Column #347 One year ago, this February, in darts…

Sunday, February 1, 2009
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One year ago, this February, in darts…

February followed January, as it often does, and…

…the Whyte & Mackay Premier League kicked off with a first night shocker as thirteen-time world champion Phil Taylor, using a new set of Unicorn’s aerodynamically perfecto mundo Sigma darts and despite a 6-5 …

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