Dartoid’s Column

Monday, June 15, 2009
Column 362
World Cup XVII – a Preview

The last time I wrote about a World Cup was in advance of the 1999 event held in the capital of KuaZula-Natal – Durbin, South Africa. After scoping out the city and venue I offered advice to then ADO President, Sandi Cain, who …

Thursday, June 11, 2009
Column 361
The Freddie Prinze Memorial Darts Tournament

Yah y’betch yah!

There really is a Freddie Prinze Memorial Darts Tournament, named after the real live (well, not any more) star of Chico and the Man fame and it’s in Nor’Dakoda. That’s somewhere near Canada, which I am told is due to …

Monday, June 8, 2009
Column 360
The Art of Darts

It seems that John Lowe is angling to publish as many books as he’s won tournaments. His fifth book – The Art of Darts (Hodder and Stoughton) – hit the stands on May 28 to mixed reviews.

Some have taken issue with the cover.

Others …

Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Column 359
One year ago, this June, in darts…

If April showers bring May flowers what do May flowers bring? Of course the answer was Pilgrims, but not this June…

The Detroit Red Wings win the Stanley Cup 3-2 over the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Boston Celtics win their 17th NBA championship …

Thursday, May 28, 2009
Column 358
COOOOOOOOOP XXVIII

I am about to frickin’ depart for the BEST frickin’ darts tournament in the world and I don’t mind tellin’ ya that I can barely frickin’ wait!

I haven’t missed Chuck and Stick’s Chicken COOP Open since 2006 when I first took Mike Edwards up on his …

Thursday, May 21, 2009
Column 357
Talkin’ CRAP at SEWA!

I write crap. I’m an expert at it. I drove my college creative writing professor to drink because I wrote and then published an essay arguing that administrators at Western Michigan University should be jailed for allowing behavioral psychology professors to let students torture and …

Friday, May 1, 2009
Column 356
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 …

Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Column 355
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 …

Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Column 354
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 …

Monday, March 30, 2009
Column 353
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 …