Dartoid’s Column

Monday, December 15, 2008
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Sky Sports darts walk-on girl – Nicola Elisa Moriarty

The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) World Championship begins this weekend at Alexandra Palace so it’s time to get to know the players or, in the case of Dartoid’s World, to get to know the one person the players would most …

Monday, December 1, 2008
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Takin’ out the BIG FINISH – at the grocery!

If you’re anything like me – married and male – you seldom go to the grocery, except to buy beer or, perhaps, on weekend game days to tag along with your wife and fill up on the sample products the …

Monday, November 3, 2008
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Tel Aviv’s Café Noga

Shalom!

If you’re looking for a game of darts and don’t mind throwing in a joint where a suicide bomber might be sitting at the bar I have a recommendation. The name of the place is Café Noga. Billed as an “old country Irish pub …

Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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Nicole Watson leads the MMDL back to greatness

I’ve just returned to Tampa from the heart of the once famous, then infamous and, now, on the road to becoming great again Minute Man Dart League…

I was lured to Boston by what I thought was an offer to throw …

Thursday, October 9, 2008
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Toodles SEWA!

After months of consideration, the other day I quit participating as a poster at the popular SEWA website. I posted my reason for doing so in what I felt was a helpful and constructive manner. I have since been bombarded with e-mails from people wanting to know …

Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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Darts – from Alcatraz to the Eagle’s Drift

Rule #5 on the “Rock” – at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary – was Rule Number One: “You are entitled to food, clothing, shelter, and medical attention. Anything else you get is a privilege.” And “anything else” certainly didn’t include a beer and …

Thursday, September 25, 2008
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Septuagenarian George Silberzahn pens another WINNER!

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – you never quite know what to expect when you pick up a book about darts. We’ll, actually you pretty much do. That’s the frustrating thing. Most of them are boring!

Like mine.

But …

Monday, September 8, 2008
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The Dart League King

In the history of time, at least in the English language (I am including British-speak as English, to be kind) there have been less than 75 books written about darts. Of course there are several about the old Dodge Dart and poison dart frogs but …

Wednesday, September 3, 2008
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Please help this dart player’s child!

As a fundraising consultant by vocation and irreverent darts fanatic by avocation I couldn’t help but consider the following appeal sent to me by a friend.
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Dear Friend:

I’m going to be taking part in a charity bike ride in February 2009 …