Dartoid’s Column

January 3, 2008
Column 312
The “Golden Girl”

I don’t know Trina Gulliver but if we ever meet she’ll probably punch me in the head and knock me out (something she once did in school to a lad who slagged her off) after she reads the first few paragraphs of this!

I’ve just flipped the …

December 11, 2007
Column 311
Jugs for World Peace

(NOTE: I wrote this for a friend of mine, Barbara Cooke, who has been known to throw a dart or two. She has promised me, if she wins, she will – in addition to her serious pledge below, use her celebrity to promote our wonderful sport …

December 7, 2007
Column 310
Hatton vs. Mayweather, and the Boxing-Darts Connection

How can any respectable darts journalist pass up the opportunity to comment on tomorrow night’s mega-reprise of the good old Leonard-Hearns-Hagler days of the 1980s?

Okay, so I’m not a journalist…

OKAY, so I’m not particularly respectable, at least according to women.

But …

December 5, 2007
Column 309
There’s a SUPER new website in town!

Some years back, after months of dedicated research and a lot of drinking, I published a column called the Top Ten Darts Websites in the World. It came as no surprise to darts enthusiasts everywhere that the list was topped by http://www.Hooters.com.…

December 3, 2007
Column 308
A Holiday Greeting to Dartoid’s World Readers

Dear Friends…

It is that time of year again to share with you Mrs. Dartoid’s and my adventures in this journey we call life. 2007 has been another year of magic and wonder…

Lori, who we adopted from Argentina in January, is almost …

July 8, 2007
Column 307
The Sun Darts Quiz Book

A new little darts book has popped onto the market. Compiled by Chris Bradshaw and published by HarperCollins, The Sun Darts Quiz Book is a fun read and, priced at roughly ten bucks, it’s a book worthy of a place in the library of any …

July 7, 2007
Column 306
Jojo Barellano

I suppose the news that Rizal “JoJo” Barellano will be representing his country, in the first appearance ever by a Filipino, in this year’s Professional Darts Corporation’s (PDC) world championship was greeted with a yawn by most fans of the sport. Undoubtedly when news breaks that another player …

November 1, 2007
Column 305
Is it time for a National Darts Regulation Authority?

There have been some incidents recently on the American darts circuit that underscore the need for some sort of serious process, perhaps even a regulatory authority, to be established to sanction those who bring our sport into disrepute. In this exciting …

October 1, 2007
Column 304
A Comment about Bellies and Bullseyes…

If brainwashed middle-class journalists want to pooh-pooh darts because of the bellies, tattoos and beer and not see the skill or dedication or the work ethic, that’s their problem.

— Sid Waddell

There was a lot of CRAP flyin’ about in the run up …

September 1, 2007
Column 303
An “Interview” with Dave ‘Boy’ Green

It was the following two paragraphs from my daily series on the Professional Darts Corporation’s (PDC) first Las Vegas Player’s Championship and annual Desert Classic that got me threatened:

In a result unprecedented in darting history, indeed in the history of all sport, thirteen …