Dartoid’s Column

April 21, 2006
Column 245
Dear Leslie…

Dear Leslie:

As you know, the essence of what follows has been e-mailed to you privately and you have not responded. You have cast dispersion on my integrity. I must respond. In doing so, I mean no disrespect to the AMOA, NDA or darts in general.

There is …

April 19, 2006
Column 244
A Brief History of Darts

(The idea for this story was inspired by a little post that darts star Dave Whitcombe made at the popular Superstars of Darts website at http://superdarts.resourcez.com. So I made a similar post to another website, the home of SEWA darts at http://www.sewa-darts.com. After …

April 18, 2006
Column 243
A Review of Hawaii 501 – Life as a Darts Pro

I’m gobsmacked! That’s a British term meaning handsome.

It turns out that I have something in common with a World Class darts player. His name’s Wayne Mardle and he published a book which I have just finished en route …

April 5, 2006
Column 242
Johnny Kuczynski WSOD Profile — Part One

The little story I am about to tell you is true. It happened exactly as I am about to describe it. Honest. I swear it.

I’ve just returned to my office from a couple of weeks of business in Thailand. There are piles …

April 2, 2006
Column 241
Today they call him Bazooka Joe. Tomorrow it could be Million Dollar Baby.

After finishing in the top sixteen in Windsor Locks on March 18 and top eight yesterday in Marlborough, Connecticut’s Joe Efter battled nerves and many of the top darters in American, past and present, to eventually see …

April 1, 2006
Column 240
America’s Stunned! Dartoid Wins Marlborough Qualifier!

Okay, the title’s a lie. April Fools!

It was a stellar field that made the trek to the tenth World Series of Darts (WSOD) qualifier today. Brad Wethington was there. Davis Snider. Tom Curtin. Gerome Verdaro. Chris Helms. Mike Brewer. Carolyn Mars. Tom Sawyer. …

March 28, 2006
Column 239
Tim Grossman

What will I do if I win the million dollars? I’ll just be happy recalling the day when my father first handed me a set of darts. I was ten years old. He passed away in April 2002 and he’ll never be forgotten, especially for pushing me to …

March 21, 2006
Column 238
Joseph Carter Chaney

When I get my ten minutes on television the first thing I will do is apologize to a special someone for hurting their feelings. Then I’ll give a big shout out to Soddy-Daisy and my family.

— Joseph Carter Chaney
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Nickname: Joe “C”
Date of Birth: …

March 19, 2006
Column 237
FINALLY, Sly from Paradise books his spot!

They say that the “third time’s the charm” and there ain’t no arguin’ that with the man called Sly from Paradise. In his third attempt and after coming so close – falling to Dave DePriest in the finals of the Chicago qualifier just …

March 18, 2006
Column 236
Things, they be rampin’ up, baby!

In a finals match worthy of any on the Professional Darts Corporation’s (PDC) circuit, eighteen darts was the most it took either of the remaining combatants today at the PACKED Double Tree Hotel in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Trading legs of thirteen and fourteen darts, …