Howie Reed’s Column

Tuesday, September 12, 2023
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DARTS AND FATS DOMINO – and RIP DAVID BROOK

NEWS BULLETIN 

A huge thank you is due Lisa Farrell who has made a donation to the GOLDEN ERA DART PLAYERS STACY BROMBERG SENIOR OPEN (January 19-20, 2024) bringing the Ladies Singles prize fund to $1,000 – the first tournament …

Friday, August 23, 2023
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Geezer Gazette: Volume II – Issue II

Welcome to the new and improved Geezer Gazette.  The Gazette is the official newsletter of the GOLDEN ERA DART PLAYERS STACY BROMBERG SENIOR OPEN scheduled for January 19-20, 2024, at CD’s Sports Lounge in Las Vegas.

$2,700 in prize money is …

Friday, August 16, 2023
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THE WEEK THAT WAS…

Rob Cross would have to have been angry when he traveled with his mates from the PDC for the World Series in New Zealand and Australia.  He won both the New Zealand and the New South Wales Darts Masters pretty as you’d like.  In New …

Friday, August 11, 2023
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SKULLDUGGERY AFOOT?

Skullduggery depends on the eye of the beer holder.  The definitions run the gamut from “underhanded or unscrupulous” to “dishonorable behavior or proceedings” to “mean… dishonesty…  trickery.”  To some, much of this defines the American Darts Organization.

Recently, the Old Dart Coach’s amigo, Mick Smith, asked, “Why …

Wednesday, August 2, 2023
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PLAYING CATCH UP and ADIOS

While the Old Dart Coach was tied up with the PDC “Squatter’s & Pointers” performing in Blackpool he ignored North America.  Thereby he missed another great weekend for the ‘Queen of the Oche” Paula Murphy who went through the ladies at the Music City …

Monday, July 24, 2023
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BEAU IS BODACIOUS!

The 7 top women and one “I Feel Like a Woman” toed the oche for the second Women’s World Matchplay – the winner would bank £10,000.  The show opened with a collage of women’s legends of darts.  Shame on the PDC for ignoring the fact that …

Monday, July 24, 2023
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ALL HAIL THE ASP!

The first day of World Matchplay quarter final matches had more “big checks” than the lotto.  In both matches big leads were the order of the day.  Daryl Gurney took it on the chin from Joe Cullen.  Gurney, who had only missed 12 doubles the …

Thursday, July 20, 2023
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THEN THERE WERE EIGHT…

The stage at the Winter Gardens (Blackpool) has seen players and fans battling sweltering heat.  The fans, of course, were forced to consume aiming fluid while players were limited to H2O.  This year, the temperature has been unusually cool.  The second round of the World …

Tuesday, July 18, 2023
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HIT THE DOOR, van Gerwen!

Dart players by nature are a gullible lot.  Given enough aiming fluid and group tighter darters will believe anything.  Phil Taylor was actually able to go “over the moon,” Gary Anderson did not drop SAD’s (silent and deadly) bomb’s on the oche and a …

Tuesday, July 12, 2023
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MID-SUMMER CLASSICS

After a brief vacation (wishing all Happy Canada Day and/or Happy July 4^th) Toeing the Oche is back!

The PDC and the ADO both have Mid-Summer classics.  The PDC has the World Matchplay starting Saturday with a prize fund of £800,000 with the winner scooping up …