{"id":9020,"date":"2024-05-09T09:16:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T13:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/?p=9020"},"modified":"2024-05-09T09:16:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T13:16:53","slug":"column-hr454-hyde-park-and-darts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/2024\/05\/column-hr454-hyde-park-and-darts\/","title":{"rendered":"Column #HR454 Hyde Park and Darts?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday, May 10, 2024
\n<\/strong>Column HR454<\/strong>
\nHyde Park and Darts?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hyde Park in London is famous for its speaker\u2019s corner. That spot is used as an open forum for oral debate. It\u2019s appropriate to link it to darts at this time. While this space should focus on news about people that throw \u201cpointy things at a round board\u201d (important only for those in the dart world) darts has drawn international interest.<\/p>\n

Toeing the Oche and the Old Dart Coach would normally be waxing poetic about superstar Luke Littler.\u00a0 But today,\u00a0the Queen of Darts, Ms. Deta Hedman, has captured the world\u2019s attention.\u00a0 But first…<\/p>\n

Littler entered the Premier League without a single PDC win which raised the eyebrows and ire of many veteran players.\u00a0 In his first PDC appearance he lost in the finals of the world championship.\u00a0 In less than 6 months he has proved to be something special.\u00a0 At this time, he leads the Premier League standings and should remain there until the playoffs on the 23rd of May.\u00a0 Last Thursday, Littler captured his 4th Premier League night when he beat Rob Cross 6-4.<\/p>\n

Littler had to battle\u00a0Nathan Aspinall in his first match, as has become a usual scenario.\u00a0 The pair were tired at 3 with serve being held. Then, Littler broke after Aspinall missed one at 36 – Littler followed by taking out 64 (8, 16, d20).\u00a0 After a Littler 5-3 lead, Aspinall would level at 5 with the darts in the decider.\u00a0 Littler missed the bull for the win, leaving Aspinall at T60.\u00a0 He got his pair of t20s but missed the d20\u00a0Shanghai\u00a0for the win. Littler then took out 25 for the match.<\/p>\n

Littler then destroyed Michael Smith 6-1 averaging a healthy 110.<\/p>\n

Peter Wright\u2019s a fresh and always entertaining personality. \u00a0His latest comments describe a behind the scenes look at the practice room. “Like all the other guys and myself, we practice a lot in the back room.\u00a0 He [Littler] just sits there on his phone, gets up and has about five minutes, then walks on the stage and spanks everyone!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Littler\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>on his way to King.<\/p>\n

The ODC has long been a longtime friend and fan of Deta Hedman.\u00a0 Deta\u00a0<\/em>is an elegant person, a great dart player and a person with character.\u00a0 She separates herself with rock hard principles lacking in many darters. \u00a0Deta has now cemented beyond a shadow of a doubt that she deserves the tile as The Queen: she took a moral-principled stand at the Denmark Open.<\/p>\n

Placing principle ahead of money or WDF ranking points she acted.\u00a0 In the quarter finals Deta forfeited her match against \u201cFeel Like a Woman with male attached equipment\u201d, Noa-Lynn van Leuven – who one person describes as \u201copenly transgender\u201d (as opposed, one would guess, to one who is not open).\u00a0 Go figure.<\/p>\n

The facts are that Deta refused to play her quarter finals match on the principle that \u201cwomen’s darts\u201d is for women and girls. \u00a0Deta reflected:\u00a0\u201cThis is not about the rights or wrongs about my decision at the Denmark Open yesterday, but I want to put the record straight. I spoke to tournament director Carsten Jeppesen in a private chat.\u00a0 We went to an area backstage.\u00a0 No other officials were in earshot and definitely no other players were there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hedman was forced to speak out after a sleazeball reporter (Phil Barrs), without\u00a0checking\u00a0reported that: \u201cDeta didn\u2019t refuse to play Noa; she informed the control desk and tournament organizers she was ill and in pain, so was unable to play.\u00a0 So, this way she would still pick up ranking points by not refusing to play because of who the opponent was.”<\/p>\n

Deta fired back. \u201cPhil Barrs posts on X, etc. are totally untrue.\u00a0 He claims he was told by a very reliable source.\u00a0 I didn’t falsely claim to be sick so that I could protect my ranking points.\u201d<\/p>\n

(There are reports that the \u201creliable source\u201d is known.\u00a0 The ODC \u2018suspects\u2019 but is waiting for a real reliable source to publish.)\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Barrs has made other claims that were in fact false.\u00a0 He quoted that Anca Zijlstra has resigned from the Dutch Team after losing to van Leuven.\u00a0 That proved to be false as she had resigned before they played. \u00a0This from the old \u201creliable source.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barrs’ post resulted in Anca receiving online abuse and threats.\u00a0 Deta spared no words in her advice to Barrs. \u201cPerhaps, Phil, you should check both sides of a story before posting absolute crap, that not only is inaccurate but now on 2 occasions has falsely accused two ladies and caused grief.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The Sultan of Sittingbourne (Dave Whitcombe) spoke out:\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>“I see that Deta Hedman is being criticized heavily by the idiot Phil Barrs.\u00a0 No doubt he’s relying on his criticism to put a smile on certain people’s faces in order to look good.\u00a0 Unfortunately, he’s overlooked the fact that ‘the certain people’ also think he’s an idiot.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Deta has been accused by the WOKE brigade of causing kids to commit suicide.\u00a0 LOL.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

People took to Facebook to convey a flurry of \u201cAtta Girl\u201d praise…<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel so bad for Deta… that it has come to this.\u00a0 She is a great competitor, and it must have been such a difficult choice.\u00a0 She is doing this for women’s darts and women’s sport in the bigger picture.\u00a0 I hope other female players back her fully.\u00a0 Don\u2019t hold your breath on that.<\/p>\n

Ms. Linda\u00a0(Battan) Duffy wrote:\u00a0“<\/em>I’m old school… been in the game over 40 years… could you see this happening in your days? The WDF would have stopped this before it developed like it has.\u00a0 Deta has done what other players should have done months ago.\u00a0 Come on WDF – get your head out.\u201d\u00a0 (We can guess from where Linda suggested the WDF get their head out.)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

As is too often the case, Deta\u2019s action brough out the one of the dimmer bulbs in darts, Anthony Eno.\u00a0 He posted: \u201cSad to see Noa-Lynn Van Leuven has not played in the Danish tournament today.\u00a0 I hope this isn’t because she felt decimated against (maybe even bullied) by the senior players and officials. The BDO (Family) would never have stood for this.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Noa-Lynn van Leuven played in the PDC Players Championship on Monday and was delt a Snyder (6-nil) in the first round by Gary Anderson.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Last week, this space laid out the rules for a tranny to play in WDF events.\u00a0 One has to wonder if van Leuven filed all the appropriate paper work with the WDF?<\/p>\n

Did the WDF restore Deta\u2019s ranking points?<\/p>\n

Oh yes, American swimmer Riley Gaines (also a leader in “defending women\u2019s single-sex spaces”) offered to make up the money that Deta lost by standing on principle.<\/p>\n

Stay thirsty my friends.<\/p>\n

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