"the formation of the World Darts Council (now Professional Darts Corporation) and would split the game into two organisations. Brown moved back to his home town of Dover, and is back playing in the local league, the Dover Invitation Darts League. Tony Brown (darts player) Tony Brown (born 1 April 1945 in Dover) is a retired English professional darts player. He reached the World Professional Darts Championships semi-finals four times, losing twice to Eric Bristow and twice to John Lowe. He appeared in the first-ever World Championship in 1978 as the number 8 seed, but surprisingly lost to Australian namesake"
"Waites. George has worked as an ambassador for basic arithmetic, touring schools teaching children how darts can help with counting skills. Bobby George Robert Francis ""Bobby"" George (born 16 December 1945) is an English television presenter and former professional darts player. He is widely recognised as one of the game's biggest personalities, known for his flamboyant entrances in which the ""King of Darts"" makes his way to the stage bedecked in jewellery, wearing a crown and cloak and holding a candelabra to the Queen song ""We Are the Champions"". George won several leading darts tournaments, he won the News of"
"Bobby George Robert Francis ""Bobby"" George (born 16 December 1945) is an English television presenter and former professional darts player. He is widely recognised as one of the game's biggest personalities, known for his flamboyant entrances in which the ""King of Darts"" makes his way to the stage bedecked in jewellery, wearing a crown and cloak and holding a candelabra to the Queen song ""We Are the Champions"". George won several leading darts tournaments, he won the News of the World Darts Championship twice and appeared in two BDO Darts World Championship finals and was the first full-time exhibition player."
"to switch to the Professional Darts Corporation for the 2018 season, and he entered the 2018 Q-School in an attempt to win a Tour Card. Darryl Fitton's televised average of 114.15 was the world record until Phil Taylor broke it at the 2008 European Championship. Darryl Fitton Darryl Fitton (born 5 May 1962 in Stockport, England) is an English professional darts player. He is nicknamed The Dazzler and comes to the stage dancing to the Madness song ""One Step Beyond"" wearing sunglasses. It is one of the most popular walk-ons with the audience. Before embarking on a career in darts,"
"Liverpool F.C.. He is not a full-time professional player – he makes his main living as a builder. Alex Roy (darts player) Alexander ""Alex"" Roy (born 4 September 1974 in Watford, Hertfordshire) is an English professional darts player who competes in the Professional Darts Corporation tournaments. He uses the nickname the Ace of Herts for his matches and was formerly with Dave Holland Management. Roy's entrance music is ""Burn in My Light"" by Mercy Drive, which was the former theme of professional wrestler Randy Orton. Roy even reenacts Orton's trademark pose to the song once he steps onto the oche."
"Ted Hankey Edward ""Ted"" Hankey (born 20 February 1968 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire) is an English Professional Darts player who is a two-time World Professional Darts Champion. His nickname is The Count and his walk on music is the 2002 song ""Be On Your Way"" by DJ Zany. He plays for the British Darts Organisation. In the 2000 BDO World Darts Championship, after beating Bob Taylor, Steve Douglas, Kevin Painter and Chris Mason, he whitewashed Ronnie Baxter 6–0 in the final, winning the match with a spectacular 170 checkout – the highest three-dart finish achievable. The final lasted only 46 minutes,"
"Ted Hankey Edward ""Ted"" Hankey (born 20 February 1968 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire) is an English Professional Darts player who is a two-time World Professional Darts Champion. His nickname is The Count and his walk on music is the 2002 song ""Be On Your Way"" by DJ Zany. He plays for the British Darts Organisation. In the 2000 BDO World Darts Championship, after beating Bob Taylor, Steve Douglas, Kevin Painter and Chris Mason, he whitewashed Ronnie Baxter 6–0 in the final, winning the match with a spectacular 170 checkout – the highest three-dart finish achievable. The final lasted only 46 minutes,"
"in sets. He is the only player to have survived match darts in two different rounds and then go on to win the World title. He became the 10th player to win the World Championship at the first attempt. Winning the World Championship meant that he finished at number 3 in the PDC Order of Merit and earned automatic qualification for the 2018 Premier League Darts. Cross was an electrician before turning professional. His nickname of ""Voltage"" comes from his former profession. He has three children. Rob Cross (darts player) Robert Cross (born 21 September 1990) is an English professional"
"and the pair represented England Youth at the WDF Europe Cup Youth in 2011 Fallon Sherrock Fallon Sherrock (born 1 July 1994) is an English darts player. Born in Buckinghamshire, Sherrock already has a notable number of successes in her fledgling career, including reaching the final of the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship, where she was runner up to Lisa Ashton. Sherrock was the Girls World Masters winner in 2012 along with the Women's Jersey Open, before following it up with success in the Women's British Classic in 2013. She appeared at the BDO World Darts Championship for the first"
"Colin Lloyd Colin Edward Lloyd (born 7 August 1973 in Colchester, Essex), nicknamed Jaws, is an retired English professional darts player on the Professional Darts Corporation circuit. He is a former world number one ranked player and he has won two major television titles in the PDC – the 2004 World Grand Prix and the 2005 World Matchplay. A former builder, Lloyd broke onto the scene in 1999, making his TV debut the same year, In the first round he beating Steve Cummings 10–8, thrashing Alan Warriner 13–2 in the second round and the Quarter Finals losing to Peter Manley"
"Bob Anderson (darts player) Robert Charles ""Bob"" Anderson (born 7 November 1947 in Winchester, Hampshire, England) is a retired English professional darts player and former World Champion. He was the World No. 1 player for over three years in the late 1980s. Nicknamed The Limestone Cowboy, he lives in Clevedon in Somerset. Anderson threw his first darts maximum (180) at the age of just seven. However, he was renowned as a champion athlete during his teenage years. He was picked as a javelin thrower in the British Olympic team of 1968, but broke his arm before the team left for"
"Darryl Fitton Darryl Fitton (born 5 May 1962 in Stockport, England) is an English professional darts player. He is nicknamed The Dazzler and comes to the stage dancing to the Madness song ""One Step Beyond"" wearing sunglasses. It is one of the most popular walk-ons with the audience. Before embarking on a career in darts, Fitton worked as an undertaker. Fitton's first TV appearance was against Peter Manley in the 1997 PDC World Matchplay. However, he lost 8-6, and has not made another PDC appearance since. Fitton debuted in the BDO World Championship in 2003 as a qualifier, but lost"
"May, the night after the play-offs at the O2 in London, where it was premiered. Proceeds from the single were donated to the Haven House Children's Hospice. Simon Whitlock Simon Whitlock (born 3 March 1969) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, having also played in the British Darts Organisation between 2004-2009. He uses the nickname The Wizard for his matches. His walk-on music is ""Down Under"" by Men At Work. His greatest achievement to date was winning his first major title at the 2012 European Championship. Whitlock has also finished runner-up at the"
"the FA Cup final in 2011, ""Roll With It"" was played through the PA of Wembley Stadium. It has since been played at the end of most of the home games at the Etihad Stadium. The song was used by Team England (Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis) as their walk-on music at the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts. The melody for this song also appears in part in The Lemonheads' song ""Purple Parallelogram"", which was co-written between Noel Gallagher and Evan Dando . The song's chorus is frequently played as background music for the Fox Sports English Premier League"
"4 legs as the tournaments that ITV cover do not play in sets. The Fratellis 2006 single ""Chelsea Dagger"" is played during the breaks on ITV. In 2010, Bravo signed a contract to show the European Championships. In 2007, Sky Sports decided to extend their coverage of the Premier League Darts to 2010 following the high number of viewers to previous tournaments. In February 2016, it was announced the BBC would cover the PDC for the first time with a new tournament being formed using the top 8 players on the PDC Order of Merit after the World Matchplay, known"
"European Darts Open and was defeated 6–4 by Peter Wright. He was knocked out in the second round of both the World Grand Prix and European Championship, 3–0 in sets by Kim Huybrechts and 10–4 by Jelle Klaasen respectively. Bunting missed seven darts for the match in his first round tie with Darren Webster at the 2017 World Championship and bowed out 3–2 in sets. Bunting uses ""Surfin' Bird"" as his entrance music as a humorous nod to remarks that he resembles Peter Griffin from the animated show Family Guy, Surfin' Bird being Peter's favourite song. He supports Liverpool F.C."
"Alex Roy (darts player) Alexander ""Alex"" Roy (born 4 September 1974 in Watford, Hertfordshire) is an English professional darts player who competes in the Professional Darts Corporation tournaments. He uses the nickname the Ace of Herts for his matches and was formerly with Dave Holland Management. Roy's entrance music is ""Burn in My Light"" by Mercy Drive, which was the former theme of professional wrestler Randy Orton. Roy even reenacts Orton's trademark pose to the song once he steps onto the oche. He made his first impression on the darts circuit at the 1998 Dutch Open by reaching the semi-finals."
"in February 2017. Anastasia Dobromyslova Anastasia Petrovna Dobromyslova-Martin (; born 26 September 1984) is a professional darts player. She is a three-time Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the British Darts Organisation. After winning her first title in 2008, she decided to join the rival male-dominated Professional Darts Corporation to play in their World Championship in 2009. After rejoining the BDO in 2011, she won her second World Championship in 2012 and a third in 2013. She uses the song ""Bring Me to Life"" by Evanescence. She carries the name From Russia With Love, although Dobromyslova has stated herself that"
"World Championship, but rallied to draw level at 2–2. He survived one match dart from Henderson in the deciding set and it would go to a sudden-death leg. Gilding won the bull to throw first and took out a 75 finish to progress. He lost all four sets by three legs to one in the second round against reigning champion Gary Anderson. Andrew Gilding Andrew Gilding (born 7 December 1970) is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events. Gilding made his television debut at the 2011 UK Open at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton as a"
"Justin Pipe in the first round. Andy Jenkins Andy Jenkins (born 11 March 1971 in Portsmouth, Hampshire) is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. Jenkins had trials for Southampton Football Club while at school. Jenkins began his career playing in British Darts Organisation competitions and had some success in the open events. He took the Embassy British Gold Cup Singles in 1994, England Open in 2000, Swiss Open and Japan Open in 2001 and the Isle of Man Open in 2002. His record at the BDO World Darts Championship was disappointing. He made his debut"
"Anastasia Dobromyslova Anastasia Petrovna Dobromyslova-Martin (; born 26 September 1984) is a professional darts player. She is a three-time Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the British Darts Organisation. After winning her first title in 2008, she decided to join the rival male-dominated Professional Darts Corporation to play in their World Championship in 2009. After rejoining the BDO in 2011, she won her second World Championship in 2012 and a third in 2013. She uses the song ""Bring Me to Life"" by Evanescence. She carries the name From Russia With Love, although Dobromyslova has stated herself that it isn't an"
"Simon Whitlock Simon Whitlock (born 3 March 1969) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, having also played in the British Darts Organisation between 2004-2009. He uses the nickname The Wizard for his matches. His walk-on music is ""Down Under"" by Men At Work. His greatest achievement to date was winning his first major title at the 2012 European Championship. Whitlock has also finished runner-up at the 2008 BDO World Darts Championship and the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship. He claimed that the prize money gained from the latter tournament which included money for"
"Champions League of Darts The Champions League of Darts is an annual non-ranking darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. Featuring just the top eight players in the PDC, it is played over two days in a group and then knockout format and is the smallest of the PDC’s televised premier events. It was first held in September 2016 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, the inaugural champion was Phil Taylor. The reigning champion is Gary Anderson. The tournament is the first PDC event to be broadcast on the BBC. The details of the inaugural tournament were announced by"
"John Walton (darts player) John Michael Walton (born 10 November 1961 in Bradford, Yorkshire) is an English darts player. He is best known for winning the 2001 BDO World Darts Championship. He has adopted the nickname John Boy and used the song ""Cotton Eye Joe"" by Rednex as his walk-on theme. Walton picked up some small tournament victories in the early stages of his career, including the Websters 150 Championship in 1993 and the Highlands Open Championship in 1996 but didn't manage to qualify for the World Championship until 1999 when he lost 0-3 to Roland Scholten on his first"
"John Lowe John Lowe (born 21 July 1945 in Chesterfield) is a former World No. 1 English retired professional darts player who was one of the most talented and best known darts players during the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the United Kingdom. Lowe is one of only six players to have won the World Championship three times, having done so in 1979, 1987 and 1993. He is the first player to have won the World Championship in three separate decades. Lowe's titles and achievements span a career of almost forty years, but he is also well known for being"
"as the Champions League of Darts. As a result, the BBC dropped coverage of the BDO World Darts Championship, which they covered from 1978–2016 (this was the original World Championship prior to the formation of the PDC). DJ Ötzi's ""Hey! Baby"" is played during the breaks on the BBC. In August 2016, it was announced that Channel 4 would be covering the BDO World Championship from 2017. Sky Sports introduced more cameras to cover the sport, and many of these innovations have been copied by other broadcasters. Unique ""flight cams"" show the trajectory of the dart through the air in"
"in the Premier League recorded a charity single with Chas Hodges and his band called 'Got My Tickets For The Darts' which was written by Chas. It was released on 18 May, the night after the play-offs at the O2 in London, where it was premiered. Proceeds from the single were donated to the Haven House Children's Hospice. Adrian Lewis Adrian Lewis (born 21 January 1985) is an English professional darts player currently playing in the PDC. Lewis is a two-time PDC World Darts Champion, winning in 2011 and 2012. He is nicknamed Jackpot, as he won $72,000 in gambling"
"Fallon Sherrock Fallon Sherrock (born 1 July 1994) is an English darts player. Born in Buckinghamshire, Sherrock already has a notable number of successes in her fledgling career, including reaching the final of the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship, where she was runner up to Lisa Ashton. Sherrock was the Girls World Masters winner in 2012 along with the Women's Jersey Open, before following it up with success in the Women's British Classic in 2013. She appeared at the BDO World Darts Championship for the first time in January 2014, where she made the Quarter Final. She beat Rilana Erades"
"Rob Cross (darts player) Robert Cross (born 21 September 1990) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events, where he is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion, following his victory over Phil Taylor in 2018. Cross won the World Championship on his debut, having turned professional just 11 months prior to the event. He is currently ranked No 2 on the PDC world rankings. In October 2015, Cross attempted to qualify for the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship, where he was knocked out in the last 64 by Tony Martin. He also competed in the"
"Barry Lynn (darts player) Barry Lynn (born 18 March 1987) is a semi-professional English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events and the Braintree Premier League. He is most famous for his ""dream run"" in the 2016 UK Open, after having to qualify via the Riley's qualifiers, before reaching the quarter-finals. After early wins against Dean Stewart and Brett Claydon, he defeated former major finalist Brendan Dolan, before knocking out the reigning back-to-back world champion Gary Anderson in round 4 by a 9–3 scoreline. Then after defeating Stuart Kellett in round 5, he took on the world number"
"competed in the Premier League recorded a charity single with Chas Hodges and his band called 'Got My Tickets For The Darts' which was written by Chas. It was released on 18 May, the night after the play-offs at the O2 in London, where it was premiered. Proceeds from the single were donated to the Haven House Children's Hospice. On October 8th, 2018, Wade's wife Sammi Marsh gave birth to a baby boy which they named Arthur. 5. http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/sportdarts/3600811/I-lay-in-bed-all-day-crying-I-wished-I-could-have-a-heart-attack-and-die.html James Wade James Wade (born 6 April 1983 in Aldershot, Hampshire) is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the"
"consecutive titles at PDC World Darts Championship — England 3 consecutive titles at BDO World Darts Championship — Eric Bristow 6 consecutive titles at BDO World Darts Championship — England 7 consecutive titles at BDO World Darts Championship — Trina Gulliver 7 consecutive titles at BDO World Darts Championship — England 7 consecutive Olympic Team titles — Germany 9 consecutive World Championships — Germany 56 races — Camarero 12 races — Gordon Richards 3 consecutive titles at Show Jumping World Championships — West Germany - But by whom? 3 consecutive Olympic titles — Valentina Vezzali 21 FIFA World Cup appearances"
"Evans. Rees quit his exhibition work after having a pacemaker fitted and also had a heart bypass operation in his later life. He returned to the stage of the World Championships to make the draw for the event in the year before his death. He died in his home village, Ynysybwl, in 2003, aged 63. Leighton Rees Leighton Thomas Rees (17 January 1940 – 8 June 2003) was the first ever World Professional Darts Champion and former World No. 1 player. Rees was born in the village of Ynysybwl, Glamorgan, where he spent most of his life. He attended the"