"2006 BDO World Darts Championship The 2006 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was held from 7 to 15 January 2006 at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey. Defending champion Raymond van Barneveld was aiming to win a fifth BDO world title, equalling the record set by Eric Bristow. However, he was beaten 7–5 in the final by Dutch qualifier Jelle Klaasen; the final was the first and only World Darts Championship final to not feature a British player. Klaasen became the youngest World Champion at age 21 and became the first qualifier to win the World Championship since"
"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"
"Phil Taylor (darts player) Philip Douglas Taylor (born 13 August 1960) is an English retired professional darts player, nicknamed The Power. He is widely regarded as the greatest darts player of all time, having won 214 professional tournaments, including 85 major titles and a record 16 World Championships. He won eight consecutive World Championships from 1995 to 2002 and reached 14 consecutive finals from 1994 to 2007 (both records). He won the PDC Player of the Year award six times (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012) and has twice been nominated for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year,"
"Phil Taylor (darts player) Philip Douglas Taylor (born 13 August 1960) is an English retired professional darts player, nicknamed The Power. He is widely regarded as the greatest darts player of all time, having won 214 professional tournaments, including 85 major titles and a record 16 World Championships. He won eight consecutive World Championships from 1995 to 2002 and reached 14 consecutive finals from 1994 to 2007 (both records). He won the PDC Player of the Year award six times (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012) and has twice been nominated for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year,"
"played at a World Professional Darts Championship, Daniels defeated the top seed of the event, highly favored Eric Bristow. Bristow, who would go on to become World Champion five times, later admitted in his autobiography that “[Daniels] got to me mentally.” ESPN has described Daniels’ upset of Bristow as “one of the great shocks in darts.” Daniels suffered first round defeats in the 1980 World Championship to Rab Smith of Scotland and in 1981 to Doug McCarthy of England. He never qualified for the event again. Daniels also played in the 1978 Winmau World Masters, beating Dave Lee to reach"
"sets to 5 was probably the biggest upset in the history of the championship. He also beat world number 3 John Lowe in the quarter finals and defending champion and world number 2 Jocky Wilson in the semi-final to become the only player in history to defeat the world's top three ranked players in the World Championship. The champion's prize money in 1983 was £8,000. His checkout of 138 to clinch the trophy is amongst the most memorable in darting history. Bristow had left himself 50 to stay in the match, but decided to throw for single 18 to leave"
"round by Adrian Lewis. Stewart earns his living working for the Australian Government in Canberra. Russell Stewart Russell ""Rusty"" Stewart (born 9 October 1960 in Manchester) is an English–Australian former professional darts player. He used the nickname Rusty for his matches. Stewart was one of the most successful Australian darts players of the 1980s, Australian Singles Champion four times (1988, 1989, 1993 and 1994) also Pacific Masters Champion three times (1983,1984, 1990), winning the Australian Masters five times in six years (1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988) and the Australian Grand Masters six times in three different decades (1987, 1988, 1989,"
"top players who broke away from the British Darts Organisation to form their own organisation, which became the Professional Darts Corporation. He retired from competitive darts in 2007 and subsequently worked as a commentator and pundit on Sky Sports darts coverage. In 1957, Bristow was born in the London Borough of Hackney, where his father was a plasterer and his mother worked as a telephone operator. Bristow left school at age 14. Bristow won his first world championship in 1980, defeating fellow Londoner Bobby George, and so began a decade's worth of domination, in which he would retain his title"
"reached the semi-finals of the 1984 Winmau World Masters, beating Locke, Jocky Wilson and Alan Evans before losing to reigning champion Eric Bristow who eventually retained his title. He retired in 1999 due to health problems. Fred McMullan Fred McMullan (born 31 July 1950) is a retired Northern Irish professional darts player who competed in the 1980s. McMullan played at the World Darts Championship three times. In 1985, he beat Peter Locke of Wales in the first round and then beat Bobby George to reach the quarter-finals but was defeated by Cliff Lazarenko. In 1986 he beat Willie Mands in"
"while attending a Premier League Darts event at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. Bristow had finished playing some VIPs at a promotional event and was walking back to his car, when he collapsed and was rushed to hospital. Bristow's death was announced during the match between Peter Wright and Daryl Gurney. The crowd paid tribute to Bristow. ""Note"" Eric Bristow Eric John Bristow, (25 April 1957 – 5 April 2018), nicknamed ""The Crafty Cockney"", was an English professional darts player. He was ranked World No. 1 by the World Darts Federation a record six times, in 1980 and 81, 1983"
"acting as a ""spotter"" for the cameras. His knowledge of the players and scoring shots helps the director and cameramen anticipate where the next dart will be thrown. Deller is married to Kim and they have two children, daughter Lauren (born 1991) and son Matt (born 1992). Keith Deller Keith Kelvin Deller (born 24 December 1959 in Ipswich) is an English retired professional darts player. Who won the Embassy World Professional Darts Championship in 1983 and Unipart British Professional Championship in 1987. He was the first qualifier ever to win the championship and remains one of the youngest champions in"
"Singles Champion on the PDC in 1994. Dan Valletto Daniel Louis ""Danny"" Valletto (4 November 1935-November 24, 2007) was an American professional darts player who played in the British Darts Organisation in the 1980s & 1990s. He left the Professional Darts Corporation in 1994. Valletto reached the final of the 1982 North American Open, losing to fellow countryman Nicky Virachkul. Valletto played in the 1984 Winmau World Masters, losing in the first round to popular Scot Jocky Wilson. He then qualified for the 1986 BDO World Darts Championship, but was beaten in the first round 3-0 by Welshman Ceri Morgan."
"World Darts Championship, losing in the first round to John Lowe. He then played in the 1982 BDO World Darts Championship and defeated former world champion Leighton Rees 2-0 in the first round but was defeated by the Australian Terry O'Dea 2-0 in the second round. He once appeared on quiz show ""Bullseye"", where he achieved a score of 179 from nine darts. Ross died from pancreatic cancer in January 2016 at the age of 59. Angus Ross Angus Ross (18 April 1953 – 17 January 2016) was a Scottish professional darts player who competed in the 1970s & 1980s."
"for three years during the peak of darts boom period at the turn of the eighties. Jocky Wilson was twice the winner. ATV broadcast the Butlins Grand Masters between 1977 and 1988. Matches were played over the best of nine legs. The tournament was held at a pub in Birmingham. Bobby George was twice the winner and Eric Bristow won a hat-trick of titles. The MFI World Matchplay championship was short-lived but historic in darts as it featured the first ever televised nine dart finish on 13 October 1984 when John Lowe won £102,000 for the perfect game of darts"
"Masters in 1981 and won the News of the World Darts Championship twice in 1978 and 1980, becoming the first (and only) overseas player to win the tournament and one of seven players to win it more than once. He finished runner-up in the 1983 North American Open. Stefan Lord Stefan Lord (born 4 December 1954) is a retired Swedish professional darts player, who competed in British Darts Organisation events, and is one of the country's most successful players. He competed at ten BDO World Darts Championships with his best run coming in 1982 where he finished in third place,"
"Luc Marreel Luc Marreel (born 2 February 1949 in Gullegem, Belgium, Died May 11th 2015 in Izegem, Belgium) was a retired Belgian professional darts player who competed in the 1980s. Marreel played in the BDO World Darts Championship five times. In 1981, he beat Denmark's Jan Larsen in the first round before losing in round two to Tony Brown. In 1982, Marreel beat Alistair Forrester in the first round, but lost in the second round to Sweden's Stefan Lord. In 1983, Marreel again won his first round match, defeating the Welshman Ceri Morgan 2-0 in the opening round but lost"
"the US Darts Hall of Fame in 1987. Fellow American Hall-of-Famer Gerry Umberger singled out Daniels as having “one of the best minds I’ve seen in darts.” Author Jack McClintock describes Daniels the dart player as “serenely and disconcertingly confident, with an intimidating coldness of concentration.” Daniels is a long-time resident of the Hamilton Square neighborhood of Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, where he lives with his wife. Conrad Daniels Conrad Daniels (born September 11, 1941) is a retired American professional darts player who was active from the 1970s to the 1980s. Daniels was an elite competitor who won"
"legs, George had a golden opportunity to level the match and take it to a decider but bust his score and nonchalantly threw his third dart into the board before putting his darts into his top pocket in anticipation of Bristow checking out to win the title. Bristow did so. The prize fund was £15,000. 1980 BDO World Darts Championship The 1980 Embassy World Darts Championship was the third year that the British Darts Organisation had staged a world championship. Again the field was 24 players, with the top seeds receiving a bye to the last 16 stage. For the"
"Gordon Allpress Gordon Allpress (born 12 June 1949) is a retired New Zealand professional darts player who competed in the 1970s,1980s, and 1990's before retiring in 1992. He eventually made a short comeback in 2003. Allpress finished 5th at the 1985 World Darts Federation World Cup. He defeated former World No.1 Leighton Rees in the last 16 before losing to the World No.1 at the time, Eric Bristow 4-1 in the Quarter Final. Allpress' performance helped him reach No. 8 in the world rankings. Allpress played rugby and rugby league before he started playing darts in a Saturday league team"
"Gary Mawson. Eight times National Royal Canadian Singles Champion. Calgary Super Singles Champion.national darts Mixed doubles Champion Twice.Pacific Cup open singles Champion. Number 7 televised National Singles Champion. Tony Holyoake Tony Holyoake (born 25 January 1946 in Derby) is a retired English born Canadian professional darts player. Holyoake played in the 1983 BDO World Darts Championship, losing in the first round 2-1 to England's Dave Lee. Holyoake is also a former Canadian National Champion, winning the title in 1992. He has represented Canada on numerous occasions; Three World Cup Teams, two Pacific Cup Teams, all of the Canada v USA"
"Keith Deller Keith Kelvin Deller (born 24 December 1959 in Ipswich) is an English retired professional darts player. Who won the Embassy World Professional Darts Championship in 1983 and Unipart British Professional Championship in 1987. He was the first qualifier ever to win the championship and remains one of the youngest champions in history. For his world championship win, Deller used 18-gram spring-loaded darts, later banned for tournament play but now legal again. He no longer uses these darts. Deller is the manager of two-time PDC World Champion Adrian Lewis. Deller's victory over Eric Bristow in the tournament by 6"
"Jocky Wilson John Thomas ""Jocky"" Wilson (22 March 1950 – 24 March 2012) was a Scottish professional darts player from Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. After turning pro in 1979, he quickly rose to the top of the game, winning the World Professional Darts Championship in 1982, then again in 1989. Wilson competed in all major darts tournaments of the era and won the British Professional Championship a record four times between 1981 and 1988. A contemporary and rival of Eric Bristow, Bob Anderson and John Lowe, Wilson's ungainly appearance and rough-hewn lifestyle belied his prowess in the sport. He was dogged"
"1996). Dennis is also a massive football fan. He supports Barnsley and Manchester United. He also enjoys other sports including Horse Racing and Golf. Dennis Priestley Dennis Priestley (born 16 July 1950) is a retired English professional darts player. He has won two world championships, and was the first player to win both the BDO and WDC (now PDC) world championships, in 1991 and 1994 respectively. He is nicknamed ""The Menace"", after the cartoon character Dennis the Menace, and reflects this by wearing red and black, and using red and black flights. Born in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, Priestley was originally"
"a visit to Santa Monica, California. Bristow wore a shirt (which he received from the same pub) depicting a uniformed British policeman, a Union Flag and the title ""Crafty Cockney"" whenever he took part in a tournament. Bristow emerged as the most successful and consistent darts player of the 1980s, reigning as number one in the world rankings from 1980 until 1987. He was fortunate to have been around at the right time as television began showing increased interest in the sport in the late 1970s, with the first world championship occurring in 1978. This, allied to the fact that"
"sports to recognise individuals with noteworthy contributions to darts. The first two inductees were Eric Bristow and John Lowe, great rivals throughout the eighties and early nineties – at least one of these two players managed to reach the World Championship Final each year during the 1980s, with three being played against each other. Hall of Fame inductees are now announced at the PDC Awards dinner – which was held for the first time on 9 January 2007. PDC Hall of Fame inductees Major Title Roll of Honour Complete list of all the PDC major champions and how many titles"
"but had a bounce-out on his first turn and Taylor comfortably sealed the win. Gregory would become the only man to have lost a World Championship final having had darts at double to win, and remained so until Mark McGeeney did so in 2018. Whilst he was never a World Champion, he won many televised titles of the era, including the 1984 Unipart British Professional (beating both Jocky Wilson and John Lowe), the 1986 MFI World Matchplay, as well as becoming one of only seven players to win the News of the World Darts Championship twice (in 1987 and 1988),"
"has dominated the competition, last winning it in 2013. Other than Taylor, there have only been seven other champions. The only other players to win it more than once are John Part (2003 & 2008), Adrian Lewis (2011 & 2012), Gary Anderson (2015 & 2016) and Michael van Gerwen (2014 & 2017). The one-time winners are the inaugural champion Dennis Priestley, the Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld (2007), and reigning champion Cross. In 1992, some high-profile players, including all previous winners of the BDO World Darts Championship still active in the game, formed the WDC (now PDC), and in 1994, held"
"was at an all-time low and players eventually went on to set up the World Darts Council in an attempt to bring back sponsors and television. Jocky Wilson won the title a record four times – John Lowe also reached four finals but lost them all. The British Matchplay ran from 1976 to 1983 with a brief revival in 1986. The tournament was broadcast on the ITV network in 1978, but usually broadcast regionally including Anglia Television in 1977 and Central in 1986. Not to be confused with the long-running game show Bullseye, this was a BBC2 tournament which ran"
"to win the Masters in three successive years. Only Martin Adams has since emulated this feat by winning the 2008, 2009 and 2010 tournaments (albeit long after the split in darts and in a much weaker field). Anderson won other tournaments during the 1980s, considered darts' most glorious televised era when tournaments were regularly broadcast on BBC and ITV. Two years after his world title success he underwent surgery to fix a back problem that threatened his darts career. He returned to the game professionally but never reached the same heights he had achieved in the 1980s. Anderson was amongst"
"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"
"Cornwall, where he part owns a 5 in 1 takeaway. Paul Lim Paul Lim Leong Hwa known simply as Paul Lim (born 25 January 1954 in Singapore) is a Singaporean professional darts player. He was the first player to hit a perfect 9-dart finish during the Embassy World Darts Championship, which he achieved in 1990 during his second round match against Jack McKenna. Lim won £52,000 for his 9-darter, which was £28,000 more than Phil Taylor won for winning the tournament. John Lowe achieved the first 9-dart finish on television in a match against Keith Deller at the 1984 World"
"in darts before the World Championship began in 1978. When the Darts World Cup began in 1977, the Welsh team of Evans, Leighton Rees and David ""Rocky"" Jones won the Team Championship and Overall Championship. Evans was a participant at the inaugural Embassy World Championship in Nottingham in 1978. He defeated Alan Glazier before losing to eventual champion, Leighton Rees in the quarter-finals. At the 1979 World Championship, at Jollees in Stoke-on-Trent, Evans won a very fiery quarter final match against Eric Bristow, by 3–1 in sets. In the semi finals, Rees defeated Evans at the World Championship for the"
"lost in the first round to Bob Anderson. Ken Summers (darts player) Kenneth ""Ken"" Summers (born 28 November 1953 in Stockport) is a retired English professional darts player who competed in the 1980s. He competed in the 1985 BDO World Darts Championship and faced fellow Englishman and defending champion Eric Bristow in the first round. Leading 1-0 in sets and 2-0 in the second set, Summers narrowly missed double 16 for the match and Bristow eventually won the match 2-1 and went on to beat John Lowe to claim his 4th world title. He returned four years later to play"