Lakeside World Darts Champ

No longer is the sport dominated by older guys,  a young 24 Year old is now the champ...

Rising Dutch star Jelle Klaasen caused a huge shock beating defending champion Raymond van Barneveld 7-5 to win the Lakeside World Darts championship.In a thrilling final, Klaasen made a whirlwind start, winning the first two sets before the four-time champion found his rhythm.

BBC SPORT | Other Sport... | Darts | Klaasen springs world title shock

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Technique??

Is there a technique?  well there certailly are things you can do to improve your accuracey, but even the best have really differnt styles.

Darts from the heartSaturday January 14, 2006The GuardianBreathless, slightly sweaty and with a suggestion of dry roasted peanuts in its beard, the darts season reaches its climax this weekend. And what a feast we've had. Two world championships in a month! Get in there my son! Take that, snooker! Against all expectations, in the last week darts has turned out to be one of those activities - like drinking lager or smoking fags - that improve the more deeply engrossed in them you get.Article continuesThis might come as a surprise. If darts has a problem it's likely to be something to do with the unremitting monotony of it all. Thunk. Treble 20. Thunk. Tops. The basic ingredients are laughably simple. Hence the disproportionate focus on the darts player's image - the jewellery, the nicknames, the rippling acres of polyester. Throwing style is irrelevant. Technique? There isn't any. To the outsider at the BDO Championship the seed and the qualifier are pretty much identical. Ted "The Count" Hankey, a former champion who actually looks more like a furtive under-footman, throws a dart like a man tossing a chocolate wrapper out of his car window. Tony West looks like he's hurling a grenade. Alberto Essers, a surprise early success, has a lunatic twitch, like a man jiggling his key in a sticky lock.

Guardian Unlimited Sport | Breaking news | Darts: The future is bull

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Some new gunns, the tide is changing

Some new blood at the top.  Looks like times are a changing.

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It's rare indeed to see a major darts final without Phil Taylor in it - but that's exactly what's going to happen tonight when John Part and Raymond van Barneveld go head to head in the Las Vegas Desert Classic.Colin Lloyd might be the world No1 in name, but there has never been any question that Phil Taylor has been the best darts player of his generation, and possibly of all time. Yet Barney dumped the Power out of the tournament on Saturday evening, beating Stoke's finest 4-3, and the Dutchman is beginning to pose a real threat to Taylor's decade-long dominance of the game.

Guardian Unlimited Sport | Breaking news | Barney challenging for PDC top spot

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Why a formal dinning room you use once a year?

This sounds better.  No point having a formal dinning room you hardly use.  Why not a bar, etc.  and what Bar would be complete without a DART board....

“Living rooms and formal dining rooms are things of the past, and these rooms are being turned into more useful spaces, like game rooms,” says Nevsky. “People used to put all their money in the living room, acquiring beautiful furniture and expensive rugs and artwork. That’s just not a priority anymore. Formal living rooms do not jive with most people’s lifestyles.”

Newsvine - Game Room Invasion-Home gaming has undergone a paradigm shift in the last 30 years

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Darts for charity, why not?

Good on these guys,  getting in having some fun and all for charity.

Well done guys

A 12-HOUR darts marathon at an Accrington pub has raised more than £1,150 for a children's hospice.And pals Bill Gronwald, Lee Bonnick and Andy Lees reckon they will swell the coffers at Derian House, near Chorley, by £2,000 when all the money comes in.The trio stepped up to the oche at the Crown Inn, Whalley Road, for their epic charity challenge.

Darters Aim For 2 000 (from This Is Lancashire)

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Darts - - not the bullseye, tripple 20!

Hey all,

Just love darts so I decided to get a blog going on it.

Drop me a line if ou like and into yourself