Charis’ Column

Thursday, January 2, 2025
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Simon Whitlock

Birthday: March 3, 1969
Lives in: Cessnock, Australia
Born in: Hornsby, Australia
Nickname: The Wizard
Darts: 22-gram Red Dragon Eagles
Walk-on Music: Down Under (Men At Work)

The popular Australian Simon Whitlock entered the spotlight in 2002 when he won the Australian Masters and the Oceanic Masters …

Sunday, December 29, 2024
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Mervyn King

Birthday: March 15, 1966

Lives in: Bradwell, England

Born in: Ipswich, England

Nickname: The King

Darts: 22-gram Mervyn King

Walk-on Music: King of Kings (Motörhead)

Mervyn King started to play darts when he was 12 years old after his father bestowed him an old paper board with …

Monday, December 18, 2024
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Happy Birthday, Vincent van der Voort!

Birthday: December 18, 1975
Lives in: Pumerend, Netherlands
Born in: Pumerend, Netherlands
Nickname: The Dutch Destroyer
Darts: 23-gram Winmau Signature
Walk-on Music: Give it Up (K.C. & The Sunshine Band)

Dutchman Vincent van der Voort started to play darts when he was ten …

Monday, December 16, 2024
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Paul Lim

Birthday: January 25, 1954

Lives in: Singapore

Born in: Singapore

Nickname: Singapore Slinger

Darts: 21-gram Target

Walk-on-Music: Walk of Life (Dire Straits)

The now 70-year-old Paul Lim Leong Hwa has moved around the world all his life. He was born in Singapore, lived and worked for some …

Friday, December 12, 2024
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Changers…

This year some of the well-known players will miss the PDC World Championship.

Most have in common (and it’s not uncommon) that at some time in their career they switched from one darts organisation to the other – normally they started in the BDO and later switched to …

Thursday, December 12, 2024
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The Festive Season…

It is once again that time of the year – most people will think of Christmas while dart players and dart fans have other priorities. This is the month in which not only one but two World Championships – well, in fact, FIVE World Championships – …

Friday, July 26, 2024
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The Women’s World Matchplay 2024

This year, the Women’s World Matchplay was held for the third time. Among the eight participants was only one debutant – Anastasia Dobromyslova. All other seven women took part for at least second time. The venue again was not as full as for the …

Thursday, July 25, 2024
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World Matchplay 2024 – Semifinals and Finall

Semifinals

In the semifinals of the World Matchplay stood the three players ranked 1, 2 and 3 in the Order of Merit (and, accordingly, the three top seeds in tournament) and one non seeded player.

In the first semifinal the number …

Wednesday, July 24, 2024
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World Matchplay 2024 – The Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals took place over two days as well.  On the first day, the players from the upper half played again and on the second day the players from the lower half stood on stage – and on both days just one non-seeded …

Tuesday, July 23, 2023
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World Matchplay 2024 – The Second Round

In the second round the format was a little bit longer – perhaps this was not good for all the matches.

The first evening I watched fromt home.  On the second night I was in Blackpool.  It is always more thrilling when …