Tag: Darts
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A breakthrough day for newcomers
No matter what sport you are either involved in or have even a passing interest in, if you were/are lucky enough to experience success, the journey to same has to start somewhere. From a perspective of matters close to home, it could either be said that the Centenary Cup in 1984 or Leinster SFC Final…
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Breakthroughs, consolidation and a great pity
Sometimes, how you get there doesn’t matter as long as you reach the intended destination. For example, Irish soccer fans would gladly have put up with the snore fest scoreless draw against Egypt in order to secure safe passage to the knockout stages of the 1990 World Cup. Likewise, those Meath supporters who braved the…
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Speed, horsepower and Razzmatazz
After a trying day and a bit on a personal level when everything that possibly could go wrong did so, time for another in the series of articles looking back on what has transpired at the PDC World Championship in the Alexandra Palace, London, since last time the keyboard last took a tapping on the…
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Rehabilitation, not retribution
As is the case with any facet of life, being ensconced in the sporting world on an almost constant basis, it very quickly becomes apparent that the day you don’t learn something is a day wasted. That said, one never envisaged having to engage in a crash course of the rudiments of the disciplinary processes…
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Rockstar hits bum note as Iceman melts
Whether in sport or any other facet of life, there will be people you will take to instantly and those you can take or leave at best. Seldom if ever, though, has this writer began a column with reference two two individuals as close to the bottom of popularity stakes with yours truly as tungsten…
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A day split between the expected and not so much
Having become involved in small scale racehorse ownership in the last few years, there is now a much greater understanding of something my late father once said to me at the time of his own foray into similar territory. “A middling one will break you”. Translated – a horse that runs a good race every…
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Irish eyes smiling for most of the day
No matter what you are doing in life, or what’s going on around you, a personal connection to it of any sort makes it all the more relatable. Even without any of that, though, there’s absolutely no persuasion or enticement required to get yours truly hyponotised by the near three weeks action at the World…
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Kenyan meme makers may get busy again
Do you remember Bebo? Jazus, it seems like a lifetime ago. Sharing the love, your Top Friends and, of greatest interest to the next lines here, the Flashbox. The Facebook/Instagram Reels of its day. Following the Thursday afternoon session of the 2025/’26 World Darts Championship, one was reminded of the best Flashbox video I ever…
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Single session Wednesday heralds the newcomers
Sometimes, something you think must be a misprint or a wind up turns out not to be so. Of course such can be the case with the most serious issue in life too. With regard to what you will read hereafter, what appeared to be unbelievable was the fact that there was only one session…
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A day of mostly normality
It would be wagered with a fair degree of confidence that the first Tuesday of this season’s PDC World Darts Championship was the one bestowed with the most normality so far. As all eight matches went along extended lines and there were no unsolicited attacks on unsuspecting furniture at the venue. As for the action…