Tag: Professional Darts Corporation
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Mike is a poor champion – don’t be like Mike
Do you remember some years ago there was a style of advert being used, to pitch a variety of different product or service or cause, which was basically pencil drawn stick figures with short, sharp messaging. Now read on… An example would be something like ‘Bill disinfected the shopping trolley when leaving it back for…
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De Decker loses the plot following PL snub
Belgium’s Mike De Decker has launched a sensational and scathing attack on the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) following his omission from the field for the forthcoming Premier League, claiming Nathan Aspinall was “Only picked because of his walk-on song”… In a jaw dropping interview with Belgian news website Het Neiwusblad, De Decker fumed “My first…
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The game and the fans are real winners as epic battle enters home straight
When I was 16 years of age, completing the Junior Cert was Mount Everest. And a power cut during the first day of the State Exams which necessitated me to stay in school until 6.30pm catching up added another uninvited layer of trepidation. Other than that, becoming more efficient at driving a powered wheelchair, ditto…
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Move over Spielberg, this Hollywood star writes his own script
The above heading could quite easily be in reference to Rory McIlroy. The world’s most talent-endowed golfer literally is from Hollywood. The Co Down incarnation that is, not the one with the famous paving slabs. It would be quite the document too, given all the highs and lows the soon-to-be 34 year old has gone…
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You were right there Michael on the night
Few, if any, however, could’ve predicted the manic majesty of what was to transpire when the two combatants returned to the oche after the first stanza. Put in this way, there was more than Wayne Mardle lost for words.
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It can’t be that easy, can it?
Regardless of what sporting activity one choses to focus on, the reality is that the form of participants therein can and does fluctuate from time to time. The thing is, with a team sport, if one player has an off day, there will be others to pick up the slack, in an individual pursuit, your…
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Changing of the guard?
No matter where one looks, online or in other media outlets, there will be reference to the oddity that is the period between Christmas and the New Year. You’ve no clue what day it is, you’re just about sick of eating turkey but cake/pudding/sweets are still fair game. For someone like myself with whom mental…
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A string to Willie’s bow as Brown drops down
A former inter county dual GAA player once said to me “There’s only one place to really judge a player’s character – Croke Park. I knew what he meant. For a golfer see Augusta National, anyone in National Hunt horse racing is judged by what they do – or don’t – at the Cheltenham Festival…
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The Machine rides again on Green diesel
Eventually, the cream comes to the top. James Wade has always been possessed of commensurate class to his contemporaries but, due to a combination of bad luck and exceptionally talented opponents, he hasn’t always attained the reward his obvious abilities have merited. It truly is amazing what one win can do for sporting competitors. The…
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You were alright Michael on the night
He hadn’t gone away you know. Just as one doesn’t become a good sportsperson or team overnight, nor does it dissipate rapidly. Doubtless, those who specialise in reactionism will look at the current landscape in Gaelic football and conclude Dublin have shot their bolt. Likewise Limerick in hurling. Without taking extenuating circumstances into consideration. Mileage…