Tag: World Grand Prix
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Ferret speeds to victory as The Iceman hits the skids
Regardless of what transpired on the oche, Saturday night’s World Grand Prix Final was always going to be a fascinating affair. Not only because featured two Welsh players, but, even more so, it pitted two players who not all that long ago combined to take the darting World Cup back to Wales. Meaning that, in…
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Bullet survives Metal test but will need to be Ice cool
How oft has it been said that momentum can be the most telling factor in deciding sporting outcomes? In darts at the moment, there are few with greater amounts thereof than Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price. Ironically, it’s quite likely that the former received his greatest infusion of new found confidence from teaming up with…
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Ferret burrowing his way to the bigtime one step at a time
The more darts the one seeing eye here takes in, the more it’s realised how a game can be turned on its head in an instant. Al Paccino might have said in an inch rather than instance and in the case in point here, he couldn’t have been more on the money. As Michael Van…
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Greatness fading or simply off colour?
When Ken Doherty beat Stephen Hendry in the 1997 World Snooker Championship final, this corner wasn’t all that shocked. The Ranelagh man had been steadily ascending the WPBSA rankings in the preceding period. Conversely, the Scot’s once all consuming grip on the carpeted tables was waning by then. The Scot made a comeback of sorts…