Since 1978, only six countries have seen a player crowned World Darts Champion – England, Scotland, Wales, Holland, Canada, and Australia. Which will be the seventh?
79 Votes
4 China (5%)
1 Germany (1%)
6 Ireland (8%)
2 Japan (3%)
0 New Zealand (0%)
34 Philippines (43%)
3 Russia (4%)
1 South Africa (1%)
2 Spain (3%)
26 United States (33%)
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Monday, March 1, 2010
Column 385
Bucharest, Romania
Here I sit worrying and nursing an Ursus beer in the English Bar, the most famous pub in the Balkans, located in the heart of Bucharest, Romania in the glitzy Athenee Plaza Hotel.
Immortalized in the Balkan Trilogy and other novels, the nearly century-old bar has played host to clandestine meetings, espionage, and served as a safe haven during the two World Wars and the dark days of the Nicolae Ceausescu communist era. Vladimir Putin and George Bush have stopped by in recent times. So have Boris Becker, Woody Harrelson, and Claudia Schiffer. Elvis was here last Thursday...
On a challenge, he bicycled 2,000 miles from Dublin to Moscow. He rode a dug-out canoe down Botswana’s hippo-infested Bora River. He whitewater rafted Zimbabwe’s mighty Zambezi River. He tracked endangered mountain gorillas deep into Uganda’s Impenetrable Forest. He ventured 500 miles up the Congo River in search of elephant poachers, and found them!
But what defines this adventure traveler, and earned him his nickname, is his absolute commitment to the sport of darts. When he isn’t engrossed in league competition or tournament play, he travels the world in search of the elusive Holy Grail – the perfect game in the perfect darts-dive. And, of course, the perfect beer. In a phrase, Dartoid does darts. And he’s done it everywhere.
On six of seven continents, Dartoid’s gone toe-to-toe and mug-to-mug with some of the best shooters, and best drinkers, on the planet. From Beijing to Toronto, Tokyo to Johannesburg, Bangkok to Rome, Dartoid’s stood at the line, often in the most unbelievable of circumstances.
The result is Dartoid’s World, a darts column which is simply – unique. This is the same (but unedited) column that, since 1995, has been featured by Bull’s Eye News, the American Darts Organization’s (ADO) Double Eagle and numerous other darts publications and websites around the globe.
Mixing humor and vignettes of local life with useful tips for darters who find themselves at the ends of the earth with nowhere to throw, Dartoid’s World is a must-read, the most widely read column about darts in the world. So grab your arrows and a beer, and start clicking away…
March Double Out Shot
Lin Chi Ling
Where's Dartoid?
Dartoid is at home in Tampa, Florida. He'll be heading to the Virginia Beach Classic on March 26.
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