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Keelan Hills, Patrick Loveard. Jack Payne and Billy Maple all shone bright on Friday as The University of Gloucestershire Darts World Championships got underway. Hills topped Group A as he overcame the number one seed, and tournament favourite, Alfie Element 3-1. Element boasted a 20-dart leg to take the lead before ‘The Monster’ rallied back […]
University of Gloucestershire lost 6-5 to UCFB Wembley in an intense affair at Francis Close Hall on Wednesday afternoon. The day started off slowly for the Gloucestershire side as they suffered defeat in both their trio games. A team of Alfie Element (C), James Pryer and Billy Maple suffered a 2-1 defeat to the Wembley […]
University of Gloucestershire’s darts society are hosting a 24 hour charity fundraiser for Macmillan cancer. After three years of running the committee and talking about creating a fundraiser, Patrick wanted to do something big to show his appreciation. “We’ve spoken about doing a fundraiser for a few years in a row now, but since it’s […]
With the PDC World Darts Championship beginning today at the Alexandra Palace in London, it is of course the most regular time of year for people who are not generally fans of darts to begin an interest in the sport. The tournament will see Gloucestershire-based player, Lee Evans make his debut on the world stage […]
The 2024 PDC World Darts Championship gets underway this evening with Kevin Doets and Stowe Buntz taking to the oche in the first match of the tournament in front of a sold out Alexandra Palace. The iconic tournament takes place once a year in the historic venue and crowns the first sporting champion of the […]
Darts legend Gary Anderson is set to appear at Cheltenham’s Selco Builders Warehouse this Tuesday where fans get the chance to test their talents against the two time world champion. Anderson, who currently sits 20th in the PDC rankings, will be appear at the builders merchants from 9:30 am to 11:00 am where fans won’t […]
The Premier League of Darts crosses the Irish Sea to Dublin this week, with Michael Smith looking to pick up where he left off in Glasgow. Dublin has hosted some fantastic nights in darting history. On the outskirts at the CityWest hotel, it witnessed the first ever 9-darter in the World Grand Prix by Brendan […]
Chris Dobey will seek back-to-back wins on the second night of the 2023 Premier League darts in Cardiff on Thursday night. Dobey defeated Peter Wright, Nathan Aspinall and Michael van Gerwen on night one as the Geordie emerged victorious on his first ever appearance in the competition. Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton were both eliminated […]
Michael Smith couldn’t contain his emotion after winning his first major title as he defeated Nathan Aspinall 16-5 in the Grand Slam of Darts final. ‘Bully Boy’, who hit nine 180s and had a 50% double conversion rate, took a commanding lead as he went 7-3 up going into the second break as Aspinall stuttered. […]
Premier League Darts heads to Birmingham on Thursday night.