To anybody who doesn't know, Darts involves fat men with a pint or two of beer throwing pointed objects from a few feet at a cork board with strange markings. It is not a sport or even a skill it is a pasttime which should be confined to pubs and bars. Usually the Brits win, which should tell you a lot about our prowess as a "sporting" nation, but now a Canadian is the world champion (how many countries play darts you might ask for it to be a true world championship) and I see the start of a slippery slope for Canada.
But there is hope. Part beat Phil "the power" Taylor and those who know about these things said the reason Taylor was beaten after eight years was because he'd just lost three stone (42lbs) and some must have gone from his throwing arm. But Taylor reckons he has another three stone to go and said: "health is more important than darts."
So there is hope.
Randall Northam
On Tuesday, Jan 7, 2003, at 18:30 Europe/London, Martin J. Dixon wrote:
Now here is a guy with a skill and we got him.
"Two nights ago, Part beat Phil Taylor, who had won the world championship title
for eight years in a row.
