Congratulations to Black Horse Inn - Shipston

FIVE darts teams who played a 24-hour marathon at the Black Horse Inn in Shipston raised £2,800 for local charities.
The money was presented to four charities at a ceremony at the Station Road pub.
Shipston Home Nursing and the Warwickshire and Northants Air Ambulance both received £1,000, the Friends of Ellen Badger Hospital received £500 and Shipston in Bloom was given £300.
The darts marathon, held in the summer, marked the silver jubilee of the annual fundraising event. Among the teams taking part was one representing the Air Ambulance and Shipston surgery.
There was also a fete, pig roast and disco.

Expected darts scores with Gaussian modelling

Simply put what is the best way to improve your darts scoring that has been scientifically proven?
Obviously the aim is to get the maximum score, but is aiming your darts at the triple twenty the bet way to go?
Clearly to the left and right of the triple twenty lay the numbers 1 & 5 that I’m sure feature heavily in many of us who play.
What we at Red Dragon Darts have done is to team up with a Statistical Mathematician who aims to prove the best way to go until your accuracy increases.
We aim to try and give every darts player a guide to their darts handicap and how you can measure this using a sigma value.
Once you know how good you are you should then know which area of the board will see you hit higher average scores and hence improve your darts scores, accuracy and confidence.
So stay tuned for the updates as we'll be crunching through the Mathematical Darts jargon to bring you some answers, some you may already know some you may not.

Durham acknowledge Nixon success

Lakeside World Darts runner-up Phill Nixon has been made an honorary member of Durham County Cricket Club.
Nixon enthralled a BBC TV audience which peaked at five million by coming back from the dead at 6-0 down against Martin Adams to pull level before narrowly losing 7-6.
The 50-year-old darts player from Ferryhill said: "The attention has been unbelievable since the final and being presented with this membership is fantastic.

Trina & Clare The Foxy Ladies

Winmau's Trina Gulliver and England Darts partner Clare Bywaters have both decided to try out the latest Red Dragon Darts Foxy Ladies after seeing them in the new brochure so we'll see how these Foxy Ladies get on with our Foxy Ladies.

PREMIER LEAGUE DARTS IN THE NETHERLANDS

The Dutch Darts Premier League (DDPL) will be launched this spring and the organisers have announced that the following eight players will compete in this years event.

Gary Anderson ( Scotland) Niels de Ruiter (Netherlands)
Martin Adams (England) Ted Hankey (England)
Darryl Fitton (England) Gary Robson (England)
Co Stompé (Netherlands) Phill Nixon (England)

The Dutch Darts Premier League will be played over five days at four different venues throughout the country. During the first four days of the tournament the participants will compete to reach the Grand Final. The Grand Final, which will be played at The Zenith in Venray, will feature the best four players of the competition. They will play in to Semi-Finals to decide who will play the Final.

Darts on TV

Rememeber you can watch all the latest darts from the Lakeside for free on the BBC Darts web link http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/darts/default.stm as it makes fantastic viewing.

Or just keep up with all the latest darts news in the press.

Dark Destroyer Darts

Take a look at these sleek black beauties shaped and designed by Red Dragon Darts for those who want some darts that are completely different.

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Hex Darts - Are they the way forward?

Have you seen the new Hex Darts by Red Dragon Darts in the latest brochure?

They really are a break from the norm and were developed to give you the perfect grip stability whilst playing the best darts you can.

So if you know anyone who has these darts or have any comments about these reveloutionary darts then let us know.

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Foxy Ladies By Red Dragon Darts

Red Dragon Darts have launched a massive amount of new darts in the 2007 Red Dragon Darts brochure.
One very notable inclusion for the Ladies, or those who are inclined, are the superb Foxy Ladies Darts so if you want to buy a set these superb darts please request a brochure on 01656 652121 0r click this link and fill in the details: Request a brochure.

Trina in Seventh Heaven

Winmau’s TRINA GULLIVER is in seventh heaven after being crowned BDO Darts Lakeside World Professional Women’s Champion for an incredible seventh time.

It means that she remains unbeaten on the famous Lakeside darts stage since the first Women’s World Championship was played in 2001 and has only lost 3 Sets at ‘the home of World Darts’.

She can also boast a unique double, because when Martin Adams was crowned 2007 BDO Lakeside World Darts Professional Men’s Champion, it meant that for the first time in the 30 year history of the BDO World Pro, the Men’s and Women’s England Dart Captains are reining BDO Lakeside World Darts Champions.

Darts World Championships 2007

Wolfie's World Champion Darts Van

Having been seen by 5 million BBC viewers in their epic 2007 BDO Lakeside World Darts Final, Martin Adams and Phil Nixon have quickly discovered that Lakeside finalists achieve instant fame.

As 2007 World Darts Champion Martin returned home to be met by TV crews and media, and his mobile phone was so hot that it needed constant re-charging and he almost lost his voice!

He was interviewed by Talksport, Radio Five Live, countless local radio stations and filmed for Anglia TV, BBC East, News 24 and Yorkshire TV in less than 24 hours! Sponsorship offers and hundreds of messages of congratulation will keep him busy for quite a while.

As for Phil Nixon, he returned to Ferryhill, Co.Durham as a new sporting hero. He had been in the local newspapers throughout Lakeside week, was nicknamed ‘The Ferryhill Flyer’ and even made the front pages.

He received so many calls on the long trip from the darts at Lakeside to Ferryhill that the battery in his mobile phone was quickly exhausted!

When he did get home he couldn’t get into his house because of TV crews, radio reporters and media camping on his lawn!

He’s also being given an official Civic Reception.

He and wife Suzanne have been offered Honorary Membership of Durham Cricket Club.

There is even a best-selling Nixy darts pizza in Ferryhill representing a dartboard.

And his inspirational route to the 2007 BDO Lakeside Darts World Final is such that he has even had an offer for his amazing story from a British film company!