Darts, Beers, & Cheers!

About this site;

“Darts, Beers & Cheers” is dedicated to the men and women of the PDC Darts organisation (although I’m far from anti-BDO), and the thousands of fans who enjoy this amazing sport.  Now on twitter (follow me to know when there are updates).

If you’ve not yet seen or been to a big televised Darts tournament, you may be surprised at what an amazing night of entertainment it is.  Huge loud crowds roar on the dart throwing gladiators, and those working class hero’s hit scores and averages never before seen in the darting world.  Darts started as a pub sport, so will forever be working class and linked to beer – but at the professional end of the scale it’s a sight to behold!   It is not unusual for the top players to average between 100-110 per 3 darts across an entire tournament, something unheard of only 20 years ago.

The sport has been dominated for a good few years now by a legend of the sport, a certain Phil “The Power” Taylor, and Phil is the main front man for PDC darts. Taylor has forced the standard and professionalism of the sport up another level, making the other players try that bit harder to compete.  Phil is 15 times world champion, and holds the world records for televised averages (118.6 I believe is the current 3 dart record).

WE NEED YOU!

This site is a ‘fansite’ – run by fans, for the fans of darts and the PDC.  We aren’t ‘official’, so can say what we like (within reason and the law! ), and the content is written by us the fans.  So if you think you can string a few words together about the game of darts or a darts player within the PDC – please contact me!  Tell me your ideas, and we’ll work together.

About your Host

I’m your webmaster, Kristian ‘Krispy’ Brown.  38, Male, Married, one cat.  Darts fan, throw the odd dart on occasion (Unicorn Sigmas, 26g) – just against my mate Lee who’s a pub league player.  3x 180′s, highest checkout 99.

I’ve been creating websites since I was but a lad (ok for the last 16 years) – my day job is working with computers, and when I’m not drunk (and sometimes when I am) in the evenings I am creating and updating my many websites.

My homepage portal thingy is here.  Fan of my local footy team Peterborough ‘the Posh’ United.  Follow me on twitter to hear about updates here and general darts stuff.

I want to create the best independent darts website in the world.. and meet some darts fans and players and officials on the way!  I’m also to happy to help out PDC darts players with their websites (even creating ones a bit like this site if you want), and will do so for free (I’m sure you can help me out in return!  Interviews… the odd free ticket etc).  Just use the contact link at the top of the menu to send me a message!

I’m not the only writer here (thanks to A.Dev, Lee ‘Danger’ Griffin, and Dave ‘Ladders’ Ladley in particular), and am always keen that other fans join in and share their articles and news with us.

So what is the PDC?

The Professional Darts Corporation was initially formed as the World Darts Council in January 1992, and is now the leading professional body in the sport.

The WDC was formed after 16 top professional players, along with managers Dick Allix, Tommy Cox and John Markovic, decided to break away from the British Darts Organisation to take the sport to a new level.

The first WDC event, the UK Masters, took place nine months later and the first World Championship was played over the 1993-94 festive period, establishing the partnership with Sky Sports which remains to this day.

In July 2001, the Board who had carried the PDC forward since its inception decided to step down in favour of a specialist team, headed by Promoter Barry Hearn, who came in as Chairman.

The PDC has built up a reputation as the leading innovator in terms of staging professional darts tournaments and as such is constantly looking towards the future and improving the organisation in every area.

Five ranking tournaments are staged live on Sky Sports each year, broadcasting to a global audience of more than 300 million viewers, and 2005 saw the introduction of the Premier League Darts to great success.

That tournament featured seven of the top players facing each other twice in a league format over ten nights around the country, with the top four then taking part in the Play-Offs, and that event has expanded to be staged in the country’s biggest arenas in front of crowds up to 8,000 fans.

The PDC’s commitment to spreading professional darts worldwide led to the Las Vegas Desert Classic being introduced to the calendar in 2002.

The first professional tournament in China was staged two years later, and the worldwide development has continued with the inclusion of more international qualifiers taking part in the PDC World Championship.

2007 saw the PDC introduce the ground-breaking Grand Slam of Darts competition, which features 32 players who have reached the final of major PDC and BDO tournaments competing in Wolverhampton.

The continued expansion of the PDC led to an announcement that prize money from 2009 onwards will be above £5 million, and the innovative internet-streamed Championship League Darts was launched in the autumn of 2008.

The PDC continues to go from strength to strength with its central aim to ensure the sport receives the recognition and respect professional darts deserves.