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Eric Bristow: The Autobiography

Author : Eric Bristow
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 140906316X
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Eric Bristow: The Autobiography written by Eric Bristow and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric Bristow MBE (1957-2018) might just have been the greatest darts player of all time. An unmistakable figure on the oche during his 1980s heyday, 'the Cheeky Cockney' became renowned not just for the number of world titles he won but for his arrogance on stage and off it. In this candid account, Bristow reveals how darts saved him from his early life as a cat burglar, shoplifter and thug - and introduced him to a new world of beer, babes and success beyond his wildest dreams. In his rapid rise to the top, he gives fascinating insights into the characters that pioneered darts in those early days and how, when his own career began to slide at the end of the decade, he trained his protégé Phil 'The Power' Taylor, turning him into the most successful player darts has ever known. Bristow holds nothing back as he reveals his battle with dartitis, a psychological condition which left him unable to let go of the dart and almost destroyed his career; his relationship with girlfriend and former women's world darts champion Maureen Flowers; and his occasional all-too-public falls from grace. Bristow's life story is a thrill-a-minute ride through the raucous world of darts and how it helped to shape and drive his life.

The Little Book of Darts

Author : Brian Belton
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750953934
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book The Little Book of Darts written by Brian Belton and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a fascinating and entertaining mixture of the history and characters of the darts world. It features player profiles, trivia – including players' walk-on music, quickest matches, longest matches, 9-dart finishes, the most loved and hated players and celebrity fans – as well as a treasure trove of statistical information. As such, all the tension, glory, complexity and irony of the 'art of the arras' is portrayed. Funny, interesting and perplexing, the reader will smile, reminisce, laugh and occasionally experience bewilderment as the spirit of the oche is brought to life. The wit and skill of players is mixed with expressions of frustration, pain, confusion and anguish. Fighters, moaners, clowns and philosophers rub shoulders between the pages, creating an atmosphere that anyone who has either watched or played the game will recognise. With this book, Brian Belton hits the bullseye of a simple passion that has enjoyed a massive resurgence of popularity in recent years.

Sport and Exercise Psychology

Author : Aidan P. Moran
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415168083
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Sport and Exercise Psychology written by Aidan P. Moran and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation This textbook combines an explanation of the theoretical foundations of sport psychology, critical reviews of contemporary research and practical suggestions for relevant independent research projects.

The Ultimate Book of Darts

Author : Anne Kramer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1626365261
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book The Ultimate Book of Darts written by Anne Kramer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Share in the euphoria that comes of the “kill shot” by learning the skills and techniques required to play a great game of darts. From the history of the sport to choosing the right type of equipment, The Ultimate Book of Darts is written in an accessible style that is perfect for both novices and seasoned professionals. Dart throwing is now a global phenomenon with new players emerging every day. This amazing sport demands remarkable precision and an agile mind from its competitors. Learn the rules for playing team games and tips for improving your score and ability for more advanced competitions. Author Anne Kramer focuses on the mechanics of dart throwing by discussing the pros and cons of various stances, such as toes square to the line versus one foot behind the other. This guide emphasizes good form over accuracy. If you develop good form, the accuracy will follow. Aside from mechanics this book also discusses the necessary equipment from types of darts to board materials, dimensions, and mounting. Whether you’re an expert marksman who competes in a pub league or a guy who just enjoys throwing sharp objects, this is the go-to guide to a longstanding and fun tradition.

Old Stoneface - My Autobiography

Author : John Lowe
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1844547574
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (445 download)

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Download or read book Old Stoneface - My Autobiography written by John Lowe and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06-08 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Lowe is one of Britain's greatest-ever darts champions. In a career spanning three decades, John and his fellow players have transformed the traditional pub game of darts into a successful, professional sport with legions of fans and big money prizes. Even in the face of the greatest challenges, "Old Stoneface," as John is known, became an indomitable force in the darts world. With every major darts accolade under his belt, his name has gone down in the history of the game. This is his revealing autobiography. Filled with tales from all of the major matches and tournaments, his thoughts on his big name opponents, and an insight into the life and thoughts behind the "stoneface," this book is a must read for all sports fans.

USA Darts

Author : Nigel Boeg
Publisher : BookRix
ISBN 13 : 3748768710
Total Pages : 1502 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (487 download)

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Download or read book USA Darts written by Nigel Boeg and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2021-12-20 with total page 1502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been compiled to provide details of tournament winners and runners up of USA steel tip tournaments. Every effort has been used to identify and correctly record winners and runners up of tournaments. In some cases there will be results “missing”. If these can be identified they will be included in a future edition. There maybe errors with names being mispelt and ladies surnames may have changed. Where possible, hosting organisation and the year that the tournament was first held will be listed. Other facts about the tournament will be listed if available. Besides tournament results, there are two chapters that were authored by Chuck Hudson. One chapter is on the founding of the United States Sports Darts Alliance (USSDA) and the other is Sandy Hudson a professional player. Both of these chapters are an interesting read and provides a snapshot of darts in the US. This book provides the reader and dart enthuiast information on other published books and magazines, links to web sites of dart manufacturers, Professional Bodies and Organisations, dart stores, and Country Darts Organisations. This is not a comprehensive list but begins the work of collating details into one place. Instead of being scattered around the World Wide Web across many sites and publications. Many dart tournaments in 2020 will be cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

UK Darts tournament results

Author : Nigel Boeg
Publisher : BookRix
ISBN 13 : 3748703562
Total Pages : 968 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (487 download)

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Download or read book UK Darts tournament results written by Nigel Boeg and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2019-05-11 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides details of the dart tournament results within the UK. The tournaments are located in England, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Besides tournament results, there are useful links to various dart websites for County darts, links to country's dart associations, dart manufacturers and a bibiliography of books and magazines published on darts.

Bootleg! The Rise And Fall Of The Secret Recording Industry

Author : Clinton Heylin
Publisher : Omnibus Press
ISBN 13 : 0857122177
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (571 download)

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Download or read book Bootleg! The Rise And Fall Of The Secret Recording Industry written by Clinton Heylin and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2010-03-04 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An absorbing account of the record industry's worst nightmare. In the summer of 1969, Great White Wonder, a collection of unreleased Bob Dylan recordings appeared in Los Angeles. It was the first rock bootleg and it spawned an entire industry dedicated to making unofficial recordings available to true fans. Bootleg! tells the whole fascinating saga, from its underground infancy through the CD 'protection gap' era, when its legal status threatened the major labels' monopoly, to the explosion of trading via Napster and Gnutella on MP-3 files. Clinton Heylin provides a highly readable account of the busts, the defeats and victories in court; the personalities – many interviewed for the first time for this book. This classic history has now been updated and revised to include today's digital era and the emergence of a whole new bootleg culture.

Heart of Dart-ness

Author : Ned Boulting
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1788700481
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (887 download)

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Download or read book Heart of Dart-ness written by Ned Boulting and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-29 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Heart of Dart-ness, TV's Ned Boulting sets out to answer the forty-something year old question: What exactly is darts? Is it a sport, a freak show, a side-show, a pantomime, a riot or a party? From Purfleet to Minehead, Milton Keynes to Frankfurt, Ned embarks on a journey back to the beginning of the modern game. He tracks down some of the household names who graced childhood television screens and are still among us; names such as Andy Fordham, whose fifty bottles of Pils a day habit led to his near death on the oche, Cliff Lazarenko, whose prodigious drinking was the stuff of legend even among his not exactly abstemious peer-group, Phil Taylor, the greatest of all time, as well as the Europeans, Michael van Gerwen, and Raymond van Barneveld. Is it entertainment, or exploitation? To answer that question, as well as every other, he learns that all roads lead to the Heart of Dart-ness, and the biggest character the game has ever produced, Eric Bristow. Perhaps darts is after all, just exactly what it sets out to be; an anti-sport sport, a two-fingered salute to the establishment, a piss-up in a brewery, the ultimate escape. The best night out.

Slinging Arrows

Author : Wayne Mardle
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473586852
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Slinging Arrows written by Wayne Mardle and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Extremely funny' - Guardian Booze, Bullseyes and (more) Booze Humanity has come a long way in the 500,000 years since Neanderthal man first started chucking spears around. Or has it? In his blisteringly funny new book, former professional player Wayne Mardle, whose crowd-pleasing antics were even more lively off stage than they were on, blows the lid off one of the UK's biggest televised sports. Known in darts circles as Hawaii 501 on account of his colourful Hawaiian shirts (yours for just forty-five quid - he's got a garage full of them) Mardle remains one of the planet's most recognisable players, having performed on the world stage during a professional career that saw him play all the greats and, quite frankly, lose to most of them. In this witty (frequently), honest (largely), and poignant (twice) guide to life both on and off the oche, Mardle delivers world-class advice - such as why you shouldn't go on a two-day Vegas booze bender before a major PDC final, or how to avoid going live on European TV with a string of expletives so outrageous that clips are still replayed, years later, on Belgian telly. Some are lessons Mardle learned the hard way; others, like why it's best to avoid being sued by a well-known biscuit manufacturer, are gleaned from green-room gossip spanning decades.

Bellies and Bullseyes

Author : Sid Waddell
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1407030442
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Bellies and Bullseyes written by Sid Waddell and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-11-10 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bellies and Bullseyes is simply the greatest account there will ever be about the sport of darts - as told by one of its most legendary characters - Sid Waddell. It mixes Sid's own personal journey from the coalfields of the North East with the entire history of the sport. What is revealed is a hilarious yet epic Darts Babylon, covering every significant event and every character to walk the oche from Eric 'The Crafty Cockney' Bristow to Phil 'The Power' Taylor. In words as ripe as his commentaries, Sid brings an authentic whiff of fags, hard drink, hot tungsten and moist polyester to the whole cabaret. Sid has been friend and confidante to most of darts' stars over the years as well as being instrumental in the game's progress himself. Nobody is equipped to tell the story quite like he is. From the early days of hustling in bars and the 1960s money-race pub competitions that spawned the likes of John Lowe and Leighton Rees, to ITV's brilliantly daft The Indoor League and the glory days of BBC's coverage; from the bling of Bobby George and the belly of Jocky Wilson to the awesome professionalism of Phil Taylor; from smoky Northern working men's clubs to the Houses of Parliament; this is the complete, incredible story of darts.

138

Author : Keith Deller
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1785319566
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book 138 written by Keith Deller and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2021-09-27 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1983, an unknown 23-year-old from Suffolk called Keith Deller took the darts world by storm, defying the odds and sporting conventions to become a most unlikely world champion. Deller was the diametric opposite of the beer-swigging, chain-smoking, paunch-bellied darts player fans were used to. He was slim, well-spoken, athletic and didn't smoke or drink. And he looked like a boy next to his flabby, middle-aged opponents. A TV audience of 10 million watched transfixed as this angelic newcomer beat world number-one Eric Bristow in the final. Almost overnight, Keith had breathed new life into a game whose traditions had been hewn in the nation's smoky pubs and clubs. Deller was a new breed of darts player whose appeal transcended this gritty working-class sport, piquing the interest of intellectuals such as Martin Amis and Stephen Fry. In 138: Game, Shot and the Match, Keith takes the reader on an intimate journey as we relive his rapid rise from complete obscurity to lifting the game's greatest prize as one of the youngest world champions in history.

Staying Power

Author : Phil Taylor
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 1444797298
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (447 download)

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Download or read book Staying Power written by Phil Taylor and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phil 'The Power' Taylor is the uncontested king of darts, his sixteen world championship titles between 1990 and 2013 far outclassing anything else the game has seen. He started out as a protégé of Eric Bristow, the Crafty Cockney, having wandered into his Burslem pub with a set of darts his wife had given him for his birthday. At that time Taylor was earning £52 a week working in a ceramics factory and hardly played. But jaws dropped and pint mugs tipped over as this newcomer suddenly unleashed a gift for flight that had soon eclipsed even the Crafty Cockney himself, and amassed Phil a haul of over 200 professional tournament victories. Staying Power is a year in the life of a legend, twice nominated for BBC Sports Personality of the Year, a man who made darts look a doddle to British pub-goers everywhere and set his seal on the game as the bloke to beat. A year of triumph and disaster, in which Taylor crashed out of the world championship in the second round to young outsider Michael Smith and fell asleep at home on Christmas day, exhausted from the strain of constant winning. A year when he played arguably the greatest ever game of darts, in the Grand Slam semi-final against recent world champion Adrian Lewis the two slugging it out to the wire. A year in which Taylor rocked Australia, fêted like royalty. A year of spats and hecklers, clashes on stage and off, of head-to-heads with the Dutch superstar Michael van Gerwen. But most of all this is a year in which Phil Taylor, one of sport's greatest champions, has looked hard at his life in his determination to stay in power.

Fear and Loathing on the Oche

Author : King ADZ
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473549078
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Fear and Loathing on the Oche written by King ADZ and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone who’s ever seen or attended the PDC World Darts Championships knows that darts is no ordinary sport. Where else would you find world-class superstars, in the midst of a championship match, cultivating tomorrow’s banging hangover? Or two separate organisations, with a bitter historical rivalry, taking potshots at each other in a bid to secure players, fans and an all-important TV broadcast contract? And then there’s the fans... Darts fans are unlike any other fans in world sport. They drink the most, they wear the silliest costumes, they sing the loudest and yet they can arguably see the least live action. They feel an immense pride and ownership for the game – its theirs, and they couldn’t care less about the sneers from the mainstream. Join King ADZ as he dives headfirst into this tempestuous world, meeting former legends, future stars, dominant Internationals, the owners, the referees and of course the fans. Darts may be a simple game to many, but to most it’s absolute mayhem.

Encyclopedia of Britain

Author : Bamber Gascoigne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780333637395
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Britain written by Bamber Gascoigne and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Secondary Sports Assemblies: 40 sport-themed assemblies to inspire and engage - eBook

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Publisher : Optimus Education eBooks
ISBN 13 : 1907567208
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Secondary Sports Assemblies: 40 sport-themed assemblies to inspire and engage - eBook written by and published by Optimus Education eBooks. This book was released on with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bobby Dazzler

Author : Bobby George
Publisher : Orion
ISBN 13 : 1409105628
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Bobby Dazzler written by Bobby George and published by Orion. This book was released on 2008-09-18 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The autobiography of one of the most charismatic figures in darts history, who has so much more to tell... When Bobby George first appeared on the darts scene, he immediately caught the eye: well built (he was the only darts player ever to be approached to take part in TV's Superstars), good looking and with plenty of bling, he was a natural showman. He could play a bit too, as he showed by reaching the final of the world championship in both 1980 and 1994. But that is only the beginning of the story. Before the darts came his time as a doorman at various East End pubs and bars just after the era of the Krays and Richardsons, when baseball bats and knuckle dusters would often come in handy. He also helped build the Victoria line. Since he retired from full-time darts, he has appeared in gangster films such as Dog, on TV programmes such as Celebrity Fit Club, and in videos with The Streets. Now best known as a commentator on the BBC, George relives the excitement of the last thirty years of the world of darts, with plenty of insider gossip and stories about all the most famous players in the TV era of the sport.