Jun 1, 2026
The first darts tournament to be played under standardised rules took place 100 years ago today, in Wandsworth, South London. The Licensee’s Cup was staged at The Red Lion in Wandsworth, with a clear set of rules – using the London (or Trebles dartboard), three darts...
Nov 1, 2015
London’s newest darts venue opened its doors on the edge of the City this week promising to preserve the tradition of darts, whilst ‘completely blowing the doors off it’. So far, Flight Club seems to have delivered. On Wednesday night each of the twelve...
Apr 11, 2015
Whilst the trend for London’s dart pubs remains downard, a few green shoots have sprung early in 2015. The White Lion reopened in Clerkenwell, the new Parcel Yard in King’s Cross station put a board in their games room, and sisal was discovered south of...
Jun 26, 2014
It’s been a bad couple of months for London’s dart pubs. At the end of May 2014 the Porter’s Lodge in the City finally closed its’ doors for good. It was an ugly pub which was in desperate need of new toilets (!), but it had been one of...
Jan 23, 2014
The announcement from the PDC today that Stephen Bunting has, somewhat belatedly, accepted a Tour Card for the next two years is a major blow to the BDO, and in particular to the new World Trophy tournament taking place in Blackpool in February.In what was already...
Jan 22, 2014
The changes made to the Lakeside World Darts championship last year gave the BDO the opportunity to shine, and someone somewhere seems to have turned the lights on – the 2014 iteration was a qualified success.Despite the BBC entirely ignoring the opportunity to...
