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Got an iPhone
or an iPod Touch?
Want a cool
app? Look no further
Winmau and Bullseye have recently released some cool New
iPhone and iPod touch apps.
Winmau along with Crunchmedia have produce two great apps for
scoring dart games '501' and 'Cricket'. There is no need for chalk if you have
this in your pocket!
Bullseye Sound Board is a great entertainment app which allows
you replay 43 nostalgic 'Bullseye' phases, yes you have got it 'Innnn... One!'
and yes the famous speedboat features! All apps are available from Apple
iPhone App Store.
Trina
Gulliver makes it
World Title No. 8!
Trina Gulliver made it World Title No. 8 in a convincing 2 set to 0 victory
over Welsh player Rhian Edwards in the Lakeside 2010 Ladies World Darts
Championship. Trina collected the prize winning cheque of £6,000 something
many of us believe should be dramatically increased to encourage more ladies to
take you the sport.
Trina has been in the World final for a record breaking 10 times, since the
event started in 2001
Martin Adams makes it World Title No. 2!
In
his 17th consecutive year at the Lakeside World Darts Championship Martin Adams
secured his second World Championship title. Martin beat a relatively new player
Dave Chisnall who had a fantastic run to the final beating former World Champion
Ted Hankey , BDO World No1. Tony O'Shea and No.4 seed Darrel Fitton.
Martin, 53 and England International captain is the oldest
competitor to win the title but I am sure he has a few more titles in him before
he decides to pack away his arrows. Martin picked up a winners cheque of £100,000
and although considerably more than the ladies title winning cheque of just
£6,000 it is only half the amount Phil Taylor collected for winning the PDC
World Champion earlier this month.
Magic Taylor makes it World Title No. 15!
 At the age of 49 Phil Taylor is still at his supreme best. Phil beat Australian
Simon Whitlock in the 2010 PDC Ladbrokes.com World Championship Final 7 sets to
3.
Simon put up a good fight and made it yet another memorable final as both
players hit 170 finishes and both took their playing tournament averages above
100. Phil 104.38 and Simon 100.51
And Welcome to Darts501.com...
 The game of darts is played and enjoyed by millions of people in UK pubs and clubs and by millions more across the World. The game has come from the humble roots of the tap and public rooms of the traditional English pub to the international stage and is regularly televised to millions across the World.
In 1978 the first World Darts Championship was organised by the British Darts Organisation and sponsored by Embassy tobacco. The winner Leighton Rees from Wales received a trophy and a cheque for the some of £3,000.
Since then the game has grown into one of the best loved and viewed sports on television. It has made many darters into house hold names here are just a few:
John Lowe 3 times World Champion, Eric Bristow 5 times World Champion, Raymond
van Barneveld 5 times World Champion & Phil Taylor 14 times World.
The game has recently been recognised by Sport England as a sporting activity which could pave the way to the sport featuring in future Olympic Games.
Darts is one of the fasted growing sports in Holland, China and Asia. Over a third of the Dutch population watched Raymond Van Barneveld become the first Dutch player to take the World Darts title in 1998; he has since then won the title a further
four times 1999, 2003, 2005 and in the Ladbrokes.com PDC 2007 World Darts Championship
beating the reigning champion Phil Taylor 7 sets to 6 and a sudden death leg in
the final set. Raymond now equals Eric Bristow's achievement but still trails
Phil Taylor's staggering 13 World Title victories.
The prize
fund for the 2010 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Champions has also increased with a staggering
£1,000,000, £200,000 going to the winner. A far cry from the first World Championships of £3,000.
The Ladbrokes.com PDC
World Darts Championship moved to the Alexandra Palace in December 2007. The Alexandra
Palace is affectionately know as the 'Ally Pally' was the stage setting for the
world renowned 'News of the World Darts tournaments' many years ago.
In 2000 the BDO and WDF introduced a ladies World Darts Championship which was won by England’s Trina Gulliver. Trina has won this event for
seven consecutive years and made the final yet again in 2008 and 2009 but only to lose to
a new up and coming star
She also tried to qualify for the 2010 championship but failed.
On this site you will find a brief history of this intriguing sport along with all the information you will need to set up the dart board and organise darting events. You can also learn how boards are made using sisal (a material used in rope making) and how dart weights, lengths, shafts and flights can alter the flight of the dart.
The site also features traditional games played on today’s standard boards and UK city boards; Yorkshire, Manchester etc. You can download rules and many games from here as well as those all important checkouts. Calculate your dart average using the tables and above all learn how to improve your game. You will also find practise routines to improve your accuracy and scoring consistency as well as information about maintaining your dart board and darts.
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Also you will find many dart related links to professional dart organisations, manufacturers, suppliers, professional dart players and other UK local dart leagues. My thanks go to them for their help and support in building this site.
Please browse and enjoy the site, for the latest news and events look at the
News & Reviews
 page, I try to maintain this section the best I can, time permitting.
Alternatively for all other Sports featured by the BBC use the link and Sport News update to the right.
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If you like this site then you might like to know
that I maintain two other dart sites I maintain.
www.patrickchaplin.com
(Darts Historian)
www.bullseyetvgameshow.com (The Original UK TV Game Show)
David King
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