Editors Intro...
Well what a month it has been! We have seen three World Championships,
been shocked by moves across the darting divide in both directions
and wholly entertained by 128 dart players from two genders and two
codes.
It has been non-stop for the UK Darts team and even more so for me
personally. My highlight was being at Lakeside to witness the crowning
of a great friend Stephen Bunting as BDO World Champion. I have had
the pleasure of competing with Stephen, his close friends and family
in pub and Super League teams both together and as opponents and it
came as no surprise to me to see him crowned a World Champion.
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate him again on
a fantastic achievement and also to congratulate the PDC World
Champion Michael van Gerwen, if ever there were two men destined
for great things from an early age then surely these two were they.
Of course this magazine is not only about reflection on what happened
during the two World Championships, we are also looking forward to
the McCoys Premier League and the new Daily Mirror World Trophy
and we have full previews of both to compliment our coverage of the
Worlds.
Looking even further ahead our new writer Martin Smith has picked
out five youngsters to watch during 2014, including Ricky Evans who
we must extend our gratitude to, along with John Archer from Nevada
Sports, for wearing our patch at the World Championships. Ricky was
not obliged to do so and it was a very pleasant surprise to see it on his
shirt at the Ally Pally.
I have also spent some of my limited free time this month testing out
the new Blade 4 Dual Core which made its UK TV debut at Lakeside, you
can read my full review inside but let me say it is a superb dartboard.
Editor: Mike Glover
Contributing Writers:
Mike Glover
@MikeGlover180
Jay Shaw
@JayShaw180
Liam Newman
@ThatLiam Newman
Martin Smith
@smithio
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Last but not least we have our most comprehensive coverage of a ladies
tournament to date, with four full pages dedicated to the Ladies World
Championships, along with an interesting piece on what the expanded
field and improved coverage may mean for ladies darts in the future.
Mike Glover
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