Talking Points is a regular area of the Darts World Website and involves important or smaller pieces of news or those stories which may need longer exposure than the 24hrs cycle usually allows. Here’s a couple from Darts World Extra 10:
The World Cup of Darts seemed to generate far more positive chatter this year, despite the best efforts of Belgium, the venue, and performance of the hosts, has helped to boost darts in Germany and the popularity of this annual event.
The new all pairs format has also been met with what seems almost universal approval. It might. However, it could be wiser to await the novelty wearing off after a couple of years to see if this is likely to be a permanent fixture.
Wales’ success continues a superb record in Dart’s World Cup of any stripe. As you will see within these pages the tiny nation has performed above expectation from the very first such event way back in 1977.
Fallon Sherrock is to be honoured by King Charles III in his first honours list. Awarded an MBE for her services to darts The Queen of the Palace will have to attend a different one than usual to collect her reward. She joins a very illustrious club of Eric Bristow, John Lowe and Trina Gulliver and has been inducted far earlier in her career than the three earlier members.
Some have complained at this discrepancy and pointed to the paucity of her trophy cabinet. But they may well be missing the point, it seems that darts is much more noticeable and its success as a world wide product, and industry, centred in the UK has not gone unnoticed in this post Brexit age.
Fallon’s role in the huge attention gathered to sport since her efforts of 2020/21 thus she has clearly widened the definition of ‘services to the sport of darts’ beyond the previous multiple World Champions and promoter/entrepreneurs club.
Talking Points proved so popular that it is now the opening section of every issue of Darts World Extra
—–ENDS—–