Sporting moments can be instructive as well as enjoyable. Darts can sometimes be a little precious and insular. Here we look across the sporting world.
Ronnie O’Sullivan has won his seventh Snooker World Championship…also earns ‘The Rocket’ the honour of being the oldest snooker world champion…How does this remarkable effort compare to those achieved in darts or other popular sports in their modern era? Continue reading Six of the Best: Older and Wiser?
In any sport there are moments of perfection, think Torvil & Dean or Nadia Comenech, think Cliff Thorburn at The Crucible. Darts is no exception…. Continue reading World Championship ‘9 Darters’ – Palace Perfection.
……. the PDC could hardly have found a better option than “the peoples palace”. Continue reading Welcome to Ally Pally -“Talking Points”.
If you’re a darts fan or just a twitter devotee, you may believe that a thirty-four-year-old Welshman is the devil in a dart shirt. However, if you know anything of the history of sport you may see a character familiar to the development of most highly popular professional games. That of the marmite competitor or perhaps pantomime villain? Six years ago, Gerwyn Price was a Rugby player coming toward the end of … Continue reading Gerwyn Price: Pantomime Villain or New Model Darter?
When A.I.M: were asked to contribute to a guide the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship an article about Raymond Van Barneveld seemed essential. This piece has appeared, in various forms, in Darts World magazine, at dartsworld.com and on the hugely popular German website darts1.de amongst other places! Barney Takes A Bow! Raymond van Barneveld can claim a major role in the story of the PDC at … Continue reading Barney Takes A Bow – Original Article (English)
Nice to see one of the pieces we produced for ‘The Ultimate Guide to the World Championship’ proved popular outside the UK. http://www.darts1.de/news/2019/hut-ab-raymond-van-barneveld.php?fbclid=IwAR0jZhV2HphCT-TwImLy-q3Kx_PpG39wjzYG0U3cszuZwNGb2z_ynl5Kkx0 Hut ab, Barney! Raymond van Barneveld kann eine der Hauptrollen in der Geschichte der PDC-WM für sich beanspruchen. Sein Finalsieg im „Spiel der Spiele“ bei der WM 2007, seine fantastischen 9-Darter – Barney hat dem Dartsport einige legendäre Momente beschert. Darüber hinaus … Continue reading A.I.M: Go International! ‘Barney Takes A Bow’ Re-Published by Darts1.de
It’s always nice to be asked to contribute to a new publishing project to promote the game of darts. Some of the people we at A.I.M: like best have produced 62 pages of news, views, player profiles, product reviews and articles that is yours in a couple clicks: Dartconnect.com are distributing the guide, as well as RedDragon darts, Grab a copy here: All 96 players … Continue reading A.I.M: Contribute to New World Championship Guide
Winning a PDC Pro Tour event is seriously tough. Players who win back to back Pro Tours over the same weekend are, almost without exception, or soon will be dominant champions of the game. This weekend Gerwen Price added his name to a very elite club. The “Weekenders Club” now has a dozen members and requires its members to win back to back events during … Continue reading The Iceman Joins The Weekenders Club! Price Claims Back to Back Pro Tours.
A.I.M have been closely observing darts for close to a decade. Whether it’s for coaching players, designing/testing products or advising clients, the progression of everything darts is important to us. Who add value to their players? Which have the best signing success? Who is on the up? Who has past their peak? Along the way, we produced a simple league table for comparing the success … Continue reading A.I.M: Darts Manufacturers Championship 2018, Unicorn retain their dominance.
In 2018 AIM suggested that the removal of entry fees, for the Pro Tour level of professional darts, together with the increases in early stage prize money, would revolutionise the game. It appears we were right! A quick glance at the results from this week’s first Pro Tour events might suggest to you that all is normal and nothing much changes. MVG wins one event … Continue reading The Pro Tour Revolution Continues.
