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WHAT many believe to be the oldest continually held darts open is called the ‘Blueberry Hill Open’ and is held in a restaurant and music club called ‘Blueberry Hill’ St. Louis USA.

The Circus Tavern was iconic and it was fantastic to play there, the crowd was brilliant and it had a very low ceiling amplifying the noise.

The World Championship is life-changing, everyone in our business knows that a good run at Alexandra Palace can change your ranking and your career. It can open up so many doors for you...

a moment that he, I, those in attendance, and those watching on TV here and around the world, will never forget

1994’s winner, Dennis “The Menace” Priestley, trousered the princely sum of £16,000. Leighton Rees’s £3000 reward, for the first-ever darts World Championship (1978), looks almost sad by comparison...

Our regular features are given a Palace theme with Bullseye's and Bounceouts looking especially good. Our non-UK contributors join the festivities with Going Dutch and Darting USA are there to ensure we don't do too much naval gazing!

In just a few days another player will lift ‘Big Sid’ A trophy that even the perfection of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel couldn’t be a part of...

Shocks and seeds being KO’s by qualifiers are a feature of the early days so we have also highlighted the games featuring Whitlock, Lewis, Menzies (and Portela), and Alan Soutar.

This year the PDC’s Alexandra Palace jamboree will be the full-throated tungsten celebration that we were used to before, the impacted tournaments of 2021 & 22, and the fans are sure to be louder and more enthusiastic than ever.