Archive: Recreation and Sport
If you are anything like me, you will probably have watched one or two sports on TV and thought ‘I could do that!’ I think darts certainly falls into this category because they are simply throwing some pointy objects at a dartboard. I mean how hard can it be? Well if you think anyone can [...]
In case you haven’t already heard, the subscription sports channel ESPN is available for free to all UK viewers this weekend. This means you can watch it on Sky or whichever digital satellite service you use, as well as Freeview. Simply go to the ESPN channel on your EPG to start watching. Unfortunately they have [...]
The draw for the Lakeside World Darts Championship 2012 was made back in November, but thankfully the 2012 tournament is now just a few days away. It runs from Saturday January 7th to Sunday January 15th, and features the best players from the BDO (who have not yet joined the PDC). Of course the PDC [...]
Dartboard cabinets can be a great investment and I would recommend you think about buying one if you have a dartboard on one of your walls at home. So let me talk you through some of the benefits. First of all a dartboard cabinet (such as the ones you can buy here) will obviously contain [...]
Electronic darts scorers and scoreboards have become really popular in recent years, and you will often see them in pubs and clubs in place of the more traditional blackboard. This makes for quicker games because players don’t have to spend ages working out their score and writing it down on the blackboard all the time. [...]
Darren Clarke won The Open Golf Championship last Sunday at the age of 42 and incredibly it was the third time a Northern Irishman has won a major in the last 12 months. We had already seen Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy win a major and now Darren Clarke has joined this elite group of [...]
April is always one of my favourite months of the year because it is packed with some great sporting events, and April 2011 is no different. Of course there is also the Royal Wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton as well, which takes place on Friday 29 April. However this has no real interest [...]
The draw for the World Snooker Championship 2011, which starts on 16 April and finishes on 02 May, was made recently and it has thrown up some interesting match-ups once again. However before I talk about this draw, I should briefly mention some of the players that failed to qualify for this year’s championship. Steve [...]
It has just been announced that Chris Hughton has been sacked as manager of Newcastle United. The board have said that they are looking for someone with more experience to take them forward. That’s all well and good but big name managers do not guarantee success, and there is unlikely to be a long queue [...]
Snooker fans can look forward to nine days of world-class snooker as the UK Championship gets under way today at the Telford International Centre. This is one of the biggest tournaments of the year, and it promises to be a good one this year as well with Barry Hearn now overseeing matters. He has been [...]