DARTS FANS have a double dose of Dr. Darts’ this month of December when he prescribes not one but two issues of DR. DARTS’ NEWSLETTER (DDN) absolutely free. Issues 32 and 33 are available now!
Dr. Darts Newsletter (DDN) is researched, written and compiled by WINMAU-sponsored Darts Historian and Author, Dr. Patrick Chaplin. With the list of subscribers now including some of the best known names in darts and darts fans from across the globe, it seems to be the thing to do to subscribe to DDN. (For how to subscribe see below) It contains many features that will not be found anywhere else.
Issue 32 includes:
• News of Dr. Darts’ new book 180! which includes a brief history of the WINMAU World Masters
• Harry Heenan – obituary
• The Curator of Darts – Patrick Dee
• Unusual scoring
• Happy 40th Birthday Darts World!
• Eric Marchington (Who he?)
• In and Out – The darts murder mystery by Mat Coward is now available as an eBook
Issue 33 features
• William Jewiss – The First World Darts Champion?
• Alan Glazier, his darts and the Haantje café
• The Northwood Collapsible Dart
• The History of Darts in India
• The Lord Lonsdale Trophy and Darts on the Wireless
• Hands that do darting…Advice on your grip
• Into the Dragon’s Den
If you would like to receive a copy of the on-line Dr. Darts’ Newsletter (DDN) then SUBSCRIBE TODAY. It’s easy and FREE and you can do so by e-mailing Patrick at info@patrick.chaplin.com. Come and join the happy (and ever-increasing) band and learn even more about the great sport of darts.
FINALLY…
Patrick’s new book 180! Fascinating Darts Facts will be published this month by The History Press. You can order your copy now by going to www.thehistorypress.co.uk.
Plus…His ‘masterwork’ Darts in England 1900-39: A social history, the book based on Patrick’s PhD is now available in softback (published by Manchester University Press) from December. It costs £15.99 (plus postage and packing) and can be ordered from www.nbinternational.com.
For more articles about darts history, check out www.patrickchaplin.com.
© 2012 Patrick Chaplin
