World Professional Darts Championship
The World Professional Darts Championship is one of the most important tournaments in the darts calendar. Originally held as an annual event between 1978 and 1993, players then broke off into two separate organisations after a controversial split in the game. Each organisation, the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) then arranged their own World Championships, the former in January the latter in December. As a result, there was no longer a unified world champion in the sport for nearly three decades.
Englishman Phil Taylor has won a record sixteen World Championships.
Englishwoman Trina Gulliver has won a record ten World Championships.
Darts or dart-throwing is a hobby in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small sharp-pointed projectiles known as darts at a round target known as a dartboard.
Darts in a dartboard
'Doubles board' in a pub in North Yorkshire, England. Doubles boards are common in the North of England.
"Hope and Anchor dart club", Hope and Anchor, 20 Waterloo Street (now Macbeth Street), Hammersmith, London, UK. c. 1925. NB publican Charles Fletcher (seated front row centre) with elm board
Playing darts
