Planet Darts

by NiallEdworthy (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $7.76

  Darts is the most popular participatory activity in the country, but it is a lost sport. Niall Edworthy's six-month account of life on the professional darts circuit, focusing on young hopeful Colin Jaws Lloyd, shows that darts is alive and well, if a bit broke and suffering from an image problem. From the faded grandeur of Blackpool's Winter Gardens Ballrooms to the neon glitz of Las Vegas, this is an account of a world where men are men, beer is compulsary and winning is everything.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2002

  $20.66

  Niall Edworthy's year-long account of the darts world focuses on up-and-coming star Colin Lloyd, one of the sport's more intriguing characters. Through him, he shows how top darts players live their lives, how they train and what they do away from the board. He also finds out just who goes to watch darts and what sort of groupies the sport attracts. A lost sport, darts is also the most popular participatory activity in the country, played by some of the most colourful personalities you could hope to meet. This is a comic, fly-on-the-wall account of a strange slice of British life.