Random Dart Stuff

[tungsten tossers]

Something most of us can agree on... Taylor looks back on Nicholson rivalry: "I felt like strangling him" https://dartsnews.com/pdc/taylor-looks- ... ngling-him

I quite liked Nicho as a player. Even if the pro wrestling references were a bit cringe worthy. But as a pundit and commentator he's dreadful.

I wasn't a fan of him tbh, I thought he was a knob, but on comms he is virtually unlistenable

[sennafan24]

Something most of us can agree on... Taylor looks back on Nicholson rivalry: "I felt like strangling him" https://dartsnews.com/pdc/taylor-looks- ... ngling-him

I quite liked Nicho as a player. Even if the pro wrestling references were a bit cringe worthy. But as a pundit and commentator he's dreadful.

I wasn't a fan of him tbh, I thought he was a knob, but on comms he is virtually unlistenable

"Barney loves Ace Ventura"

"Pittsburgh Steelers"

"There is darts bars on the corner of every street in Japan"

[Safc]

Something most of us can agree on... Taylor looks back on Nicholson rivalry: "I felt like strangling him" https://dartsnews.com/pdc/taylor-looks- ... ngling-him

I quite liked Nicho as a player. Even if the pro wrestling references were a bit cringe worthy. But as a pundit and commentator he's dreadful.

I wasn't a fan of him tbh, I thought he was a knob, but on comms he is virtually unlistenable

"Barney loves Ace Ventura" "Pittsburgh Steelers" "There is darts bars on the corner of every street in Japan"

"If Gary Anderson was a Chocolate Bar I wonder what he would be"

[Potter's Lake]

https://www.francetvinfo.fr/sports/pion ... 05433.html

In the bar of a small town in the center of Brittany, Thibault Tricol trains with an assured gesture : the first Frenchman to make a name for himself on the semi-pro darts circuit, he is now aiming for the extravagances of the professional circuit. This 32-year-old bearded man, with a receding hairline and an engaging smile, was introduced to darts by his father and quickly distinguished himself in the small circle of amateurs in France, where the federation, not recognized by the State, does not count than 1,200 licensees.

A landscape architect by training, he embarked on the international circuit but gradually found himself in an impasse: "I was in the soft underbelly of the championship, it was useless, I was dropped. And at work I didn't have my head either, I was no longer progressing," he told AFP.

At the beginning of 2020, pushed by his partner, he therefore embarked on full-time darts, investing the time and money necessary to skim the amateur and semi-pro tournaments of the WDF (international darts federation). In this still very Anglo-Saxon universe with often colorful characters, he has become the "French Touch", with a jersey in tricolor colors and darts with a resolutely Breton design.

"At first, it was a hassle to find yourself the only Frenchman," he says. But his English has improved and he has forged links with a small core of players whom he finds from tournament to tournament to support each other and enjoy the local gastronomy together.

"A brain sport"
In darts, athletic condition is indeed a secondary effect. White hair, a few extra pounds? It doesn't matter since "darts is a brain sport", assures Thibault Tricol. After 20 years of practice, his room for improvement is more in the mind than in the technique. "I know players who train 8 hours a day. I want to keep this pleasure of playing," he explains.

"What I'm looking for are sensations, emotions, managing thrilling sound. I don't want to become a robot, even if I know that's a bit what it should be".

Thibault Tricol, darts player at AFP
With the help of a mental trainer, he works on mental imagery and breathing, but also on a routine, "rituals to always put myself in the same conditions", like Rafael Nadal's tics. And the "French Touch" is successful: Thibault Tricol is among the top 10 in the world on the WDF circuit with victories in Spain, Greece, Denmark, Wales... In April, he failed by a fraction in the final of the WDF world championships and last week he reached the semi-finals in singles and won in doubles a tournament gathering 6,000 players in the Netherlands.

"I'm clearing"
From now on, he can count on the support of two sponsors, Japanese and English darts brands. But if he manages to join the prestigious professional circuit PDC (Professional Darts Corporation), everything will be multiplied: the pressure, the show, the winnings... "It would be another life!"

For this, 10 entry tickets are put into play each year during a series of tournaments in January: in 2020, Thibault Tricol was ranked 12th, this year 25th. "I didn't go far. I'll be there but I don't know when," he says. "But I'm not necessarily in a hurry because I want to be psychologically armed, the level is very high". "It's not easy for me because I clear the land, I have no references in France, no one to ask for advice," he admits. But he hopes that his success will bring other tricolors in his wake.

As the 32-year-old bearded man with a receding hairline and an engaging smile says, and Doggy Dawson knows too well, darts is a brain sport.

[Safc]

https://www.pdc.tv/news/2022/06/28/pdcs ... -confirmed

Just need the Grand Slam criteria now

[Rogg]

and in negotiations to return the Slam to the Wolves Civic next year.

[sennafan24]

My memory is shit.

Is the Civic a better venue than Aldersley Leisure Village?

[The Ginge Reaper]

Civic is in the centre of town. The other one isnt.

[sennafan24]

Ah right.

[Rogg]

I always liked the look of the Civic and it's the event's original home. 2 more reasons to like the idea of returning.

[oche balboa]

Civic is a great venue

[Randall]

I saw Dennis locorriere there

[tungsten tossers]

Why?

[Safc]

Civic is a great venue

+1

The twice I went it was superb only the winter gardens is a better venue.

[sennafan24]

Why?

I'm amazed Randall spelt Locorriere's surname correctly.

Shame he forgot to capitalise it.

[tungsten tossers]

Why?

I'm amazed Randall spelt Locorriere's surname correctly. Shame he forgot to capitalise it.

That was pure luck... He will be along soon to tell us that he was in Dr Hock

[Randall]

Bastards

[Rogg]

Yozza's lunatic supporters are still in the Civic somewhere. I was howling when Dobbin beat him. The mushrooms were a real nuisance in the groups that year.

[sennafan24]

Yozza's lunatic supporters are still in the Civic somewhere. I was howling when Dobbin beat him. The mushrooms were a real nuisance in the groups that year.

Leave Big Worm alone.

He and Randall must have enjoyed the 2015 version. Kong advanced to the knockout stage.

[Randall]

No memory of 2015