Runner up in the world championships, 4 Tour victories in a short period is, or is almost, Tayloresque. Add to this the second spot in the PL as a newcomer and his comet like rise in the OOM and I'd agree to the statement that he's currently the No. 2 in the world without a shadow of a doubt.

Great initiative, Steve, we in Holland should try this too, but contrary to some 10-12 years back darts is on the slide here, the youth's stuck behind their internet screens instead of actively adopting a sport like soccer or darts. I think I read some 2 years back Phil Taylor had also initiated or ...

Happy 16 Jaws, I mean Olly! You're a great guy, keep your enthusiasm for darts, it will give you so much pleasure in life.

Reading the topic I, too, thought of the octogenarian version of Olly, but this time it's the younger edition celebrating another year.

Cheers bud!

Rudy

Thanks again, you're all too kind, does put a lot of pressure on my creativity but I hope I can add some (Dutch) cheese to the chips.

The vintage Eric Bristow as in his haydays would be a pleasure to have in any tournament.

But for now I'd like to see Ritchie Burnett make the grade again. He can do it but he needs a confidence boost that I'm sure he would get by winning a pro tour event or 2.

Hi BoF and Jointer, good to meet up again, be it not in person (yet) !


Does anyone know how to install my picture as an avatar BTW, 'cos I can't find how to do that. Thanks in advance for the help!

Hi to all of you on here. Glad to be a member here too since a few minutes. I hope I can make some contributions from time to time, but the pleasure of fair discussions on darts and info sharing will always be my pricipal interest. Cheers! Rudy. Welcome Rudy, great to see you mate. :D Hi Dave, Good...

Hi Andrew, good to see you back on here too, mate.

Maybe you can run the trebles practice comp on here too or the "time trial" ?
I don't think I can still reach the SoD lists to check my progress and I hadn't written it down or so...

Cheers,

Rudy.

Thanks TA and Jim. This place looks fine, I can only hope it will give me as much pleasure to post here as did SoD. I think Andy F. had done a great job over the years, but perhaps -as I also wrote to Andy after he closed down the forum- it had outgrown its original intentions`and he maybe kind of f...

I voted for Mervyn. Spoke to him at the 2004 IDL but found it a bit hard to break the ice when changing the subject from darts to his hobby fishing ("I'm here to do a job mate, not for fishing"). Great player though, one of my favourites because of his quality gameplay combined with the se...

Thanks for the welcome wishes, guys, it looks familiar on here, I must say, especially with such a lot of familiar names and faces. Andy F. was kind enough to give me the link to this forum after he had closed down SoD, but indeed there were technical probs in that I couldn't log in or register and ...

Hi Wookiee and Dicie, I'll promise to keep low key lol

I take it the SoD posts count for the total on here?

Hi to all of you on here.

Glad to be a member here too since a few minutes.

I hope I can make some contributions from time to time, but the pleasure of fair discussions on darts and info sharing will always be my pricipal interest.

Cheers!

Rudy.

I had to pleasure to meet up with Mrs. MaGowan a few years back at Lisse and she was such amicable company and so proud of her husband and his achievements. Last year Mick McGowan told me she was OK again after having been taken ill for a while. The news of her demise shocked me to the bone. This is...