TRISH Merry was born in Pembrokeshire, South West Wales in 1955, but was destined to make her name on the dartboards around Devon and beyond some 26 years later.

She was inspired by her father, William “Billy” Merry, who not only was a useful darts player himself, havin...

PLYMOUTH darts players have been saddened to hear news of the death of Des Stabb. His health began to deteriorate following a stroke two years ago but he died of natural causes on Sunday.

He still enjoyed a cigarette and a glass of wine right up until his death when he...

AFTER a span of 36 years, The Herald is sadly losing its darts correspondent due to his continuing poor health with stage four metastatic prostate cancer.

Steve Chapman, (pictured below with his wife Margaret) and who will be 70 on New Year’s Eve, has made the hard deci...

THE Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) will tonight start a new initiative with the launch of “The Home Tour”. Players will have the luxury of playing in their own homes and Plymouth’s Simon Stevenson will be in the mix.

World Champion Peter Wright starts the first of...

LOOKING back through my archives, it was 15 years ago next month in 2005, that I reported that Colin Sibley became the first Cornishman to hit the perfect nine-dart game in a competitive match

. . . but he wasn’t.

It has since transpired that that accolade went to a 46-y...

KINGS Arms have moved up into joint second place in the Porters Function Room 501 Top 20 League after taking maximum points from their visit to Victory Inn B.

Paul Palmer was on target with a brace of 180s while Warren Gordon was their leading marksman with 16 throws of...

PORTERS remain on course for a return back to the premier division of the Devon County Super League after defeating their nearest rivals Rowing Club A (Paignton) 6-3.

They now top division one by a point but have a game in hand over their promotion rivals.

Antony Hayman...

OCTAGON Social Club consolidated second spot behind unbeaten Plymouth City Super League leaders Brewery Tap, when they defeated Cherry Tree 9-2, putting 52 throws of a ton or more on the scoreboard.

Neil White and Dave Pethick won their doubles in 36 darts (27.81) befor...

NO fewer than 160 of the world’s elite darts players converged on the Butlin’s Minehead Resort over the weekend to participate in the 2020 Ladbrokes UK Open and not only was Plymouth’s Simon Stevenson in the mix, but he had a great run to the last 32 before bowing out...

SIMON Stevenson put his supporters through a nail-biting deciding leg before winning 6-5 this afternoon and setting himself up against Darren Webster in round four of the Ladbrokes UK Open tonight and a guaranteed 2,000 order of merit points.

His opponent this afternoon...