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Leighton Rees

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Leighton Thomas Rees (17 January 1940 – 8 June 2003) was the first ever World Professional Darts Champion and former World No. 1 player. [1]

53 relations: Alan Evans, Alexandra Palace, Angus Ross, Barry Atkinson, BBC, BDO World Darts Championship, Bill Lennard, Bob Anderson (darts player), Bobby George, British Professional Championship, Bullseye (UK game show), Ceri Morgan, Cliff Lazarenko, Darts, Darts world rankings, Eric Bristow, Fred Trueman, Glamorgan, ITV Yorkshire, Jocky Wilson, John Lowe, Keith Deller, Las Vegas Valley, Manchester, Mike Gregory (darts player), Newport, Wales, News of the World Darts Championship, Nicky Virachkul, Nottingham, Phil Taylor (darts player), Pontypridd, Rhondda, Russell Stewart, Sid Waddell, Sky Sports, South Wales, South Wales Echo, The Indoor League, Tony Ridler, WDF Europe Cup, WDF World Cup, World Masters (darts), World Professional Darts Championship, Ynysybwl, 1978 BDO World Darts Championship, 1979 BDO World Darts Championship, 1980 BDO World Darts Championship, 1981 BDO World Darts Championship, 1982 BDO World Darts Championship, 1983 BDO World Darts Championship, ..., 1985 BDO World Darts Championship, 1987 BDO World Darts Championship, 1990 BDO World Darts Championship. Expand index (3 more) »

Alan Evans

David "Alan" Evans (14 June 1949 – 11 April 1999) was a Welsh professional darts player and former World No. 1 who competed in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Alexandra Palace

Alexandra Palace is a Grade II listed entertainment and sports venue in London, located between Muswell Hill and Wood Green.

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Angus Ross

Angus Ross (7 February 1956 – 17 January 2016) was a Scottish professional darts player who competed in the 1980s.

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Barry Atkinson

Barry Atkinson is an retired English born Australian professional darts player.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BDO World Darts Championship

The BDO World Darts Championship is a world championship competition in darts, organised by the British Darts Organisation (BDO).

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Bill Lennard

William Henry Lennard (21 June 1934 – 6 August 1996) was a former English professional darts player from Manchester, England.

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Bob Anderson (darts player)

Robert Charles "Bob" Anderson (born 7 November 1947 in Winchester, Hampshire, England) is a retired English former professional darts player and former World Champion.

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Bobby George

Robert Francis "Bobby" George (born 16 December 1945) is an English television presenter and former professional darts player.

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British Professional Championship

The Unipart British Professional Championship was a darts tournament organised by the World Darts Federation and televised by the BBC between 1981 and 1988.

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Bullseye (UK game show)

Bullseye is a British game show television programme, with a darts theme.

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Ceri Morgan

Ceri Morgan (born 22 December 1947 in Treorchy, Glamorgan, Wales) is a retired Welsh darts player who currently in British Darts Organisation tournaments.

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Cliff Lazarenko

Cliff Lazarenko (born 16 March 1952 in Liss, Hampshire) is an English retired former professional darts player who competed for the British Darts Organisation and the Professional Darts Corporation events.

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Darts

Darts is a sport in which small missiles/torpedoes/arrows/darts are thrown at a circular dartboard fixed to a wall.

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Darts world rankings

Darts World Rankings are a system designed to determine a list of the best darts players in the world based on their performances in tournaments.

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Eric Bristow

Eric John Bristow, (25 April 1957 – 5 April 2018), nicknamed "The Crafty Cockney", was an English professional darts player.

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Fred Trueman

Frederick Sewards Trueman, OBE (6 February 19311 July 2006) was an English cricketer, mainly active from 1948 to 1968, who played for Yorkshire and England.

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Glamorgan

Glamorgan, or sometimes Glamorganshire, (Morgannwg or Sir Forgannwg) is one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales and a former administrative county of Wales.

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ITV Yorkshire

ITV Yorkshire is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network.

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Jocky Wilson

John Thomas "Jocky" Wilson (22 March 1950 – 24 March 2012) was a professional darts player from Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.

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John Lowe

John Lowe (born 21 July 1945) is a former World No. 1 English retired professional darts player who was one of the most skilled and best known darts players during the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the United Kingdom.

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Keith Deller

Keith Kelvin Deller (born 24 December 1959 in Ipswich) is an English former professional darts player who won the Embassy World Professional Darts Championship in 1983.

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Las Vegas Valley

The Las Vegas Valley is a major metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 530,300.

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Mike Gregory (darts player)

Mike Seward Gregory (born 16 December 1956 in Bath, Somerset) is a former English professional darts player, who reached the final of the Winmau World Masters twice and also reached the final of the Embassy World Darts Championship in 1992 – losing to Phil Taylor in a match regarded amongst the greatest matches ever played.

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Newport, Wales

Newport (Casnewydd) is a cathedral and university city and unitary authority area in south east Wales.

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News of the World Darts Championship

The News of the World Championship was one of the first major organised darts competitions, which began in 1927.

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Nicky Virachkul

Nicky Virachkul (June 3, 1948 – April 17, 1999) was an American professional darts player who competed in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

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Nottingham

Nottingham is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, England, north of London, in the East Midlands.

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Phil Taylor (darts player)

Philip Douglas Taylor (born 13 August 1960) is an English retired professional darts player, nicknamed The Power.

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Pontypridd

Pontypridd often colloquially known as Ponty, is both a community and the county town of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, and is situated 12 miles (19 km) north of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff.

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Rhondda

Rhondda, or the Rhondda Valley (Cwm Rhondda), is a former coal mining valley in Wales, formerly a local government district, consisting of 16 communities built around the River Rhondda.

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Russell Stewart

Russell Stewart (born 9 October 1960 in Manchester) is a former Australian darts player.

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Sid Waddell

Sid Waddell (10 August 1940 – 11 August 2012) was an English sports commentator and television personality.

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Sky Sports

Sky Sports is a group of sports television channels operated by the satellite pay-TV company Sky plc.

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South Wales

South Wales (De Cymru) is the region of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west.

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South Wales Echo

The South Wales Echo is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Cardiff, Wales and distributed throughout the surrounding area.

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The Indoor League

The Indoor League was a pub games competition series that was produced by Yorkshire Television and aired from 1972 until 1977.

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Tony Ridler

Anthony Ridler (21 January 1954 – 16 January 2015) was a former Welsh darts player who competed in the 1970s and 1980s - however, he made comebacks in 1997 and also in 2006.

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WDF Europe Cup

The WDF Europe Cup is a darts tournament held biennially since 1978.

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WDF World Cup

The WDF World Cup is a Major darts tournament organized by the World Darts Federation and has been held biennially since 1977.

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World Masters (darts)

The Winmau World Masters is one of the longest running and most prestigious professional darts tournaments, which began in 1974 - even before the current World Professional Championship.

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World Professional Darts Championship

The World Professional Darts Championship is one of the most important tournaments in the darts calendar.

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Ynysybwl

Ynysybwl (Ynys-y-bŵl) is a village in Cwm Clydach in Wales.

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1978 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1978 Embassy World Darts Championship was the first World Darts Championships.

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1979 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1979 Embassy World Darts Championship was the second World Professional Championships.

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1980 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1980 Embassy World Darts Championship was the third year that the British Darts Organisation had staged a world championship.

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1981 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1981 Embassy World Darts Championship was the fourth year that the British Darts Organisation had staged a world championship.

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1982 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1982 Embassy World Darts Championship was the fifth year that the British Darts Organisation had staged a world championship.

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1983 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1983 Embassy World Darts Championship was staged at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent from 1–8 January 1983.

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1985 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1985 Embassy World Darts Championship was the 8th World Professional Championships.

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1987 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1987 Embassy World Darts Championship was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey between 9 and 17 January 1987.

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1990 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1990 Embassy World Darts Championship was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey from 5–13 January 1990.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leighton_Rees

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