After having to suspend the Darts league when the covid pandemic hit us all and then being forced to abandon the season that was in progress, it was with trepidation that the league was relaunched our league in September 2021.
However, with the support of pub landlords and players alike those behind the league have been able to run a very successful season with players returning to enjoy their Monday and Tuesday nights out.
When it comes to the sport of darts, we British are an obsessed bunch. There are approximately 70,000 registered players that participate in the sport all across England.
For those with an interest in the game and looking to invest their time in participating or supporting the sport, then Beverley is home to a major dart league and hosts many events and competitions.
Players from the Beverley Men’s Darts and Mixed Domino League came together at the Sloop Inn.
They were there to take part in a knockout tournament in recognition of Michael Langton, a player in the league who sadly passed away just prior to Christmas last year.
World number one Michael Van Gerwen has been signed up by the Ship Inn at Dunswell to play for them next season.
Shawn ‘Speedy’ Kemp finally got Van Gerwen to put pen to paper and agreed a one year deal that will see the current World Champion join the side who compete in top flight of Beverley Darts League
Phil Stebbens is celebrating 35 years of trading in Beverley this month, an achievement many will struggle to beat as life becomes tougher for retailers on Britain’s High Street’s.
With the closure all Jessops stores which included the one in Beverley it is worth remembering we still have a camera shop, the Beverley Camera Centre. A local business Phil Stebbens has been trading in Beverley since 1980 and on Saturday, I popped in to see him to find out how the closure of the Jessops branch in Beverley had effected his business. Phil had mixed feelings about Jessops; he…
Around sixty local darts players came together at the Beverley Conservative Club taking a part in a fund raiser for the N.U.R.S.E. Charity. The event which was organised by Stuart Hall and Scott Clark raised over £200 for the charity. HU17.net darts favourite Terry Jackson was dumped out of the competition in the third round. Jackson was beaten 2 – 1 by Phil Stebbens who made it through the last…
