Some fun Dart facts:

WORLD RECORDS

Most titles

Eric Bristow (born 25th April 1957)

World Professional Championship 5 times

News of the World

World Masters 5 times

World Cup singles 4 times

John lowe is the only other person to have won all four world titles

3 World titles, 2 World Masters, 2 World Cup singles, News of the World

World Cup

England hold the record of seven world titles

John Lowe and Eric Bristow played on all seven occasions

Record Prize

John Lowe won £102,000 for the first televised nine dart game on 13th October 1984 inSlough, England.

Speed Records

The fastest time for three legs of 301, finishing on doubles is 1min 38 sec by Ritchie Gardner on 12th Sept 1989

Scoring Records

24 Hour

Men (8 players) 1,722,249

Women (8 players) 744,439

Individual 566,175 Russell Locke

Bulls &25s (8 players) 526,750

10 Hour

Most Trebles 3056 Paul Taylor

Most Doubles 3265 Paul Taylor

Highest Score 465,919 Jon Archer

Bulls (individual) 1320 by John Lowe at the Unicorn Tavern, Chesterfield Derbys.

6 Hour

Men 210,172 Russel Locke

Women 99,725 Karen Knightly

Million and One Up

Men (8 players) 36,583 darts