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Pacific Masters (darts)
The Pacific Masters is a darts Darts or dart-throwing is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small sharp-pointed missiles known as darts at a round target known as a dartboard. Points can be scored by hitting specific marked areas of the ... tournament that has been held annually since 1978. List of winners Men's Ladies 1978 establishments in Australia Darts tournaments {{darts-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockingham, Western Australia
Rockingham is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located 47 km south-south-west of the city centre. It acts as the primary centre for the City of Rockingham. It has a beachside location at Mangles Bay, the southern extremity of Cockburn Sound. To its north stretches the maritime and resource-industry installations of Kwinana and Henderson. Offshore to the north-west is Australia's largest naval fleet and submarine base, Garden Island, connected to the mainland by an all-weather causeway. To the west and south lies the Shoalwater Islands Marine Park. History Rockingham received its name from the sailing ship , one of the three vessels that Thomas Peel had chartered to carry settlers to Western Australia (the others being and ). ''Rockingham'' arrived on 14 May 1830. ''Rockingham'' was blown ashore and eventually abandoned after failed attempts to refloat her. She eventually broke up, having sunk in shallow waters.Draper, Richard ''Rockingham – The Visions Unfold.'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Pacific Masters Darts
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 28 ** Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. ** Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Anderson (darts Player)
Bob Anderson may refer to: Sports * Bob Anderson (fencer) (1922–2012), swordmaster and stunt double for Darth Vader in the ''Star Wars'' films * Bob Anderson (footballer) (1924–1994), Scottish footballer * Bob Anderson (racing driver) (1931–1967), British Formula One driver and motorcycle racer * Bob Anderson (baseball) (1935–2015), Major League Baseball pitcher, 1957–1963 * Bob Anderson (American football) (born 1938), member of the College Football Hall of Fame * Bob Anderson (wrestler) (born 1944), American wrestler * Bob Anderson (runner) (born 1947), founder of magazine ''Runner's World'' * Bob Anderson (darts player) (born 1947), world professional darts champion (1988) from England Other * Bob Anderson (director) (born 1965), animation director for ''The Simpsons'' * Bob Anderson (engineer), one of the pioneers of the artificial cardiac pacemaker * Bob Anderson (Days of our Lives), a character from ''Days of our Lives'' * Bob Anderson (politician) (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Pacific Masters Darts
File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing everyone except a little girl; The King's Cross fire kills 31 people after a fire under an escalator Flashover, flashes-over; The MV Doña Paz sinks after colliding with an oil tanker, drowning almost 4,400 passengers and crew; Typhoon Nina (1987), Typhoon Nina strikes the Philippines; LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 crashes outside of Warsaw, taking the lives of all aboard; The USS Stark is USS Stark incident, struck by Iraq, Iraqi Exocet missiles in the Persian Gulf; President of the United States, U.S. President Ronald Reagan gives a famous Tear down this wall!, speech, demanding that Soviet Union, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev tears down the Berlin Wall., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Zeebrugge disaster rect 200 0 400 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Wilkshire
Barry may refer to: People and fictional characters * Barry (name), including lists of people with the given name, nickname or surname, as well as fictional characters with the given name * Dancing Barry, stage name of Barry Richards (born c. 1950), former dancer at National Basketball Association games Places Canada * Barry Lake, Quebec * Barry Islands, Nunavut United Kingdom * Barry, Angus, Scotland, a village ** Barry Mill, a watermill * Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, a town ** Barry Island, a seaside resort ** Barry Railway Company ** Barry railway station United States * Barry, Illinois, a city * Barry, Minnesota, a city * Barry, Texas, a city * Barry County, Michigan * Barry County, Missouri * Barry Township (other), in several states * Fort Barry, Marin County, California, a former US Army installation Elsewhere * Barry Island (Debenham Islands), Antarctica * Barry, New South Wales, Australia, a village * Barry, Hautes-Pyrénées, France, a commu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Pacific Masters Darts
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which becomes the European Union in 1993. *January 11 – The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges, Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at this time the world's longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge, is opened. *January 13–January 24, 24 – South Yemen Civil War. *January 20 – The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel. *January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus. *January 25 – Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a five-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date to avoid a coincidence of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lowe (darts Player)
John Lowe (born 21 July 1945) is an English former professional darts player. Along with Eric Bristow and Jocky Wilson, he was known for dominating darts during the 1980s. Lowe was world champion on three occasions, in 1979, 1987 and 1993. He was also a two-time winner of the Winmau World Masters and a two-time World Cup singles champion. In total, Lowe won 15 BDO and WDF majors. He held the World No. 1 ranking on four occasions. In October 1984, he became the first player to hit a televised nine-dart finish. Lowe is one of only six players to have won the World Championship three or more times, and was the first person to win it in three separate decades; along with Phil Taylor, he remains one of only two players to achieve this. Amidst growing dissatisfaction with the British Darts Organisation, Lowe was also one of 16 players who in 1993 broke away to form their own governing body, the World Darts Council (now known as the Professional Darts Corporation). Career Lowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Pacific Masters Darts
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States space exploration programs, United States or the Soviet space program, Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is Brazilian presidential election, 1985, elected president of Brazil by the National Congress of Brazil, Congress, ending the Military dictatorship in Brazil, 21-year military rule. * January 20 – Ronald Reagan is Second inauguration of Ronald Reagan, privately sworn in for a second term as Presidency of Ronald Reagan, President of the United States. * January 27 – The Eco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horrie Seden
Horrie Seden (born 6 April 1946) is an Australian former professional darts player who played in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events in the 1980s. Career Born in Darwin, Northern Territory, Seden won the 1984 Australian Grand Masters and played in the 1984 Winmau World Masters, losing in the first round to Ceri Morgan. Seden then played in the 1988 BDO World Darts Championship but lost in the first round 3–2 in sets to Bob Sinnaeve. Seden quit the BDO in 1988. World Championship results BDO * 1988: Last 32: (lost to Bob Sinnaeve Robert "Bob" Sinnaeve (born October 10, 1949) is a Canadian former professional darts player. Early career Sinnaeve took up darts in 1973 as an alternative to bowling, as he felt the darts circuit would give him more time to spend with his wife ... 2–3) (sets) References External linksProfile and stats at Darts Database Australian darts players Living people 1946 births British Darts Organisation players Sportspeople from Darwin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Pacific Masters Darts
Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). * January 10 ** The United States and the Vatican (Holy See) restore full diplomatic relations. ** The Victoria Agreement is signed, institutionalising the Indian Ocean Commission. *January 24 – Steve Jobs launches the Macintosh personal computer in the United States. February * February 3 ** Dr. John Buster and the research team at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo transfer from one woman to another, resulting in a live birth. ** STS-41-B: Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' is launched on the 10th Space Shuttle mission. * February 7 – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk. * February 8– 19 – The 1984 Winter Olympics are held in Sarajevo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin White (darts Player)
Kevin White (6 August 1938 – 20 May 2015) was an Australian professional darts Darts or dart-throwing is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small sharp-pointed missiles known as darts at a round target known as a dartboard. Points can be scored by hitting specific marked areas of the ... player who competed in the 1970s and 1980s. Career White won the 1977 BDO Golden Darts Pairs with George Foster (darts player), George Foster for Australia. White reached the semi finals of the 1976 Winmau World Masters, World Masters before making his World Championship debut in the 1981 BDO World Darts Championship, beating 10th seed Stefan Lord in the first round before losing in the second round to 7th seed Jocky Wilson. A year later in the 1982 BDO World Darts Championship, White lost in the first round to fellow countryman Terry O'Dea. White then reached the semi-finals of the 1982 World Masters, beating Lord again before beating Doug McCarth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Stewart
Russell "Rusty" Stewart (born 9 October 1960 in Melbourne) is an Australian former professional darts player. He used the nickname Rusty for his matches. Playing career Stewart was one of the most successful Australian darts players of the 1980s, Australian Singles Champion four times (1988, 1989, 1993 and 1994), also Pacific Masters Champion three times (1983, 1984, 1990), winning the Australian Masters five times in six years (1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988) and the Australian Grand Masters six times in three different decades (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 2001). He won Pacific Cup singles on two occasions in Tokyo, Japan and Vancouver, Canada. His only major title won on UK soil was the Scottish Open in 1983, but he twice reached the semi-finals of the MFI World Matchplay and was also a quarter-finalist at the Winmau World Masters in 1985 and 1988. He came runner up to Eric Bristow MBE in then the world's richest dart tournament the World Grand Prix – Tokyo 1988. He obtain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
