Charlie Ellix (18 October 1941 – 18 March 2002) was an English professional
darts player.
Career
Ellix reached the final in the 1976
Indoor League, losing to
Leighton Rees. He then reached the quarter finals of the 1977
Winmau World Masters, losing to eventual winner
Eric Bristow. Ellix reached another final in the 1978 Denmark Open where he lost to
John Lowe and then reached the quarter final in the 1978 World Masters, losing to
Tony Sontag
Anthony Sontag (2 March 1956 – 24 July 2018) was an English professional darts player who competed in the 1970s and 1980s.
Darts career
Sontag reached the semi-finals of the 1978 British Open, losing to the eventual winner Eric Bristow.
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Ellix played in the
1979 BDO World Darts Championship
The 1979 Embassy World Darts Championship was the second World Professional Championships. Having been held the previous year at the Heart of the Midlands Club in Nottingham, the event moved to Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent where it was ...
, losing in the first round to
Doug McCarthy. He returned to
Jollees two years later for the
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. The field was expanded from 24 to 32 players, the format which would remain for many years. For the third successiv ...
, again losing in the first round to
Dave Whitcombe.
On 29 April 1974 he threw the then fastest (in numbers of darts thrown) 3,001 when he achieved this score with only 79 darts, an average of 37.98 per dart.
Ellix died on 18 March 2002.
World Championships results
BDO
* 1979: Last 24 (lost to
Doug McCarthy 1–2) (sets)
* 1981: Last 32 (lost to
Dave Whitcombe 0–2)
References
External links
Profile and stats on Darts Database
English darts players
1941 births
2002 deaths
Sportspeople from Billingham
British Darts Organisation players
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