TheOche.com Darts News Feed

Jocky Wilson, Darts Champion, 1950-2012

Davey Mars — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:06:07 +0000

Good darts, mate. http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Darts-world-mourns-Jocky-Wilson-20120326 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2120041/Jocky-Wilson-dead-62-Darts-legend-dies-battle-lung-disorder.html

Whitlock beats Glasgow

Davey Mars — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 03:12:26 +0000

Well, not the whole town (tough lot them) but Simon Whitlock beat local hero 6-4 in week 6 of the McCoy’s Premier League. This moved Whitlock into 2nd place in the series behind…well, you know. def. The big issue in Whitlock/Anderson is that Simon managed to keep his head amidst the notoriously rowdy Glasgow crowd. It was only a year ago that Lenny Boyle, writing for the Mirror, referred to the Anderson/Lewis match as a day that shall live in [darts] infamy. I’m sure the Scotsmen were (mostly) embarrassed over last year’s nonsense and were relieved to put last year behind them. Oh yeah…Taylor won again.

Another day at The Oche

Davey Mars — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:35:13 +0000

Just wanted to keep everyone updated with the changes at The Oche. First, we’ve changed the layout completely. It was time for something new and we’re hoping the format will be more readable and you’ll find what you’re looking for that much easier. Next, we’ve updated most of our news feeds. Check out the UK Darts News page for a look. Finally we updated some old tools, added some new page stubs and started re-connecting all the bits and bobs so things actually work. It’s still early days but we wanted you to see where we’re heading. Tell us what you think. Do you have any ideas? Is your favorite page missing? (we’ll get Davey back from his nap to fix it.) As always, we love getting comments from you.

Relaunching The Oche

Davey Mars — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:57:39 +0000

Hello Everyone, I’m Davey Mars and I am proud to be “the new kid” here at The Oche. Ricky has built up what is arguably the number one Darts News site on the Internet and it’s an honor for me to take over the helm for a while and steer The Oche into new and exciting ports of call. (You’ll learn to love to hate my metaphors eventually) Some of you may know me from my site, DartsTechnique, or my Facebook group, and I mostly focus on the “how to” questions people have about darts. I love teaching people and helping them find breakthroughs in their game. Since The Oche is a Darts News site,I think we complement each other very well and I have all kinds of ideas how we can work together in the future. What’s coming? First of all, The Oche is a news site, so I plan to get more darts news feeds up and working. Next, I’m going to freshen up the technology a bit and hopefully make things easier to find and to read. After that…..well, hey, I’ve got a bit of work to do already, so maybe you can help…. What do you [...]

Hello everyone, long time no post!

Ricky — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:08:36 +0000

Hello darts guys’n'gals that read TheOche.com. First of all, let me apologize for the long delay in posting anything here. Secondly, let me apologize in advance for the post I’m about to make… As I’m sure you have noticed, there hasn’t been a new darts news post here on The Oche for quite some time now, not since August 03, 2011 to be exact. During this time, I have gone through several things in the real world, and during it all, I’ve been doing some soul searching regarding this website. Darts in my area is pretty much non-existent, and this coupled with other “real world” pursuits have forced me to put The Oche on the back burner during this time. I thought that my absence from the site would eat at me…nag away until I would force myself to dig up some kind of darts news and post it here for you. Quite to the contrary…not having the worry of maintaining this site has been somewhat liberating. This all brings me to the purpose of my post today. As of right now…The Oche is no more. The website and domain will stay here as an archive of sorts for any and all past postings [...]

Phil “the Bully” Taylor?

Ricky — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:40:08 +0000

Nicholson blasts darts legend Paul ‘The Asset’ Nicholson continues his war of words with Phil Taylor in this month’s edition of Darts! Monthly magazine by branding his rival ‘a bully’. The pair have endured a fractious relationship since Taylor accused Nicholson of disrespecting him by waving goodbye to him as he walked off stage following a 9-8 defeat. While Nicholson insists he was simply waving goodbye to his demons after defeating the 13-time World Champion, he pulls no punches regarding his feelings on Taylor. Nicholson said: “When I was growing up I had very strong parents and they said to me if you ever come cross a bully never back down – and Phil’s a bully. “I believe everything I said has been totally true. I stand by everything I did at Bolton and I’ve done nothing wrong. If he wants to speak to the papers and vent that way, well then that’s up to him.” To read the full interview with Paul Nicholson, pick up a copy of this month’s Darts! Monthly magazine. Available August 19. Darts! Monthly is available from WHSmith stores and selected independent newsagents priced at £3.80. For more, see www.dartsmonthly.com