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Profiles of 1975 Finalists
- England
Reproduced from the 1975 Programme
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Graham Lovegrove, 41.
Licensee from The Globe, Wisbech.
Three times News of the World finalist.
Colin Balding, 38
Builders merchant, foreman.
Dedicated darts player for 17 years. Keen sports
follower.
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Bert Sontag, 44
Crane driver from Waltham Abbey.
Twice London area News of the World finalist.
Well known darting family.
Ron Woodham, 38
Fitter from Waltham Abbey.
Plays for the 'Old English Gentlemen', the leading
team in his own area.
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| Hampshire
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White Brothers, Christopher 34 & Graham 28
From West Lulworth, one of
two pairs of brothers to qualify for the England
finals. Both play for the British Legion and have
a string of local successes to their credit.
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Sam Hawkins, 46
Heating & ventilating supervisor
from Sidcup. Fixture and Results Secretary of
British Darts Organisation, Kent team manager,
Pontins Individual Champion 1973 and many other
successes.
Sid Grist, 54
Crane Driver from Sidcup. Kent
County Player with over 30 years in competitive
darts.
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| London
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Charlie Ellix, 34
Heating engineer from Mill
Hill. A rising star in the London and Hertfordshire
darts scene.
Jack Papworth, 28
Printer from Edgware. Known
locally as 'the Babe',
has been playing darts "as long as I have
been old enough to drink!"
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| London
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Ron Emburey, 41
Printer from Camberwell. A
dart fanatic, has been playing regularly since
he was thirteen. A regular player for Southwark
in the Greater London Super Darts League.
Duke Winser, 51
Driver from Camberwell, a Southwark
team mate of Ron Emburey, has achieved many successes
in only seven years of dart playing.
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Doug McCarthy, 32
A butcher from Crook, Co Durham.
A rising darts player - twice Yorkshire champion
of champions, plays banjo and guitar.
John Thompson, 35
Builders labourer from Crook,
keen jazz fan like his partner Doug.
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Midlands |
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Ron Allen, 31
Foreman turner from Chesterfield,
plays for the Greyhound Inn and a keen gardener.
John Lowe, 29
Joiner from Clay Cross, dedicated
dart player with ambition to be the best. Other
interest, golf.
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Joe Matthews, 27
Scaffolder from Ormesby, has
won 10 local individual championships, would like
to play for England and travel.
Terry Harrison, 42
Decorator from Middlesborough,
has won 16 individual titles.
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Harry Cook, 36
Upholsterer from Manchester.
Man of the Match at the recent London v Lancashire
county match.
David Holden, 38
Sales manager from St. Helens
whose ambition is to play darts for England in
the Olympic Games!
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Jack and Colin Mayes, 46 & 35
The other pair of brothers
in the England Finals. Both with many dart achievements
in the Midlands, Colin recently beat Jack in the
Leicester Area News of the World Finals.
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Tommy O'Regan, 36
International Dart Star from
Walthamstow and well-known TV Darts personality.
National individual Champion for three years.
Cliff Inglis, 39
From Plymouth, reigning Phonogram
World Masters Individual Champion. Man of the
Match for the last two years playing for England
in the Home International.
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| Southern |
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Ken Brown, 37
Surrey Darts Organiser from
Carshalton. Great Britain International Player
and Surrey Individual Champion 1974.
Dennis Nutt, 44
Engineering Manager from Byfleet,
Secretary of Surrey Darts Organisation. London
and Home Counties. Individual Champion and keen
swimmer.
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Ray Rawlings, 18
Apprentice toolmaker from Cookham,
the youngest of this weekends competitors, following
in the footsteps of his famous father, Bernie.
John Mason, 42
Welder from Maidenhead. Thames
Valley County Player. Shooting and crossbow enthusiast.
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Paul Tunley, 24
Fitter from Birmingham. Plays
darts seven nights a week, keen cricketer and
golfer.
John Lynock, 29
Storekeeper, also plays seven
nights a week, keen on football.
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David Purnell, 30
Warehouseman from Bristol,
been playing darts for thirteen years and plays
regularly four nights a week.
Gordon Maddocks, 37
Builder, been playing darts
for sixteen years, his ambition is to 'do in a
game what I can do in practice'.
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