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ELECTRODARTS HISTORY
Electrodarts was formed in 1980 by Paul Healand, Tom Edmondson and Frank Burniston. They were looking for funds for the Humberside county stage set up for the electrics. They came up with the name Electrodarts to raise funds for the electrics and to also run tournaments under the Electrodarts banner. They went on to organise and promote most of the tournaments in the city, which included the News of the World.
Pictured above are Electrodarts Frank Burniston, Paul Healand and Tom Edmondson. Bill Whitbread founder of the Hull Thursday League in 1969 is in blue and Walt Overfield is in the waistcoat. Pic is from 1980. The first tournament they promoted was colourful to say the least. This was in 1980 and none of the committee were confident enough to use the mic and someone ran off with the entry money at the end of the night. Following Paul’s move with work to Kenya the committee folded in 1989. Following the revival of the Neil Edmondson memorial by Dave Taylor in May 2002 the name Electrodarts has made a comeback. Since 2002 Electrodarts have gone onto raise £20,000 for local charities such as cystic fibrosis, dove house hospice, cancer ward 10 castle hill, Viking radio for the kids, Macmillan nurses and Hull Royal cardiac unit. The current committee is Dave Taylor(chairman), George Beckett, Tom Edmondson, Paul Taylor and Dave Littlewood. This year the main charity has been Dove House Hospice for which they have produced a calendar of lady dart players form around the city
EILEEN BLAKEY - NANCY TRANMER - ROY GIBSON - ALAN DOREY - JOHN WALKER - PAUL HEALAND - GEORGE BECKETT - COLIN YOUNG FRANK BURNISTON - ALF MACKLIN - ALLAN BRUCE - KEN PARKIN
ELECTRODARTS Since 2002 Electrodarts have raised £23,260 from local events Here are just some of the local charities who have benefitted from the monies raised VIKING RADIOS CASH FOR KIDS - MACMILLAN NURSES - HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY CARDIAC UNIT - DOVE HOUSE HOSPICE - CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL CANCER WARD 10 - JAMES FLINTHAM TRANSPLANT PATIENT - CYSTIC FIBROSIS ELECTRODARTS WILL CARRY ON IN 2010 THERE ARE MANY THANK YOU LETTERS FROM THE CHARITIES AND PERSONAL LETTERS DISPLAYED AT IDEAL STANDARD CLUB A TRUE DARTS STORY MAY 25TH 2007 I MET JOHN LOWE AT 4PM AT IDEAL STANDARD CLUB FOR THE EVENINGS EXHIBITION WITH ERIC BRISTOW. AFTER SORTING OUT THE CASH AND SETTING THE STAGE UP, LOWE ASKED TO TRY THE THROW SO DAVE LITTLEWOOD GAVE HIM HIS SET OF 23GM JOHN LOWE DARTS. HE THREW 100 WITH HIS FIRST AND ONLY THROW. LOWE THEN ASKED IF HE COULD GO SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR A PUB MEAL AND A DRINK. PRIORY WAS SUGGESTED TO WHICH HE REPLIED THAT HE USED TO MEET 2 PLAYERS THERE FOR PRACTICE IN THE LATE SEVENTIES - EARLY EIGHTIES, NAMELY ALF MACKLIN AND ALAN DOREY. SO OFF HE WENT AND SENT ERIC A TEXT TO MEET HIM THERE. ON ARRIVING AT PRIORY HE ORDERED A DRINK AND WAS THEN APPROACHED BY ONE MEMBER OF A GANG OF YOUNG LADS PLAYING POOL. ON LOOKING LOWE UP AND DOWN THE LAD SAID " YOU DON'T HALF LOOK LIKE THAT OLD DART PLAYER JOHN LOWE MATE". TO WHICH LOWE REPLIED " I OFTEN GET THAT MATE". THE LAD WENT BACK TO PLAYING HIS POOL. A LITTLE WHILE LATER BRISTOW ARRIVED WITH HIS MANAGER. BRISTOW WAS WEARING HIS CUSTOMARY RED CRAFTY COCKNEY DARTS SHIRT. THEY WERE ALL STOOD AT THE BAR WHEN THE SAME LAD APPROACHED AGAIN, MAYBE A LITTLE WORSE FOR DRINK . THE LAD LOOKED BRISTOW UP AND DOWN BEFORE TURNING TO LOWE AND SAID " WELL I STILL THINK YOU LOOK LIKE JOHN LOWE MATE, BUT WHO THE F... DOES HE THINK HE IS TRYING TO LOOK LIKE ERIC BRISTOW. BRISTOW CARRIED ON WITH HIS GUINNESS FLABBERGASTED. "F...... LUNATICS ROUND HERE" BRISTOW COMMENTED. LOWE AND HIS WIFE KAREN WERE STILL LAUGHING WHEN REPEATING THE STORY TO ME AND A FEW OTHERS LATER IN THE EVENING.
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18 January 2010
