Documentary Why Is Darts Big In Stoke Updated version

Features interviews with Phil Taylor Adrian Lewis Andy Hamilton and Ian White In memory of the late Karen Cotton a lady known to all in the darts community within Stoke and who was responsible for running the leagues With 3 of the top 10 PDC world ranked darts players from the area of Stoke on Trent what is it about this city that is the hub of darts Indeed it had always fascinated me as to why a distinctly high concentration of elite players derive from such a relatively small geographical area and it was a story I wanted to tell and one that deserved to be This exclusivity has always been present a mystique whereby when you think of Stoke and The Potteries you automatically think of darts and to a large extent vice versa It s a chronological path that starts in The Potteries post war and as recently as 2012 the PDC World Championship final was an all Stoke affair with 26 year old Adrian Lewis beating local rival and fans favourite Andy Hamilton And if you thought the darts boom couldn t get any bigger well it almost busted With the influence of Phil Taylor more players have been inspired by the 16 time World Champion who won his latest world title as recently as 2013 The 53 year old undoubtedly the greatest darts player of all time and originally from Burslem one of Stoke s six towns which ignites the local rivalries so associated with arguably the best county leagues in the world was mentored and sponsored by a person ironically from a place called Stoke Newington in London and a man known very well in Stoke on Trent The Crafty Cockney Eric Bristow s presence in Stoke has been attributed as one of the main factors as to why darts an already huge sport grew even bigger Fate perhaps then more about at Documentary Why Is Darts Big In Stoke Updated version