Dr Darts Strikes Gold with his PhD

There isn't going to be much let-up this year for Patrick Chaplin as the newly acclaimed ‘Dr Darts’. The recent award of PhD from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge for his thesis ‘Darts in England 1900-1939 – A Social History’ promises to be a springboard to a very busy year.
Patrick’s dedication and years of research and service to darts has culminated in the accolade of his PhD. His research begun during the 1980s as a hobby but grew into an obsession. In the mid-1990s, he set out on his journey towards a PhD, and on one encounter at the Nodor Head Offices, he shocked the Managing Director, Vince Bluck by telling him that his Nodor 60 Year Anniversary Stickers were actually 3 years too late. Patrick’s research had uncovered that Nodor was selling darts in 1929, making the company the oldest dart equipment manufacturer Worldwide.
The Guardian newspaper described him as ‘eccentric’ and The Sun called him a ‘darts nut.’ The path to his PhD has been a tortuous one. He has racked up many hours at his PC and undertaken a massive amount of research using thousands of sources from all over the world. The UK has proved to be Patrick’s most successful territory but much important data was also found as far a field as the USA, Canada and New Zealand.
Any time you decide on a course of action and finish the job, it’s always a highlight, so completion of his PhD was testament to Patrick’s willpower and dedication to the task and, more especially, to his love of darts. What does it all mean as far as Patrick’s place in world darts is concerned? Well, he’s finished a formal academic study on darts and that's a real achievement to be the World’s only ‘official’ Darts Historian. It's certainly going to be a busy few years for Patrick. A number of darts-related books are planned and his research continues as there is still much more to learn about the history of our great sport. And, who knows, he might even find time to win a match in his local darts league!
Apart from his hectic writing and research schedule, Patrick will be continuing to advise and assist others via his darts consultancy. He will also be keeping in touch with all the great darts events of the world and seeing how much more he can add to our knowledge of the world of darts whilst also undertaking commissioned work for anyone needing a new angle. As the unique NODOR dartboard shows, Patrick can be contacted via his website http://www.patrickchaplin.com/.
NODOR offer our sincere congratulations to Patrick achieving his PhD and for his continuing service to darts.

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Let's play darts - at the Olympics...

It seems that the debate has hotted up about the inclusion of darts at the Olympics.

Although darts will not be included at the Olympics in 2012 there is a case that it should be at least show cased as an exhibition at the 2012 Olympics for serious consideration at the 2016 Olympics.

There are many out there with a knee jerk response to darts that it is not a sport, but this is no longer the case as darts was officially recognised by the UK Sports Council 2 years ago.

The participation rates for darts in the UK is growing again, and this could be seen when over
5 million people watched Martin Adams narrowly win the the BBC Lakeside World Championship darts final, and 1.5 million people watched Raymond Van Barneveld live on Sky Sports as he won the PDC Darts World Championship final.

Nodor exhibit at ISPO 06

Nodor exhibited at ISPO Summer 06 from July 16th - 18th.
The ISPO show is designed to show off all the latest and hottest new products from the World of Sports for all the European buyers.
Although the domestic foot traffic was lower, probably due to the World Cup and holiday season effect, we still saw people from over 20 different countries and thought the show was a great success.

Dart-Art launched by Nodor Group

Nodor International Group have launched a totally revolutionary way of personalizing any dartboard or dart cabinet of your choice.
It involves minimum run's of 24 pieces and above and only requires in-expensive artwork charges as opposed to any screen charges.
So have a look at the website www.dart-art.com and see a few of the examples that we have made or contact Fiona at fionabluck@dart-art.com for other samples that we have made.
So if you have an idea for a board or cabinet and your not sure it will work just send us an e-mail and we will do our very best to help you.

Tungsten Market Update

Tungsten prices have increased significantly in 2005 from a level of US$65-95/MTU in 2004 to US$290 in mid-2005. Prices are generally quoted per metric ton unit ("MTU" - one hundredth of a metric ton of 1,000 kilograms) of contained tungsten trioxide (WO3).
Tungsten is not traded on an exchange, such as the London Metal Exchange (LME), and, therefore, no terminal or futures market exists for tungsten products, where producers, consumers and traders can fix an official or settlement price. The only price information that is available globally is published by the London Metal Bulletin and is based on information from producers, consumers and traders.
Current trends that have important implications for tungsten prices include China's recent growth rate. China is now the largest consumer of tungsten in the world. Also, subsidies for state owned tungsten mines in China have been reduced and a number of these mines have closed. Ore reserves of operating mines are being depleted. Current world mine supply of tungsten is believed to be less than usage, with the difference coming from stockpiles. The formerly large Russian stockpile is now depleted or close to depletion. In addition, global demand for tungsten has recently increased with continuing growth of the principal economies.In 2005, market prices started to move upwards. The key quotation, for ammonium paratungstate in Europe, ranged between US$65-95 in 2004, and increased dramatically to the range of US$270-295 by June 2005.
Source courtesy of Tungsten Metals

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