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The British Darts Organization is celebrating it’s 35th birthday after Olly Croft and others founded the organization way back in 1973.

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Today, the British Darts Organisation is celebrating the proud and rich history of the organisation it founded 35 years ago, and nowhere is this more clearly reflected than in its major televised Championships: The Winmau World Masters, the oldest major tournament in World Darts having been played since 1974, and the World Professional Darts Championship, created by the BDO in 1978, played annually ever since, and screened for thirty-one years on BBC TV.

These two Championships embody the true history of the sport of darts, and both titles are the most coveted and sought after in World Darts. Nothing means more to a darts player than being crowned Winmau World Master or Lakeside World Professional Darts Champion.

And fittingly, the 35th year of the BDO heralds yet another new era for BDO darts with the emergence of two new young and exciting World Champions – 24 year old MARK WEBSTER of Wales and 23 year old Russian sensation ANASTASIA DOBROMYSLOVA.

In January, Mark became the third Welshman to be crowned World Professional Darts Champion and the first from North Wales. The late, great Leighton Rees won the inaugural World Pro in 1978, and then Richie Burnett returned it to the Welsh Valleys seventeen years later in 1995.

The modest left-hander from Denbigh is the new ‘Prince Of Welsh Darts’ and not only represents the sport today, but also the future of darts. At such a young age he is already World No.1, and as well as his Lakeside title and many more besides, he’s also reigning WDF Europe Cup and World Cup Singles Champion

Anastasia is the first ever Russian to be crowned Women’s World Professional Darts Champion after ending the incredible seven-year unbeaten reign of England’s Trina Gulliver.

As such, she is the new and exciting face of women’s darts and will undoubtedly enhance the BDO initiative to attract even more women into the sport of darts.

The BDO has always been supportive of Women’s Darts, and this has single handedly succeeded in producing the high playing standards and prize money enjoyed by women darts players today.

Only the BDO and WDF provide opportunities and a true stand-alone World Championship for women, and that is a proud achievement with which to celebrate this 35th Anniversary year.

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