Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Scottish darts ace inducted in U.S. Hall of Fame

Alex Duff

From The Evening Times in Glasgow, Scotland:

Alex Duff only took up darts so he could win a bottle of whisky in a pub competition.
But he became Scotland's first professional player, winning hundreds of trophies - and even played in the British team.

His darts career ended 30 years ago but Alex has now received another prize - a place in the National Darts Hall of Fame in the US - for charity work he did out there while playing darts.

And the Glasgow man's achievements are all the more amazing as he was born with the genetic muscle disease muscular dystrophy and can't straighten his arms.

Alex, 57, said: "For me, to play darts at that level was such an achievement. I was playing as well as anybody else.

"The only people who are put into the Hall of Fame are those who have played darts for 10 or 15 years or done something really extraordinary."