12 Facts About Dave Whitcombe

Dave Whitcombe joined a local team, and in his first season, won the league singles tournament.

Dave Whitcombe made his debut in the 1978 BDO World Darts Championship.

Dave Whitcombe won the News of the World Darts Championship in 1989, the British Matchplay, the Swedish Open 3 times, the Finland Open, the Marlboro Masters and Dunlop Masters tournaments.

Dave Whitcombe was a prolific county and holiday camp open winner.

Dave Whitcombe played for and captained Kent in the inter counties league, winning the BDO Tons Trophy and individual averages.

However, in other Major championships like the British Matchplay and the World Masters, Dave Whitcombe defeated Bristow in both the semi and finals.

Dave Whitcombe defeated Phil Taylor in the first round of the 1988 British Professional, which was Taylor's first televised appearance, but lost in 2 finals, both to Jocky Wilson.

Dave Whitcombe helped form the players' association WPDPA with John Lowe, Cliff Lazarenko, and Tony Brown.

In May 2008, Dave Whitcombe graced the big stage in a televised tournament, taking part in the BetFred League of Legends which was shown live on Setanta Sports, playing along with Bristow, Lowe, Lazarenko, Bobby George, Peter Evison, Keith Deller, and the eventual winner Bob Anderson.

Dave Whitcombe led the league after the first 4 weeks and was the standout player of the league at that time.

Dave Whitcombe's form slumped in the following league weeks, but he still looked on course to cruise into the semi-finals as he was in second place after week 5 and in third place after week 6.

However, on the final league night on week 7, due to his own loss to Deller and the match between Evison and Lazarenko ending in a draw, Dave Whitcombe slumped to fifth and failed to reach the semi-final stage.