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Leighton Rees, the Glossary

Leighton Thomas Rees (17 January 1940 – 8 June 2003) was a Welsh professional darts player.^[1]

54 relations: Alan Evans, Alexandra Palace, Angus Ross (darts player), Barry Atkinson, BBC, BDO World Darts Championship, Bill Lennard, Bob Anderson (darts player), Bobby George, British Darts Organisation, British Professional Championship, Bullseye (British game show), Ceri Morgan, Cliff Lazarenko, Darts, Darts world rankings, Eric Bristow, Fred Trueman, Glamorgan, ITV Yorkshire, Jocky Wilson, John Lowe (darts player), Keith Deller, Manchester, Mike Gregory (darts player), Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Newport, Wales, News of the World Darts Championship, Nicky Virachkul, Nottingham, Phil Taylor (darts player), Pontypridd, Rhondda, Russell Stewart, Sid Waddell, Sky Sports, South Wales, South Wales Echo, The Indoor League, Tony Ridler, WDF Europe Cup, WDF World Cup, World Masters (darts), World Professional Darts Championship, Ynysybwl, 1978 BDO World Darts Championship, 1979 BDO World Darts Championship, 1980 BDO World Darts Championship, 1981 BDO World Darts Championship, 1982 BDO World Darts Championship, ... Expand index (4 more) »
BDO world darts champions
Sportspeople from Ynysybwl
Welsh darts players

Alan Evans

David Alan Evans (14 June 1949 – 12 April 1999) was a Welsh professional darts player and former World No. 1 who competed in the 1970s and 1980s. Leighton Rees and Alan Evans are British Darts Organisation players and Welsh darts players.

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Alexandra Palace

Alexandra Palace is an entertainment and sports venue in North London, situated between Wood Green and Muswell Hill in the London Borough of Haringey.

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Angus Ross (darts player)

Angus Ross (18 April 1953 – 17 January 2016) was a Scottish professional darts player who competed in the 1970s and 1980s. Leighton Rees and Angus Ross (darts player) are British Darts Organisation players.

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Barry Atkinson

Barry Atkinson (14 December 1937 – 13 December 2021) was an English-born Australian professional darts player. Leighton Rees and Barry Atkinson are British Darts Organisation players.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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BDO World Darts Championship

The BDO World Darts Championship was a professional darts tournament organised by the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and held annually from 1978 to 2020.

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Bill Lennard

Bill Lennard (21 June 1934 – 6 August 1996) was an English professional darts player from Manchester. Leighton Rees and Bill Lennard are British Darts Organisation players.

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Bob Anderson (darts player)

Robert Charles Anderson (born 7 November 1947) is an English former professional darts player who won the 1988 BDO World Darts Championship. Leighton Rees and Bob Anderson (darts player) are BDO world darts champions and British Darts Organisation players.

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Bobby George

Robert Francis George (born 16 December 1945) is an English television presenter and former professional darts player. Leighton Rees and Bobby George are British Darts Organisation players.

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British Darts Organisation

The British Darts Organisation (BDO) was a darts organisation founded on 7 January 1973 by Olly Croft.

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British Professional Championship

The Unipart British Professional Championship was a darts tournament organised by the British Darts Organisation and televised by the BBC between 1981 and 1988.

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Bullseye (British game show)

Bullseye is a British darts-themed television game show created by Andrew Wood and Norman Vaughan.

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Ceri Morgan

Ceri Rhys Morgan (22 December 1947 – 29 February 2020) was a Welsh professional darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Leighton Rees and Ceri Morgan are British Darts Organisation players and Welsh darts players.

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Cliff Lazarenko

Cliff Lazarenko (born 16 March 1952) is an English former professional darts player.

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Darts

Darts or dart-throwing is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small sharp-pointed projectiles known as darts at a round target known as a dartboard.

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Darts world rankings

The Darts World Rankings are systems designed to determine a list of the best darts players in the world based on their performances in past tournaments.

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Eric Bristow

Eric John Bristow (25 April 1957 – 5 April 2018), nicknamed "The Crafty Cockney", was an English professional darts player and one of the most recognisable and successful players of the 1980s. Leighton Rees and Eric Bristow are BDO world darts champions and British Darts Organisation players.

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Fred Trueman

Frederick Sewards Trueman, (6 February 1931 – 1 July 2006) was an English cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team.

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Glamorgan

Until 1974, Glamorgan, or sometimes Glamorganshire (Morgannwg or Sir Forgannwg), was an administrative county in the south of Wales, and later classed as one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales.

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ITV Yorkshire

ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network.

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Jocky Wilson

John Thomas "Jocky" Wilson (22 March 1950 – 24 March 2012) was a Scottish professional darts player. Leighton Rees and Jocky Wilson are BDO world darts champions and British Darts Organisation players.

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John Lowe (darts player)

John Lowe (born 21 July 1945) is an English former professional darts player. Leighton Rees and John Lowe (darts player) are BDO world darts champions.

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Keith Deller

Keith Deller (born 24 December 1959) is an English former professional darts player best known for winning the 1983 BDO World Darts Championship. Leighton Rees and Keith Deller are BDO world darts champions.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census.

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Mike Gregory (darts player)

Michael Seward Gregory (16 December 1956 – 19 April 2022) was an English professional darts player, best remembered as the runner-up to Phil Taylor in the 1992 Embassy World Darts Championship final, which went to a tiebreak final leg and is regarded as one of the greatest matches in darts history. Leighton Rees and Mike Gregory (darts player) are British Darts Organisation players.

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Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf

Mountain Ash (Aberpennar) is a town and former community in the Cynon Valley, within the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, with a population of 11,230 at the 2011 Census, estimated in 2019 at 11,339.

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Newport, Wales

Newport (Casnewydd) is a city and county borough in Wales, situated on the River Usk close to its confluence with the Severn Estuary, northeast of Cardiff.

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News of the World Darts Championship

The News of the World Championship was one of the first major organised darts competitions, which began in 1927.

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Nicky Virachkul

Nicky Virachkul (June 3, 1948 – April 17, 1999) was an American professional darts player who competed in the 1970s and 1980s. Leighton Rees and Nicky Virachkul are British Darts Organisation players.

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Nottingham

Nottingham (locally) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England.

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Phil Taylor (darts player)

Philip Douglas Taylor (born 13 August 1960) is an English former professional darts player. Leighton Rees and Phil Taylor (darts player) are BDO world darts champions and British Darts Organisation players.

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Pontypridd

Pontypridd (colloquially: Ponty) is a town and a community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales, approximately 10 miles north west of Cardiff city centre.

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Rhondda

Rhondda, or the Rhondda Valley (Cwm Rhondda), is a former coalmining area in South Wales, historically in the county of Glamorgan.

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Russell Stewart

Russell "Rusty" Stewart (born 9 October 1960) is an Australian former professional darts player. Leighton Rees and Russell Stewart are British Darts Organisation players.

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Sid Waddell

Sidney Waddell (10 August 1940 – 11 August 2012) was an English sports commentator and television personality.

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Sky Sports

Sky Sports is a group of British subscription sports channels operated by the satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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South Wales

South Wales (De Cymru) is a loosely defined region of Wales bordered by England to the east and mid Wales to the north.

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South Wales Echo

The South Wales Echo is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Cardiff, Wales and distributed throughout the surrounding area.

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The Indoor League

The Indoor League was a pub games competition series that was produced by Yorkshire Television and aired from 1973 until 1977.

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Tony Ridler

Anthony Ridler (21 January 1954 – 16 January 2015) was a Welsh professional darts player who competed in the 1970s and 1980s. Leighton Rees and Tony Ridler are British Darts Organisation players and Welsh darts players.

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WDF Europe Cup

The WDF Europe Cup is a darts tournament held biennially since 1978.

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WDF World Cup

The WDF World Cup is a darts tournament organised by the World Darts Federation and held biennially since 1977.

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World Masters (darts)

The World Masters is one of the longest-running and most prestigious of the BDO/WDF tournaments, which began in 1974.

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World Professional Darts Championship

The World Professional Darts Championship is one of the most important tournaments in the darts calendar.

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Ynysybwl

Ynysybwl (Ynys-y-bŵl) is a village in Cwm Clydach in Wales.

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1978 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1978 Embassy World Darts Championship was the first BDO World Darts Championship.

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1979 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1979 Embassy World Darts Championship was the second World Professional Championships.

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1980 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1980 Embassy World Darts Championship was the third year that the British Darts Organisation had staged a world championship.

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1981 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1981 Embassy World Darts Championship was the fourth year that the British Darts Organisation had staged a world championship.

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1982 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1982 Embassy World Darts Championship was the fifth year that the British Darts Organisation had staged a world championship.

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1983 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1983 Embassy World Darts Championship was staged at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent from 1–8 January 1983.

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1985 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1985 Embassy World Darts Championship was the 8th World Professional Championships.

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1987 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1987 Embassy World Darts Championship was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey between 9 and 17 January 1987.

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1990 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1990 Embassy World Darts Championship was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey from 5–13 January 1990.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leighton_Rees

, 1983 BDO World Darts Championship, 1985 BDO World Darts Championship, 1987 BDO World Darts Championship, 1990 BDO World Darts Championship.

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See also

BDO world darts champions

Sportspeople from Ynysybwl

Welsh darts players

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