Leighton Rees v John Lowe - 1978 Embassy Darts - Final Leg
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Published 2009-05-28
All Comments (21)
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Great ambassador for darts and Welsh sport. Loved to watch darts in those days and Sid Waddel's commentary!
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Two of the smoothest throwers and gentlemen ever
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Two total legends Leighton first world darts champion and Johnny Lowe old stone face himself world champion in 3 different decades 🎯🎯🎯
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Leighton was THE man, my grandfather was the first guy to sign him to a team, the 'Fighting Blood' in Porth, Rhondda. Leighton was 17 then, the first time I met him, 20 years later, he still remembered 'Ernie Clark'.................life is great.
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I used to love watching Leighton back in the day when I was a teenage boy, he was so natural and made it look easy.
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When as a kid, dad allowed you stay up to watch the darts and you didn't realise at the time you was watching two legends of the sport.
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It was 40 years ago today that the late Leighton Rees became Darts's first ever world champion
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This was the time when we were all down the local playing darts so mush was the influence of these players they put darts on the map
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LR was one of the great dart players..
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He had to give Alen Evans half the winnings because they would always share the prize money in every event they played together.
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the late great leighton rees and stoneface john lowe with sid waddell commentating
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Back when they went for the bulls eye, great darts.
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Quick shake of the hand no hugging in those days.
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(Going by this new handle now, so same guy). Nice that you've got those Lowe darts, mate! (I like bullet darts but I can't throw with anything that isn't knurled, or they slip right out of my fingers.) One thing I noticed about Lowe that surprised me (the first time I saw him throwing from a head-on angle) was that he sights the board with his darting hand placed over to the left.
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sid was amazingly restrained !!
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What a comb over !
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Leighton Rees is a true legend of the sport. Is that Sid Wadell comentating?
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I think it would be impossible to go against Lowe and Hankey in terms of smoothness of action (good call), but Beaton in the top three? I appreciate his action is smoother than someone like Ceri Morgan's, and don't get me wrong, I like his style, but surely he doesn't compare with the likes of Lowe and Hankey when it comes to a fluid, aesthetically pleasing throw.
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@rtzify Yes, we go way back, first met them around 1983, cracking character.
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At 2.54 Sid Wadell said "it bounced out of the bull." Rees was nowhere near the fucking bull!
