Team Unicorn star Seigo Asada was victorious on the fourth weekend of the 2018 PDC Asian Tour, as the circuit visited Kuala Lumpur.
Japanese thrower Asada followed up his Asian Tour win in South Korea in March by opening the weekend in Malaysia in style.
Asada landed an Asian Tour record average of 107.60 in his semi-final win over Lourence Ilagan, before edging out Royden Lam 5-4 in the final of tour event seven.
Asada unfortuntely saw his hopes ended at the last eight stage of Tour event eight.
Ian White has extended his stay with Team Unicorn.
The popular 48-year-old has penned a new deal as he bids to turn on the style in the big TV tournaments.
The World No.13 has been frustrated by one stat....he’s never been past the quarter-finals of a PDC ‘Major’
“It does annoy me because I know I have the game to win a TV tournament. It isn’t for lack of hard work that’s for sure,” he said.
“The other big aim this year is to get into the world’s top 10. That would be a great achievement for me.”
Unicorn Darts are delighted to announce our brand new signing; 12-year-old Henry Coates from Matlock, Derbyshire.
Henry is the latest recruit to join Team Unicorn's Generation 180 category, launched specifically for Academy and Junior players, who are the future of the sport. Henry comes highly recommended by Team Unicorn Maestro Jamie Caven, where he is a regular player at Jamie's Academy in Derby, which is also sponsored by Unicorn Darts.
“I’m extremely proud that the Unicorn sponsored JCDA (Jamie
In this blog, Unicorn’s Player Liaison, Matt Rankin, delivers a fascinating behind the scenes insight into the multiple dart set-ups that Gary Anderson used on his way to sealing the 2018 World Matchplay title. In the process, he reveals just how closely Unicorn work with our players day-to-day. It was quite a week for ‘The Flying Scotsman’ by the seaside! 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE BLACKPOOL, when all thro' the darting world, not a player was stirring, not even a Flying Scotsman; the equipment was hung
Starting to incorporate the number of each blog in this darts science refresher course into the title seemed like a good idea at the time. “3 Degrees of Incidence” wasn’t great, maybe, but I was pretty happy with “4 Stalling”. This latest one had me scrabbling around a bit, though.
I did briefly flirt with “5 Bore On”, which, as this blog gets a mite technical later, contains both a regrettable element of truth and a regrettable pun on element atomic number 5. Instead I’ve reluctantly settled, as
Every year, Unicorn unveil the latest in cutting edge darts technology, having been at the forefront of darts innovation for over 80 years. The 2019 product launch was no different.
Despite forewarning FIFA that a far more important and prestigious event was taking place on the same day as the World Cup’s opening match, it seems as though the message fell on deaf ears.
Nonetheless, Sales Director Richard Lowy began the day with a short presentation in the theme of the World Cup to thank everyone
They came so close, but for a second time Gary Anderson and Scotland had to settle for runners-up spot in a World Cup.
Anderson and Peter Wright lost out to the Netherlands who defended their title and won the World Cup for a 4th time.
Holland won the final 3-1 as Michael van Gerwen beat Anderson in the reverse singles in Frankfurt on Sunday night.
The Unicorn ace had kept the Scots in the final as he hit five 180s in beating Raymond van Barneveld 4 legs to 1 in the singles.
But the Netherlands won
The biggest tournament in darts is to expand further as the William Hill World Championship grows to include 96 competitors and a record £2.5 million prize fund, including a huge £500,000 to the 2018/2019 champion.
In the biggest development for the tournament since its move to London's Alexandra Palace a decade ago, the World Championship will continue its remarkable growth both on and off the oche this year.
The sport's biggest event has seen 72 players in recent years competing in a festival of
Ahead of his Premier League semi-final clash with Gary Anderson, Michael Smith talks to Stuart Pyke about his preparation for the match, what it's like to play against his mentor and friend, his good run in 2018, his family and how he is aiming to improve his consistency. It is a great insight into how he is developing as a player and a person.
In this series of blogs, we hope to give you insight into how Unicorn Darts came to being. Unicorn is now at the helm of the third generation of the Lowy family, having been founded by Frank Lowy in 1937.
In this first blog, Frank’s son Stanley Lowy, Non-Executive Chairman of Unicorn Darts who spent his entire working life at the company, talks us through his father’s story. Stanley outlines a brief history of Frank’s early life and details how the ‘Silver Comet’ came to market, changing the face
