John Lowe celebrates the 30th Anniversary of his historic TV 9-darter
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- čas přidán 12. 10. 2014
- Saturday October 13, 1984 is a date etched in darting history - the day that John Lowe hit the first ever televised 9 darter. In an exclusive interview with Unicorn TV and Tungsten Tales, John now looks back on that magical day when he earned £102,000 for his historic 9 dart leg.
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My favourite of all time and an utter gentleman. Legendary champion.
I remember it quite well. It was a Saturday afternoon and was delighted that it was John Lowe who did it.
John Lowe was & will remain my favourite Darts player, great memories of a fantastic player, a true gentleman of the sport & a modest man aswell. Cheers John.
John was in my view ONE of the greatest players in his era. Polite and also tried to project the correct image which helped make DARTS the great game it is today.
No nonsense with John Lowe a great player ambassador and gentleman.
Awesome interview, really enjoyed it, thanks!!!! :)
The interviewer has a really likeable personality great watch thank you 😊
best throwing action of all time
John is such a humble guy! Respect!
Absolutely fantastic player and ambassador for the game of Darts.
John was the consummate professional. I remember that back then people were amazed at how he didn't blink between throws.
John is right, back in the day the trebles on dart board were smaller and harder to hit, so in a way his 9 darter is the best.
The classiest dart player that!
Good interview here. Good questions and detailed answers given. Very thoughtful from both here.
I was stationed in Edzell Scotland and watched it. Great to see John! still using 24gm John Lowe darts!
An absolute legend he is!
Our whole family used to watch the finals back then and I am surprised the Unicorn man mentioned if people should be surprised he hit the 9 darter first lol. For me when John was on his game he was the best and my late father always said he was the Gentleman of the game which he was but saying that with Jocky Wilson,Big Cliff and the Craft Cockney showing his ass it was easy to be a Gentleman
Great player and nice Guy
Ive been using john lowe darts 23 gram since i was 8 years old and i am now 57......still going.
Fair play to you mate!
John lowe an absolute legend
I wud go as far as to say, hes in the top 5 players of all time.
have you still got the very 1st set you started with all those years ago?
Great lad is John,it,s always very interesting to hear what went,goes through the players minds when they did/do historic achievements like this very first televised 9 darter. :-)
True gentleman and a legend of darts.
Came here after the algorithm blessed me with the video of that 9 dart. Absolutely crazy.
Incredible achievement and memories :) I love the mistakes in this interview, John even forgets the 7th treble in the sequence, the interviewer does the same later on in the video. John even talks about how the 8th treble 'is in the middle' . . the treble 18 however lands in the bottom of the bed . . funny how time distorts the memory ;) Love the story about the ol' ladies :) I hv read some of Johns books. They contain some good stories comments too. #LoveTheDarts
what a gent.
Long live John Lowe.
A true gentleman and a legend forever.
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I watched it on the box. fantastic.
I believe his reg on his car was "301 UP"
Thats correct. I have lived in Chesterfield all my life and you used to see him quite often back in the day. His older sister Margaret was my mum's matron of honour at her wedding, small world
Sporting achievement is 100% thumbs up from me.
Though 1980's and a £100,000 prize!!! Was this, in history, the biggest prize ever!??
Can you imagine what having £100,000 (or there abouts whatever minus that figure following having a good accountant) would mean, upon good investment, in the early 1980's - he could be sorted for life. Can you imagine the real estate, even in central London, that he could buy / invest in?
Anyway. A gentleman of sport. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
£320 grand in today’s money, not bad for 9 darts thrown, £35grand per dart haha
John was actually the first dart playing millionaire. He won lots of tournaments but was also sponsored by Unicorn very early in his career. For years, John and Eric Bristow used to share all there prize money. I was once told there was a 3rd player also involved, Tony Brown, but am not 100 % sure if this is true
Amazing to think, if MVG does not get close to, or achieve a 9 dart leg, in any of his televised tournaments, then his standard of darts is slipping.
Was only 39 at the time looked alot older
Funny, I found that the old darts had very thick barrels.
The unicorn boards are crap though.
Ben Richards Nodor were the best boards by far.
100k back then is equivalent to 350k today, but it would buy so much more back then...especially houses
Not in Canada it isn't 100 then would be about 185 today. I made a hundred grand that year off of the Firestone Corporation takeover in a split second. I still remember the broker he thought I was crazy when I bought Firestone. It went five fold in a single day $17.5 to $78.5 on the takeover news by Mitsubishi Corporation.
the guys that followed didnt have the pressure of the 100k so moved around the board maybe.
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Class
Why do the English always seem to have a speech impediment?
what?