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Profiles of 1975 finalists
- Overseas
Reproduced from the 1975 Programme
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George Foster, 35
Maintenance supervisor from
Mt. Pritchard, N.S. Wales, was born in Congleton,
Cheshire. Competitive darts player for ten years.
Kevin White, 36
Electrical company storeman
also from N.S.Wales, teamed up with George three
years ago. George and Kevin did not lose a game
in reaching the Finals from an all Australia entry.
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| Belgium
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Willy De Laere, 39 & Omer Bauwens, 42
Both league players in the
Federation Ostend and have been playing for over
twenty years. Both have been Champions of Belgium
and won many other titles.
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| Canada
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Alan Mercer, 36
A computer supervisor
Eric Murphy, 41
Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Both were born in England and now live in Ottawa
and have played darts for over twenty years. Both
have had many dart successes.
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| Denmark
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Flemming Hansen, 26
A glazier from Copenhagen.
Oscar Villekjaer, 42
A fitter from Greve Stand.
Both Danish Doubles Champions, Flemming winning
in 1972 and Oscar this year.
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| Gibraltar |
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Joe Goldwin, 50
President of the Gibraltar
Darts Association, is no stranger to British dart
playing circles. Four times Gibraltar Individual
Champion.
William Duo, 29
A plumber, was twice runner
up to Joe in the Individual Championship, these
players are Gibraltar's undisputed darts champs.
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| Lebanon |
Gerald
McNaughton, 36 & Gordon Trenholm 35
Both are Canadians based in Egypt
and presently working for the United Nations in
Beirut. They play for Ismailia Hustlers and have
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| Malta |
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Grezzju Scicluna, 27
A heavy plant operator, has
been playing darts daily for five years. He is
also a keen swimmer.
Francis Mifsud, 35
Hospital attendant and current
Malta Singles Champion, has been playing darts
for twenty-one years and before winning his singles
title was five times runner-up.
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| South
Africa |
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Alid Esterhuizen, 33
Comes from Bromma and is a
man of may parts, archeologist, deep-sea diver,
photographer and marketing analyst. Has been playing
darts for seven years.
Jan Blignaut, 39
An engineer from Boksburg,
Transvaal, has been playing for fifteen years
and is also interested in boxing. Both have numerous
successes in the South African Championships and
won through to London from an entry of over 7,000
pairs.
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| Sweden |
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Pierre Weckman, 33
From Bromma, is a man of many
parts, archeologist, deep-sea diver, photographer
and marketing analyst. He has been playing darts
for seven years.
Peter Lagerman, 32
Decorator from Stockholm, like
Pierre plays for Nightcap Clan Society, has many
dart successes and a golf handicap of eleven.
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| Switzerland
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Philip
Pitt & Roland Kaiser
Biographical details not available. |
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| United
States of America |
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Walt 'Ski' Mikolajewski, 27
Warehouseman from Anaheim,
California has been playing for four years and
is a member of the Red Shirts team.
Gene 'Tim' Timoschuk, 32
Air conditioning engineer from
Bellflower, California, also plays for the Red
Shirts and with Walt is a member of the Southern
California Darts Association All-Star team. Both
have many U.S.A. tournament titles and enter international
play for the first time this weekend.
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| West
Germany |
Roland
Geuss & Roland Kaiser
From Pfaffenweiler and Freiburg
respectively. Both 26 and have been playing darts
for almost three years. |
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