1984 BDO World Darts Championship 1984 BDO World Darts Championship The 1984 Embassy World Darts Championship was held from 31 December 1983 to 7 January 1984 at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent. Eric Bristow made up for his defeat against Keith Deller in the previous year's final by winning his third world title having dropped just one set in the entire tournament. He beat Finn Jensen, Rick Ney, Peter Locke and John Lowe before defeating Dave Whitcombe in the final by 7 sets to 1. Deller suffered a shock first-round defeat to 1978 semi-finalist Nicky Virachkul, who eventually lost to Whitcombe in the quarter-finals. Whitcombe
Paul Nicholson (darts player) Paul Nicholson (darts player) Paul Michael Nicholson (born 10 May 1979) is a British-Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. He has won a major event, the 2010 Players Championship Finals, where he defeated Mervyn King in the final. He was also the runner up to Phil Taylor in the 2011 Championship League Darts, and part of the Australia team which lost a sudden death shoot-out to England in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts final. Before joining the PDC Pro Tour, Nicholson was one of the top players in the Australian Grand Prix circuit,