Hungarian Darts Trophy: Report
After a successful run to the final in Jena at the previous European Tour, Budapest was a reversal of fortunes for Stephen. Defeat to Nathan Rafferty on day one of the Hungarian Darts Trophy meant an early exit for The Bullet after the Northern Irish youngster pinched a 6-4 win. There was little to choose […]
2023 Interwetten German Darts Open: REPORT
Whilst it wasn’t the gold medal in a PDC television event that Stephen Bunting desperately craves, he still departs Jena a proud man after a wonderful run to the German Darts Open final. Eventually, it was Krzysztof Ratajski who claimed the title leaving the Liverpudlian once again wearing silver. After sporting his new 18g darts […]
PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIPS 19|20|21 & EURO 13 QUALIFIER: REPORT
After fun and games with lost luggage in Germany, Stephen must have been relieved to know that his suitcase would on this occasion be travelling within the safety of his manager’s car boot as the pair headed to Barnsley for the next round of PDC events. A four day slog awaited in sunny South Yorkshire […]
PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIPS 17&18 | EURO QUALIFIERS 11&12: REPORT
After six long weeks without PDC action, Stephen was itching to get on the oche. Unfortunately, his luggage didn’t seem to feel the same way as The Bullet landed in Germany but his suitcase had decided not to join him. One quick trip to a Hildesheim retail outlet later and some special dispensation allowing the […]
2023 WORLD MATCHPLAY: REPORT
The World Matchplay dream is over for Stephen for at least another year. It was a cruel draw, picked out of the hat to face multiple major champion, Gerwyn Price but in the early stages, it looked like the Bullet could cause an upset. Grabbing the opening two legs were almost as good as it […]
2023 EUROPEAN TOUR 10: REPORT
Trier might not be the first German city you automatically think of but that’s where Stephen was camped this weekend as he went in search of the European Darts Matchplay title. And it turned out to be a decent trip over for The Bullet as he reached the final day of action. Opening up his […]
PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIPS 13&14: REPORT
Of all the continental journeys for darting purposes, this latest trip abroad for Stephen won’t feature heavily in his career highlight reel. With the Pro Tour returning to Germany, the Bullet was looking for a couple of deep runs. Unfortunately, it was to be just the single win. Opening day in Hildesheim ended in a […]
PLAYERS CHAMPS 11&12: REPORT
Leicester has become the new home of the World Grand Prix but for this particular weekend, the Morningside Arena hosted a brace of Pro Tours. As always, Stephen was in action and left Sunday afternoon with another relatively satisfying bunch of change in this pocket. The latter of the two days was certainly the highlight […]
2023 EUROPEAN TOUR 8: REPORT
It was destination Prague this time around for Stephen as the Czech capital played host to this year’s eighth PDC European Tour event. And it’s somewhat of a happy hunting ground for The Bullet as his one and only other appearance at the PVA Expo Prava went pretty well indeed The year was 2019 and […]
DUTCH DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP: REPORT
The Netherlands was the destination for Stephen this time as he popped across the water to compete in sixth European Tour event of the year, the Dutch Darts Championship. Unlike Austria last weekend, The Bullet had known about this particular trip to Leeuwarden for a good few weeks. And there’s no better way to kick […]
