Obituaries
The PDPA and all of our members are saddened to hear the passing of two of our darting family.
Mike Gregory has passed away.
All of the Darts fraternity expresses its condolences to the family and friends of former player Mike Gregory, who passed away on Tuesday aged 65.
Gregory was a prominent player in the sport at the time of the formation of the World Darts Council, having reached the 1992 World Championship final, where he lost in a sudden-death leg to Phil Taylor.
Gregory was also a two-time World Masters runner-up during a career which began in the early 1980s and also saw him win two News of the World Championship titles.
He won the 1992 and 1993 UK Masters events – the first tournaments staged by the organisation – and also competed in PDC-ranked events in 1998 and 2001.
Nigel Pearson who passed away on Friday, had commentated on darts for over 15 years since joining the Sky Sports team in 2006.
He has also presented Sky Sports’ coverage during that time, and this year worked with the PDC on commentary of European Tour, Players Championship and Women’s Series events.
Nigel was also a vastly experienced speedway presenter and commentator – as well as being involved with the Cradley Heath club, who he supported as a boy – and also covered football extensively on radio for talkSPORT.
A West Brom fan, Nigel worked with British Speedway as their press officer and has also worked as a host and MC for sporting events.
Nigel partnered the late Sid Waddell to commentate on Raymond van Barneveld’s historic first nine-darter at the PDC World Championship – relive the moment below.
