Ep 9 Cor Dekker (The First 9 Darter I ever hit was on TV)

I was pleased to be joined by Dutch born Norweigan PDC player Cor Dekker just as he is about to embark on his debut at PDC World Championship at Alexandra Palace next month another great feat in an upward trajectory year which has seen Cor play in 3 big tv title events at UK Open, World Cup of Darts for Norway & World Series of Darts finals. Cor was born in Bovenkarpsel in the northern part of The Netherlands and would grow up at the time idolising Raymond van Barneveld. In 2012 he would move to Askim in Norway to start a new phase of life. His nickname The Sheriff came from being one of the best players on his team at the time and it stuck. He developed his throw by watching Mervyn King with the slight twist at the top and added his own modifications to it. In 2018 Cor would win NB 06 Vaaksy event in Finland on PDC Nordic Baltic Tour. In 2024 on European Tour in Budapest Cor would achieve perfection by hitting his first ever 9 dart finish ever on TV in a 2nd round clash with Stephen Bunting pinning the D18 for the perfect leg and with that gained his own 9 dart pin from the PDC a cool souvenir to have. 2025 would also see him reach semi final of Swiss Darts Trophy defeating the likes of Andrew Gilding 6-3, Peter Wright 6-3, Chris Dobey 6-5 & Jonny Clayton 6-5 before defeat by Luke Woodhouse 7-3 in the semi final, a great experience. Cor would also sign a contract with Darts manufacturer Bull's in April. I wish Cor Dekker nothing but the best ahead of his time at The Palace. Thanks! Download via Podbean, Apple Podcasts and Spotify!