Charlie Ellix

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Charlie Ellix
Personal information
Born(1941-10-18)18 October 1941
Bradford, England
Died18 March 2002(2002-03-18) (aged 60)
London, England
Darts information
Playing darts since1961
Darts36g
LateralityRight-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO1976–1981
BDO majors – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 24: 1979
World MastersQuarter Final: 1977, 1978

Charlie Ellix (18 October 1941 – 18 March 2002) was an English professional darts player.

Career[]

Ellix reached the final in the 1976 Indoor League, losing to Leighton Rees. He then reached the quarter finals of the 1977 Winmau World Masters, losing to eventual winner Eric Bristow. Ellix reached another final in the 1978 Denmark Open where he lost to John Lowe and then reached the quarter final in the 1978 World Masters, losing to Tony Sontag.

Ellix played in the 1979 BDO World Darts Championship, losing in the first round to Doug McCarthy. He returned to Jollees two years later for the 1981 BDO World Darts Championship, again losing in the first round to Dave Whitcombe.

On 29 April 1974 he threw the then fastest (in numbers of darts thrown) 3,001 when he achieved this score with only 79 darts, an average of 37.98 per dart.[1]

Ellix died on 18 March 2002.

World Championships results[]

BDO[]

References[]

  1. ^ Norris McWhirter, ed. (1982). Guinness Book of Sports Records, Winners & Champions. p. 134.

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