Why is paul nicholson australian

But I'm actually happy that it did happen because at some point you have to have a rock bottom in order to rebuild and do what you want to do. Nicholson is known in darts circles as "The Asset''- a Bourne Identity-inspired nickname that dates back to the mids during his Melbourne club darts days when he was the sharpshooter for his team, the Assassins.

An Englishman born and raised, Nicholson moved to Melbourne in with his Australian then-girlfriend and worked in the public service. He quickly graduated from club darts to national tournaments and by he was Australian singles champion. Nicholson's rapid rise sparked a move to professional status in and a return to England, where darts is reportedly the country's second-biggest TV sport behind soccer. But Nicholson continues to honour his four-year Australian citizenship by representing the green and gold rather than his home country.

If you had any talent whatsoever, the first thing people wanted to do was put you down. In Australia, if you are good at something people want you to do something with that talent, and they will encourage you to the very end.

That's what gave me the opportunity to do this now. Nicholson, whose biggest victory remains the Players Championship darts major, was this week promoted to No.

He said beyond winning Australia's maiden world series event in Sydney, he remained hellbent on breaking through on the sport's biggest stage - the annual World Darts Championships - after reaching the quarter-finals in You are currently seeing only the comments you are notified about, if you want to see all comments from this post, click the button below. You are now logged in! This popup will automatically close..

Please check your email to verify your account! Login Due to migration of our website to a new platform, your password has been reset. Please check your email for instructions. It's also an Ashes year; can we expect sparks to fly if England and Australia meet again? PAUL: The last two years England have beaten us and then there was obviously the World Cup final from a couple of years ago — that was probably one the most edgy darting situations in living memory for the fans and pundits to watch.

It was just incredible. So are we going to see any of your famous showmanship on the stage in Frankfurt this year? Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson of Australia. Bottas beats Verstappen in Sprint as Hamilton storms back. Hamilton disqualified from qualifying, starts last for Sprint. World Cup Euro Qualifiers: Who's through, who needs what?