Marcus Robertson heeft zijn rol als directeur van de Professional Darts Corporation verlaten. Hiermee komt een eind aan 40 jaar in de sport voor Robertson.
Robertson hield zich vooral bezig met PR-zaken en promoties. Robertson begon met werken in de dartssport in 1979 en hield zich bezig met de media tijdens de formatie van de World Darts Council (nu PDC).
Robertson voegde zich bij de PDC-directeuren en had een rol in de aanstelling van Barry Hearn als PDC-voorzitter in 2001 en daarmee een rol in de ontwikkeling van de dartssport.
ROBERTSON: "It's been the greatest privilege of my working life to do this, and loved every minute of it.
I've always loved the straight-forwardness of the players and people who work in the game. I've worked in a lot of sports, and as much as I loved that I never felt the same emotional closeness to the sport or the people as I do in darts.
I've worked with the England cricket team and Manchester United down the years, but darts is easily the best.
My first involvement in darts came at the end of 1979 when I was sent off to see the Marlboro Team of Champions, comprised of five top players at the time, playing an exhibition in Sheffield.
The sponsor was our client and I knew nothing about darts. I was vaguely dreading it, yet within five minutes of watching darts I was in love with it.
Barry often says that you have to make the most of your luck in situations, and from the moment that I came to that darts match in Sheffield I wanted to make this sport loved by everyone. That's the one thing I feel I've helped to achieve.
I'm a great sports fan and I think that the best darts matches are almost better in those final moments than any other sport.
When you get games that can go from match dart for one player to the other within the space of a few seconds it's an incredible thing.
I don't think there's anything that builds that tension quite so suddenly, and it's so exciting. When it's like that, it's so absorbing and I don't think you can ever take that away from it."
De voorzitter van de PDC, Barry Hearn voegde hieraan toe:
HEARN: "Marcus Robertson has made an immeasurable contribution to darts during his career, and whilst his work may have been unseen by many of the general public it was certainly valued and appreciated by his colleagues.
His experience and knowledge of the sport has made him an important member of our board of directors, and his love for the sport is clear for all to see.
Marcus leaves the PDC board with the best wishes of everyone involved in the organisation.
From a personal standpoint, I will always be eternally grateful to Marcus for him being instrumental in my joining the PDC, and for the fun we've had on the journey that followed."
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