Dave's marathon for British Disability Darts Association

David Brown endured the feat of once again by playing darts continually for 12 hours non-stop over two consecutive days at the weekend as members of the public turned up at the St Helens Darts Shop in Haresfinch to play him.

Dave with BDDA representatives who travelled for the event

The 41-year-old, from the town centre, had done '24 hour marathons' in previous years for a range of good causes and has decided to take to the oche for the challenge again.

The darts marathon at the St Helens Darts Shop

The event was streamed live

The event was run by Dave, along with Neil Devlin.

Neil Devlin helped organise the event

Dave said that, despite suffering pain during the event, he was determined to complete it in aid of the worthy cause.

Dave's efforts sees proceeds go to the British Disability Darts Association in aid of their event in Belgium in September.

Youngsters got involved

One of those who faced Dave during the weekend was disabled darts player Michael Callaghan, from Sutton Leach, who is representing England.

Michael Callaghan at the event taking on Dave

Also among those who turned up to play Dave was Janis Mustafejevs, who represented Latvia at the last World Cup of Darts and is based in St Helens.

The marathon was also broadcast on a live stream.

St Helens-based female player Eleanor Cairns 

After completing the event, Dave said: "I beat my 180 tally, had five perfect darts in one leg after 21 hours, only just missed the other 180 and backed that with a 100 and I think I had a 160 checkout.

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"To say I'm sore is an understatement but once again thank you to everyone involved and making a difference to the British Disability Darts Association.

"I'm humbled to help such brilliant amazing people".

Karl Holden, of St Helens Darts Shop, added: "The event was successful, our customers raised, £800.

"We donated £200 to make it up to £1,000, all going to disabled darts players. One who is representing England is a St Helens lad, Michael Callaghan."

Ahead of the challenge, Dave, brother of PDC professional Alan Tabern, said:"This is my fourth marathon now so if you could spare a couple of quid for these amazing athletes please click on the link."

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