THE BRITISH PENTATHLON

The British Pentathlon is another tournament which has nothing at all to do with the WDF. It was invented, or should I say constructed by the Chairman of the Kent Darts Organisation Mr. Dennis Hawkins, who is much better known to the darting fraternity as "Sam". This tournament form has been duplicated all over the World, and many countries now have their own Pentathlons, often as a National Championship Event. It is the supreme test of skill and stamina, and certainly deserves its place among the "classic" events in Darts.

Roll of Honour
Year			Points
1976	Champion	John Lowe	293
	Second	Leighton Rees	285
	Third	Alan Glazier	269
	Fourth	Tony Brown	267
	Round the Board on Doubles	George Simmons
	Shanghi	Cliff Lazarenko
	Halve-It	Leighton Rees

1977	Champion	Rab Smith	327
	Second	Alan Glazier	308
	Third	Charlie Ellis	295
	Fourth	Tony Brown	292
	Round the Board on Doubles	George Simmons
	Shanghi	Alan Glazier
	Halve-It	Ken Brown

1978	Champion	John Lowe	333
	Second	Dave Whitcombe	312
	Third	Alan Glazier	306
	Fourth	Tony Brown	293
	Round the Board on Doubles	Cliff Lazarenko
	Shanghi	Dave Whitcombe
	Halve-It	John Lowe

1979	Champion	John Lowe	330
	Second	Eric Bristow	323
	Third	Rab Smith	284
	Fourth	Dave Whitcombe	281
	Round the Board on Doubles	Bobby George
	Shanghi	Eric Bristow
	Halve-It	Mick Banyard

1980	Champion	John Lowe	317
	Second	Eric Bristow	303
	Third	Dave Whitcombe	299
	Fourth	Brian Langworth	291
	Round the Board on Doubles	Brian Langworth
	Shanghi	Brian Langworth
	Halve-It	Dave Whitcombe

1981	Champion	Eric Bristow	358
	Second	John Lowe	324
	Third	Jocky Wilson	312
	Fourth	Dave Whitcombe	306
	Round the Board on Doubles	Cliff Lazarenko
	Shanghi	John Lowe
	Halve-It	Eric Bristow

1982	Champion	John Lowe	365
	Second	Jocky Wilson	335
	Third	Eric Bristow	326
	Fourth	Ritchie Gardner	323
	Round the Board on Doubles	Brian Langworth
	Shanghi	Steve Brennan
	Halve-It	John Lowe

1983	Champion	John Lowe	362
	Second	Keith Deller	336
	Third	Dave Whitcombe	327
	Fourth	Jocky Wilson	315
	Round the Board on Doubles	Steve Brennan & Alan Glazier
	Shanghi	John Lowe & Alan Glazier
	Halve-It	Trevor Nurse

1984	Champion	John Lowe	354
	Second	Jocky Wilson	339
	Third	Steve Brennan	318
	Fourth	Bob Anderson	317
	Round the Board on Doubles	Ken Summers
	Shanghi	John Lowe & Steve Brennan
	Halve-It	Ritchie Gardner

1985	Champion	John Lowe	375
	Second	Ritchie Gardner	318
	Third	Ken Summers	310
	Fourth	Steve Brown	306
	Round the Board on Doubles	John Lowe
	Shanghi	Tony Littlewood
	Halve-It	John Lowe

1986	Champion	John Lowe	347
	Second	Rob Mackenzie	332
	Third	Ritchie Gardner	299
	Fourth	Steve Brown	298
	Round the Board on Doubles	John Lowe
	Shanghi	Rob Mackenzie
	Halve-It	John Lowe

1987	Champion	John Lowe	350
	Second	Ritchie Gardner	321
	Third	Reg Harding	315
	Fourth	Steve Brown	301
	Round the Board on Doubles	Paul Lim & Gene Raymond
	Shanghi	Graham Scowcroft
	Halve-It	Don Dillon

1988	Champion	Alan Warriner	367
	Second	John Lowe	348
	Third	Eric Bristow	335
	Fourth	Paul Lim	324
	Round the Board on Doubles	Alan Warriner
	Shanghi	Reg Harding & Eric Bristow
	Halve-It	John Lowe

1989	Champion	Eric Bristow	372
	Second	Bob Sinnaeve	314
	Third	Peter Evison	312
	Fourth	Graham Scowcroft	301
	Round the Board on Doubles	Eric Bristow & Martin Hurley
	Shanghi	Eric Bristow
	Halve-It	Shayne Burgess

1990	Champion	Phil Taylor	378
	Second	Alan Warriner	360
	Third	Paul Reynolds	351
	Fourth	Ritchie Gardner	322
	Round the Board on Doubles	Paul Reynolds
	Shanghi	Alan Warriner
	Halve-It	Ronnie Baxter

1991	Champion	Phil Taylor	400
	Second	Ronnie Baxter	356
	Third	Peter Evison	343
	Fourth	John Lowe	341
	Round the Board on Doubles	Peter Evison
	Shanghi	Phil Taylor
	Halve-It	Ritchie Gardner

1992	Champion	Dennis Priestley	387
	Second	Alan Warriner	342
	Third	Kevin Spiolek	329
	Fourth	Ritchie Gardner	323
	Round the Board on Doubles	Dennis Priestley
	Shanghi	Andy For