The Oche Life Podcast

Ep 12 Huw Ware (How to deal with the whistlers)

In the first episode of 2026 I was pleased to be joined by one of the elite darting referees and host of Tops & Tales Podcast 'Houdini' Huw Ware who kindly spent some time on the podcast amongst a very busy schedule on PDC circuit. Huw would play at 2011 WDF World Cup in Aberdeen for Wales and would play against the likes of Jeffrey De Zwaan, Jimmy Hendriks & would even beat recently crowned WDF World Champion Jimmy van Schie in a best of 1 leg match in that event. A very cool achievement. Huw would start refereeing local darts matches and would get his break refereeing on the BDO circuit at World Masters at a young age and would get the chance to ref a couple of matches at BDO World Darts Championship at Lakeside! Huw would do 5 years in total with BDO and would make the switch around about 2017 to PDC circuit but would take a little bit of time before getting a regular spot on the tour but would referee in some Premier League matches and other events.  It was round about 2021 where Huw would step up to the official 4th referee on the schedule and has not looked back since becoming instantly recognisable and is now one of the elite refs in the sport!  Thanks so much to Huw for coming on to chat I really appreciate it! It was a great chat! All the best for this year on your adventures! Download via Podbean, Apple Podcasts & Spotify!

Ep 11 Tom Bissell (Straight into the life on the PDC)

In this latest episode of The Oche Life I was pleased to be joined by current PDC Tour Card holder Tom Bissell who joined me straight off of a competition win back home in the Black Country including defeating former PDC & BDO star Jamie Hughes inbthe quarter finals. Tom joins us after his first full year on the biggest tour in Darts as we find out about his experiences and more including making it into 3x European Tour events in Austria, Hungary & Germany. Tom would play Rugby growing up before getting into Darts after an injury and would play in the pub leagues, county leagues and Super leagues down in the Black Country alongside some quality operators. Tom would go onto Q School and would be a star of the event gaining his full PDC Tour card which he would openly admit was a stark contrast from the days of the leagues! Tom would play some of the best players on the Players Championship floor events including the likes of Gerwyn Price & Stephen Bunting. In Tom's Euro Tour experiences at Austrian Darts Open  would lose to Ricardo Pietreczko while in Hungary he would beat Dirk van Duijvenbode before losing to Mike De Decker and in Germany put on a valiant effort in a narrow defeat to Luke Woodhouse something The Bizzness can take great experiences from! Had a lot of fun chatting with Tom who was a really nice guy! All the best for 2026! Remember to download via Podbean, Spotify & Apple Podcasts!

Ep 10 Jimmy van Schie (I have learned from last year about the expectations of being World Number 1)

It was a pleasure to be joined by 13x WDF title winner including 2025 World Masters major & current WDF World Number 1 player Jimmy van Schie just as he is about to travel to Lakeside to try and add World Champion to his ever growing list of achievements!  The Dutch Sequoia is from Breda in The Netherlands and started Darts after playing a little bit of Basketball growing up but Darts was also the preference for the tall Dutch man. Jimmy made his PDC Pro Tour debut in 2010 & would also win Gold Medal at 2011 WDF European Cup Youth in Aberdeen alongside Jimmy Hendriks, Jeffrey De Zwaan & Mike Zuydwijk.  After a length of time away from the game Jimmy has transformed himself into a serial winner over the past couple of seasons on WDF circuit stamping his authority as the Number 1 player on tour with 13x titles & 4 Modus Super Series week wins! At World Masters in Hungary 'The Dutch Sequoia' would 3 group games & 7 knockout games to stand tall as the World Master defeating the likes of David Pallett, Jason Brandon & Jeff Smith along the way.  We talk about the expectations of being the best player on WDF and if he ever struggles with that pressure some times. Jimmy was very open about it and gave some good answers & also in Pro Knowledge see how the Dutch star gets on can he beat Andy Davidson's 5? Find out! With the Lakeside starting this week, I wish Jimmy van Schie all the best in his aspirations of being World Champ. Download via Podbean, Apple & Spotify! Thanks for the support

Ep 9 Cor Dekker (The First 9 Darter I ever hit was on TV)

I was pleased to be joined by Dutch born Norweigan PDC player Cor Dekker just as he is about to embark on his debut at PDC World Championship at Alexandra Palace next month another great feat in an upward trajectory year which has seen Cor play in 3 big tv title events at UK Open, World Cup of Darts for Norway & World Series of Darts finals. Cor was born in Bovenkarpsel in the northern part of The Netherlands and would grow up at the time idolising Raymond van Barneveld. In 2012 he would move to Askim in Norway to start a new phase of life. His nickname The Sheriff came from being one of the best players on his team at the time and it stuck. He developed his throw by watching Mervyn King with the slight twist at the top and added his own modifications to it. In 2018 Cor would win NB 06 Vaaksy event in Finland on PDC Nordic Baltic Tour. In 2024 on European Tour in Budapest Cor would achieve perfection by hitting his first ever 9 dart finish ever on TV in a 2nd round clash with Stephen Bunting pinning the D18 for the perfect leg and with that gained his own 9 dart pin from the PDC a cool souvenir to have. 2025 would also see him reach semi final of Swiss Darts Trophy defeating the likes of Andrew Gilding 6-3, Peter Wright 6-3, Chris Dobey 6-5 & Jonny Clayton 6-5 before defeat by Luke Woodhouse 7-3 in the semi final, a great experience. Cor would also sign a contract with Darts manufacturer Bull's in April. I wish Cor Dekker nothing but the best ahead of his time at The Palace. Thanks! Download via Podbean, Apple Podcasts and Spotify!

Ep 8 Nick Kenny (To retain my tour card for a 4th year is amazing)

In this latest episode it was a pleasure to be joined by Welsh pro Nick Kenny as we discuss his latest form on the Pro Tour that has got him into the Players Championship Finals in Minehead where he is due to face off against Niels Zonneveld in the first round and of course the big one at Ally Pally next month for PDC World Championship as Nick takes part in his 4th PDC World's after last year's heroics beating Stowe Buntz 3-0 with a 170 checkout then beating 5x World Champ Raymond van Barneveld 3-1 in R2 which included a massive run across the stage celebration before bumping into World Number 1 Luke Humphries losing 4-0 to the defending world champ at the time. Nick is from Cwmbran in South Wales and is actually moving into a new house in Newport a very exciting time and played in the pub & county leagues before winning the WDF European Cup Youth Singles in Kirchheim. In 2014 Nick would win 2 Development Tour titles in high calibre fields before making his mark on BDO circuit winning 7 individual titles between 2016 & 2020 and also winning WDF World Cup with Team Wales a proud achievement for a player that loves his country colours. Nick would make 3 BDO World Championship appearances in 2017, 2018 & 2020 most notably having a brilliant match against the number 1 Glen Durrant at the time narrowly losing 3-1 averaging 92. In his last couple of events on BDO before switching to PDC in Romania Kenny would win the final but while going for double the crowd would heckle him enticing a passionate reaction to the winning double jumping off the stage to celebrate.  Nick has been an ever present on PDC circuit since 2020 & this year has been his most solid and will have a tour card for a 4th consecutive year! Find out how Nick gets on in Pro Knowledge at the end it may surprise you! Thanks Nick was a great chat. Download via Podbean, Spotify & Apple Podcasts.