Dave Clark
@DaveClarkTV
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Optimistic Yorkshireman, Broadcaster, journalist, long distance walker, terrible guitarist, LUFC fan, Parkinson's activist and Springsteen fanatic!
London via Leeds.
Joined May 2010
It’s been an AMAZING journey, but now it’s time to bow out of @SkySportsDarts.22 years on Sky, nearly 10 years with #Parkinsons .Brilliant memories, brilliant people. Just stopping doing the live darts . NOT giving up on life. 100% my decision x
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11 years ago today I was diagnosed with #Parkinsons This could be a sad story, it’s not!. I carried on presenting live sport for 10yrs. I’ve thrown myself into raising awareness & funds. I’m a proud Dad. I have bad days, but I try to stay positive . Embrace life, feel alive! X
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How it feels when you’ve managed to present 16 days of @SkySportsDarts despite having #Parkinsons x
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At 9.47am. 13 years ago today . I was diagnosed with #Parkinsons . There’s no cure!. I thought my life was over. It wasn’t!. I can still walk and talk. It’s made me appreciate every sunrise. I have bad days, but I try to stay positive . Embrace life, feel alive & eat cake ❤️
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Given the news I had #Parkinsons in Jan 2011. A “specialist” said I had 2 years left on TV. 7 years later . Presented The World Championship @skysportsdarts .Really touched by your support #DisabilityNotInability.
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Parkinson’s could eventually rob me of the ability to walk and talk. It’s made me appreciate the simple things in life. My stroll out for a pint tonight was a bit special. I thought I’d share it with you x
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Congratulations @LukeTheNuke180 !! A quick word about @RobCross180 he saw me struggling with my Parkinson’s after a long day presenting. Days later he won the world title. He got his world championship winning shirt & darts framed and gave them to me for charity. Some man!.
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10 yrs ago today I was diagnosed with #Parkinsons. I thought my life was over. It wasn’t. Since then . I’ve walked across England coast to coast. Raised over half a million £‘s for charity. Presented World heavyweight title fights. Been live on stage at The O2.
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That’ll be the chronic degenerative neurological condition that will eventually rob me of the ability to walk,talk and smile @Ladbrokes #parkinsons
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Walking the length of Hadrian’s wall is thirsty work. Cheers everyone x
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12 years ago today I was diagnosed with #Parkinsons . I thought my life was over . It wasn’t!. It’s taught me to appreciate every day. It’s helped me meet some amazing people . I try to live in the moment, so off to Tampa following @springsteen world tour #Brucemedicine. #BBArt
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It’s #WorldParkinsonsDay . Parkinson’s keeps throwing new challenges my way. I walk with a limp. My body is stiff and painful . My right hand shakes . I’ve lost my sense of smell. But . I’m still smiling and confident we can find a. cure. #NoRetreatNoSurrender. @ParkinsonsUK
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I’m an emotional wreck after reading all of your lovely messages. Thanks so much for your support over the years. Keeping busy writing a book.“Stand Up If You Love The Darts.“ .The hardest part, about stopping, was telling my dog the news this morning.
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Very proud to bring you another World Championship on @SkySportsDarts Amazing team effort. Another chance to stick two fingers up at #Parkinsons. 8 years and fighting hard.
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In hospital after getting a partial knee replacement. My #Parkinsons limp, walking coast to coast and years of 5 a side football have worn the old one out. @LUFC if you need a big lad up front next season, I’m your man!! .#ClarkysBionicKnee #SnifferClark #LimpingOnTogether
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Fingers crossed that we science our way out of Covid and #Parkinsons in 2021. Thanks for your love and support this year. Here’s to health, love and laughter in the coming year xxx
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A heartfelt thanks for the incredibly warm reception and lovely messages I got tonight. Delighted to be back on the Premier League. 7000 here tonight! Anyone fancy a beer?.Clarky 1-0 Parkinson’s
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Some days I’m bent double like an old man! . Some days I can’t get out of my chair!. Some days I feel sad!. Today I felt great … after yoga and tennis ! . The unpredictability of #Parkinsons. @morethanatremor ( thanks for the photo)
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Found this on my phone and had a good cry. Eric was a free spirit Rude, Arrogant, Sarcastic and funny, really, funny. He had a few pints last night, entertained the guests, then . The crowd sang his name and Liverpool said goodbye to one of life’s great characters. #RIPEric
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On my way to #Newcastle for the start of my big challenge . I’m walking the length of Hadrian’s Wall. Planning for a gentle start tonight Wallsend to Newcastle, then it gets serious! 10 years with #Parkinsons isn’t the end. #GetUpGetDressedGetOut
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Day 5 - #MarchForACure Hadrian’s‘s wall challenge. Aching in places I didn’t know could ache, blisters on my feet. Oh, and a chronic degenerative neurological condition. Still smiling. Doing another 16 miles today. #Parkinsons
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I’ve treasured every night of this years Premier League @Skysportsdarts.We’ve rocked the biggest Arenas in Europe. Thankyou for tuning in, showing up and joining the party over the last 17 weeks. Congratulations @Mvg180 a great champion. Take that Parkinson’s x
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Merry Christmas one and all 🌲 .Keep loving, keep laughing and try and stay positive. Sending you all BIG Yorkshire Hugs x
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Top tips x. Music makes you happy, don’t live in a silent house. Dance, even if you haven’t danced in years. If your friends don’t ring you, ring them . Get up.Dress up.NEVER Give up. Don’t mourn what you can’t do, celebrate what you can. Stretch, exercise, laugh and Hydrate x.
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#Parkinsons can make me rigid, in pain and unable to move. Every now and then, there are precious moments, when the meds kick in and everything is working. It’s bliss…. It’s #WorldParkinsonsDay .#dance4parkinsons.#dopaminedanceparty.@ParkinsonsUK
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#ParkInsonsIs Waking up feeling like I’ve been hit by a bus, joint pain, rigidity, tremor, urgency to pee, lack of energy, lost sense of smell, incurable. Tonight in front of 10,000 people . I’ll try to forget about #Parkinsons and #lovethedarts .#WorldParkinsonsDay RT.
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Stop making me cry x.
What a broadcaster, what a professional, what a man. Thank you for everything @DaveClarkTV. ✍️ Live blog: 📺 Watch the World Matchplay Darts, live on Sky Sports Action
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Sometimes - I’m frustrated that I have to take a handful of pills to be able to move properly. Sometimes - I’m sad when I have to ask my son to do up my shirt buttons. Sometimes - I worry about the future. #WorldParkinsonsDay.@ParkinsonsUK @CureParkinsonsT.
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Amazed, humbled and pinching myself. Did this really happen last night?
🏆 Congratulations, @SkySportsDarts presenter @DaveClarkTV, this year’s Hall of Fame inductee 🏆👏🏼. #PDCAwards
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Rubbish day . My team got spanked, my Parkinson’s gave me a kicking and had some rubbish family health news. BUT, I did some exercise, walked the dog and looked at the fruit on my apple tree in my little garden. Ending the day smiling x
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Thank you so much for all the amazing messages. I have to admit I had a little tear in my eye reading some of them. Merry Christmas to one and all. Just had this from @Ladbrokes
@DaveClarkTV we would like to apologise sincerely for what was a completely ill-judged, and inappropriate tweet. We will today be making a donation to @ParkinsonsUK in support of this excellent charity. Keep up the great work.
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Big day on my #MarchForACure.Hadrian’s Wall challenge.Day 2, Heddon to Chollerford, 16 miles !!.@ParkinsonsUK
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You’ll be pleased to know the beer delivery has just arrived at Alexandra Palace @SkySportsDarts
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Thanks so much for all the lovely messages about last nights @SkySportsDarts The perfect way to bow out in the City I love, with the people I love, presenting the sport I love. It’s not the end, just the start of a new adventure. Leeds you were amazing x
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Thanks so much for watching the last 16 weeks. Jan 2011 - Diagnosed with #Parkinsons. May 2018 - Live on stage The O2 Arena, London in front of 10,000 presenting .@Skysportsdarts . #keepfighting .#keepbelieving .#lovethedarts
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"When Alexander of Macedonia was 33, he cried salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer … [Eric] Bristow's only 27".Enjoy a pint with Sid my friend. #Heartbroken
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Thanks so much for all the lovely messages after yesterday‘s interview @GMB @susannareid100 . Enjoy every sunrise and have a great day. A #Parkinsons diagnosis really isn’t the end x.
Dave Clark has presented the World Championship Darts every festive season for 20 years. In 2011, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's but defied the odds and carried on presenting live sport for 10 years.
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Cheers! My round. What’s everyone drinking tonight? Cold cider for me x
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I’m welling up! . AMAZING generosity from sponsors @Betfred giving me £32,000 for @ParkinsonsUK to fund vital research. Thanks to all the players for smashing in the 180’s to earn the cash. A HUUUUGE thankyou to YOU for watching @skysportsdarts @officialpdc
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What a man! @RobCross180 has given me the darts shirt and darts he used in The World Championship Final to auction for @ParkinsonsUK Details next Sunday @OfficialPDC @SkySportsDarts sa
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In September I’m Walking/Limping The Length Of Hadrian’s Wall for @ParkinsonsUK. If you could support me, that would be FAB! Please RT
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Blown away by all your lovely messages this evening. Thanks #Liverpool for your amazing support x #Parkinsons #lovethedarts .#WorldParkinsonsDay #KeepFighting
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Watching @Rob7Burrow documentary. His speech is slurred, his legs have stopped working, but his spirit and optimism shine through. A top man! MND and Parkinson’s share symptoms and are both totally rubbish. Let’s find a cure. @mndassoc @ParkinsonsUK.
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Swum with turtles on The Great Barrier Reef. Seen Springsteen in New York. Hopefully, I’m proof that you can live a long, happy and productive life with this chronic, incurable condition. Here’s to the next 10 years and some more adventures.#NoRetreatNoSurrender.@ParkinsonsUK.
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Having a couple of pints of Guinness and enjoying the spectacle of #Cheltenham2024 with my son Harry. Thanks to the lovely people who’ve come over to say hello. X
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Thanks to all the lovely people who came over and said hello at #Cheltenham today. Backed a couple of winners and introduced my son to the Guinness enclosure x
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Sorry to bother you, any chance I could get a blue tick/Verified ?.@TwitterSupport Thankyou x.
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Today is World #Parkinsons Day. Some days I can’t write my name, some days I struggle to get dressed, some days every joint in my body aches. #UniteForParkinsons Please watch this video that shows what Parkinson’s truly is
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Day 4 on our #MarchForACure 60 miles completed so far, it’s been tough! Clare, Martin and I all have #Parkinsons I think we deserve a quick drink. X
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Blown away by your incredible generosity after my Hadrian’s Wall walk. More than £35,000 to fund vital research @ParkinsonsUK.Thanks!
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My @springsteen world tour comes to an end tonight in London. I’ve been to The USA, Scotland, Ireland and Scandinavia …. No better way to celebrate than with my 17 year old son attending his first #estreetband gig….
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Sending my best wishes to Jeremy Paxman. Hopefully I’ve proved that a diagnosis of Parkinson’s isn’t the end. X
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If you want to laugh out loud this morning, check out This Morning x
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Just planning how I’m going to spend £113M #euromillions jackpot, when I win tonight. Big chunk to #Parkinsons research. Shaking with excitement x.
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It’s a miserable time of year for many . Don’t mourn what you can’t do . Celebrate what you can. Always have something in the diary that excites you. If friends don’t ring you, ring them. Get outside . Do something nice for someone every day. #Parkinsons . 📸 @morethanatremor
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Completed the first bit of my #MarchForACure Hadrian’s Wall Challenge. My body is behaving itself so far!! #Parkinsons in #Newcastle
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Day 4 - Making progress. #MarchForACure Hadrian’s Wall Challenge. We’ve walked across Northumberland now in Cumbria x
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Back for the final night of @springsteen European tour at @wembleystadium My 18 year old son George was brought up the right way #Lufc and #BruceSpringsteen
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Touched, @GaryAnderson180 just came into the studio and gave me a cheque for £1000 for my @ParkinsonsUK charity walk
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Day 3 #MarchForACure Hadrian’s Wall challenge done. Thanks to the generous strangers along the route today. 45 miles walked so far. More than £25,000 raised for @ParkinsonsUK xxx
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Message to my 2 sons. I might not see much of you next year, I’m touring the world with @springsteen I’ve spent your inheritance on tickets. CLARKY’S BRUCE DATES.Feb 1st - Tampa.May 9th - Dublin.May 30th - Edinburgh .June 28th - Gothenburg .July 2nd - Oslo.July 6th - Hyde Park.
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Yesterday was my dog Ruby’s first birthday. As a surprise, we took her to meet her mum June and brothers Ted and Frank. Here’s what happened .
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Day 2 of my #MarchForACure Hadrian’s Wall Challenge completed. 32 miles done so far. Tired, sore but happy x
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Day 6 - Feeling quite emotional. It’s the last day of.#MarchForACure.Hadrian’s Wall challenge! .Walked - 75miles.Raised - £29,000 so far.Aching - Everywhere .Smiling - Of Course.@ParkinsonsUK .Pic @pdinfocus
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These two popped in to say hello at the darts in Rotterdam x
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Lovely surprise when I got to work tonight £1000 from @GaryAnderson180 for @ParkinsonsUK What a man! Thanks @BullyBoy180 for winning the bet, abseiling down a skyscraper in NZ #LoveTheDarts
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. and some days I present @SkySportsDarts on stage in front of 11,000 and the #Parkinsons magically disappears xxx
Today is World #Parkinsons Day. Some days I can’t write my name, some days I struggle to get dressed, some days every joint in my body aches. #UniteForParkinsons Please watch this video that shows what Parkinson’s truly is
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What an incredible man! . Brave and brilliant with a heart of pure gold. Rob raised so much money and awareness of Motor Neurone Disease, one of the cruelest neurological conditions. My thoughts are with his friends and family x.
It is with deep sadness that the club can confirm that former player Rob Burrow CBE has passed away, aged 41. More here
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When your hero joins Paul McCartney on stage…. Who’s crying, I’m not crying… @springsteen #Glastonbury2022
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Just when he thought life couldn’t get any better ❤️.
LUKE LITTLER HITS A NINE-DARTER! 🚨. More history from the 16-year-old sensation!!! 🌟
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Try not to worry about the journey ahead … look back and see how far you’ve come #parkinsons
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Fab days walking @SimonThomasSky The sun shone on us both x
Hanging out with this legend was just what I needed today. Impossible not to have your spirits lifted by @DaveClarkTV
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I was quite symptomatic with my #Parkinsons when this was recorded for @SkySportsNews 25th anniversary … Feel it’s important to show the impact of this horrible condition. Nearly 13 years in, I’m still upbeat and positive … life is good!.#strongforlong.
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When many others would have thrown in the towel @snakebitewright kept on fighting! Now he’s The Champion of The World. Congratulations x.
🏆 📸 THE CHAMP 📸 🎯. ‘I’m not going to bed, I’m staying up all night and I’m going to celebrate’. Going to be hard to separate @snakebitewright from the Sid Waddell Trophy
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16 wks, record crowds, amazing final. Well done @MvG180 Thanks for watching. @SkySportsDarts .Clark 1 Parkinson's 0
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We’ve had a power cut at The Palace. Peter Wright v Seigo Asada game has been delayed. You will not miss a thing @SkySportsDarts
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This guy is my new hero! He has .#Parkinsons and is rowing across the Indian Ocean 1,920 hours!!! @RowOcean Thanks @WilliamHill for sponsoring him. @ParkinsonsUK
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It’s #WorldParkinsonsDay It affects 145,000 people in the UK, affects people of all ages, sexuality and religion. My Dad had it, now I have it. It’s painful, it’s incurable, but I’m still positive about the future. Educate yourself, help us find a cure. @ParkinsonsUK.
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Day 3 -#MarchForACure Hadrian‘s wall challenge. We should pass the halfway mark today. Thanks for the incredible support, lovely messages and generous donations to @ParkinsonsUK hopefully the weather stays fine after a double soaking yesterday x
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