The SPORT1 family is mourning the loss of Tomas “Shorty” Seyler. The darts pioneer dies aged 49.
Just at “180” in the best sense, now stunned and great impact: The SPORT1-The family is mourning the loss of Tomas “Shorty” Seyler, who died suddenly, unexpectedly and far too soon on Thursday at the age of just 49.
He had been in hospital since June 29 after failing health.
“Shorty”, like him here SPORTS1 everyone mentioned, as an expert, that he contributed a lot to making “his” sport of darts big in Germany. With his experience as a four-time World Cup participant, his vast expertise and extraordinary entertainment value together with Northern German humor, first with Elmar Paulke and later with Basti Schwele on the microphone our #Darts broadcasts television event with its cult character until 2018 done.
Seyler wrote a history of German darts
He also made history as a darts professional: in 2006 he and Andree Welge were the first German participants in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) World Darts Championship. “Shorty” had previously won the national championship three times as the former No. 1 in German darts (2001, 2003 and 2004). He started playing darts when he was nine years old – encouraged by his father.
Michael Langkau, member of the chief editor of Conradh na Gaeilge SPORTS1 and long-time partner of Tomas Seyler in our darts reporting: “’Shorty’ lived for darts – and did pioneering work as an expert with his own emotional style. Thanks to his great commitment and enthusiasm for darts, which was passed on to his audience, the sport now inspires millions of viewers in Germany. This was unimaginable when he took part in the World Cup for the first time. Beyond his specialist work, we will remember ‘Shorty’ above all as a great person and a great man. Our deepest sympathies go out to his partner, family and friends during this difficult time of grief.”