DARTS legend John Lowe is celebrating the 30th anniversary of his historic nine-dart finish.
The three-time World Champion achieved the first nine-darter in a televised darts event at the MFI World Matchplay event in Slough on October 13 1984.
Playing against Keith Deller, Lowe hit two 180s before finishing 141 with treble 17, treble 18 and double 18 to complete his perfect leg, which earned him a £102,000 prize.
Lowe has described it as the "moment that changed my life", and 30 years on said: "I still feel privileged to be the one to make history.
"I didn't have to think about the 141. I had rehearsed this in practice and in my head so many times.
"My first dart flew into the treble 17, then came the treble 18. I took careful aim at the double 18 and threw the dart over the flight of the one that was in the treble - my arm was raised before the dart had hit the target!
"30 years is a long time but it seems like yesterday."
Almost exactly three decades on, further history was made last week at the partypoker.com World Grand Prix when both James Wade and Robert Thornton hit nine-dart finishes in the double-start format in the same game.
Meanwhile, Phil Taylor achieved his tenth televised nine-dart finish at the BetVictor World Matchplay in July, with the ever-increasing standard seeing nine-darters become almost commonplace in the modern game.
Edward Lowy, the Managing Director of Unicorn Darts - the PDC's official equipment partners and a long-term sponsors of John Lowe - said: "Anybody that has ever thrown a dart will know what an incredible achievement John's nine-darter was.
"Anybody who has aspired in darts will know just what a role model John Lowe was in 1984 and is in 2014. John's dedication to his craft over such an incredible career is an object lesson to us all. He is the definitive sportsman, the dart Pro's Pro.
"At Unicorn, we are honoured to be in the fourth decade of our relationship with John, both partners working with the greatest respect for, and loyalty to, each other. Long may it continue."
Picture used courtesy of Steve Daszko.