Charles Losper

PROFILE  Country : South Africa Date Of Birth : 18/03/1969 Nickname : The Sensation PDC Ranking : 70 DDB Ranking : 563 DDB Popularity : 133 Entrance Music : INXS - New Sensation Home Town : Cape Town Occupation : Professional Darts Player

BEST MAJOR RESULTS  PDC World Championship   Last 64   2008, 2009 Grand Slam Of Darts   Last 32 Group   2007 WDF World Cup   Last 128   2003       OTHER WINS     Emperors Palace South African Open   Winner   2007, 2008

Charles Losper was born on 18th March 1969 in Cape Town, South Africa and started his darting career at the age of 22 in 1991. He started off playing with a 23 gramme Magnum Dart in the then called “Hanover Lounge” in Hanover Park, a gang infested suburb on the cape flats in Cape Town.

He first made his debut for Western Province Darts Board of Control (WPDBoC) in 1999, while he was still playing for the district called LAUDD (Lansdowne-Athlone United Darts District).  He then went on to join MPRA (Mitchells Plain Recreation Association) in 2000. In 2003 he was again selected for the WPDBoC squad to play in the SA Nationals in Cape Town where WPDBoC won the tournament convincingly and Losper went on to make the World Cup squad to play in Epinal, France. At the world cup he did exceptionally well with his partner Roshin Sivraman from Johannesburg.

He is currently playing with a 97%, 23gr Magnum tungsten dart sponsored by Harrow’s in the UK.  Charles Losper, a brilliant dart player and liked by most of his fellow competitors for his great sense of humour and always having a smile on his face.  He joined the PDC “Professional Dart Corporation” in 2006 with the first ever professional tournament held in South-Africa knowing well that he might loose his spot in the world cup side for 2007. In this tournament he never got anywhere due to the fact that he had a lot of things on his plate before the tournament but none the less he still participated to make this tournament a success. He vouched that he will practice extra hard for the 2007 PDC South-African Opens at Emperor’s Palace in Johannesburg.

He came back in 2007 with a 15 darter that saw him progress through to the last 16 of the competition. A further 12 players had to battle it out amongst each other to get to the last 16 of the competition. In the last 16 Losper then overcame his partner from the 2003 world cup games in France, Roshin Sivraman from Johannesburg 3-0 in the last 16 to secure himself a spot in the quarterfinals. Malcolm Moses was his next victim in the quarterfinals who went out 3-1. Highly fancied Paul Meyer who according to Losper played brilliant darts the whole day was then also punished by Losper with a score of 3-1 in the semi final of the competition.

From hereon no one could stop the ‘Sensation’ as he was on his way to the UK should he win the finals of this competition. Losper then went into the finals playing Lodewyk ‘Baksteen’ Marais. He then white washed Lodewyk Marais 4-0 in the final in style, finishing with a 108 finish hitting treble 12, treble 20 and double 18 to clinch the game.  He went to England to play in the grand slams in Wolverhampton in November of 2007. Although he did not succeed past the first round Losper acknowledge that he learned a lot from the overseas based players and that us South Africans still have a long way to go before we can match those players.

He further went on to play in the World Championships in Alexandra Palace in England.  As far as the games go you have to have match temperament to succeed otherwise you will just fall by the wayside if you don’t have it. Charles Losper, Benedict McCarthy and Vanessa Williams the jazz singer all have something in common and that is, that they all come from a place called Hanover Park on the cape flats and all of them made it on the international scene. Losper admits he still has a lot to learn but he is extremely grateful for players like Waleed Clayton who could guide him in the right direction, and owes a lot to Waleed.

Players like Earl Pentolfe, Devon Petersen, Mark McMahon, Clint Prime, Clifford straddling, Tinus Grobbelaar, Wesley Darries and Wynand Havenga kept Losper on his toes by forcing him to play extra hard in tournaments. Today, Losper is a well respected person in the community and in the South African police services. He thanks everybody who cheered for him and who had confidence that he will make it on the international scene.

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