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Darts is a variety of related games, in which darts are thrown at a circular target (dartboard) hung on a wall. See also 2008 in sports, 2007 in darts, 2009 in darts. News January 1 - John Part Darts are missile Weapons designed to fly such that a sharp often weighted point will strike first Though various different boards and games have been used in the past, the term 'darts' usually now refers to a standardised game involving a specific board design and set of rules. As well as being a professional competitive activity, darts is a traditional pub game, commonly played by people in the United Kingdom (the first country to officially recognize darts as a sport), across the Commonwealth, the Netherlands, the Scandinavian countries, the United States and elsewhere. Pub games are games which are or were played in Pubs, Bars, Inns and Taverns particularly traditional games played in English pubs The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Terminology and usage As a cultural term "Scandinavia" has no official definition and is subject to usage by those who identify with the culture in question as well The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

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Dartboards

Dartboards are usually made of sisal fibers or boar bristles; low quality boards are sometimes made of coiled paper. Sisal or sisal hemp is an Agave Agave sisalana that yields a stiff Fiber used in making Rope. The boar or wild boar ( Sus scrofa) is an Omnivorous, gregarious Mammal of the biological family Suidae. A regulation board is 18 inches (45. 72 cm) in diameter and is divided into 20 sections. Each section is lined with thin metal wire, or a thin band of sheet metal that separates the sections. The numbers indicating the various scoring sections of the board are normally made of wire, especially on tournament-quality boards, but may be printed directly on the board instead.

Height and distance

In the standard game, the dartboard is hung so that the bullseye is 5 ft 8 in (1. 73m) from the floor: eye-level for a six foot person. The oche (IPA: /'ɒki/) - the line behind which the throwing player must stand - is generally 7 ft 9¼ in (2. 37m) from the face of the dartboard measured horizontally. This is the recognized world standard as set by the World Darts Federation and is played as such in most areas. Due to measurement error this may be incorrect in some places (such as measuring from the wall, rather than using a plumb line to measure from the board face). A plumb-bob or a plummet is a weight with a pointed tip on the bottom that is suspended from a string and used as a vertical reference line London 5 board or narrow 5's board set up is slightly different from the standard board. The height is set at 5 feet 6 inches to the center of the bull and the oche is at 9 feet from the face of the board. [1]

History

The first recorded game of darts was in Dartford (hence its name). The dartboard itself may have its origins in the cross section of a tree. A tree is a perennial Woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or An old name for a dartboard is a 'butt', and from this, folk etymology infers that the bottoms of wine barrels were the original dartboards; this word in fact comes, via archery, from the French word butte, meaning target. Folk etymology is a term used in two distinct ways A commonly held misunderstanding of the origin of a particular word a False etymology. The use of Oak in Wine plays a significant role in Winemaking and can have a profound effect on the resulting wine impacting the color flavor An archery butts is an Archery practice field with mounds of earth used for the targets Various designs of dartboard have been used, and regional variations remain in parts of Staffordshire, Manchester (log-end board)[2] and Yorkshire. Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. Yorkshire is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in Great Britain. In particular, the Yorkshire and Perrigo Manchester boards differ from the standard board in that they have a single, inner bull and no treble ring. The london 5. s board is another variation. This has only 12 equal segments numbered 20,5,15 and 10 with the doubles and trebles being a quarter of a inch wide. [3]

There is speculation that the game originated among soldiers throwing short arrows at the bottom of the cask or at the bottom of trunks of trees. As the wood dried, cracks would develop, creating "sections". Soon, regional standards emerged and many woodworkers supplemented bar tabs by fabricating dart boards for the local pubs.

The numbering plan generally in use today has a 20 on top; however, a great many other configurations have been used throughout the years and in different geographical locations. By most accounts, the numbering layout was devised by Brian Gamlin in 1896 to penalize inaccuracy. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Although this applies to most of the board, the left-hand side (near the 14 section) is preferred by beginners, for its concentration of larger numbers. Mathematically, removing the rotational symmetry by placing the "20" at the top, there are 19!, or 121,645,100,408,832,000 possible dartboards. Definition The factorial function is formally defined by n!=\prod_{k=1}^n k Many different layouts would penalize a player more than the current setup; however, the current setup actually does the job rather efficiently. [4]

Scoring

The standard dartboard is divided into 20 numbered sections, scoring from 1 to 20 points, by wires running from the small central circle to the outer circular wire. Circular wires within the outer wire subdivide each section into single, double and triple areas.

Various games can be played (and still are played informally) using the standard dartboard. However, in the official game, any dart landing inside the outer wire scores as follows:

The highest score possible with 3 darts is 180, commonly known as a "ton 80" (100 points is called a ton), obtained when all three darts land in the triple 20. In the televised game, the referee frequently announces a score of 180 in exuberant style. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic A referee is a person who has authority to make decisions about play in many Sports Officials in various sports are known by a variety of titles including referee

Playing darts

The sport of darts is usually contested between 2 players who take turns in throwing up to three darts. Starting from a set score, usually 501 or 301, a player wins by reducing his score to zero. The last dart in the leg must hit either a double or the inner portion of the bullseye, which is the double of the outer bull, and must reduce the score to exactly 0. Successfully doing so is known as "doubling out" or "checking out" (see the Glossary of darts for more darts terminology). This is a general Glossary of Darts, the popular pub sport. A; ANNIE'S ROOM (or ANNIE'S HOUSE The number 1 A throw that would reduce a player's score to less than zero does not count, his turn ends, and his score is reset to what it was before that turn. (Sometimes in friendly games a player is allowed a dog's chance by "splitting the eleven" if he has a remaining score of 1: this requires placing a final dart between the legs of the number 11 in the normally non-scoring part of the board. ) Since the double areas are small, doubling out is usually the most difficult and tense part of a leg. Longer matches are often divided into sets, each comprising some number of legs.

Although playing straight down from 501 is standard in darts, other variations exist, notably "doubling in", where players must hit a double to begin scoring, with all darts thrown before said double contributing nothing to their score. Other games that are commonly played differ in their scoring methods. These include "Round The Clock", "Jumpers", "Killer" and the more complicated "Cricket". Darts refers to a variety of related games in which darts are thrown at a circular target (dartboard hung on a wall Darts refers to a variety of related games in which darts are thrown at a circular target (dartboard hung on a wall Cricket is a dart game that uses the standard 20 number dartboard with the treble and double rings

In "Round the Clock", players must hit each numbered section in turn, finishing with a bull to win. Darts refers to a variety of related games in which darts are thrown at a circular target (dartboard hung on a wall Far from being a beginner's game, Round The Clock is a good training game since it practises targeting all areas of the board, a skill which is essential when finishing a classic leg.

In Killer, a number of players "own" a number on the dartboard (often selected by throwing a dart with their non-playing arm) and compete to build up "lives" (by hitting that number) until a threshold is reached (usually 4 or 6) before attempting to "kill" other players by removing the lives they have built up (by hitting those other players' number) until a single player is left.

Professional organizations

Main article: Split in darts

Of the two professional organizations, the British Darts Organisation (BDO), founded 1973, is the older. The Split in darts refers to an acrimonious dispute between top professional Darts players and the game's governing body which began in 1992 and resulted in the formation of This article is about people called professionals For the Movie, see The Professional or Leon. The British Darts Organisation, or the BDO for short is a Darts Organisation. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Its tournaments are often shown on the BBC in the UK and on SBS6 in the Netherlands. SBS Broadcasting Group (normally referred to as just SBS, which originally stood for Scandinavian Broadcasting System) was a European broadcasting group operating The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The BDO is a member of the World Darts Federation (WDF) (founded 1976), along with organizations in some 60 other countries worldwide. The World Darts Federation (WDF was formed in 1976 by representatives of fifteen (15 nations Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The BDO originally organized a number of the more prestigious British tournaments with a few notable exceptions such as the News of the World Championship and the national events run under the auspices of the National Darts Association of Great Britain. However many sponsors were lost and British TV coverage became much reduced by the early nineties.

In 1992 a breakaway organization was formed, initially known as the World Darts Council (WDC) but shortly after known as the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC is a Professional Darts organisation established in the United Kingdom during 1992 which split from The PDC tournaments have a considerable following, although due to their coverage on subscription-based Sky television, the PDC World Championship has lower TV viewing figures than that of the BDO.

The PDC tournaments often have higher prize money and feature the leading player in the history of the game, 13-time World Champion Phil Taylor. Philip Douglas Taylor (born August 13 1960 is a 13 time world champion English darts player whose nickname is The Power. The highly successful BDO player Raymond van Barneveld switched to the PDC and won the World Championship at his first attempt in 2007. Raymond van Barneveld (born April 20 1967 in The Hague, Netherlands) nickname Barney and The Man, is a professional

Professional competitions

The BDO and PDC both organize a World Professional Championship. The World Professional Darts Championship is the most important tournament in the Darts calendar They are held annually over the Christmas/New Year period, with the PDC championship finishing slightly earlier than the BDO tournament. The BDO World Championship has been running since 1978; the PDC World Championship started in 1994. The PDC World Darts Championship is one version of the World Darts Championship and was introduced following a dispute with the British Darts Organisation in 1994.

Both organizations hold other professional tournaments. The BDO organize the World Masters and many Open tournaments. The Winmau World Masters is one of the longest running professional darts tournaments which began in 1974 - even before the current World Professional Championship. They also organize county darts for their 64 county members in the UK including individual and team events. The counties of the United Kingdom are a type of subnational division of historical origin by the Middle Ages they had become established as a unit of

The PDC's major tournaments are the World Championships Premier League, UK Open, Las Vegas Desert Classic, World Matchplay and the World Grand Prix. The Whyte & Mackay Premier League is a darts tournament which launched on January 20, 2005, on Sky Sports. The Blue Square UK Open is an innovative PDC darts tournament where following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain 128 players compete in a single elimination The Las Vegas Desert Classic is a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC and held each year in July since 2002 The Stan James World Matchplay is a darts tournament, played in a legs format, and is run by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC The World Grand Prix is a PDC darts tournament held in Dublin each October All of these are broadcast live on Sky Sports television in the UK. They also hold PDC Pro Tour events and smaller category events around the UK. As of 2007 the PDC have introduced two new televised major tournaments - the US Open (to be broadcast on Challenge TV) and the Grand Slam of Darts (to be screened on ITV).

There are two Dutch independently organised major tournaments the International Darts League, and the World Darts Trophy which as from 2007 feature a mix of BDO and PDC players. The Topic International Darts League was a Darts tournament held at the Triavium in Nijmegen, Netherlands. The Bullit World Darts Trophy was a darts tournament held each September at De Vechtsebanen in Utrecht, Netherlands between 2002 and 2007 Both organizations allocate rankings to the tournaments.

The WDF World Cup for national teams and a singles tournament has been played biennially since 1977. The WDF World Cup is a darts tournament held biennially since 1977. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays The WDF also organize the Europe Cup.

Televised darts

Darts first appeared on British television in 1962 when Westward Television broadcast the Westward TV Invitational to the south-west of England. Westward Television was the first ITV franchise holder for the South West of England from 29 April 1961 until 31 December 1981 South West England is one of the Regions of England. It is the largest such region in terms of area and extends from Gloucestershire and Wiltshire to In 1970, ITV broadcast the News of the World Championship and from 1972 the Indoor League, which featured a darts tournament. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent The News of the World Individual Darts Championship was one of the first major organised darts competitions which began in 1927 Indoor League was a television series broadcast in the United Kingdom by Yorkshire Television during the 1970s

Over the next decade darts coverage expanded with many major tournaments appearing on both ITV and BBC through the 1970s and early 1980s, but the cancellation of ITV's World of Sport show in 1985 meant they had to cut back on darts coverage but despite this they still showed the World Masters until 1988. World of Sport was a British Television Sport anthology programme which ran on ITV between January 2, 1965 and The BBC also cut back on their coverage to the extent that one major event was still broadcast on either channel by 1988 - the World Championship.

With the creation of the PDC and expanded coverage of the BDO on BBC, darts has since grown again. There are again several major tournaments broadcast in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world.

In Europe, Eurosport broadcast the Lakeside World Championships, having signed a three-year contract in 2006, and that year also broadcast the Finland Open, the BDO British Internationals, the BDO England Open and the BDO British Open. Eurosport is the largest European sports Satellite and cable network available in 54 countries and broadcasting in 20 different languages There has been no Eurosport coverage of Open events thus far in 2007.

In the UK, The Lakeside and the Winmau World Masters are currently broadcast by BBC. However it wasn't until 2005 that viewers were able to see every dart thrown live at the World Championship. This was the year that BBC introduced interactive coverage on its BBCi service.

In the Netherlands, SBS6 broadcasts the Lakeside (since 1998), International Darts League, World Darts Trophy and the Dutch Open. SBS 6 is a commercial TV channel in the Netherlands owned by ProSiebenSat RTL 5 broadcast the Dutch Grand Masters in 2005. RTL 5 is the 2nd channel of the RTL Group in the Netherlands. Some of these tournaments can also be watched on the internet for free using a live stream, depending on contractual restrictions (external links: SBS Streams [3][4][5][6][7] and Watchdarts. com stream [8])

The PDC's Premier League, UK Open, Las Vegas Desert Classic, World Matchplay, the World Grand Prix and the Irish Open are all televised live and in their entirety in the UK by satellite and cable broadcaster BSkyB on Sky Sports. The Whyte & Mackay Premier League is a darts tournament which launched on January 20, 2005, on Sky Sports. The Blue Square UK Open is an innovative PDC darts tournament where following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain 128 players compete in a single elimination The Las Vegas Desert Classic is a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC and held each year in July since 2002 The Stan James World Matchplay is a darts tournament, played in a legs format, and is run by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC The World Grand Prix is a PDC darts tournament held in Dublin each October British Sky Broadcasting ( BSkyB — Sky Television and BSB) is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the Dutch station, Sport One, DSF in Germany and several other tv stations across the globe also broadcast the PDC events.

The PDC launched the World Series of Darts for the first time in the United States in 2006. The World Series of Darts was a Professional Darts Corporation event which was introduced in 2006. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Its $1 million prize showcased professional darts in the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Unfortunately the programme was not a ratings success and was taken from its peak time broadcast slot on ESPN after just a few weeks. The tournament was replaced with a US Open event in 2007 which was screened in the UK on digital television channel Challenge TV.

The PDC have also confirmed that a new Grand Slam of Darts event will be broadcast on ITV1 and ITV4 in November. PartyPokercom Grand Slam of Darts is a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation which was staged for the first time in 2007 This represents the first major darts tournament to be covered by the ITV network in almost twenty years.

The Grand Slam of darts went ahead in November 2007, with Phil Taylor beating Andy Hamilton in the final. It was broadcast jointly by ITV1 & ITV4.

Betting

In places where alcohol is consumed, English law has long permitted betting only on games of skill, as opposed to games of chance, and then only for small stakes. In Chemistry, an alcohol is any Organic compound in which a Hydroxyl group ( - O[[hydrogen H]]) is bound to a Carbon English law is the legal system of England and Wales, and is the basis of Common law legal systems used in most Commonwealth countriesand the A game of skill is a Game where the outcome is determined mainly by mental and/or physical Skill, rather than by pure chance. A game of chance is a Game whose outcome is strongly influenced by some randomizing device and upon which contestants frequently wager money An apocryphal tale relates that in 1908, Jim Garside, the landlord of the Adelphi Inn, Leeds, England was called before the local magistrates to answer the charge that he had allowed betting on a game of chance, darts, on his premises. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Leeds ( is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England A magistrate is a judicial officer In Common law systems a magistrate usually has limited authority to administer and enforce the Law. Garside asked for the assistance of local champion William Bigfoot Anakin who attended as a witness and demonstrated that he could hit any number on the board nominated by the court. Bigfoot or Sasquatch is alleged to be an Ape -like creature inhabiting remote forests mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and Canada A witness is someone who has firsthand knowledge about a Crime or dramatic event through their Senses (e Garside was discharged as the magistrates found darts, indeed, to be a game of skill. More recently, in keeping with Darts' strong association with pubs and drinking, matches between friends or pub teams are often played for pints.

In the professional game, betting is prominent with many of the big bookmaking companies sponsoring events (particularly within the PDC). A bookmaker, bookie or turf accountant, is an organization or a person that takes bets and pays winnings depending upon results and depending on the nature Sky Bet (World Grand Prix, Premier League), Stan James (World Matchplay), Blue Square (UK Open) and Ladbrokes (World Championship) are all title sponsors of major PDC events. Ladbrokes plc ( is a British based Gambling company It is based in Rayners Lane in Harrow London.

On FSN broadcasts in the United States, the logos for Ladbrokes are pixelized out and digitally obscured, along with any audible references to Ladbrokes, due to American laws and policies against online gambling. Pixelization is a video- and image-editing technique where an image or part of it is blurred by displaying part or all of it at a markedly lower resolution Online gambling is a general term for Gambling using the Internet

Famous players

For a list of famous players' nicknames see: List of darts players' nicknames

World Champions

Current World Champions
BDO: Mark Webster Webby
PDC: John Part Darth Maple
Women's: Anastasia Dobromyslova

Multiple World Champions

13 Phil Taylor The Power (11 PDC, 2 BDO)
7 Trina Gulliver The Golden Girl
5 Eric Bristow Crafty Cockney
5 Raymond van Barneveld Barney/ The Man (4 BDO, 1 PDC)
3 John Part Darth Maple (1 BDO, 2 PDC)
3 John Lowe Old Stoneface
2 Jocky Wilson
2 Dennis Priestley The Menace (1 BDO, 1 PDC)
 Former single-time BDO World Champions
Martin Adams Wolfie
Bob Anderson The Limestone Cowboy
Steve Beaton Magnum-PI/ The Bronze Adonis
Richie Burnett The Prince of Wales
Tony David The Deadly Boomerang
Keith Deller The Fella / The Milky Bar Kid
Andy Fordham The Viking
Ted Hankey The Count
Jelle Klaasen The Matador
Leighton Rees
Les Wallace McDanger
John Walton John Boy

Other famous players

BDO

Martin Atkins The Assassin
Gary Anderson The Dreamboy
Steve Coote Magic
Dick van Dijk The Player
Darryl Fitton The Dazzler
Bobby George Bobby Dazzler / Mister Glitter
Shaun Greatbatch 9 Dart
Phill Nixon Nixy
Tony O'Shea Silverback
Gary Robson Robbo
Niels de Ruiter The Excellent Dude
Co Stompé The Matchstick
Scott Waites Scotty 2 Hotty
Tony West The Tornado
Simon Whitlock The Wizard
Brian Woods Pecker

PDC

Ronnie Baxter The Rocket
Mark Dudbridge Flash
Tony Eccles The Viper
Andy Hamilton The Hammer
Terry Jenkins The Bull
Mervyn King The King
Adrian Lewis Jackpot
Colin Lloyd Jaws
Wayne Mardle Hawaii 501
Peter Manley One Dart
Chris Mason Mace the Ace
Kevin McDine SuperMc
Kevin Painter The Artist
Kirk Shepherd Karate Kid
Roland Scholten The Flying Dutchman
Robert Thornton The Thorn
Vincent van der Voort Greased Lightning
Michael van Gerwen Mighty Mike
James Wade The Machine
Alan Warriner-Little The Iceman

Former Players

Tony Brown
Richie Davies
Alan Evans
Mike Gregory
Rod Harrington The Prince of Style
Paul Lim The Singapore Slinger(made the 1st World Ch'ship 9-darter)
Marshall James
Rick Ney
Dave Whitcombe

Other darts games and variants

There are a number of regional variations on the standard rules and scoring systems. Mark Webster (born August 12, 1983 in St Asaph) is a left-handed Welsh darts player who lives in Denbigh. John Part (born June 29, 1966 in Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian darts player, who is Nicknamed Darth Maple Anastasia Dobromyslova (born 26 September 1984) is a professional Darts player from Russia, and the current Women's World Professional Darts Philip Douglas Taylor (born August 13 1960 is a 13 time world champion English darts player whose nickname is The Power. Trina Gulliver (born 30 November, 1969) is the seven-time Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the British Darts Organisation. Eric Bristow MBE ( "The Crafty Cockney ") (born Hackney, London, 25 April 1957)is a British Raymond van Barneveld (born April 20 1967 in The Hague, Netherlands) nickname Barney and The Man, is a professional John Part (born June 29, 1966 in Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian darts player, who is Nicknamed Darth Maple John Lowe (born in New Tupton, Derbyshire on 21 July 1945) was one of the main competitors who made Darts such a huge spectator John Thomas Wilson, (born 22 March 1950) better known as "Jocky" Wilson, is a former Scottish Darts champion Dennis Priestley (born July 16, 1950 in Mexborough, South Yorkshire) is a two-time World Darts Champion and the first player to win both Martin Adams (born June 4, 1956) is an English international Darts player Robert Charles "Bob" Anderson (born November 7 1947, Winchester, Hampshire, England) is a former world Darts Steve Beaton (born 5 April, 1964 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England) is a darts player for the Professional Darts Richie Burnett (born February 7, 1967 in Cwmparc, Rhondda) is a former World Champion Welsh darts player. Tony David (born September 11, 1967 in Townsville, Queensland) is a darts player and is the only Australian player to have been Keith Deller (born December 24, 1959 in Ipswich) is an English Darts player who won the Embassy World Professional Darts Championship Andy Fordham (born February 2, 1962 in London) is an English darts player also known by his nicknames The Viking or Frist Edward "Ted" Hankey (born 20 February, 1968 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire) is an English Darts player Jelle Klaasen (born 17 October, 1984) is the youngest darts player ever to win the World Darts Championship Leighton Thomas Rees ( January 17, 1940 - June 8, 2003 in Ynysybwl, South Wales) was the first ever World Professional Les Wallace (born February 22, 1962 in Forres) is a Scottish, former World Champion darts player John Walton (born November 10, 1961 in Bradford, Yorkshire) is an English Darts player who is a former World Champion Martin Atkins (born December 24, 1965) is an English Darts player Gary Anderson (born December 22, 1970) is a Scottish darts player. Steve Coote (born September 19, 1970 in Bolton) is a English Darts player Dick van Dijk (born May 20, 1970 in Den Haag) is a Dutch Darts player who plays for the British Darts Organisation. Darryl Fitton (born 5 May 1962 in Stockport, England is an English professional darts player currently playing for the BDO. Bobby George (born December 16, 1945) is an English Darts player and pundit who is known as one of the leading characters in the game for Shaun Greatbatch (born July 13, 1969) is an English Darts player Phill Nixon (born March 13, 1956) is an English Darts player from Ferryhill, County Durham sponsored by Red Dragon Tony O'Shea ( Stockport, May 9 1961) is an English darts player who competes for the British Darts Organisation. Gary Robson (born June 19, 1967) is a professional darts player currently playing for the British Darts Organisation. Niels de Ruiter (born January 21, 1983 in Lelystad, Netherlands) is a Dutch darts player Jacobus `Co` Stompé (born 10 September, 1962 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch professional Darts player Scott Waites (born February 17, 1977) is an English darts player who plays in tournaments organised by the British Darts Organisation. Tony West (born 7 July 1972) is an English professional darts player who competes in British Darts Organisation tournaments Simon Whitlock (born March 3, 1969 in Brisbane, Australia) is an Australian darts player who plays in British Darts Organisation tournaments Brian Woods (born November 9, 1966) is an English darts player who competes in events organised by the British Darts Organisation. Ronnie Baxter (born May 2, 1961 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English darts player Mark Dudbridge (born 11 January 1973 in Bristol, England) is an English professional darts player Tony Eccles (born January 8, 1970) is a Winmau sponsored darts player currently residing in Hartlepool. Andy Hamilton (born March 16, 1967 in Stoke-on-Trent) is a full time professional English Darts player widely known for his "aggressive" Terry Jenkins (born 26 September 1963) is a professional English darts player who was born in Ledbury, Herefordshire Adrian Lewis (born 21 January 1985 in Stoke-on-Trent) is a Darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC Colin Lloyd (born August 7, 1973 in Colchester, Essex) nicknamed Jaws, is a darts player on the Professional Darts Corporation Wayne Mardle (born in Dagenham, England on May 10 1973) is a Darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, Peter David Manley (born 7 March 1962) is a darts player who plays under the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC Christopher John "Chris" Mason (born December 17, 1969 in Bristol, South West England) is an English darts player who Kevin McDine (born May 23 1985 in Wallsend) is an English darts player currently residing in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire Kevin Painter (born July 12, 1967) is an English Darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, where he is also known Kirk Shepherd (born October 5, 1986) is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events Roland Scholten (born January 11, 1965 in The Hague) is a Dutch darts player and former publican who with partner Raymond Robert Thornton (born July 17, 1967 is a Scottish darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events after his switch from the BDO Vincent van der Voort (born December 18, 1975 in Purmerend) is a Darts player from The Netherlands. Michael van Gerwen (born April 25, 1989 in Boxtel, Netherlands) is a Dutch professional darts player. James Wade (born 6 April 1983 in Aldershot, Hampshire) is an English professional Darts player currently playing Alan Warriner-Little (born March 24 1962 in Lancaster) is an English professional darts player. Tony Brown (born April 1, 1945) is a former English Professional Darts player Ritchie Davies (born November 27, 1971) is a former Welsh professional darts player from Aberdare. David "Alan" Evans (June 14 1949 - February 1999 was a Welsh Professional Darts player who competed in the 1970s and 1980s Mike Gregory (born December 16, 1956 in Bath Somerset) is a former professional darts player who reached the final the Winmau World Rod Harrington, born 30 December 1957 in Boreham Essex is a former English darts player with the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC Paul Lim Leong Hwa known simply as Paul Lim (born January 25, 1954 in Singapore) is a Professional Darts player who A nine dart finish is the ultimate checkout in the game of Darts, constituting a perfect game Marshall James is a professional Darts player from Wales whose only high-profile success in the game so far was being runner-up in the 1997 BDO World Championship Rick Ney (born 1961 is a retired American Professional Darts player who competed in the 1970s 1980s and 1990s Dave Whitcombe (born June 27, 1954) is an English Professional Darts player who won several major tournaments and reached two Round the Clock is a variation that involves hitting the numbers in sequence[5] . Jumpers is a variation played in Asia [6].

There are also a number of games regarding placing pictures of famous people onto dart boards.

American darts

Main article: American Darts

American Darts, despite the name, is a regional USA variant of the game (most U. American Darts, despite the name is a regional USA variant of the game (most U S. dart players play the traditional games described above). This style of dart board is most often found in eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and parts of New York state.

Darts cricket

Main article: Cricket (darts)

Dartball

Main article: Dartball

Darts Fibonacci

Main article: Fibonacci (darts)

Low darts

In low darts, the board is placed on the floor and leaned against a pole, usually metal. Cricket is a dart game that uses the standard 20 number dartboard with the treble and double rings Dartball is a Game in which Darts are thrown at a large wooden or Homasote board that resembles a Baseball field with colored areas which denote Fibonacci is a dart game that uses the standard 20 number dartboard with the treble and double rings The throwing line is 7' 3" away from the front of the board, as in American darts, except players place their back foot on the line and may assume a forward lunging position to place their front foot as close to the board as possible to gain an advantage. The player may only have two points of contact with the floor and he must demonstrate balance before, during and after throwing. The darts are thrown underhand and the first player to score exactly -21 points wins. If a player "busts" (scores less than -21 points) his score is reverted to -15 and his turn is over. A dart that lands in the thick outer portion is worth -1 point. The thick inner portion is worth -2 points. The thin outer portion and thin inner portion are worth -3 and -4 points respectively. The outer bull's eye is worth -5 points and the inner bull's eye is worth -10 points.

References

  1. ^ http://hammersdarts.wsnw.net and http://eastlondondartsleague.co.uk
  2. ^ Manchester log-end board South Manchester Reporter
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ Dartboard setup & scoring pattern analysis Ivars Peterson's MathTrek
  5. ^ darts & dart board cabinets, Accudart dartboards
  6. ^ [2] Bangkok Jumpers League

See also

External links

Organizations


Flag of the United States American Darts Association
Flag of Australia Darts Federation of Australia
Flag of Canada National Darts Federation of Canada
Flag of the Netherlands Dutch Darts Organization
Flag of Germany German Darts Organization
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Darts Organization
Flag of Norway Norwegian Darts Organization
Flag of Sweden Swedish Darts Organization
Flag of Denmark Danish Darts Union
Flag of Poland Polish Darts Federation
Flag of Switzerland Swiss Darts Association
Flag of Italy Italian Darts Association
Flag of Turkey Turkish Dart Federation
Flag of Hungary Hungarian Darts Federation
Flag of Catalonia Catalan Darts Federation

History

Dictionary

darts

-noun

  1. Plural form of dart.
  2. (games, sports) A game or sport in which darts are thrown at a board, and points are scored depending on where the darts land
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