Darts - General

In the 1970’s and early 1980’s, darts had hit the (relatively) big time. There was widespread TV coverage and a host of well-known celebrities including Eric Bristow, John Lowe and Jockey Wilson. Many if not all were overweight, drank and smoke on stage and as the pressure got to them – took it out on the audience. It was a bull pit. Then it all fell apart. Darts was no longer politically acceptable. Drinking and smoking were no longer acceptable. The players did not come across to well. Snooker became the big draw. It had exciting young players, lots of sponsors and fit looking players. Darts fell by the wayside and it lost its TV coverage ...  Read the complete review

Many people think this game can only be played by large men who love to spend time in the pub and drink and throw their darts at a board. However this game requires a lot of skill, and superb hand and eye co-ordination, something which is hard to gain. Each player has 3 darts, made up of a shaft, stem and flight, and they aim to try and get the highest score with the 3 darts and finish on a double, usually playing the traditional 501 game. The quickest you can finish this game is with 9 perfect darts, something which is amazing to watch. Over the last 20 years or so, this game has hit the highs of the sports world and the money available to be won ...  Read the complete review

Darts has its roots in Medieval England. Many historians believe that the game of darts as we know it today evolved from archers shortening their arrows and throwing them at the bottom of wine barrels. When these barrels were in short supply, the archers improvised and used the cross-section of some medium sized trees. It is easy to see how this may indeed be true, as the cross section of the tree provided the rings and the cracks provided further segmentation. Indeed, so popular was this early game of 'darts' that Henry V111 enjoyed the game regularly (when he was not killing off his wives I presume). It was around 1900 that the rules, board and darts began ...  Read the complete review

Darts... ...Is, like many things, something I got into due to my gambling habbits, and let me start this with a conotraversial statement, it's not a sport. Thats not to say it's not fun to watch or play, but by no means is it a sport. It's in the same group as Pool and Snooker, for me as opposed to sports like Boxing, Football, Tennis etc. For several simple reasons: 1 it's a skill game-This was proven in court in something i'll mention later 2 the "luck" factor of sport- Look at lets say Boxing, a lucky punch could be an equaliser, or a dodgy goal in football, a dodgy call in tennis. Thats not apparent in Darts 3 too many fatties- Im a ...  Read the complete review

I reckon the darts commentary on TV sounds like mathematicians having orgasms.180!!!!!!!!!!! LOL. Then you can just hear the muffled wife under the flab saying, '65 more like luv! I wonder if the darts players other halves ever ask for a kiss on the double top and three in the treble twenty.lol. Darts is not a virile sport guys and it's not been a sexy week on the BBC for its world championship coverage. Like snooker it's strictly a lazy television event, the definition of armchair sport, unless you're into big fat sweaty men and tattoos! You know who you are girls. There have been some rough old birds in the audience for this year's Championship at the ...  Read the complete review