Darts

Darts is a variety of related games, in which darts are thrown at a circular target (dartboard) hung on a wall. more...

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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.

Dartboards

Dartboards are usually made of sisal fibers or boar bristles; low quality boards are sometimes made of coiled paper. 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 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). London 5 board or narrow 5's board set up is slightly different to the standard board. The height is set at 5feet six inches to the center of the bull and the oche is at 9 feet from the face of the board. and Yorkshire. 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.

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.

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