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Scoring darts points6/2/2023 ![]() ![]() An older name for a dartboard is " butt" the word comes from the French word but, meaning "target" or "goal". The original target in the game is likely to have been a section of a tree trunk, its circular shape and concentric rings giving rise to the standard dartboard pattern in use today. Doubles boards are common in the North of England. ![]() 'Doubles board' in a pub in North Yorkshire, England. Darts is commonly played in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, and recreationally enjoyed around the world. Though a number of similar games using various boards and rules exist, the term "darts" usually now refers to a standardised game involving a specific board design and set of rules.ĭarts is both a professional shooting sport and a traditional pub game. Points can be scored by hitting specific marked areas of the board, though unlike in sports such as archery, these areas are distributed all across the board and do not follow a principle of points increasing towards the centre of the board. Separate men's & women's championship although no restrictions on women competing against men.ĭarts or dart-throwing is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small sharp-pointed missiles known as darts at a round target known as a dartboard. Team events exist, see World Cup and PDC World Cup of Darts
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