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Outline History of Darts
Native Americans and darts.
Native American peoples played a kind of darts made from two feathers stuck through a corn husk and aimed a ring. Commonly called the Wheel and Dart game. It has many variations using diverse materials and rules. Some hoops are made from corn husks others a simple loop formed from a slender branch.
The object is to land inside the loop and gain a point. Sometimes the loops are rolled by a helper to add to the difficulty. This game would most likely have evolved from the everyday task of hunting - allowing the young men to practice their aiming skills with bow and lance.
The Inuits and Darts.
The Inuit peoples have a traditional dart-like game where they make a dart called a "niortut" made from a piece of caribou antler with a point of bone. This developed from an ice-piercing tool. It is balanced on the forehead and the head tilted forward to drop it onto the target object on the ground or snow. Nearest wins.
English Pub Darts.
The traditional English pub type darts game that was carried over to America by European settlers had its origins in archery practice where the bottom of a barrel was used as the target. The shortened version of the arrow was more convenient to use in the pub so that when it was raining the archers could continue to "sharpen their eye" in comfort.
A barrel would be awkward to hang on a wall so a slice of a tree trunks was substituted. This has natural growth lines and tends to crack into segments on drying and this led to the present darts board pattern of doubles, trebles, bull and sections numbered one to twenty.
It wasn't long before everyone wanted to play this fun game, archer or not, and its popularity spread all over the country. The Pilgrims on the Mayflower passed the long hours of their voyage playing darts and helped to carry the game to their new home.
Development of Darts.
The formal rules, and terms such as "oche", we know and play with today began to take shape about the beginning of the twentieth century. This standardization has led to darts tournaments in most countries and a World Championship.
With the digital age, darts games are now common as software or to play online. The methods of "throwing" the dart vary a lot but Dead-eye Darts uses a variety of moving "sights" to let you aim before releasing the dart to shoot across the board and hit the target. The scores are automatically calculated and displayed. Tables for building your own league are included.
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- 'Ye Olde Darts' a multi-speed PC darts game guarantees fun, fame and functionality.
- Automatic scoring and logging (leg, set and match) for 501 and 301 makes your darts game fast and competitive. The simple-to-use position and fixture tables within 'Ye Olde Darts' enable you to create your own darts league, and they adapt easily for other sports schedules and games too.
- Winners of 'Ye Olde Darts' enter the Hall of Fame, complete with photograph, and this also prints as a certificate.
- A fun extra, 'The Rage Venter' enables any image to overlay the dart board for firing on. Just think of the tempting targets in your life!
- Another useful addition, 'The Brain Sharpener' uses delayed-timing tables to improve your darts arithmetic to 'boss-impressing' levels. Good for the kids too!
- A Darts Scorer takes the tedium out of keeping score when playing real darts.
- Lotto Magic lets you pick your lottery numbers with darts. (a dart board does not have all the numbers but Lotto Magic does. So now you can Dart away to a Win !
So what about the poetry? 'Ye Olde Darts', the poem, features a classic darts contest with challenger Young Bill matched against the mighty Mick McDubh.
Ye Olde Darts
Young Bill up to the oche
strode,
Three darts clutched in his hand,
Within his eye the steely glint
That all men understand.
A flashing arc, a muffled thud,
The treble top just missed,
And in the crowd a tiny sigh
From the girl that he just kissed.
'One hundred forty' rings the call
As Mick McDubh strides on.
The tattooed, walnut arms flex,
And the silver missile's gone.
'One hundred eighty,' Mick steps back,
Impassively he nods.
Bill moves in, self-conscious grin,
He's up against the odds.
The perspiration trickles down.
He hammers home the arrows.
McDubh steps forward with a frown,
His eye-line slowly narrows.
Three-in-a-bed, a challenge clear,
Bill tightens up his grip,
And neatly misses with a flick
That stretches from the hip.
Mick trebles, then a fifty-seven,
The double-twelve to go.
The dart floats in... then with a spin
It's lying down below.
Bill cuts his score to sixty-four,
Mick peppers round the rim.
A treble and a double-two,
And that's the end of him!
Amidst the din that fills the hall
A lone voice pouts a scream.
Young Bill strides quickly from the board
To live another dream!
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Darts Around The World
Darts,
traditionally the game of the English country pub, developed from the
ancient
practice of archery. For the protection of the realm, Englishmen were
obliged by law to practice regularly, and successfully routed William
Wallace's Scots troops at Falkirk in 1298. At the Battle of
Bannockburn (1314) the Scots King, Robert the Bruce, used cavalry to
disperse the English archers and ensure his victory over the remaining
troops.
In 1415 a small group of Henry V's English archers achieved fame with
their legendary longbow skills by defeating the heavily armoured might
of the French nobility at the Battle of Agincourt. The
King of France had threatened to cut off the two drawing-fingers of
every captured bowman, giving rise to the victorious 'two-finger
salute' of today.
Eventually, gunpowder and firearms made archery redundant though it flourishes today as a sport. A game of darts at the inn replaced the competitiveness and camaraderie of the butts. Darts is commonly known as 'arrows' and the French name of 'Fléchettes' means 'little arrows'. Darts spread in popularity and is now played around the world with many leagues and associations.
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| COUNTRY | NAME FOR DARTS |
| UK | Darts, Arrows |
| US | Darts |
| GERMANY | Pfeile,Pfeilwerfen,Wurfpfeile |
| FRANCE | Dards, Fléchettes |
| ITALY | Dardi, le freccette |
| NETHERLANDS | Pijlen |
| NORWAY | Piler |
|
PORTUGAL |
Os dardos |
| CHINA (simplified) |  |
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CHINA (traditional) |
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| RUSSIA | 
(Drotiki) |
|
TURKEY |
dart oyunu |
| SWEDEN | pilkastning |
| CZECHOSLOVAKIA | 
(Shipki) |
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