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PA State Dart Finals Tomorrow 2008-02-22 16:19:06 i just got the email from George, and in case anyone was worried that the weather would put a hold on tomorrow’s (Sautrday Feb 23rd) dart efforts, fear no more. or at least less. things are completely on schedule as of 4:30pm today.
here’s the line-up for tomorrow . . .
Loser’s Bracket (or more eloquently, Teams [...] Read more:State
Widdy-Apex-Darto Sampler Packs 2008-02-15 17:11:17 Phil Taylor’s tip about experimenting to find the right dart equipment for you struck a chord. How is the average darter going to try out Darto darts, Widdy’s and Apex darts to see which one fits him best?
You can buy a dozen of each type of dart, but that’s just shouldn’t be the best solution [...] Read more:Sampler
Dart Throwing Tips 2008-01-16 13:40:56 stumbling through youtube today, i came across a video from “the Mirror” in the UK. it was Phil “The Power” Taylor’s Top 5 Tips to Darts Success. and i thought, hey, that’s pretty cool. considering he’s probably the best dart player on the face of the planet.
turns out a bit of it [...]
Nationals Prequalifier Results - Online High Score 2008-01-13 15:47:30 last week there was a prequalifying event for Nationals held in Emmaus. Games were shot in both the “B” division (which has a 3-man cap of 110 pts) and the “C” division (which has a cap of 90pts per 3-man team).
Winners emerging from the “B” division include 2 teams from Dorko’s Cafe:
1st [...] Read more:Score
New High Scores - Functional Scoresheets 2008-01-02 14:36:25 Those are the two new additions to American Style Darts.com. If you visit the Score Sheets page, you’ll notice two new Excel files added towards the bottom. Those are “automated” scoresheets where scorekeepers only have to enter the value of the last dart shooter’s inning score. All of the addition will be [...] Read more:Functional
, New High
Rotating a Stubborn Dartboard 2007-12-30 08:37:30 We have a board at the bar that needed to be rotated. Unfortunately, this particular board wins the “most stubborn dartboard of the year” award, and despite our best efforts, it didn’t budge.
So, I got out the trusty hammer, and did a little operating. Basically, I banged out the inner section of the board, rotated [...] Read more:Rotating
Dorko’s Winter Classic - Recap 2007-12-16 21:05:50 I was at one of the tournaments that took place Saturday, and thankfully ended before the “weather” set in in central PA. At the inaugural “Winter Classic
” held at Dorko’s Cafe in Mt. Carmel, 3-man teams gathered for a tournament. There was a 110 point cap per team, with averages taken from the State tournament, [...] Read more:Recap
December 15th Dart tournaments 2007-12-12 11:12:41 this weekend there will be American style darts in the air as two different dart tournaments taking place in central PA.
this weekend seems to be a good time to get out and shoot some competitive darts. the state dart tournament will be starting after the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, so it’s a good time [...] Read more:December
Belgian Darts - Vogelpiks - Wooden Darts 2007-12-03 19:22:11 I’ve surfed the net looking at various dart sites long enough that when I come across something totally new, it makes my day. And, that happened just the other night.
I’m aware of several different variations of the wooden dart/wood board dart game pairing. For instance, there’s DartBall and the previously mentioned Troy darts.
I recently found [...] Read more:Belgian
, Darts
, Wooden
New High Scores 2007-12-03 17:42:38 just a heads up that two new players joined the High Score Honor Roll for our web-based American Darts game.
Bob Marinelli managed to hit a 66, and 13 year-old Chris Becker broke the 70 mark.
Congrats guys! Read more:New High
Classic American Dart Cabinets 2008-03-11 14:04:57 There is more than usual to report in the world of American
Style darting. First off, the big dart tournament of the year, the PA State Dart tournament finished, with Haganey’s Aces #2 taking the title!
I’ve updated the PA State Dart Tournament page, so you can go visit and see who was involved and how [...] Read more:Cabinets
, Classic
Darts World 2008-04-01 13:12:43 Darts World
I spent a little time surfing the internet, reading through different dart sites. I happened upon several that were the web prescence for magazines. So, in an effort to let the rest of the world know that we exist, I wrote an email to Tony Wood, the man behind Darts World.
He was [...] Read more:Darts
Silver Bullet Action - High Scores Update 2008-04-01 12:46:44 This weekend is the finals of the annual dart tournament at the Silver
Bullet in Neskopeck. This year is the 16th running of the event. Of course this being the finals, all the teams shooting will have had to qualify during the weekend events that took place between March 15th and 30th. [...] Read more:Action
, Update
Cabinets Shipping - Silver Bullet 2008-04-07 12:17:41 To begin with, the dart cabinets have started rolling off of the workbenches, and have begun to make their way to their new owners. So, if you’ve been waiting for your dart cabinet to arrive, the days are upon us, and it should be at your door shortly.
Silver
Bullet 16th Annual
Over the weekend I [...] Read more:Cabinets
, Shipping
Dartball 2008-05-13 17:46:57 First let me say, again, that I love getting actual letters in the mail. The latest came from Ray H. of Grandview Missouri. He writes that he “would like to know if you have any knowledge of a game called Dart Ball. It was played on a 4×8 plywood with a paper playing field like [...]
2008 North American Darts Championship 2008-05-20 16:34:46 Recently, the Mohegan Sun hosted both the U.S. Open and a new event, the NorthAmericanDarts
Championship. As usual, Phil Taylor won the U.S. Open.
The NADC event was only open to players who were citizens, or held a Green Card, from the United States and Canada. There was $50,000 in prize money for the [...] Read more:North American
Dart Forums 2008-06-10 13:40:15 or message boards, or whatever you call them. We now have a place where anyone can go to chat with other darters about anything really. You can find it here . . .
American Darts Message Boards
I know it’s the “off season”, but I wanted to have something in place now so when the fall comes [...] Read more:Forums
Happy 4th of July !! 2008-07-04 12:53:51 Today, we celebrate Independence Day here in the States. For many of us that means picnics and parades, ballgames and fireworks. No matter what you do on the 4th, please do it safely.
While I’m at the fireworks show tonight, I’ll be remembering why we have fireworks and festivities today. Our founding fathers got together and managed [...] Read more:Happy
August website updates 2008-08-19 12:41:40 About the time that footballs begin to fill the air on the high school practice fields, you can almost smell the darts in the air. Leagues are putting out sign up sheets, tournament directors are filling in calendar spots on Saturdays in the fall, and recreational players are saying things like “i haven’t picked these [...] Read more:August
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, website
PA State Dart Tournament Dates Released 2008-09-23 15:27:53 It seems like the smell of darts really is in the air earlier this year than most. The dates for the State
Dart Tournament
have been released already!
The tournament will be staying in Treskow this year, at the Fire Company.
There are only Three Qualifying Dates - all of them Sundays.
January 25th, Feb. 8th, and Feb [...]
Should the inside of the widdy or darto dartboard be loose like that?? 2008-10-20 14:11:54 That’s a question I’ve gotten a few (not too many, mind you) times by now. And, with dart season starting again, and new darters taking up the game, I’m sure to hear it a few more times than usual over the upcoming months.
So, I thought I’d address how an american dartboard (widdy or darto) is [...] Read more:inside
Pool vs Darts 2008-11-14 22:11:52 I’ve seen a dozen websites that are Pool ‘n Darts
. Jim’s Pool ‘n Darts Emporioum, Pete’s Pool ‘n Darts Warehouse, Yahib Shabodnik’s Pool ‘n Darts Extravaganza.
While it’s true that along with poker, pool and darts are the main games of rec rooms across America, I haven’t seen anyone tackle the differences between the two games. [...