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2007 In Darts
This is a list of some of the major events and competitions in the sport of darts in 2007. Raymond van Barneveld proved to be the most successful player with ten professional tournament wins across the Professional Darts Corporation, PDC and British Darts Organisation, BDO, including four majors. News January *1 – Raymond van Barneveld battles from 3 sets to 0 down to win his first PDC Title and fifth world title overall 7–6 in the sudden-death leg versus Phil Taylor (darts player), Phil Taylor who maintains his record of reaching every single PDC World Championship final to date. *6 – van Barneveld follows up his World title success by winning the North-East Regional Final of the PDC UK Open Darts, Blue Square UK Open (the fourth of eight regional finals). He beat Roland Scholten in the final to claim the £5,000 first prize. *6 – the 2007 BDO World Darts Championship, 2007 BDO World Championship gets underway at Lakeside Leisure Complex, Lakeside. Defending champion, Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darts
Darts is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small projectile point, sharp-pointed projectile, projectiles known as dart (missile), darts at a round shooting target, target known as a #Dartboard, dartboard. 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 toward the board's Bullseye (target), bullseye. 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. Darts is both a professional throwing sport and a traditional pub game. Darts is commonly played in the British Isles, and recreationally enjoyed around the world. History In 1908, darts was declared to be a game of skill and was thus allowed to be played in pubs. This came about after the landlord of the Adelph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
