Darts

[Cougar]

I used to be big into darts. Steel tips, of course. I was on teams that played in league play -- our local bar would play against neighboring bars. All organized by the Southern California Dart Association. With practice, I got pretty good. I won a local tournament or two. I've hit three triple-20s hundreds of times. I've got a mug for hitting a 170-on in league play - double bull, trip 20, trip 20. Only once did I hit three double bulls (playing cricket). A single bull is about the size of a quarter. A double bull is about the size of a dime. You throw from 7 feet 9.25 inches. I started going to the bigger tournaments -- the L.A. Open, the North American Open in Vegas. But never really did much in those big tourneys.

So I was straightening up some boxes the other day and found my darts. There's a bar up in Sandpoint with a dartboard -- I figured I'd go and throw some, see how they fly....

OMG, playing darts is NOT like riding a bicycle. I was worse than a beginner! I had NOTHING going on. Yeah, I could hit the board, but that was about it. Oh, well. I finished my beer and left, lol.

 

[Opsimath]

I had a dart board when I was about 10. I hung it on the inside of my closet door, would open the door against the adjoining wall. I was never ever any good at it. I missed the board a lot and I missed the door fairly often, too. When we moved from that house I took my dart board down and there was a perfect circle in the middle of a door full of holes.

I'm sure you did way better in Sandpoint than I ever did!

 

[Prince of Darkness]

I find it odd watching American TV series where a dartboard is set up, it is almost always set up at far too low a height! Correct height is 5 feet 8 inches from the ground to the centre of the bull.

 

[Stuball48]

My guess is you would gain your skills back quicker than you originally gained them. Good on you for not tossing them but remembering the good times they brought.