Popularization and Development of the Sport of Darts 1

Early 20th century, the rapid spread of darts in the UK, becoming a very popular pub sport recreation sports. As early as 1908, Dart had officially been recognized as a skill sport, it's also thanks to a Leeds bar owner.

It is said that, in Leeds, darts was considered an illegal "game of chance." So the bar owner with a dart and dart disk to a court challenge to find a judge, determine in advance darts target zone, the boss took the lead darts, three consecutive dart, dart dart hit the target. Judge's turn to play, naturally defeated, judges admit defeat, the spot that darts is not a game of chance, but a skill sport.

Since then, this technique darts sport in the UK has attracted many enthusiastic participants. More and more bars are hung dart disk, local darts organizations and alliances will naturally been developed. In the UK a number of national organizations, the National Darts Association was founded first, in 1924 it organized a darts tournament. In 1927, a British newspaper began sponsoring international news local darts tournament in London, after the competition has gradually become an important regional and national events - international news Championships. By 1939, the sport has become very popular, and even the development of areas of intense and brutal war.

Allegedly, the officials in order to maintain domestic stability, has decided to ban the playing darts in the bar, because they suspected darts breed bad habits of the working class, developed a bad habit of idleness. However, the public outcry that is very strong, there can be no government ban takes effect.


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