Players shall provide their own darts, which shall not exceed an overall maximum length of 30.5cms. ( 12 ins. ), nor weigh more than 50 grms. Each dart shall consist of a needle shaped point, which shall be fixed to a barrel. At the rear of the barrel shall be an attached flighted stem, which may consist of up to five separate pieces. (IE: a flight, a flight securing device(s), a flight protector, and a stem.)

2.00 The BDO reserves the right to seed players, in certain events, when it is deemed necessary.

3.00 All players, and teams, shall play within the BDO Playing Rules, and where necessary, any supplementary Rules laid down in an entry form, or programme.

4.00 All players, and teams, shall play under the supervision and direction of BDO appointed Organisers, and Officials, in all darts events organised under the jurisdiction of the BDO.

5.00 All trophies awarded to a player shall be retained, unless they are of a challenge, or perpetual type, which shall be returned to the BDO on request.

6.00 Any player failing to comply with any of the BDO Playing Rules during an event shall be liable to disqualification from that event.

7.00 The interpretation of the BDO Playing Rules in relation to a darts event shall be determined by the BDO appointed Organisers, whose decision shall be final and binding.

8.00 Information concerning such interpretations shall be forwarded to the BDO Board of Directors for consideration and possible inclusion in a revised version of the BDO Playing Rules.

9.00 Any matter not expressly covered by the BDO Playing Rules shall be determined by the Board of Directors, whose decision shall be final and binding.

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Various ‘terms' have been used within the Rules for simplification, these are defined below for reference.

‘BDO' - shall mean the British Darts Organisation Limited or any of its subsidiaries.

‘Organisers' - shall mean the British Darts Organisation Ltd., its Directors, or persons appointed by the British.Darts Organisation Ltd., to carry out its functions in relation to a darts event.‘player' - shall mean singular and plural, and shall include juniors, youths, men, women, and teams.

‘referee' - shall mean the person appointed to take charge of matchplay at a Matchboard, or on stage, andshall include those persons sometimes referred to as ‘callers', or ‘checkers'.‘markers' - shall mean the person appointed to mark scores down on score sheets, or a score board, at aMatchboard, or on stage, and shall include those persons sometimes referred to as‘scorers'.

‘scores recorder' - shall mean the person appointed to record all scores and enter all relevant matchplay details on official BDO Result Sheets, or Record Cards.‘dartboard indicator operator' - shall mean the person appointed to operate the electrical dartboard indicator equipment located on the stage, which indicates to the audience which segments the darts players darts have landed in.

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All darts events in Great Britain that are organised under the exclusive supervision of the British Darts Organisation Ltd., or its subsidiaries, shall be played under the BDO Playing Rules.

The BDO Playing Rules are divided into two distinctly separate groups.
IE: General Playing Rules -- numbered 1 to 15 inclusive.
Tournament Playing Rules -- numbered 16 to 33 inclusive.

All the Rules have been numbered consecutively to avoid any confusion between the numbers used in each group

Some of the Rules have several Clauses which are also numbered consecutively relative to the Rule Heading, so that each Clause can be easily identified.

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Hang your Dartboard at a height of 5ft 8in from floor to Bull.
Stand at a distance of 7ft 9¼in from front or Dartboard to Oche (throwing line)
Centre of Dartboard to Oche should be 9ft 7.5in - imagine a diagonal line that can be measured from the centre of the bullseye to the oche line.

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Once you have bought your dartboard (or dragged it out of its hiding place/your attic), you need to set it up to get the most use and practice out of it. Here are some tips that will help you create the perfect setting.

Choose an area which isn't a walkway or a doorway, you don't want any accidents and more importantly, any interruptions to your game!

Look at your flooring… you can stop now… will it get damaged or worn easily. You may like to invest in a Dart Mat, which can protect your flooring as well as your bank balance (new flooring can be expensive!). This will protect your floor and will also mark the correct distance you should be standing at.
Try to have as much light as possible and avoid as much shadow on your dartboard as possible.

Protect your walls with a Dartboard Cabinet or Dartboard Surround.
Consider an Electronic scorer, which will keep your scores.
Some comfy seats would be great for your audience and other players.
A table for your darts manuals, books and other accessories but more importantly drinks!

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The two-time World Darts Champion, Adrian took that title in both 2011 and 2012 to secure his place amongst the darting elite.

The Stoke ace initially broke through in 2004, having enjoyed success in the British Teenage Open before qualifying for the UK Open and Las Vegas Desert Classic that summer.

He claimed his first ranking title at the Chris De Roo Open in Holland, defeating Colin Lloyd in the final, and also reached the quarter-finals of the Bobby Bourn Memorial

Players Championship as he began to make his mark on the circuit.

Lewis also won a place in the 2004 World Grand Prix, reaching the second round, and continued his progress the following year by reaching the last 16 of the UK Open in Bolton

and the quarter-finals of the World Matchplay on his Blackpool debut.

He was also a quarter-finalist in his World Championship debut at the end of 2005, eventually losing out to Peter Manley in their controversial last eight clash at the Circus

Tavern.

Lewis had also created history in November of that year by winning both PDC ProTour events in one weekend as he claimed the Players Championship and UK Open Regional Final

titles in Irvine, Scotland - a feat even his practice partner Phil Taylor had not achieved at the time.

He confirmed his place amongst the world's top players in 2006, with his run to the final of the World Series of Darts event in Connecticut seeing him impress with wins over the

likes of Dennis Priestley, before he was defeated by Taylor.

The youngster also appeared in the UK Open, Las Vegas Desert Classic, World Matchplay and World Grand Prix before claiming another Players Championship win in Irvine and reached

the last 16 of the 2007 World Championship.

Lewis then made his Premier League Darts debut in 2007, and also reached the semi-finals of the International Darts League and World Matchplay and quarter-finals at the Las

Vegas Desert Classic and World Grand Prix as his quest for major honours continued.

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World Championships:
BDO: 1990, 1992
PDC: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013
World Matchplay: 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
World Grand Prix: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011
Las Vegas Desert Classic: 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009
China Telecom Global Cup: 2004
UK Open: 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010
World Series of Darts: 2006
PDC US Open: 2007, 2008
German Darts Championship: 2007, 2009
World Darts Trophy: 2006
Championship League Darts (internet): 2008, 2011
European Championship: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Players Championship (Televised Finals): 2009, 2011, 2012
Premier League Darts: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012
Grand Slam of Darts: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
South African Masters: 2007, 2008, 2009
RTL7 International Masters: 2011
UK Matchplay: 1996
UK Masters: 1994
World Masters: 1990
PDC World Cup of Darts: 2012 with Adrian Lewis, 2013 with Adrian Lewis.

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The Professional Darts Corporation was initially formed as the World Darts Council in January 1992, and is now the leading professional body in the sport with over £6 million in prize money being paid out on its global circuit of tournaments.

The WDC was formed after 16 top professional players, along with managers Dick Allix, Tommy Cox and John Markovic, decided to break away from the British Darts Organisation to take the sport to a new level.

The first WDC event, the UK Masters, took place in October 1992 and the first World Championship was played over the 1993-94 festive period, establishing the partnership with Sky Sports which remains to this day.

The World Matchplay event followed in the summer of 1994, and four years later the World Grand Prix was introduced to the calendar to give three major televised events.

In July 2001, the Board of Directors who had carried the PDC forward since its inception decided to step down in favour of a specialist team, headed by promoter Barry Hearn, who came in as Chairman.

The PDC has built up a reputation as the leading innovator in terms of staging professional darts tournaments and as such is constantly looking towards the future and improving the organisation in every area.

Five ranking tournaments are staged live on Sky Sports each year, broadcasting to a global audience of more than 300 million viewers, and 2005 saw the introduction of the Premier League Darts to great success.

The tournament has grown to become the UK & Ireland's biggest indoor sporting event, being played across 14 league nights around the country, before the top four then take part in the Play-Offs, and has expanded to be staged in arenas in front of crowds of up to 10,000 fans across a four-month period.

The PDC's commitment to spreading professional darts worldwide led to the Las Vegas Desert Classic being introduced to the calendar in 2002 and the arrival of the UK Open in 2003, which included a series of qualifying tournaments for professional players which now form part of the PDC ProTour.

The first professional tournament in China was staged in 2004, and the worldwide development has continued with the inclusion of more international qualifiers taking part in the

PDC World Championship - with countries such as Croatia, the Philippines, Japan, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia represented in the 2013 tournament.

2007 saw the PDC introduce the ground-breaking Grand Slam of Darts competition, which features 32 players who have reached the finals of major PDC and BDO tournaments competing in Wolverhampton.

The PDC also introduced the innovative internet-streamed Championship League Darts in 2008, while the PDC World Cup, a Pairs tournament featuring 24 countries, and Players Championship Finals events have also been added to the circuit of major televised events.

The PDC continues to go from strength to strength with its central aim to ensure the sport receives the recognition and respect professional darts deserves, with both the Qualifying School - where players can win Tour Cards to compete on the PDC circuit full-time - and the introduction of the PDC Unicorn Youth Tour and World Youth Championship guaranteeing a pathway to the top for aspiring stars.

The PDC also work with affiliated organisations for a number of region circuits worldwide, notably the DPA in Australia, SDC in Scandinavia, and in North America, where each region stages a series of ranking events each year which produces qualifiers for the World Championship.

The expansion of the PDC across Europe led to the introduction in 2012 of the European Tour series of events, which has expanded to eight tournaments in 2013 being held in the UK, Germany, Austria, Gibraltar and the Netherlands which give leading professionals and emerging talents from across the Continent the chance to compete at the top level.

2013 has also seen the introduction of the World Series of Darts events, which began with the Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters and Sydney Darts Masters and see the world's top eight players spreading the professional game worldwide.

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JANI HAAVISTO enjoyed a successful opening weekend of the Scandinavian Darts Corporation season, joining Vesa Nuutinen and Ulf Ceder in winning events in Finland.

The 2014 SDC season began with a triple-header of events at the Hotal Tallukka in Vaasky, Finland, with further weekends to follow in Sweden and Denmark during the year.

Nuutinen defeated Uki Takkinen 6-1 in the final of the Finland Darts Cup as the new SDC kicked off, with Haavisto and Niels J Hansen reaching the semi-finals of the event.

Finland's Ceder won his first SDC event - having reached three finals 2012 and 2013 - by defeating Jarkko Komula in the final of the Tallukka Masters, which was the second event

to be held on the Saturday of the opening weekend, while Nuutinen and Kim Viljanen reached the semi-finals of the event.

Haavisto then went all the way to victory in Sunday's Scandinavian Darts Trophy event, defeating Ali Roberts 6-4 in the final, also whitewashing Joni Laine and Heikki Hyvonen in

the latter stages.

Haavisto was also pushed all the way by Peter Sajwani in the semi-finals, with Hansen also reaching the last four for the second time in the weekend.

The year's eight SDC ranking events will be followed in Copenhagen by the SDC European Championship Qualifier on Sunday August 31.

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THE PDC ProTour returns to action this coming weekend, with the first two Players Championship tournaments of 2014 to be held at the Barnsley Metrodome.

The two events will each feature a field of 128 players competing for £50,000 in prize money.

PDC Tour Card Holders competing in the event are joined by PDPA Associate Members who have come in to complete the full 128-player field in order of their final ranking position

from the 2014 PDC Qualifying School Order of Merit.

Associate Members who entered but did not qualify to play in Barnsley will receive a refund of their entry fee in due course.

Each tournament will commence at 12pm, with the draw being made at 11am following the close of registration.

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