Thread: Poll: Is darts a sport?

NO it isn’t a sport.

pubs are closing faster than the Chinese are building coal fired power stations.

Luke The Nuke got a nine dart finish while winning the Bahrain Masters yesterday.

What a talent.

I have a friend (no, really, it's true...), very well educated, very reasonable to speak to, and when I mentioned that darts isn't a sport he got really upset, animated and defensive. Thus, even though I always thought it was clear cut that darts is not a sport, it's not the only point of view.

I accept that it's a good game with a lot of practice required to develop skills to a high level. But, would people consider chess a sport? Checkers? Connect 4 (which I know many of you have expertise in... )?

I was taught that a game had an end objective whereas a sport had a time limit. Under that definition, darts is a game rather than a sport. The definition blurs somewhat though with some sports, such as football when they go to golden goal or penalties, which turns a sport into a game.

I wouldn't say it's a pub job's game, since I was once a member of the Wheatsheaf Ladies darts team in a Cornish town. That was under the strict conditions that I did not win any games and was due to the team being one player short. At the time, I was also a member of the men's darts team, but that was because the landlord of the pub was also the landlord of my apartment.

It seems many pub games and associate social events have gone, which is a pity. I don't see dominoes, cribbage, bar billiards, and euchre much any longer. Maybe they are still played in the village pubs and I have lost touched. More likely, the pubs have disappeared and that era lost.

I used to really enjoy Euchre, a card game played in SW England, which I believe came over from France with their fisherman. Anyone else play, or even heard of it?

Getting a laugh out of this. The UK seems to consider Tiddlywinks a sport so I am not sure where I stand on this.

Originally Posted by cyrille

Luke The Nuke got a nine dart finish while winning the Bahrain Masters yesterday.

What a talent.

Thought he was gonna throw the darts off into the crowd while celebrating for a sec.

If only there were some way of finding out.

Originally Posted by Troy

Anyone else play, or even heard of it?

Was very popular in Canada. Was a family game we played many nights along with Monopoly and Chinese checkers.

Originally Posted by Norton

Monopoly

Now you're talking.

'Arrowing how many top flight pisters miss the point, some who like double bottom finish are board oche?

Originally Posted by Mendip

Now you're talking.

Monopoly Chiang Mai version of course.

Yes, it actually exists.

Is there a Monopoly Korat?

As far as I'm concerned if where you live doesn't have a Monopoly game then what on earth were you thinking?

Yes, I'm looking at you, Stumpy and Mendip.

^ Had you shared that wisdom 17 years ago it could have been the deal breaker and you'd have saved me a world of pain.

But too late now.

I was about to boast that at least Bristol has a Monopoly edition, but discovered that so does even Birmingham!!!

I mean, FFS!

Maybe Korat will get one after all.

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

It's a skill, a game, and some folks are very good at it, but it isn't:

Bollocks, it and snooker are on the BBC Sports webpage and if further validation were required so is American Rugby

^Fkn BBC. Always pandering to minorities!

Originally Posted by DrWilly

Is euchre like boccie?


I think no, so no.

I don't know anything about boccie but I do recall playing carpet bowls in a pub near Elgin.There were also some pubs with skittles in the East Midlands, separate room to play of course.

Currently, there are at least 4 pub yobs on this thread... (who think that games are sport???)

It's a pastime.

eSports ?

Is golf a sport ?

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

Currently, there are at least 4 pub yobs on this thread... (who think that games are sport???)

Phase 2 at the curry houe the World Farts championhip

Originally Posted by baldrick

Is golf a sport ?

Is hunting a sport?
Is fishing a sport?

Just because they're not that strenuous doesn't mean they're not sport.

I remember Eddy in one of his old nics(prior to his tea and piss drinking binges to try and reverse the effects of his hep alphabet) call what Mendy refers to as passport runs as 'sport fucking'

Ooh nearly a Shanghai...
Any of you athletes on here up for a game

Originally Posted by Reg Dingle

Is hunting a sport?
Is fishing a sport?

Just because they're not that strenuous doesn't mean they're not sport.

I remember Eddy in one of his old nics(prior to his tea and piss drinking binges to try and reverse the effects of his hep alphabet) call what Mendy refers to as passport runs as 'sport fucking'

#prayforEddy