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Households across the United States often have at least one dartboard in their game room or garage for recreation. There aren’t many people who haven’t at least tried throwing a dart but to master it takes skill and practice.
The game has become so popular that many people participate in competitions, locally and abroad and have custom made darts and dart sets for practice and competition. For this reason it is important to have dart cases that are durable, will travel well and fit all types of equipment. Dart cases are found in many styles and materials, including nylon, wood, and a variety of colors.
The game of darts one of the oldest established pub games and originated in England. Since the late 1970s, it has become one of the most popular games in the world. Today people have darts boards in their homes, at the pool, and fraternity and sorority houses across the United States.
Javelins, crossbow bolts and archery are all considered predecessors of the game of darts. Of these games the most likely scenario is that darts has its roots in archery. The earliest types of dartboards contained concentric targets – miniature forms of the archery target. Moreover, the word darts is commonly known as ‘arrows.’ Some would say that these two points alone are sufficient to confirm the heritage of darts.
Playing darts is known to have boosted morale in the forces during the Second World War - being played both in the Officer’s Mess and prisoner of war camps. Darts was a standard-issue game in the NAAFI sports pack. American soldiers visiting British shores took darts home with them and generated substantial interest in this ‘olde Englishe’ game in the U.S., which up until then was almost an unknown game to Americans.
Darts maintained a low profile in the 1950s and 1960s even though participant levels were still extremely high. The NDAGB was undertaking work both in establishing county leagues and organizing top competitions such as the NODOR Fours. In the 1960s the game of darts was put on television for the first time, and through the work of the British Darts Organization (BDO), established in 1973, and the introduction of split screen technology darts really took a hold of Britain and then, darts became popular across the globe.
The 1970s and 1980s witnessed the rise of the first darts ‘stars’ such as Eric Bristow, John Lowe, Alan Evans, Jocky Wilson, Leighton Rees and Cliff Lazarenko.
The establishment of the Professional Darts Corporation PDC (initially the World Darts Council (WDC)) following the ‘great split’ of 1992 took darts in a new direction. This has resulted in the introduction of key, high profile competitions including the World Matchplay, Grand Prix and the World Championship.
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