McAdoo Fire Co Dart League Rules

1. To be eligible to shoot darts, McAdoo Fire Company dues must be paid in full.

2. Shooters from the previous year that were in good standing have seniority over new shooters. For instance when to many shooters sign up for the league, shooters from last year will be eligible first. Do not get discouraged from signing up. This hasn’t ever happened, but the rule was put in place just in case.

3. If you are a shooter from the previous year and did not pay your 12 weeks of dues you are ineligible to sign up.

1. Captains will be picked by the highest averages for the shooters that signed up. If a captain is not present the first week of darts it will go to the next highest average shooter that is signed up. That shooter will be the new captain. The captain that is absent will be placed back on the signup sheet as a regular shooter.

2. The captain with the lowest average picks 1^st and so on; the highest average captain picks last. Take the captains average and the 1^st shooter that the captain picked and add them together. The team with the lowest combined score picks last again, and so on.

1. A $5.00 fee will be collected to go towards the picnic at the end of the year which is held during the playoffs. Date will be discussed at the 1^st meeting of the 1^st week of darts. Fee will also be used for awards for the winners.

2. Dues must be paid prior to the first match. These dues must be paid to your team captain.

3. If you are absent you must pay your back dues and the present week dues prior to shooting. If you do not you will be ineligible to shoot.

5. If a shooter does not show up for 3 consecutive weeks he or she will forfeit their membership and will be ineligible to shoot the remainder of the year, unless their dues are paid in full. This will be handled by the President, Vice President and Secretary on a case to case basis.

7. Every shooter is responsible for his and her conduct. There will be no physical violence, throwing darts anywhere besides the dart board, or damaging any property that belongs to the McAdoo Fire Company. If any of the following rules are broken it will result in being removed from the league and losing all dues. Also you will be brought up in front of the McAdoo Fire Co bar committee and this can also result in revoked membership of all social hall privileges. You may also be responsible to pay for any damages you incur.

9. No roster changes are allowed after the first 3 weeks of play due to a player that quit or any other reason for not showing up. If a shooter does quit or cannot shoot due to an emergency within the first 3 weeks of darts that team shooter can be replaced.

9a. First, The player can be replaced with someone that was on the sign up sheet that did not make a team.

9b. Second, if there is no one on the signup sheet that didn’t play you may recruit someone, but the players average must be within 5 points of the shooter that left.

9d. This can only occur during the first 3 weeks of darts once the 4^th week starts this rule is null and void.

10. All dues and smoke monies must be handed to the treasurer after the 3^rd match. The treasurer will not be responsible for missing money.

11. The treasurer must keep a record of all dues and smoke monies collected. The treasurer must have all records with him every week for the President, Vice president or secretary to view at Sunday matches.

3. 1^st half champs will play 2^nd half champs. If the same team wins both there is no final match. The champions of both half’s win that award.

1.All matches will be on Sunday’s at 1:00 pm. Matches will start no later than 1:10pm.

2.The President, Vice president and the Secretary has the authority to postpone any match due to inclement weather. The cancelled matches will be made up as soon as possible.

3.In case of a fire or an emergency during a match, the match must be completed as soon as possible.

5. A team may start up to 1 hour prior to regular start which is 1:0 0pm due to other conflicting arrangements shooters may have. All shooters must be in agreement from both teams. This cannot be a common practice for the league. There will be a limit 1 time per team per year.

3. Envelopes are used for dues, the team captain is responsible for collecting there team members dues. Make sure the envelope is filled out completely and signed by the captain. Captains sign the envelopes to insure all dues are present and accounted for in the envelope.

4.Captain’s are responsible for keeping score on the score sheet. A captain can designate a team member to keep score. Teams will alternate keeping score in the 3 games played. Loser of the cork keeps score first.

5.These rules were set in place to help captains solve problems when they arise. Common sense and good sportsmanship are to be used if a solution is not exlicit in the rules. Remember to have fun and shoot darts.

1. All boards must be a height of 5’3’ from the center of the board to the floor. The distance of the shooting line from the wall is 7’3”. Also the distance of the shooting line will be 9’ on a diagonal from center of cork to the floor, this line will arc to conform the distance of 9’.

2. All boards will be checked by McAdoo Fire Co and dart league officers to determine if a new board is needed. If a new board is needed it will be in place prior to the first week of dart league play.

3. You should never cross the throwing line with any part of your foot. If your foot does cross the line, your turn is null and void. Please notify the captain and the player that crosses the line. Only 1 warning will be given after a 2^nd time the rule may be enforced.

1. All score sheets must be handed into the secretary after the final match. If a score sheet is left behind the secretary will not be responsible for that score sheet.

1.If and when a shooter is absent that shooter that is not present will lose 3 points off his or her present average. For a captain that is not present it will be 5 points off his or her present average.

2. When filling the score sheet out for a absent shooter, his or her average minus the points from rule # 1 will be evenly broken up across all 9 innings. There will be no loading up the first 3 innings or the last 3 innings. You cannot put a zero for any inning for a absent shooter. If this happens the team that breaks the rule will forfeit that game and will take it as a loss.

3. To insure accuracy, you should always record scores while the darts are still in the board.

4. If a team is winning and they don’t need to shoot the 9^th inning they are not required to throw their darts. It is the team captain’s discretion.

5.The players names are filled in on the left on the score-sheet. After a player shoots, the scores are called out to the scorekeeper. In the first inning, you simply write down the player's points for that inning.

6.Beginning in the second inning, the score boxes are cut in half by a diagonal line. From here on in, the player's score for the inning is written in one section, and his running total for the game is written in the other section. This allows us to keep track of what everyone shot in any inning of the game, and also provides a second set of numbers to use in double checking the math, so we'll have more accurate scorekeeping, and more detailed record-keeping.

7. You'll notice that for a score of zero (a "blackout"), the scorekeeper fills in the square, blacking it out.

Make sure all sheets are filled out completely and correctly if they are not and it results in a team having a dispute later on it will not be any one’s fault but that of the team member that kept the score at that match.

Dart Rules and Scoring

Game play

1.Shooters must use the darts provided by the social hall. No outside darts are allowed to be used.

2.To determine who goes first, each player throws a single dart at the dart board and the player who gets closest to the bull’s eye wins and get choice to shoot first or second for the first match.

3. Shooters arriving late can shoot if the game is no further than the 3^rd inning.

4. Any shooter shooting out of turn will lose their points for that inning.

5. In case of a personal emergency or work situation, shooters may shoot out the remainder of the game if both teams are in agreement. If possible this is to be determined prior to the match. It should be limited to one player per team per game and is not to be a continuous practice. This will be at the team captain’s judgment.

6. Players shoot three darts per turn. When players are competing, each player throws all three darts and then the next player takes the line. When teams are competing, each player on the team shoots, then the next team takes the line.

7. When sharing the same set of darts, players throw their darts, and the next player to take the line pulls the darts out of the board and calls the score. Players generally do not pull their own darts.

8. When standing at the line to shoot, players remain behind the shooting line. They are said to "toe" the shooting line.

9. No toe boards will be used. Toe boards may be used for the playoffs as long as everyone is in agreement.

Scoring in American Darts

The board is broken into pieces called innings. The pieces resemble pie pieces, and extend from the cork in the middle outward through the red ring, and the white ring, stopping at the blue ring. These pieces are separated by strips of metal that are embedded in the board.

Each one of these innings is broken into three scoring sections. The first section is the largest, and covers all of the uncolored area between the cork and the red ring. This area is worth one point, and referred to as "the single". In the image on the left, it is highlighted (roughly) in yellow.

The second scoring area is the red ring, worth two points. Oddly enough, this area is referred to as "the red". The final scoring area, known as "the trips", is the thin uncolored outer ring. Darts landing in this area score three points each.

The blue outer ring is worth nothing at all. The metal strips that divide the innings do not even extend into the blue ring.

Scoring Example #1:
The group of darts at the right was thrown at inning number Eight. The scoring would be:

Two points for the dart in the red
Three points for the dart in the trip area
Zero points for the dart in the blue

Total for the inning - Five points.

Scoring Example #2:
The group of darts on the left was thrown at inning number Two. The scoring for that group would be:

 One point for the dart in the single

 Two points for the dart in the red

 Three points for the dart in the trip area

Total points scored during the inning - Six.

More Notes on Scoring:

> Darts must remain in the board in order to count for points. If a dart hits the board, but bounces off, no points are awarded.

> If a dart falls out of the board while a player is shooting, those points are lost as well.

> If a thrown dart sticks into the barrel of a dart on the board, it will not earn any points.

> The wires that separate the scoring sections on the dart board overlap in some places. If a dart should hit in between these two overlapping sections of wire, splitting them, it is referred to as a split wire. In this case, the score taken for this dart is the higher of the two sections.

For example, if a dart splits the wires separating the red and trips sections, the shooter gets three points (the trip value) for that dart.

If a dart splits the wires between the trip and the blue section, the shooter gets three points for that dart.

Ties

1. If a game should end in a tie, all shooters scores will count in the tenth inning. The team with the highest score will win the game. If the score is tied after the 10^th inning, play will continue until one team score more points than the other. ( 10^th, 11^th, 12^th and so on )

2. If a shooter is absent he will get a zero for the extra innings.

3. Points from the extra innings will not count towards the shooters average.

9. A party will be held at the social hall on a date to be determined, either week 12 of darts or playoffs. This will be decided the 1^st week of darts.

1 vs 2 Board 1	3 vs 4 Board 2
1 vs 3 Board 2	2 vs 4 Board 1
1 vs 4 Board 1	2 vs 3 Board 2
Superbowl Off	Superbowl Off
1 vs 2 Board 2	3 vs 4 Board 1
1 vs 3 Board 1	2 vs 4 Board 2
1 vs 4 Board 2	2 vs 3 Board 1
1 vs 2 Board 1	3 vs 4 Board 2
1 vs 3 Board 2	2 vs 4 Board 1
1 vs 4 Board 1	2 vs 3 Board 2
1 vs 2 Board 2	3 vs 4 Board 1
1 vs 3 Board 1	2 vs 4 Board 2
1 vs 4 Board 2	2 vs 3 Board 1
1^st Half Champs	2^nd Half Champs