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I watched the replay, well, I missed seeing The Power lose
Happy to see the two lads repeat the World Champs final.
Agree about Barny. He's always like that, seems a strange persona for darts.
And re Gary, sometimes it's painful watching him throw at doubles.
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Random stats and trivia:
The only bogey numbers are 169, 168, 166, 165, 163, 162, 159.
The double-1 is called the mad house.
A single-5, single-20, single-1 is called a breakfast (or bed and breakfast).
A triple-5, triple-20, triple-1 is called a champagne breakfast.
Highest 2-dart checkout is 110 (T20-Bull)
Lowest 3-dart checkout is 99 (T19-10-D16)
The left hand side of the board is called the married man's side.
Highest 3-dart score on an upside-down board is 3xT91 = 819.
The most impressive 9-dart finish, leaving the maximum required after each throw, would be D17-T19-T20=151, T20-T20-T20=180, T20-T20-Bull=170.
The lowest 3-dart start to still achieve a 9-darter is 151 (D20-T18-T19 or Bull-Bull-T17).
The least T20s required for a 9-darter is 3.
The most doubles to score a 9-darter is 3 (all Bulls).
There are 22 9-dart combinations to score 501.
Every televised 9-darter has had a D12 or D18 checkout (other possibilities are D15, D17, D20 and Bull).
Every televised 9-darter has included a 180.
No one has ever scored a televised 9-darter against Phil Taylor.
On November 11, 1975 in Devon, England, Cliff Inglis tossed a 19-dart 1001 game: 160-180-140-180-121-180-40.
In April of 1987, Pat Irwin of the Mitre hotel, playing in a double start/double finish 501 match, hit a 170 in (Bull-60-60) and a 170 out (60-60-Bull) in the same leg.
In the most perfect of perfect 501 games, Roy Blowies, playing at the Widgeon's Pub in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in late 1989 achieved a 9-darter by doubling in on the bullseye first. He scored 161(Bull-T20-T17), 180,160(T20-T20-D20).
Happy to see the two lads repeat the World Champs final.
Agree about Barny. He's always like that, seems a strange persona for darts.
And re Gary, sometimes it's painful watching him throw at doubles.
*****
Random stats and trivia:
The only bogey numbers are 169, 168, 166, 165, 163, 162, 159.
The double-1 is called the mad house.
A single-5, single-20, single-1 is called a breakfast (or bed and breakfast).
A triple-5, triple-20, triple-1 is called a champagne breakfast.
Highest 2-dart checkout is 110 (T20-Bull)
Lowest 3-dart checkout is 99 (T19-10-D16)
The left hand side of the board is called the married man's side.
Highest 3-dart score on an upside-down board is 3xT91 = 819.
The most impressive 9-dart finish, leaving the maximum required after each throw, would be D17-T19-T20=151, T20-T20-T20=180, T20-T20-Bull=170.
The lowest 3-dart start to still achieve a 9-darter is 151 (D20-T18-T19 or Bull-Bull-T17).
The least T20s required for a 9-darter is 3.
The most doubles to score a 9-darter is 3 (all Bulls).
There are 22 9-dart combinations to score 501.
Every televised 9-darter has had a D12 or D18 checkout (other possibilities are D15, D17, D20 and Bull).
Every televised 9-darter has included a 180.
No one has ever scored a televised 9-darter against Phil Taylor.
On November 11, 1975 in Devon, England, Cliff Inglis tossed a 19-dart 1001 game: 160-180-140-180-121-180-40.
In April of 1987, Pat Irwin of the Mitre hotel, playing in a double start/double finish 501 match, hit a 170 in (Bull-60-60) and a 170 out (60-60-Bull) in the same leg.
In the most perfect of perfect 501 games, Roy Blowies, playing at the Widgeon's Pub in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in late 1989 achieved a 9-darter by doubling in on the bullseye first. He scored 161(Bull-T20-T17), 180,160(T20-T20-D20).