Thursday Night Competitive Darts is a League for players who want to focus a bit more on the game play than the social aspects that prevail in most leagues. However, this is not a "super league" level of play, and we require players of all skill levels in order to maintain good team balance.
The teams are paired players and arranged after registration and before the season games start by the league executive. We use statistics generated during the previous series to determine the players skill levels, and use that to attempt to create teams that are as close to balanced as possible.
The teams will be playing 15 games each Thursday night from early in September and may continue through as late as the end of April. If you are interested in participating, drop by on registration night.
Cost to register for the year is $35, and an additional $5 is paid as dues each week and to develop the prize fund for the end of the year awards.
Spare players are called out by our Spares Captain as needed. So if you'd like to come out and play with us as a spare, call our Spares Captain (check the "Contacts" page) to be put on the Spares List. There is no charge at all for spares to play. Note: We need spare players of all skill levels.
Games will get underway at 7:00pm each Thursday night at Legion #271 on Tache Street in St. Albert. Dates are shown on the Calendar. Check the Contacts page for directions to this location.
The scoresheets are made available at the night's active dartboards and they indicate the board number and team pairings for the night's games. There will be 4 doubles games, then 2 singles games, 3 doubles games again, 2 more singles games and then the final 4 doubles games. This gives an early and late break for each player.
For each set of doubles games, the "A" player from each team diddles for the middle for the right to throw first in each set of 3 or 4 games. When a player finishes a game, the player who is next in the throwing order throws first in the next game of the 3 or 4 game set.
Players diddle for the middle to start every singles game. Each player chalks their own scores.
All games are 501, fly in double out (FIDO). The stats are recorded and totalled on the score sheet and signed to end the night.
Stats and standings are available on this website and by email, and a printed copy is brought to the next darts night.