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1314 - “Darte” was first referred to in journals of the time, but this is not probably the game of darts as we know it today.
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1620 - Legend has it that the Pilgrim Fathers played a form of darts on the Mayflower, as they travelled to America. They allegedly threw short arrows into the butt or base of a wine barrel.
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1896 - Brian Gamlin is credited with the ‘invention’ of the numbering sequence of the modern standard dartboard.
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1906 - A Yorkshireman patented an all metal barrel.
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1908 - The throw line (oche or hockey) was established by placing three foot high beer barrels end to end, which made a distance of 9 feet. The barrels were manufactured by S. Hockey & Sons and so the expression “Toe the Hockey” was born.
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1973 - Darts first shown on TV in England. In the programme “Indoor League”, which ran for 4 years, and 72 programmes.
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1973 - Harrows Darts was founded.
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1977 - The World Darts Federation standardised the throwing distance at 7 feet 9¼ inches (2.37 metres).
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1977 - Softip darts invented in USA.
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1989 - On February 21st 1989, at Buckingham Palace, London, Eric Bristow became the first and only darts player to receive the coveted Member of the British Empire award (M.B.E.). Bristow was awarded this honour for “Services to Darts and UK Exports” by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
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2002 - TV Darts is firmly established as an International Sport, with it’s broadcast throughout Europe, America, South Africa, South East Asia and Australasia.
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2005 - Eric Bristow inducted into the “Darts Hall Of Fame” as a founder member.
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