First Woman to Beat a Man at World Darts Overwhelmed by Response

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/dec/22/fallon-sherrock-first-woman-to-beat-man-pdc-world-darts-championship-billie-jean-king

by mellosouls • 7 years ago

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Jupe3• 7 years ago

Impressive. She hit six 180s. A 180 (or "Ton-80") is three darts in the treble ring of the 20 "slice" of the board. (The top slice, above the bulls-eye).

So, she placed 18 darts (3-at-a-time) in the treble ring. While larger than the bulls-eye, the triple 20 is worth more (60 points) than the 50 points of a bullseye.

The world record for Ton-80s is 22 in a single match.

I've gotten ONE triple-sixty years ago, and was quite proud at the time. The biggest challenges for me were "bounce-back" when hitting the wire and "dart-splitting" (Robin-hood style).

chasd00• 7 years ago

yeah, skill shines through luck in consistency and performance under pressure. I'm rooting for her, I hope she stays focused and goes all the way.

I use to play golf and was pretty good at it but it was just never a passion. I could hit amazing shots every now and then but it was the people who hit above average shots every.single.time that won.

sambe• 7 years ago

At one point I played a lot and also got a single 180. Probably several dozen bounce-backs from the wire but not a single split dart. Always found it strange that people say this happens often.

lonelappde• 7 years ago

Split dart happens when the board is higher quality than the dart.

Jupe3• 7 years ago

It happened often enough that I had to purchase new back shafts (the part that holds the flights). The aluminum proved to be the best, as I could bend them back into place and still get some use out of them. My first few were plastic, and were effectively useless afterwards.

The valley created by the two fins of the flight basically made a path right to the join point. Of course, maybe it was my throwing style that caused it to happen more to me than others?

Only had a few that actually stayed stuck into the already landed dart, but it was quite funny when it happened the first few times. After that it was just a bother. Probably happened ~10-15 times IIRC. (It was ~30 years ago).

meddlin• 7 years ago

That's just awesome. Glad to see it.

newnewpdro• 7 years ago

TIL this had never been won by a woman before, surprising.

First Woman to Beat a Man at World Darts Overwhelmed by Response

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