I was 5 or 6 the first time i ever threw a dart. I was at my auntie's house in Fuquay and they had a dartboard set up in their game room. But i was in college at Appalachian State in the NC mountains when i began to play on a daily basis,this was back in the late 90's. I used to frequent a restaurant in Boone NC called "the carribean cafe" where they had the best wings i have ever eaten to this date. Everytime i went in there were folks playing. Just kinda got curious about it and bought a board and me first set of darts(still have them).

I think I was about 5 or 6 too when I first threw a dart, was playing with it after finding it on a field, and me and a friend threw it to each other, I ended up with it stuck in my forehead

Other than that it may have been a paper coiled toy version that I got once, which is my first memory of throwing at a board proper with 3 darts, and actually playing a game. Think I must have been about 8 or 9 then.

Was bought the boardgame 'Bullseye' as a nipper, came with 2 sets of brass arrows with plastic all in one stems and flights, 1 set red and one blue.

After pounding the snot out of the substandard board that came with it me dad finally bought me and me brother a decent board to hang on the back of the bathroom door.

And with me first wage at the tender age of 16 went and bought me first proper set of darts, Red Ringed Bristow's, that I still have - although nearly got rid
Actually still have one set of the brass that came with the board game, me brother took the other set and used them for years, although he put decent stems and flights in them.

At the age of 17 joined the local pub team The Tardy Gate and after acting as some kind of mascot for the first couple of months finally got my chance and won on my debut at a pub called the Crofters - in 30 arrows

Its reminiscing like this that makes me love the game of darts even more!


Cheers,
Greg

I guess I was about 15 when my Dad and I started throwing in the basement in Ohio. Yes they did have darts way back then. When I turned 16 I discovered something better to do and started chasing girls. It was about twenty years later that I somehow switched hobbies and went back to darts. Life was good, always lived in great dart playing areas, Cleveland, Washington DC, Bangkok, Southeast Asia locations, and Las Vegas but somehow stashed the board until about 1980 when I moved to Southern California. It was on and off again until about less than a year ago I broke out the board and got serious about it. A fun kind of serious though. Somewhere along the line, I bought some 20g Black Eagle MPs then within the past year discovered Winmau, and Harrows with my present favs being 22g White Ice. But alas now that I am hooked I live in a non dart area. Closest pub is about 20 miles away. I'm about to come out of private training though and the hunt for a dart pub is underway. Only qualification is that they serve Guinness on tap...nectar of the gods.

Been playing steel now for about 2 years only. Before that soft tip player for about 15 yrs. Threw me first dart at a bar(actually the board lol) in Daytona Beach, Florida . Steel is much more challenging IMO.

My ma and da both played for the national team so i was playing since i was knee high to a grasshopper.

ShadowNotes wrote:

I guess I was about 15 when my Dad and I started throwing in the basement in Ohio. Yes they did have darts way back then. When I turned 16 I discovered something better to do and started chasing girls. It was about twenty years later that I somehow switched hobbies and went back to darts. Life was good, always lived in great dart playing areas, Cleveland, Washington DC, Bangkok, Southeast Asia locations, and Las Vegas but somehow stashed the board until about 1980 when I moved to Southern California. It was on and off again until about less than a year ago I broke out the board and got serious about it. A fun kind of serious though. Somewhere along the line, I bought some 20g Black Eagle MPs then within the past year discovered Winmau, and Harrows with my present favs being 22g White Ice. But alas now that I am hooked I live in a non dart area. Closest pub is about 20 miles away. I'm about to come out of private training though and the hunt for a dart pub is underway. Only qualification is that they serve Guinness on tap...nectar of the gods.

I concur.