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Electronic Scoreboards
Electronic
Scoreboards have been around for a number of years now and more pubs seem to be
installing them. Admittedly they have some benefits but they are not all good.
Perhaps the main reason for their proliferation is that there is no chalk dust
produced which must be a problem for the pub cleaners to continually remove.
The
scoreboards usually carry a notice saying that they are league approved but the
truth is that not all leagues do permit their use. Indeed it is only a couple
of years ago that the Weston & Trent Valley Darts League removed a rule
forbidding their use. The rule stated that “Scoring must be carried out by
the subtraction method using chalk and a board to record the score.” This was
quietly dropped as more pubs insisted on not using chalk.
There
are a number of different types of scoreboards available that record the score
differently. The first one pictured only shows the last score for each player
which makes it difficult to check previous scores. The scores can be revealed
from the memory but few people know how to do this. Also
it makes it difficult to count the number of darts used as there is a prize for
this in our league. The second scoreboard pictured from another club is far
better as it shows the last 5 scores made on each side. |
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