ADDA Match Basics

A quick primer on the terminology, game types, and scoring rules you'll encounter on match night. For the official league rules, see the links at the bottom.

Corking / Option to Cork / "See or Show"

Corking is how we decide which team goes first in each set. One player from each team (or one player per side in doubles and quads) throws a single dart at the bullseye — the "cork." Whoever lands closest "wins the cork" and goes first.

The Away team has "the option" to either "see" the Home team cork first, or "show" by throwing at the bullseye first themselves.

501 / 301 / 801

These are the "'01" games — each player (or team) starts at the named score and races to subtract their way down to exactly zero. 501 is straight in, double out; 301 and 801 are double in, double out.

Straight in / Double in / Double out

"Straight in" means any dart counts as your first scoring throw. "Double in" means your first scoring dart must land in a double (the thin outer ring) before any of your throws start counting toward your score.

"Double out" means your final dart must land in a double that brings you to exactly zero. Overshooting — or leaving yourself at 1 with no double available — busts the turn, and your score resets to where it was at the start of that turn.

Cricket

In cricket, players race to "close" the numbers 15 through 20 plus the bullseye by hitting each one three times (a single counts as one mark, a double as two, a triple as three). Once your team closes a number, you can pile up points on it until the other team closes it too. The team with the most points after all numbers are closed wins.

Shanghai

Shanghai is a cricket variant played in the Coed league only. In addition to the normal cricket targets, players must shot for and close out doubles, triples, and three-in-a-bed.

ADDAs

ADDAs are the league's term for all-star throws — awarded for high-scoring turns in '01 and cricket games. DartConnect records every throw, so ADDAs are tallied automatically; you don't need to do anything special to earn them.

See the Individual Stats page for the full point thresholds, qualification rules, and where to find each stat on the DartConnect leaderboard.

Match Scoring

All sets score match points based on the number of players: 1 point per singles set, 2 points per doubles set, and 4 points for the Team 801 quad set (4 players per team). The fourth singles cricket set is the exception to this rule (see below).

You don't need to keep a running tally yourself — DartConnect tracks the match score automatically as each set is completed.

2-point Cricket Set

The fourth singles cricket set counts as 2 points instead of the normal 1. Teams typically post their best player for this set, and in most divisions the home team chooses whether to play it as one-and-done or best-of-3 legs.

The Full Rulebook

This page is just an unofficial introduction. For the complete rules and policies, see the league documents which take prescedence over this page:

You can also find these (and more) on the League Documents page.