THOROLD DART LEAGUE RULES
2025 - 2026
FUN AND GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE THOROLD DART LEAGUE.
ANY INTENTIONAL DISREGARD TO THESE RULES, WHICH IS FOUND TO BE DETRIMENTAL
TOWARD THE LEAGUE, IT’S MEMBERS AND/OR SPONSORS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND
WILL BE DEALT WITH IMMEDIATELY BY THE LEAGUE CAPTAINS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
1	A NIGHTS MATCH WILL CONSIST OF 5, FIVE MAN TEAM GAMES - 501, 5 DOUBLES - 401, 5 DOUBLES
	CRICKET, 5 SINGLES - 301,TO BE PLAYED IN THAT ORDER. ONE POINT AWARDED PER GAME WON.
	ANY DEVIATION IN ORDER MUST BE BY MUTUAL CONSENT OF THE TEAMS.
2	ALL GAMES TO START WITH PLAYER DIDDLING CLOSEST TO THE CENTRE, IN TEAM GAMES A PLAYER
	IS ONLY ALLOWED TO DIDDLE ONCE AND MUST BE THE TEAMS FIRST SHOOTER.  IN TEAMS, DOUBLES
	AND SINGLES YOU MUST DOUBLE IN TO START, DOUBLE OUT TO WIN.  GAME IS OVER WHEN CLOSING
	DOUBLE IS MADE. CRICKET IS OVER WHEN THE TEAM WITH ALL NUMBERS CLOSED HAS MORE OR
	EQUAL POINTS THAN THE TEAM WITHOUT THEIR NUMBERS CLOSED. STANDARD LENGTH FOR THROW
	LINE IN THE LEAGUE WILL BE 7' 9 1/4”
3	A DUMMY SCORE OF TWENTY-SIX WILL BE AWARDED IN TEAM GAMES, DOWN TO AND INCLUDING 100,
	WHEN ONLY 4 PLAYERS ARE AVAILABLE.  THE DUMMY SCORE WILL NOT BEGIN, NOR WILL THEY MISS
	ANY TURNS UNTIL SHORTHANDED TEAM HAS OPENED.  IN DOUBLES, CRICKET AND SINGLES THE FIFTH
	GAME OF EACH SET IS DEFAULTED WHEN REACHED, AND ONE TEAM HAS ONLY FOUR PLAYERS PRESENT.
4	VISITING TEAM MARKS NAMES UP FIRST AND DIDDLES FIRST.
5	(a).  NO PLAYER IS TO PLAY MORE THAN 2 DOUBLES MATCHES PER NIGHT, NO PLAYER IS ALLOWED TO
	PLAY MORE THAN ONE DOUBLES MATCH WITH THE SAME PARTNER IN THE SAME NIGHT.
	(b). NO PLAYER IS TO PLAY MORE THAN 2 CRICKET MATCHES PER NIGHT, NO PLAYER IS ALLOWED
	TO PLAY MORE THAT ONE CRICKET MATCH WITH THE SAME PARTNER IN THE SAME NIGHT.
	(c). NO PLAYER IS TO PLAY MORE THAN 1 SINGLES MATCH PER NIGHT.
6	ANY SCORING ERROR, THAT IS NOT DETECTED BEFORE THE FOURTH DART IS THROWN FOLLOWING
	THAT ERROR, WILL LEAVE THE SCORE AS IT STANDS, UNLESS BY MUTUAL CONSENT OF THE CAPTAINS.
7	GAMES ARE TO START AT 7:30 p.m., DEADLINE 7:45 p.m.
	ANY EXTENSION TO THESE TIMES MUST BE BY MUTUAL CONSENT OF BOTH TEAM CAPTAINS.
	ANY GAMES WHICH ARE CANCELED OR ARE PREMATURELY HALTED, MUST BE PLAYED A.S.A.P.
	ALL CHANGES MUST BE APPROVED BY LEAGUE EXECUTIVE. ANY TEAM WITHOUT THE REQUIRED
	NUMBER (4) OF PLAYERS BY THE DEADLINE TIME WILL FORFEIT THE NIGHTS PLAY AND NO
	MAKE UP GAMES WILL BE ALLOWED.
8	TEAMS WINNING BY FORFEIT WILL RECEIVE THEIR TEAM AVERAGE or 12 POINTS. WHICHEVER IS GREATER
	TEAMS LOSING BY FORFEIT WILL BE AWARDED 0 POINTS.
9	EACH TEAM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUBMITTING OF THEIR  TEAM’S SCORE.
	IF SCORE IS NOT SUBMITTED TO THE LEAGUE STATISTICIAN BY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT FOLLOWING
	THE MATCH. DELINQUENT TEAMS WILL RECEIVE 0 POINTS. NO EXCEPTIONS
	Teams may either drop the card at the Harry's Drop Box or take a Picture of the card and email it in to
	thorolddartleague@gmail.com
10	THE SPONSORS ENTRY FEE OF $150.00 PER TEAM WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH TEAMS
	CAPTAIN, AND MUST BE TURNED IN TO THE LEAGUE TREASURER BY Nov. 4/25.
11	INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS FEES OF $55.00 PER PLAYER ARE TO BE PAID TO THE LEAGUE TREASURER AT THE
	SECOND LEAGUE MEETING ON Nov. 4/25.  ANY PLAYER FEES NOT RECEIVED AT THIS TIME
	SHALL INCREASE BY $10.00 PER MAN AND MUST BE PAID BY Dec. 9/25. ALL MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE
	MUST HAVE THEIR ENTRY PAID AND WAIVER SHEETS SIGNED, BEFORE PLAYING IN ANY GAMES.
	NOTE: ANY TEAM CAUGHT USING UNPAID PLAYERS AFTER DEC 9/25 WILL FORFEIT ENTIRE NIGHTS POINTS.
12	PLAYOFF POSITIONS WILL BE DETERMINED ON THE TOTAL POINTS ACCRUED THROUGHOUT THE
	2025 - 2026 SEASONS PLAY. IN THE EVENT OF A TIE, THE TEAM WHICH ACQUIRED THE MOST POINTS,
	ON THE NIGHT THE TEAMS MET IN REGULAR SEASON PLAY, WILL BE AWARDED THE HIGHER POSITION.
	THE TOP SIX TEAMS WILL FORM THE PYLE DIVISION AND WILL PLAY A ROUND ROBIN PLAYOFF.
	THE NEXT SIX TEAMS WILL FORM THE LALONDE DIVISION AND WILL PLAY A ROUND ROBIN PLAYOFF.
	THE REMAINING SIX TEAMS WILL FORM THE CLARK DIVISION AND WILL PLAY A ROUND ROBIN PLAYOFF.
	TWO HIGHEST TEAMS  IN EACH DIV. AFTER ROUND ROBIN WILL PLAY A HOME AND AWAY SERIES TO 21.
13	RULES COMMITTEE WILL CONSIST OF THE CAPTAINS OF EACH TEAM AS WELL AS THE LEAGUE
	EXECUTIVE. ALL RULES WILL STAND FOR THE ENTIRE SEASONS PLAY. Mar. 10, 2026 MEETING WILL BE
	DESIGNATED AS RULES CHANGE NIGHT. UNLESS BY AGREEMENT OF CAPT. & EXECUTIVE.
14	HIGH OPEN, HIGH CLOSE AND HIGH SCORE POSTED MUST BE BETTERED NOT EQUALED,
	UNLESS A MAXIMUM SCORE HAS BEEN ACHIEVED, EXCLUSIVE OF 180, DURING ANY MATCH
	INCLUDING PLAYOFFS.  ANY SCORE OF 180 OR 9 COUNT,
	DURING THE SEASONS PLAY WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT THE END OF THE SEASON BY AN AWARD.
15	TEAMS ARE TO CONSIST OF NO MORE THAN 15 MEN.  ROSTER SHEETS ARE TO BE FILLED OUT &
	RETURNED TO LEAGUE EXECUTIVE BEFORE ANY DARTS ARE THROWN BY ANY PLAYERS IN THE
	THOROLD DART LEAGUE. THIS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH TEAMS CAPTAIN.
16	TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PLAYOFFS AND AWARDS, PLAYERS MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF 9
	APPEARANCES DURING THE SEASON, ONE APPEARANCE MUST BE PRIOR TO THE END OF THE
	CHRISTMAS BREAK. EXCEPTIONS MUST BE APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE.
17	A PLAYER, UPON APPROVAL OF THE EXECUTIVE, MAY TRANSFER TO ANOTHER TEAM.  THIS
	TRANSFER WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED ONCE AND ONLY BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS BREAK.
	EXCEPTIONS MUST BE APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE.
18	DURING THE PLAYOFFS THE VISITING TEAM WILL MARK THEIR PLAYERS UP FIRST AND DIDDLE
	FIRST IN THE OPENING GAME.  THE FOLLOWING GAMES WILL BE MARKED UP FIRST & DIDDLED
	FIRST BY WHICHEVER TEAM LOST THE PREVIOUS GAME. Defaults which occur during the playoffs will
	result in a 19 – 0 score to the winner.
19	FIVE POINTS TOWARDS YOUR TEAMS LEAGUE STANDING WILL BE AWARDED TO EACH TEAM SHOWING
	REPRESENTATION AT THE THREE LEAGUE MEETINGS.(Sept. 30/25, Nov. 4/25, Dec. 9/25)
	ONE POINT PER PLAYER UP TO A MAX. OF 5 PTS.WILL BE AWARDED FOR ATTENDANCE AT ALL LEAGUE
	SANCTIONED TOURNAMENTS.    CAPT./CO-CAPT. TOUR. -  ONE PT. PER PLAYER, MAX, 2 PTS. IF THEY PLAY
20	FIGHTING IN THE THOROLD DART LEAGUE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. ANY OFFENDERS WILL BE
	SUSPENDED TILL REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE.
21	DEFAULTS SHALL BE ADDRESSED BY THE EXECUTIVE AS REQUIRED.
22	TEAMS MUST CARRY 51% OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR PLAYERS TO KEEP TEAMS STANDING IN THE LEAGUE.
23	EACH SPONSOR MUST SUPPLY A LEAGUE APPROVED DART BOARD FOR LEAGUE & PLAYOFF GAMES
26	A PLAYER IN THE THOROLD DART LEAGUE THROWING A 26 COUNT SHALL REFER TO IT AS
	A "PETER CLARK" OUT OF RESPECT OF HIS MEMORY.