What nights do you play? Wednesday nights at 8pm. Where do you play? Depending on the team and league you are in, there are games throughout the city of San Francisco. Usually, if you can't get to a certain Pub by public transit, you can usually find a team member willing to chauffer you there. (usually) How do I get on a team? This is the most common question I get to answer :-) My favorite way to join a team is to goto the bar of your 1st choice (check the Sponsor page) then check the schedule for the appropriate league (A = top players) where you'd best place your skill level. And show up at the teams game and ask for the captain to see if there's a spot on the squad! Don't be dismayed if there is not, make a 2nd and third choice and visit them, chances are you'll have no problem finding a team. Another way is to show up at one of the local shoots (monday night at TK's, or tuesday and friday at the Eagles Drift In. Plenty of players recruit here! Another way to join a team is to contact me through the website and I will help find you a team. Just send me your level of play and we'll take it from there! How much does it cost? For each person on the team, its a $20 fee payable when you shoot your first game. (per season) There are currently 2 Seasons per year, Spring and Fall. Where does my money go? Good question. From the web site to catered special events, picnics, awards ceremonys, dart shoots, they all involve the SFDA paying for items like trophys, food, xtra dart board setups for the large events. And we also team up with GGDO to send people to dart shoots. Your money is stretched as far as we can stretch it! Are there any percs? Aside from all the special events, and items listed above, its a tradition, allthough not a requirement that the hosting bar buy a round of drinks for the two teams at the halfway point of the match. :-) Did anyone famous ever come from the SFDA? Hmmmm, not that I know of, but presently we have members who are ranked in the top ADO Rankings, and a former Canadian Junior Champ! What games do you play? Although it changes slightly in the A league, we mainly play during season matchs 501, 301, cricket and Team 1001. Also Doubles 501, Doubles 701 and Doubles Cricket. Are the '01 games SIDO (Single In Double Out)? Yes, well except 301 which is DIDO (Double In Double Out). How many players are playing on a team? 5 is the minimum to sign up. I've seen a team bulk up to 10 players! But that would mean a whole lotta bench warming :-( ... However, while playing in a match, you can actually play a match with 3 persons, all though you'd want 4 persons. This is because if you play a match with only 3, then one of the doubles games must be played with only one person, as you may not play more then one game in a round per our Bylaws. As also one of the singles games in each round must be forfeited. A round would be the 2 doubles games or the 4 singles games. So, to cut to the chase, if all 4 members will always be there (ALWAYS!) 4 is the perfect number. But we want you to have a backup! So we make a full team to have a minimum of 5 players. Do all players play all games? No. As per the SFDA Bylaws, a player may only participate in 1 game per round. Otherwise you could have a team of one or two really good players and trounce the competition. The most games a single player will play (with 4 persons showing up for a match), would be Team game, 2 doubles games, and 2 singles games. For a total of five. We play 13 games total with 1 point awarded for each game win. A match score of 13 to 0 would be the best a team could do in a particular evening. What is a hilite (hilite pts)? A hilite in Cricket would be 5 or 6 bulls or a C9 (9 marks that count). We had petitions to change the C9 to a C7 but it lost. In 01 games a hilite is 100+ getting on in a 301 game DiDo, or 100+ getting out. Also a 120 - 180 thrown accounts for points, the higher you get the more points you accumulate. Its 120-139 = 1 point, 140-170 = 2 points, and 171-180 = 3 points, C9 = 4 points, 6 bulls = 4 points, 5 bulls = 3 points. for On/Out, 100-120 = 2 points, 130-160 = 4 points, 161-170 = 6 points. How do I advance in the rankings? Wee haaa! Another favorite question! :-) When I was in the C league I wanted to advance to the top (probably like any other player!) I would watch the rankings like a hawk when they came out! If you too, are interested in being the best you can be, After you are officially posted in the rankings, (a total of 20 games, makes it official) Find the players you play that are above you and beat them. Yup its that easy.. oh and don't lose to the players that are below you. I guess that means just win! The hilites points will also help push your numbers up! I always targeted a person one or 2 ranks above myself and made it a point to concentrate hard whenever I played him/her. Yup in C league, it was a her! She always beat me ... grrrr intil I got calm, one day and concentrated. After that I was the king. he he How do teams get into the payoffs? Well usually it is the top 4 that goto to the playoffs - with 1st place playing 4th place and 2nd place playing 3rd place. The team with the most wins during season play, against the team they are playing, gets home bar advantage. In the event of a tie, there is a playoff game, I believe, to get home bar advantage. The captains need to set up the match time and place. The first to attain 7 games wins. Period. There are no more games played after any team wins 7 games. So it could be a 7 - 0 night .... hopefully not for your team :-) How do the playoffs work? After the "1st" round of playoffs, the 2 teams that won the 2 matchs will play each other at a neautral bar determined by the competition secretary. The teams will be notified who and where they are playing. When there were 2 leagues in each division, A1 + A2, B1 + B2, C1 + C2 and even D1 + D2, the winner of C1 would play the winner of C2 and so on, for the grand final Trophy and Bragging Rights! -RAD {:-()>