Sport in a pub

There are many public houses in London and elsewhere, where beer,
wine and spirits may be bought and drunk at certain times of the day. These are
suitable width=100% for all classes of the community and provide a place, where
people may meet together and talk, and perhaps play at darts or other games, as
well as drink.

In the bar of every English «pub» there is a dartboard, and on most
evenings the game of darts is being played. This is a traditional English game.
The first record of something like the modern game appears in a sixteenth
century. In this tournament people threw missiles in a target by hand, instead
of using a bow.

The dartboard has numbered sections and the score depends on the
section in which the dart lands. The darts are small, about 12 cm long, and
have a steel point, a metal body and the three feathers. A set of three darts
is used and each player throws them in turns. Expert players usually have their
own private set of darts, but pubs always provide a set for occasional players.
If you hit the very middle – you hit the bull’s eye, which give you the highest
score.

Pubs are really an essential part of English life. Most customers in
the smaller pubs play games such as dominoes, darts or snooker. Snooker is a
variation of billiards played with 15 red balls and 6 variously colored ones.
And in many local pubs there are the teams of players of snooker who play
matches against teams from other pubs. The idea has developed so far that there
are even national championships in snooker and darts.

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