Is Darts a sport - the definitive poll

[Notters]

The title says it all. Is darts a sport? This poll decides.

Similar threads for golf, snooker and F1 could follow if there is sufficient demand

 

[gripper stebson]

sport [spawrt, spohrt]
noun
1.
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature

It's a no from me. It's an 'activity'.

 

[SeagullSongs]

Darts and snooker are games, golf and F1 are sports.

 

[Ward1971]

It's a competitive game with prize money played by professionals which is run by a professional body .

It ticks all the boxes of the definition of the word Professional Sport

Of course it's a sport .

 

[Mackenzie]

I think its a game more than a sport, a bloody brilliant game mind.

 

[KZNSeagull]

sport [spawrt, spohrt]
noun
1.
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature

It's a no from me. It's an 'activity'.

It's a yes from me, from the same definition!

 

[Mutts Nuts]

Darts and snooker are games, golf and F1 are sports.

Golf is hardly a sport, i would say golf is also a game as is croquet

 

[Hillian1]

I bloody love darts, it's great to play and watch. But a sport it is not.

 

[Frutos]

Game

 

[The Peanut Roaster]

If the IOC recognise chess as a sport, then I'd say I'm not sure.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

There's a mate of mine who is a two-time European Masters Toad-in-the-hole Champion and the captain of the team that holds the current World Championship.

I shall use the outcome of this poll to decide whether he is a true sporting great.

 

[KZNSeagull]

There's a mate of mine who is a two-time European Masters Toad-in-the-hole Champion and the captain of the team that holds the current World Championship.

I shall use the outcome of this poll to decide whether he is a true sporting great.

Would this be the same as Toads, that is played in the Gardeners Arms?

 

[countryman]

It's a sport in my opinion. It takes great skill. Although, if we are going to talk about what is not a sport, gymnastics, Dressage, Diving and synchronised swimming are not sports. The winner is picked down to someone's opinion.

 

[beorhthelm]

sport [spawrt, spohrt]
noun
1.
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature

It's a no from me. It's an 'activity'.

so you would discount golf, archery, horse racing, sailing, curling to name a few, as sports as they arent "athletic"? even things like cricket are dubious on this criteria.

its a selective definition anyway, firt one google finds is:
An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others. (Dictionary.com)

Darts clearly fits the bill.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Would this be the same as Toads, that is played in the Gardeners Arms?

Of course. The Gardeners is a world-class sporting venue.

Possibly.

 

[KZNSeagull]

Of course. The Gardeners is a world-class sporting venue.

Possibly.

Have you not just answered your initial question?

 

[pipkin112]

It's a no from me.

My idea of a sport, is an activity that makes you sweat. The only reason dart players sweat, is because most of them are an overweight mess.

 

[pork pie]

With so many on here thinking that Darts is a sport, no wonder there are so few professional sportsmen that come from Sussex! lol

 

[matthew]

Golf is definitely a sport!

 

[KZNSeagull]

It's a no from me.

My idea of a sport, is an activity that makes you sweat. The only reason dart players sweat, is because most of them are an overweight mess.

Same as shot putters then, but that is a sport isn't it?