A Sporting Chance?

On the eve of the World Darts final, held at the Lakeside complex at Frimley Green, I hear that the British Darts Association (BDO), are looking to get Darts recognised as a sport. As this article reveals, they have renewed their application to Sport England, who are the body who get the final say. This time though, following several refusals, they have recruited a set of lawyers to help them, along with a sports injury specialist who has experience of 'over-use' injuries that darts can cause.

I just watched the semi-final between Simon Whitlock and Martin Adams, and noticed that Martin was wearing a pedometer on his belt, to provide statistics for the BDO on how much a player walks around in the week of the final. This is presumably to convey the effort involved in playing top-level darts. Fantastic.

Rob Bonnet on the BBC posted an article suggesting that darts should not be considered a sport. Then Bobby George, the darts world's King of Bling, posted a comeback article arguing that is is a sport. A couple of weeks ago, somebody on Radio Five Live joked that a game should not be classified as a sport if you can smoke throughout! What's your view? Post a comment (link below).