Season 3 Rules
Birdies Dart League · Fall 2026 · Birdie's Sporting Club
Match format
- Cricket: 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, and bull.
- Best of three legs: the first player to win two legs wins the match.
Who throws first?
- First leg: toss a coin. The winner chooses “see” or “show” for the bull throw. “Show” means throwing at bull first; “see” means watching your opponent throw before taking your turn. Closest to bull goes first in the first leg.
- Second leg: mugs away. The loser of the first leg goes first.
- Third leg, if needed: throw for bull again. Closest to bull goes first.
No-shows and rescheduling
- No warning, no show: you forfeit the match. Your opponent receives a 2–0 win.
- Rescheduled matches must be played that week. Check with the commissioner if you need an exception.
- Arrange time changes at least 24 hours ahead with your opponent.
Contact commissioner Fernando Perez (Fern) about scheduling exceptions or disputes.
Report your result
While DartConnect is unavailable, use the league PIN to report results here.
After playing, report the winner and both players’ MPR using the league PIN.
This is our temporary reporting process until DartConnect is working again.
The commissioner reviews reports before they count toward standings.
Playoffs
Playoffs run on the three Thursdays after Thanksgiving:
- Thursday, December 3, 2026
- Thursday, December 10, 2026
- Thursday, December 17, 2026
Provisional format
We plan to follow Season 2’s playoff structure, adjusted for this season’s field.
The format may change based on player feedback. Final seed cutoffs and play-in details will be confirmed.
- Seeding: regular-season composite standings, combining leg win percentage and MPR.
- Bracket: higher seeds enter the winners bracket; lower seeds play in for places in the losers bracket.
- Elimination: winners-bracket losers drop to the losers bracket. A loss in the play-in or losers bracket eliminates you.
- Play-in and winners-bracket matches: best of three Cricket legs, except the winners-bracket final.
- Losers-bracket matches: one Cricket leg, except the losers-bracket final.
- Finals: winners-bracket final, losers-bracket final, and grand final are best of five.
- Grand final: the winners-bracket champion faces the losers-bracket champion. If the losers-bracket champion wins, a second best-of-five match decides the title.
- No playoff handicaps: all matches are played straight up.