EVERY TEAM CAPTAIN WAS GIVEN A PACKET AT THE CAPTAINS MEETING, OR ELSE ONE WAS BROUGHT TO THE ESTABLISHMENT BY A DESIGNATED PERSON.

IN THE PACKET WAS A PIECE OF PAPER THAT HAS THE ETIQUETTE AND SPORTSMANSHIP: COMMON COURTESIES, TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR KEEPING SCORE IN DARTS.

THERE IS APPARENTLY SOME MISUNDERSTANDING/MISCOMMUNICATION WHEN IT COMES TO CHALKING AND SPECTATORS.  IN THE RULES AND REGULATIONS/BY LAWS PART OF THE PACKET THE FOLLOWING STATES:

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ARTICLE IX: SCORE KEEPING

 PARAGRAPH 5. IN THE EVENT OF A DISPUTE OF SCORE, ONLY THE SCOREKEEPER AND THE PLAYER SHALL BE PERMITTED TO DEBATE THE SCORE!  

 PARAGRAPH 6. SCORE DISCREPANCIES MUST BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE SCOREKEEPER PRIOR TO THAT SHOOTER BEGINNING HIS/HER NEXT ROUND, AND AFTER THE OPPONENT HAS THROWN. ONCE A SHOOTER HAS THROWN ANOTHER ROUND, THE SCORE CANNOT BE CHANGED FOR PREVIOUS ROUNDS.

IF/WHEN, THE SCOREKEEPER AND THE PLAYER CANNOT AGREE TO THE SCORE THE CAPTAIN OF EACH TEAM SHOULD GET INVOLVED. IT IS NOT PERMITTED FOR ANY OTHER PLAYERS OR SPECTATORS TO GET INVOLVED. (THIS PARAGRAPH IS NOT INCLUDED IN ARTICLE IX. THERE HASN’T BEEN A NEED FOR IT THUS FAR.)

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ARTICLE X: SPORTSMANSHIP

PARAGRAPH 2. ALL TEAM’S SPECTATORS WATCHING ARE TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN A POLITE MANNER. SPECTATORS SHOULD TREAT THE THROWER AND SCOREKEEPER WITH COURTESY.

PARAGRAPH 3. CAPTAINS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR PLAYER’S CONDUCT.

PARAGRAPH 4. IF ANY BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS ARISE, CAPTAINS NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.

PARAGRAPH 5. ENTHUSIASM AND TEAM SPIRIT ARE ENCOURAGED, HOWEVER, NOT IF IT INTERFERES WITH THE PLAYER THROWING. (OR THE SCOREKEEPER).