League Info · Tulip City Darts Club

2026–27 Season

At a glance

Oct 7

First night

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

7 PM

League night

Wednesdays, 7:00 – 9:30 PM

Doubles

Format

Two-player teams, steel tip

3

Divisions

Premier, Champions & League One

25

Teams

Season full · new sign-ups waitlisted

$60

Dues

Per player, per season · Due Oct 14

Getting in

The 2026–27 season is full

All 25 teams are set and the season started on October 7. New sign-ups go on the waitlist.

Join the waitlist

Fill out the form on the waitlist page — with a partner or on your own. No partner? Tick I need a partner and we'll try to pair you up.

We'll reach out

If a team drops during the season, we'll contact waitlisted players to fill the spot.

Format

League night

Tulip City Darts Club is a steel-tip doubles league. Here's how a Wednesday works.

Teams of two. Each league night your team plays a match against another team in your division, made up of 501 and Cricket games. Each division has its own lineup — see the match format page.
Partners alternate turns. In doubles, you and your partner take turns at the board and share one score — so both of you are in every game.
Divisions keep it fair. Three divisions — Premier, Champions and League One — mean you're throwing against teams at a similar level, whether you've played for twenty years or just bought your first set.
Scored on DartConnect. Every game is scored on a tablet at the board. Stats and standings update live — follow along on DartConnect TV.
Steel-tip boards. We play on regulation boards at Tulip City Bar & Grill — bring your own steel-tip darts.

Match format by division →

Missing a player?

Subs

With 25 teams on the schedule, the league can't line up substitutes for everyone. Each team is responsible for finding its own sub.

Find your own sub

If a regular player can't make it, it's on the team to secure a substitute. The league does not arrange subs.

Tell us on-site

When you arrive on league night, let the league staff at the venue know who is subbing in and which player they're replacing.

We add them

We'll add your sub to your team for that night so they can be entered and scored on DartConnect before your match starts.

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Check in your sub before your match begins. A sub who hasn't been added on-site can't be scored, so give us a heads-up as soon as you get to the venue.

Paying up

Pay your dues

Dues are $60 per player for the season and are due by the second league night, Wednesday, October 14. Players can pay individually, or one teammate can cover the whole team ($120).

Square

Pay by card

Credit, debit, Apple Pay, or Google Pay through Square's secure checkout. Pick your team first so your payment is credited to the right team.

Select your team Pay $60 · Just me Pay $120 · Whole team

Venmo

Pay with Venmo

Send to @tulipcitydarts. Opens the Venmo app on your phone.

Pay with Venmo

$

Put your team name and player name in the payment note. That's how we match your payment to your spot. Paying for both players? List both names.

Before you throw

Reading the board

Both games use the same board. Each number owns a wedge, and where your dart lands inside that wedge decides what it's worth.

Where it lands	What it's worth	In Cricket
Single	The wide part of the wedge — face value	1 mark
Treble	The thin inner ring — 3× the number	3 marks
Double	The thin outer ring — 2× the number	2 marks
Outer bull	Green ring around the center — 25	1 mark
Bullseye	Dead center — 50, counts as a double	2 marks

60Most from one dart
(treble 20)

180Most in one turn
(three treble 20s)

3Darts per turn
in both games

Outer ring = doubles · inner ring = trebles
Green = outer bull (25) · center = bullseye (50)

Game one

501

Count down from 501 to exactly zero — and your last dart has to land in a double.

Both teams start at 501. In doubles, you and your partner alternate turns and count down one shared score.
A turn is three darts. Add up all three and subtract the total from what you have left.
Straight in. Every dart counts from the first throw — you don't need a double to get started.
Double out. To win, your final dart must hit a double (the thin outer ring) or the bullseye, and bring you to exactly zero.
Watch for the bust. Go below zero, land on exactly 1, or reach zero without a double, and the whole turn doesn't count — your score goes back to where it was before that turn.

Example checkout

You're on 60Single 20Double 20

The single 20 leaves 40, and double 20 takes you to exactly zero — game over. Hit a treble 20 instead and you'd reach zero without a double: bust, and you're back on 60.

Worth knowing

You can't finish on an odd number. Every double is even, so on an odd score you'll hit a single first to leave yourself a double.
32 is the classic leave. Miss double 16 into the single and you're on 16 — still a double. Keep halving: 8, 4, 2.
170 is the biggest possible checkout: treble 20, treble 20, bullseye.

To finish, your last dart needs the
outer double ring or the bullseye

Game two

American Cricket

Close out 15 through 20 and the bull before the other team — without falling behind on points.

Only seven targets count: 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and the bull. Anything else is a miss.
Hit a number three times to close it. A single is one mark, a double two, a treble three. On the bull, the outer bull is one mark and the bullseye two. Close them in any order.
Closed numbers score. Once you've closed a number and the other team hasn't, every extra mark you hit on it scores its face value — 25 per mark on the bull.
Both closed = dead. When both teams have closed a number, it's shut for good. Nobody scores on it again.
To win, close everything with the points lead or tied. If you've closed all seven but you're behind, keep scoring on numbers your opponents still have open until you catch up.

On the scoreboard

1 mark

2 marks

Closed

Example turn

Treble 20Single 20Double 19

The treble closes 20 in one dart. If the other team hasn't closed 20, the extra single scores you 20 points. The double 19 puts two marks on 19 — one more to close it.

Worth knowing

Points are protection, not the goal. Score enough to stay safely ahead, then get back to closing numbers.
Close what they're scoring on. If your opponents are piling up points on a number, closing it shuts that down immediately.
The stat to watch is MPR — marks per round, the average number of marks you hit per three-dart turn.

Only 15–20 and the bull count in Cricket
Everything greyed out is a miss

Speak the language

Darts terms

Leg: One complete game of 501 or Cricket.
Checkout: The dart or darts that finish a 501 leg — also called going out.
Bust: In 501, going below zero, landing on 1, or reaching zero without a double. The turn doesn't count.
Tops: Double 20 — the double at the very top of the board.
Ton · Ton-80: A ton is 100 or more in one turn. A ton-80 is 180, the maximum.
Hat trick: Three bulls in a single turn.
Mark: One hit toward closing a Cricket number. Singles are one, doubles two, trebles three.
MPR · 3-dart average: The standard stats: marks per round in Cricket, average score per turn in 501.
Cork: One dart each at the bull to decide who throws first — closest to the center wins.
Oche: The throw line, pronounced “ock-ee.” For steel tip it's 7′ 9¼″ from the face of the board, with the bullseye 5′ 8″ off the floor.

Where we play

Tulip City Bar & Grill

430 W 17th St, Ste 110
Holland, MI 49423 · 35 boards

See the venue Directions

Ready to throw?

Sign-ups are open for 2026–27. Questions about the league? Email tulipcitydarts@gmail.com.

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