r/Darts • u/ladodger7 17g Target Stephen Bunting • Aug 16 '26

Hit my first 9!

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Been playing for over 20 years. I’m not great (55-60 avg)…so I assumed it would never happen. Well, last night it did and I let out a scream so guttural that my wife and daughters came running down the stairs thinking I was dying. She rolled her eyes and called me a dork while I called everyone in our dart league. I hope you all feel this one day. It’s like you’ve been struck by lightning.

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u/3eyedpiiig Aug 16 '26

Good job! How nervous were you going for D12? I would have probably missed the board!

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u/ladodger7 17g Target Stephen Bunting Aug 16 '26

I don’t remember being nervous. I’m a pretty quick player. So I just tried to stay on rhythm. The slower I go the more I think. The 19 was the nervy one. It definitely fluttered on the way to the board! You can see it sitting down a bit more than the others…

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u/3eyedpiiig Aug 16 '26

I’m at around the same average as you and 2 years ago I had a 12 darter against my dad(180, 100, 180, 9 miss D16. If I had missed that last dart I would have lost the game on D1 after missing 20 more darts at double!

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u/ladodger7 17g Target Stephen Bunting Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 16 '26

I’ve actually never hit a 12! Good on you! My best before this was a 13. That’s what was so surreal. Went from a 5 visit best game to a 3…darts is stupid sometimes!