W O R L D D A R T S F E D E R A T I O N
Dave Alderman
Co-ordinator
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WDF PLAYING & TOURNAMENT RULES
OCHES Continued ............
6.05 Any player in breach of Clause 6.03 or 6.04 shall first be warned by the Referee in the presence of the
player's Captain or team Official.
Any dart subsequently delivered in breach of these Clauses shall not score and shall be declared
invalid by the Referee.
6.06 A player or team Official shall have the right to request that the Oche dimensions be checked and
adjusted before and during the course of a match, always providing that the opposing player or team
Official concurs with the request.
Such check and adjustment shall only be made before a match, or between the Legs of a match, and
shall only be made by a WDF appointed Official.
6.07 All Member Darts Bodies are authorised to amend the dimensions of the dartboard height, and Oche
length, to suit the particular requirements of contestants in special events for disabled persons.
{WDF Bye-Law No 13}.
TOURNAMENT RULES
7.00 GENERAL
7.01 Each WDF Tournament shall have a set of Playing Rules pertaining to that tournament.
These Playing Rules shall be adopted by the WDF, or for regional WDF tournaments, by the regional
WDF official council made up of the regional Member Darts Bodies.
7.02 The Playing Rules of the particular WDF tournament shall provide for the Playing Format of the
tournament. {IE: whether a 'knock-out' format or a 'round-robin' format.}
7.03 The Playing Rules of the particular WDF tournament shall also provide for the events to be played in
that tournament.
The events included may be any, or all of the following ;
Singles - which may be mens, or womens singles.
Pairs - which may be mens, or womens, or mixed.
Team - which may be 'three' or more persons per team, the team may be
open, or limited, or mixed, as to the gender of the team members.
Youth - which may be singles, pairs, or teams, which shall be limited to
persons under a specific age.
