Target Darts at the Land, Leisure & Tourism Show

Playing darts at the Land, Leisure & Tourism Show.

I attended the recent Land, Leisure & Tourism Show at the NEC in Birmingham and one of the stands and attractions that caught my eye was the one from Target Darts.

I had three games on the Omni Auto Scoring Darts set-up where I played against 'Dartbot' in three games where I was whitewashed!

It was such a slick system to play on and brilliant fun.

I even got to have a photo with the Sid Waddell Trophy, aka the PDC World Darts Championship Trophy!

Find out more

Check out the Target Darts and the Land, Leisure & Tourism Show websites for more information.

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Kaboodle Mini-Golf in Derry, Northern Ireland

Finding out more about Kaboodle Mini-Golf in Derry, Northern Ireland.

Kaboodle Mini-Golf opened on the Strand Road in Derry / Londonderry, Northern Ireland in May this year, and the venue is proving popular.

It was nice chatting to the team at Kaboodle about Miniature Golf Day, and they kindly sent me some photos of the Kaboodle Mini-Golf course to share on the blog. It looks like a fantastic setting and layout for a game or two. Emily and I are looking forward to a trip over to Northern Ireland again in the future.

Photos of the Kaboodle Mini-Golf course in Derry / Londonderry.

More than mini-golf.

Kaboodle is just that, a mix of everything. The venue has a bar, dining options, mini-golf, karaoke, shuffleboard, arcade games, social darts and more.

Find out more.

Check out the Kaboodle website for all the details about the mini-golf course and venue.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We're really looking forward to checking out Kaboodle Mini-Golf and the whole venue on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We haven't been to Northern Ireland for some time and haven't been to Derry before.

Tech Darts at Roxy Ball Room Deansgate in Manchester

A look at the Tech Darts games at Roxy Ball Room Deansgate in Manchester.

We're big fans of darts - both playing and watching - and it's nice to see the growth in the game and more places to play it.

One of the types of darts that is really booming at the moment is digital darts - played on a normal dartboard, but with integrated cameras and tracking of the darts and scores that enable different gameplay to standard 301-gameplay.

The Karaoke Pods at Roxy Ball Room contain Tech Darts in them too!

We attended the venue relaunch of Roxy Ball Room Deansgate in Manchester earlier this week and it was cool to get a full tour and play some games for free.

Unfortunately we didn't manage to get on the oche for some Tech Darts on this occasion, however we will be back as we noticed that one of the mini-games available on Roxy's Tech Darts is MINIGOLF!

This looks like a really cool and different way to 'putt' around a minigolf course!

Playing Crazy Pool at Roxy Ball Room Deansgate in Manchester.

While we didn't get to play Tech Darts at Roxy Ball Room, we did have a game of Crazy Pool, as well as Shuffleboard, and the Shooting Range.

Find out more.

Visit the Roxy Ball Room website for more information.

Minigolf Darts Hole at King Pins at the Trafford Palazzo in Manchester

There's a darts-themed hole on the King Pins Mini Golf course at the Trafford Palazzo shopping and entertainment centre in Manchester.

Find out more about King Pins locations on the King Pins website.

The King Pins Mini Golf course at Trafford Palazzo became the 1,072nd visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We played Mini Golf at King Pins at the Manchester Arndale last year.

Happy 'National Darts Day'!

Today is 'National Darts Day'.

As the 29th June is the 180th day of the year, and 180 is the highest three-dart score, it has been made National Darts Day!

The day has been created by Arachnid, BullShooter and TouchTunes who have designated the 29th June as 'National Darts Day'.

National Darts Day has been recognised as a National Day by the National Day Calendar and will now be celebrated annually.

Visit the National Darts Day website for more information.

Will you be observing National Darts Day with a throw of some arrows?

Darts at Flight Club in Leeds

We're big fans of darts and try to play as often as possible.

Playing darts against the 1996 World Darts Champion 'The Bronzed Adonis' Steve Beaton in Barrow-in-Furness a few years ago

Check out these darts-related blog posts.

Putt Darts at King Pins Mini Golf at Trafford Palazzo in Manchester - a darts and minigolf combination!

Tomorrow is National Darts Day (29th June)

The 29th of June has been declared 'National Darts Day'.

As the 29th June is the 180th day of the year, and 180 is the highest three-dart score, it has been made National Darts Day!

The day has been created by Arachnid, BullShooter and TouchTunes who have designated the 29th June as National Darts Day.

National Darts Day has been recognised as a National Day by the National Day Calendar and will now be celebrated annually.

Visit the National Darts Day website for more information.

Will you be observing National Darts Day with a throw of some arrows?

Darts at Flight Club in Leeds

We're big fans of darts and try to play as often as possible.

Playing darts against the 1996 World Darts Champion 'The Bronzed Adonis' Steve Beaton in Barrow-in-Furness a few years ago

Check out these darts-related blog posts.

Putt Darts at King Pins Mini Golf at Trafford Palazzo in Manchester - a darts and minigolf combination!

National Darts Day - 29th June

The 29th of June has been declared 'National Darts Day'.

As the 29th June is the 180th day of the year, and 180 is the highest three-dart score, it has been made National Darts Day!

National Darts Day has been recognised as a National Day by the National Day Calendar and will now be celebrated annually.

National Darts Day has been created by Arachnid, BullShooter and TouchTunes who have designated the 29th June as the National Day.

Visit the National Darts Day website for more information.

Will you be observing National Darts Day with a throw of some arrows?

Darts at Flight Club in Leeds

We're big fans of darts and try to play as often as possible. I need to get my electronic dartboard set up at home this week now!

Playing darts against the 1996 World Darts Champion 'The Bronzed Adonis' Steve Beaton in Barrow-in-Furness a few years ago

Check out these darts-related blog posts.

Putt Darts at King Pins Mini Golf at Trafford Palazzo in Manchester - a darts and minigolf combination!

Games and fun at the King Pins Arndale Summer Mixer

Attending the King Pins Arndale Summer Mixer event in Manchester.

I attended the King Pins Arndale Summer Mixer business networking event at King Pins in the Manchester Arndale Centre yesterday for an evening of competitive fun and games.

King Pins Arndale recently celebrated the venue's first birthday and I've previously been there to play the minigolf course on my Crazy World of Minigolf Tour (in October last year in a match-up versus my fellow minigolf adventurer Tom Loftus from the USA), and Emily and I have swung by for drinks and a bite to eat there too.

The indoor Mini Golf course at King Pins

This time I got to play Tenpin Bowling, Ice-Free Curling and Tech Darts - what a triathlon!

I hadn't had a game of tenpin bowling for ages, and while I only got one strike I did hit quite a few nines and spares.

One of the two Ice-Free Curling rinks

I'd never played Ice-Free Curling before and I really enjoyed it.

Ice-Free Curling gets the thumbs-up from me

King Pins has two curling sheets in their rink! Playing in two teams the match got very competitive, with plenty of strategy and tactics brought into play.

A well placed stone

Curling is similar to boules/petanque in the scoring and gameplay - another one of those games that is easy to pick up and play, but very tricky to master!

There was plenty of drama and action in our curling match-up!

We finished the evening with the Tech Darts where we were able to play a range of different games, as well as games of 201 and 501, with the tech taking care of the scoring for us. It was a reminder for me to get my dartboard up at home as I haven't played for quite a while and my 'arrers were pretty rusty!

King Pins is a nicely set-up space with plenty of room to enjoy the games with your group, without knocking into or overlapping with others. While me and the other attendees of the event were playing there were lots of other groups, couples and families visiting the venue for a game or two.

Ten needed...

...double 5 got

As well as the tenpin bowling, tech darts and ice-free curling King Pins Arndale also offers a packed arcade in the basement, shuffleboard (and bank shot shuffleboard and tech shuffle), a batting cage, duck pin bowling, wild west shooting, and karaoke booths!

I'm looking forward to playing more Ice-Free Curling in the future

The darts area has three tech dart boards and plenty of space around the oche

If you haven't yet been, I recommend a visit to King Pins for yourself. Even if you're not playing any games it's a chilled out spot to get a drink and relax for a while during a shopping trip at the Arndale.

As well as the Arndale Centre venue in Manchester, you can find King Pins locations at the Trafford Palazzo in Manchester and Bristol. The new Glasgow King Pins opens later this month, with the Leeds location opening in August, and a Belfast King Pins opening soon!

I'm still yet to have a go on the Hungry Hungry Hippos arcade game - it looks very cool

Check out the King Pins website for more information.

Many thanks to the team at King Pins for organising the free Summer Mixer event. It's always nice to get out and about, meet new people, and network. And it's a real bonus if the venue is as fun as King Pins!

Putt Darts at King Pins Mini Golf at Trafford Palazzo in Manchester

There's a darts-themed hole on the King Pins Mini Golf course at the Trafford Palazzo shopping and entertainment centre in Manchester.

Find out more about King Pins locations on the King Pins website.

The King Pins Mini Golf course at Trafford Palazzo became the 1,072nd visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We played Mini Golf at King Pins at the Manchester Arndale last year.

Flight Club Darts in Leeds

A visit to Flight Club to play some darts in Leeds.

Flight Club Darts in Leeds

We really like playing darts and have found that Flight Club is a top place to play the game. Although if you're looking to have a play of standard 501 rules you won't find that there.

Instead there are a range of interactive games more suited to groups. My favourite is Demolition - as close to a 'normal' game of darts as you'll find at Flight Club - where the aim is to reach zero from a starting point of 180. I managed to finish in seven darts in one of our games.

We booked in for a 90-minute session at the Leeds city centre location for some competitive fun on our recent wedding anniversary.

In case you were wondering who won - it was me

Flight Club has a really good atmosphere, a nice range of drinks, and is a pleasant spot to spend a few hours. The service from the staff is helpful and friendly too. Our 90-minute session was £14 each and we got to play a LOT of games in that time. You also get sent your game results, stats & facts, as well as the photos and videos taken by the oche-cameras at the venue while you play. It's a really neat touch and allows you to get on and enjoy the games without snapping away or tallying up the scores yourself.

We've played at Flight Club Leeds with a friend before and having a third player, or more, can add to the challenge of the games.

Emily recently played at Flight Club in Las Vegas, and I've been to the Manchester Flight Club for some socials in the last couple of years.

The Flight Club venues have some cool darts memorabilia and ephemera dotted around the venue, and I like the onscreen counter in the bar that shows you how many darts have been thrown at Flight Club venues around the world in real-time! It was over 500 million at the time we were there!

We'd highly recommend you give it a go if you've not been before.

Check out the Flight Club website for more information.

Spinners Mini Golf opening in Reading

The new Spinners Mini Golf course in Reading, Berkshire is opening next week.

Spinners in Reading's Broad Street Mall will be opening its doors on Tuesday 29th June.

As well as the miniature golf course Spinners is home to tenpin bowling and darts activities.

Visit the Spinners Crazy Golf & Bowling website for more information, opening times and prices.

Spinners is another new venue for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Mini Golf at Sunderland Bowl

A new miniature golf course is opening at Sunderland Bowl.

The Sunderland Bowl tenpin bowling centre is opening a new indoor minigolf course.

As well as tenpin bowling and minigolf there will also be darts and shuffleboard at the venue.

Visit the Sunderland Bowl website for more information.

The layout will be another new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Tenpin bowling and miniature golf

With the boom in the popularity of minigolf and the growth in new courses, a number of tenpin bowling centres have added minigolf, crazy golf and adventure golf courses.

Traditionally the two leisure activities have been quite separate and distinct, with people choosing to do either one or other and most operators running either a minigolf course or tenpin bowling centre.

We're fans of both games and we've been to quite a few places on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour that have both entertainment options.

Winning a Selco Darts Competition

I enjoy playing darts and have been playing a lot of soft-tip darts at home during the pandemic. Earlier this year I won a darts competition run by PDC sponsor Selco - and I didn't even have to throw a dart!

A darts shirt of character!

It's a great shirt and I might have to wear it the next time I get the chance to play a pro darts player in the outside world.

Related blog posts:

- Darts

- Darts vs Nathan 'The Asp' Aspinall in Stockport

- Darts vs 'The Bronzed Adonis' Steve Beaton in Barrow-in-Furness

Winning at the Digital City Expo

I attended my last 'real world' physical event at the Marketing Show North at the Digital City Expo at Manchester Central a year ago today.

What a difference a year has made.

One of the exhibitors, Acquia, had a darts game set up to attract visitors and I had a few throws and ended up winning the top prize with a 'Bullseye-esque' score of 101 with three darts!

The last three darts I threw in the outside world. I've been playing a lot of soft-tip darts at home during the lockdowns

It'll be interesting to see when the next events will be able to take place and what they'll look like. I have a few pencilled in my diary for 2022 already.