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Trophies Versus Money.

 

When first starting your darts career it is nice to receive a few trophies to show to your friends and family but very quickly, if you have any skill, you will accumulate dozens of useless trophies. Most will be made of plastic, some will be made of wood and others may have a marble plinth, but they will still have no real value. Silver cups and shields are nice to win but are only awarded for the bigger competitions or else they have to be returned every year for the next presentation. 

More and more pub leagues are realizing that players are getting disenchanted with these plastic prizes and some are starting to award prize money instead. The amounts are usually small and will only buy you a few drinks although some leagues are now playing for higher stakes. To do this though team fees have to be considerably more.

Prize money in town KOs is usually a little higher, may be a couple of hundred pounds, but the really big money is only to be had in national competitions. Even then the prizes are not of the same order as for snooker, tennis or golf. For some reason the game of darts does not have the same kudos as these sports. 

PS The Weston League used to give trophies, but a couple of years ago a league vote was taken to award small monetary prizes instead.