Houston Dart Association

The Houston Darts Association is now called the Harris County Darts Association or more commonly referred to as the HCDA. They help manage all the tournaments in town, place new players, form leagues, and do outreach.
As a little bit a background, I started playing darts as a default to when the pool tables were taken at Ernie’s. The hubs started playing in December and I got him his first set of darts from Rick’s (
) for his bday. He soon outgrew the ones I picked out for him (really, don’t buy darts as a gift unless you already know exactly what the thrower wants – it is impossible to guess what’ll fit their throwing style) and got himself a new set. I inherited the darts that I originally bought for him and viola!
I started playing about three months ago and got involved with the local bar tournaments (my favs are at Ernie’s on Monday
and White Horse/Ron’s Pub on Friday/​Saturdays
). It was fun and low stakes – the Ernie’s one is even free to play! Then I got suckered into playing at the Houston Open last week.
Wow. I was more than impressed with how the tournament was set up. This was a full blown thing where professional from all around the country (and even a few flew in from outside of the US – India, I believe) came to play. There were over $ 15,000+ in cash prizes and plenty of categories to play in. Sure, I didn’t win anything, but there’s always next year!
I became a member last week (you can become a member online) and I’ll be signing up for a league for next season. They’re trying to streamline more things to make it easier for everyone to learn more about darts, but since they have an office, people are more than welcome to visit them in person or call. I’m a fan of them so far for making my nightlife a little more interesting, plus how you can you not love a sport that encourages drinking during tournaments?!
Also, don’t forget that they have a listing of pubs/​bars with darts and all of their weekly tourneys at:
.