Darts is a polarising sport with people either loving or hating the short arrow game.
At the New Zealand Masters Games in Whanganui numbers this year almost mirror those of 2015 with 62 registered, all hungry for the singles, pairs, mixed pairs or mixed three formats.
Play is hosted by the Wanganui Dart League in its Heads Rd hall specifically designed for the game.
Organiser Margy Perry said many of the competitors were hometown players, although others travelled from Palmerston North, New Plymouth, Feilding, Auckland and even Brisbane, Australia.
In fact, Frank Mathers from Brisbane has fallen for the game and has been competing at darts in Whanganui since 1999 while travelling to the Dunedin masters in alternate years.