B-TEAM WRITE UP

SUN Dream Team Star Player : Hos with two superb games.

After the huge disappointment of last week’s loss, we were hoping to get back on track away to the Ex Servs D. It wasn’t a very encouraging start as we soon realised that we were not going to see Moysie, Gallly or Yiddo to add to the already missing Bungle who was this weeks Christmas Party Animal. A quick head count and we realised we only had 8 players including Kingy who was back from Bahrain and hadn’t played all season and me who still has only one leg.

The draw done, we started with myself and Hos so I thought I had better let him throw first to get us away. After that plan failed miserably I was pleased to actually get us away with 72. Hos proceeded to play a superb game with a 137 and a couple of tons and we were 1 up. We were followed on by the Legend, without his regular partner Bungle, paired with Clint. This was a good pairing and played a steady game but couldn’t finish and it was soon 1-1. The third game saw Wally and Kingy lose so it was up to Oz and Shoot em up to try and get us level. They spent several darts trying to start but managed to catch up well to have a shot at a 54 finish. Six darts later they had managed to leave a double! The finishing was a tense affair but Dave even found time to rehearse his famous spin-into-a-handshake (alright so you thought it was in and it was close) before finally hitting the double to take us level at 2-2.

So to the singles and Kingy (I’m not playing last, I can’t play last, I’m not playing if I’m last, have a word and try and change it) realised he was on last. Before that it was up to Hos to kick us off and he played another great game to get us 3-2 ahead. Next on was the Legend that is Goochy and despite complaining about his arm all night (apparently aliens had abducted him in his sleep the night before and taken him to their spaceship where they conducted an experiment by removing the bones and muscles and replacing them with a soft pliable rubber-like compound) he played a very good game to take us 2 ahead. Next up was Wally who had a game of two halves. He went off like a train with a 75 start and a 135 and kept it going well until he got below 100 and then got de-railed. His opponent came back well to win and there was only one in it again. Ozzie was next but his opponent played well with a 72 finish and it was all square. The next two games saw Clint Tyler struggle to get started but then come back really well to take us ahead again and Shoot em up play a good game with a quick finish to give us a 6-4 lead. Normally we would be feeling confident at this stage but then we realised our last two players were me on one leg and Darren (I’m not playing last, I can’t play last, I’m not playing if I’m last, have a word and try and change it) King on last! Armed with a convenient chair to sit down between throws (would have been easier playing Matty Hook as I would have had longer rests) and Wally acting as my runner to take the darts out of the board, I managed to get away straight away and, aided by an opponent who took pity on me by not starting for a while, I managed to scrab a win to get us to 7-4 up. Kingy then went on last and pushed his opponent all the way eventually losing a double one marathon. All things considered we were chuffed with this result which still keeps us going along nicely.

We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and I’ll be back in January.

Next game is the KO Cup on Jan 2nd at the Ole Frank versus the Red House.

See you soon Quiff

A-TEAM WRITE UP

DREAM TEAM STAR MAN
SMASHER GEORGE
(NOT SAYING MUCH!)

Still going strong at the top of the league boys with the Pot Black 'B' hot on our tails. A great win against the Hearts of Oak last game meant we were brimming full of confidence going into the match against our nemesis team the Marquis of Lorne!

Last time out we managed to scrape a 7 - 5 victory with the opposition players not even staying to have their sandwiches! No chance of us doing that as . . . .
1/ we're made up of mainly large and obese (me) people.
2/ the food is always fantastic
3/ we're not sore losers

Me and Skip (Craig) discussed the doubles pairings before the draw and concluded the same pairings which would hopefully earn us a 3 - 1 lead after the doubles!!! We managed to secure the 3 - 1 lead which was more than fair, but with the first two matches being clinched on double 1 we made it hard work for ourselves!!!

Well 3 - 1 looked good and the doubles had worked out as we had planned! Maybe we would need 4 - 0 as the night progressed!

With Serious (Matt), Skip and Cobby (Me) on first three matches it seemed like the night could only get better for us especially as the Marquis were missing a few of their regular players!!!

CRASH
BANG
WALLOP

Oh dear the score now read 3 - 4 and it was to the Marquis as we lost all three matches. Liquids (Kelvin) was up next and his recent form went out the window as he was also despatched to make it 5 - 3 to the home side and all we could do was laugh at ourselves or we'd have to kill each other!!! We should have won three of the four singles matches but bad doubling out meant we were in trouble!

The star performer from this campaign, Smasher (Craig G), was next and got things rolling again with a 15 dart leg and the score now stood at 5 - 4. A very ordinary game next from Sheepy (Spence) saw the home team secure the draw with Dunston (Al) and the Snatch-u-ral (Ed) to follow.

A very tidy game under pressure from Dunston meant we'd pegged it back to 6 - 5. Dunston was not impressed that he wasn't offered a drink straight after the match and made sure the noise levels for the last match were well in favour of the away team! - Quote of the night from Dunston - "What's he going to do?... Start on me! Don't make me laugh"

Last match and a very crucial point for us! The Snatch-u-ral vs. Graham Pavey! The home team were shocked just as much as we were when the usually non playing captain (Pavey) scored successive 100's to heap the pressure on Ed! Finally Ed had tidied up the leg to leave a double with Pavey back on 93 which no one gave him a chance on! Next followed . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . T19 . . . . . . $hit. . . . .oooooo! Thank god it all got to much for him as the dart sailed wide of double 8! Ed was right on the mark next throw to take a point which seemed unlikely halfway through the evening!

That point may play a vital part to the season as it nears to a close next spring!

Lets get back on it next week boys and get those legs up as best we can. We might need them later in the year!

NOTICES
Well done to Ben Williams for passing two ICAEW exams. Only the case study to go now buddy!
Liquids, thanks for driving me this week in the absence of GOTTSFREECABS!
Works parties on Friday nights should be banned for next year guys (PH/Bardy).
Nath (stop enjoying yourself) Hart was up Broadview that evening. He was trying to grow some hair and look ridiculous! In my opinion he reminded me of Gordon Durrie! That's for the pint of Guinness, but enough is enough!!!!

Capt Cob
Linx
Vice Skip

B-TEAM WRITE UP

Well I suppose we knew we would come a cropper sooner or later and this was the week, at home against the Marquis B. Did the wheel come off?

Oh yes, it came off, bounced 6 times and rolled a mile down the road. This was our version of the old classic Bullseye. Not so much “smashing, lovely, super, great” as “shocking, woeful, useless, shite”. With Ozzie away on Christmas party duties, Gally off sick and Moysie still to enter the building at 8-25, I had got to the point where I had borrowed Stridey’s darts and was practising throwing balanced on one leg (the wrong one) thinking I would be playing. Moysie then turned up to give us eight but four games of doubles later and I was starting to think I should have played anyway! First game saw Little Joe Hoskin and Wally struggle to find form in a tame opener. Despite this, they still had four darts at a double but lost out to take us one nil down. Not too worried yet with Bungle and the legend up next but, after a strong start to the game, they tailed off and lost as well. Third game saw the in form Clint Tyler partnered with Shoot em up but instead of the Gun Fight at the OK Corral it more like the Bun Fight at the OK Tea Room, a fairly mediocre game and inability to finish and Clint and Shoot em up were shot down. Could we salvage the last game with Eagle Eyes and Yiddo? No. Despite a second 180 of the season from Moysie (which took the three dart averages for the leg up to about 26) they were unable to win and we were 4-0 down.

With a huge mountain to climb we needed a good start to the singles and we got it thanks to Bungle. Bill played our outstanding game of the night by a country mile with a dart at double 16 for a 15 dart leg. Unfortunately he didn’t hit it but held on for a great win. Wally was next up and was unlucky to lose before Eagle Eyes Moyse also went down without really hitting form. Little Joe then played a good game to get us back to 6-2 but it was all over when first the Legend became a myth, then the Yid became uncharacteristically generous to leave us 8-2 down. All that was left was to try and save face and our western duo didn’t disappoint. First Shoot em up then Clint with two good games left us with a more respectable scoreline of 8-4. A very disappointing week after what had been an excellent run after the turn. It was just that sort of night. Still, don’t let the heads go down boys, we are still in a great position. Lets get it back on track next week against Ex Servs (D I think).

See you soon Quiff.

A V'S HEARTS OF OAK

I know what you're all thinking . . . . . .

1/ Thank god Linx is back on the Blog!
2/ What happened in the second episode of the fantasy facebook wedding?
3/ What happened in the final episode of Gavin and Stacey?

Darts this week saw us hosting the Hearts of Oak (Old Tramways).

With a taxi at 20:15 I managed to get to darts in time to steal someone's place in the singles!

It seemed that my appearance was not that welcomed when you saw me playing in the first doubles with Bardy (Dan) as I was absolutely toilet! Bardy was excellent with 140 and 137 back to back before I sneaked in the double to go 1 - 0. Now I can have my second pint to calm the shakes!

After my game I tried to help out the Skip (Craig) by filling in the card! First name down on the card in the wrong order made the skip write out a new card!!! - Smasher George also made a hash of the book when he used it as a beer mat and saturated a whole page!

Other doubles matches followed before we sealed a 3 - 1 lead going into the singles.

Singles matches on the whole were very good this week. Solid performances from Cobby (me), Bardy, Sheepy (Spence) and Smasher and decent matches from Serious 121, 140 and Liquids (Kelvin) 125, 135, 139 before taking out a 17 dart leg (missed a 14 darter). That now makes it two 30 ave's jellied in a week, when young Liquids managed a MOM for the Norfolk County side with a 28+ ave. Well done me ole mucker!

Losers in the singles were Dunston (Al) and Weekend (Paul). Weekend was obviously the most unluckiest player in the world again this week or was it that his facebook status had changed to . . . . "In Love" !

Final result was a very respectable 9 - 3. Keep this going lads!

OTHER NEWS

a) The final episode of Gavin and Stacey was not shown on TV as there was a writers strike so the stars of the show parted company!

b) Wedding plans are no closer this week for the face book pairing. Lets hope for mine, Fluffs and Weekends sake he decides to come to darts and not go to a party in Caister or were getting home on our own!!!

They did enjoy the OCS gig we went to on Monday. I sang every song really badly and made a fantastic impression on Lauren. Especially on the way home when I slated most of the music on her Ipod! Lets just Hope Gottsy final cooks you a decent meal rather than his takeaways!

c) Home team perogative so the liar dice were out! Can only remember getting to the final with Weekend and he managed some ridiculous hand (Like he did all night) to kipper me up in the final! He did give me my pound back for the second game. Not sure who won the second game or whether I was already talking about the second game. We had a good laugh though!

Single doubles and trebles have now been drawn (by Fluffy) and will be played off in the coming weeks. Good luck guys!

Capt Cob
Linx
Vice Skip

B-TEAM WRITE UP 5/12/08

Another week, another match and a visit to Kirkley Sports and Social Club. Always a difficult place to visit not aided by the overall feeling that the heating had been switched off in favour of air conditioning! An interesting week of good darts and new nicknames started with the first pairing of Paul (Fester) Gallagher and Steve (Yiddo) Northfield. A quick start was supported by Paul in inspired form seemingly unable to miss the 20. Three consecutive throws of 60 and a 125. Paul was in such a scoring zone that he even managed to score 74 when he only needed 40! (a wide into a 1, another wide into a 16 and a treble 19). The boys had played well and Steve stepped up for 23 only needing to hit a 7, 19 or 3 to leave a good double. Doing it his own way he hit a 17, leaving an awkward double 3 but Fester rounded off an excellent personal game by taking it straight out. Next up was the dream team of Bungle and Mother Gooch with a change of tactics this week. A great 116 start from Bill, a good game down the board and a quick double out from Trev took us to 2 up. They were followed by Eagle Eyes Moyse and the first new nickname of the night – Paul (Clint) Tyler. For so long he has been the man with no nickname, (man with no name, Clint Eastwood). He doesn’t seem to mind this but is concerned that we spell it right (don’t miss the n out!). This proved to be a terrific battle with Kim Buckingham and Peter Baldry with Paul hitting score of 121 and 125 before Steve finished on 60. Last doubles was Shoot em up and Ozzie (mincer) [hence the pink wrting]. Yes I know this is another new nickname and one he does not seem quite so happy with but you should have seen the walk back from the toilet, a sort of power mince cross between Peter Kay’s Amarillo and Julian Clary! Unfortunately they struggled to start and couldn’t recover so the score went to 3-1. First up in the singles was Shoot em up who took us to 4-1 by taking advantage of his opponent’s slow start and hitting a 140 and a 54 finish. Clint was next and yet another solid leg from our most in-form player hitting a 140 on the way. Mincer (got to refine this nickname) was next and after I decided to go out and stop watching again, he clicked into gear finishing 117 in 5 darts (he threw 6 but one was out of the board between the t20 and the t17). Mother Gooch was up next and despite a prediction from his partner, Mystic Bill, that he would play a good game and not be able to finish, he played well to beat Kim Buckingham. Next up was Little Joe (Hos, Bonanza, Little Joe – you probably need to be an old git to get the link) with another fine win and a 140 and all this drinking orange juice! Wally was next but unable to replicate recent form lost the leg (mind you his opponent played well, he did play well, he was good, he played well, ok we get it!). Eagle eyes Moyse then went on and joined the nights 140 club and even felt confident enough to try a bit of showboating by going treble 9 double 9 for 45. Of course he didn’t get it but he held on to win the leg. Last up was Bungle Bennett. On a night when we had a new nickname of Clint, we’d had the Good (Paul Gallagher) we’d had the Bad (come on Wally it wasn’t that good even if your opponent played well, he did play well, he was good) now it was time for the Ugly. Haven’t got a clue what he was doing but he doesn’t normally throw for 20’s and hit 2 12’s. Our visiting patron the (Darren) King of Bahrain summed it up with comment “even if he threw a pitchfork he would still hit a 1”. Needless to say he lost the leg against a good opponent but this still left us with a fine 9-3 win. I have to say this was the best team performance of the season so far, 10 high scores and quick finishing all night. We now have 6 points out of 6 for the first three games of the second half, 4 more than we had at the same stage in the first half. Lets keep it going boys and see if we can have a great season. One final point, my ability to write the report was nearly hampered by inability to see the board due to my own team blocking the view (I cant stand up) On numerous occasions I had to move them out of the way, as Bill pointed out a bit like parting the Red Sea. I feel another nickname coming on.

All the best MOSES

B-TEAM WRITE UP

Hi darts fans its Captain Long John here with an update from our latest game. Friday saw us entertain the Ex Servs B (astute readers will notice i had suggested we were away to the D, i blame the drugs!). The game started with an opening doubles from our dream team of Bungle and Mother Gooch (or should that be Mother Magoo after Trev revealed he was seriously visually challenged just before the game). In their pre game team talk they discussed the tactics for the night and decided to play really well down the board to give themselves enough time to still win if they couldn't get near hitting the finishing double. This tactic has worked for them before and proved to be right again on Friday as a very good scoring game was followed by about 20 darts at a double before finally getting us to 1 up. This was followed by Moysie and Paul Tyler getting us to 2-0 with a first dart finish. Next up were Ozzie and Shoot em up with a bit of an up and down game and Dave showing us a new way to go for 122, (how many of you would start with a treble 13) but recovered superbly to leave 36 which Oz hit straight away for 3 up. The last pair were Hos and Wally, the latter making a rare appearance in two games in one night after more practice darts than the entire A Team put together! After a slow start (was Wally upset that they got his name wrong in the paper for his high score during his win last week, assuming he must be related to Les and Glynn WHALL) the game got going but not without controversy. Our chalker accused of not telling the opponents when they had hit the starting double (mind you Oz, where was the caller). They recovered quickly enough and won the game to get it back to 3-1. It was soon 3-2 as Moysie lost the opening singles but we then won three on the spin with Mother Gooch (its a waste of time me playing twice in one night as i only ever play well once) playing his second good game of the night and finishing 1st dart. This was followed by Oz proving my theory about watching him as he was great to start (while i was out having a fag) and then went to rat shit when i came back in but somehow holding on for a win. Next up was Shoot em up, well i did say on the spin and there it was after another 1 dart finish. Hos was next but was well beaten by a good opponent as was Wally 2 games later. Between these was another fine game from Lurch Tyler with a superb 96 finish getting us the win. Last on was Bungle but i missed it and only have the comments on my notes to go by. Three words "F%!?ing, Brill and Tw@. Ill let the reader decide which appears most likely! A fine 8-4 win another two points and we're still going strong. Next week we are away to the KSCSSCSCSSSC (oh you know who i mean)

See you soon

Quiff

A Vs Ex servicemans

Well with captain cob away the duty falls on Mr Pot Black A to write the blog and well what do you know I was drunk and cant remember much! well here we go with the facts that I can guarantee!!!!!!!!!!! 1. WE WON 2. I LOST 3. F*CK I WAS UNLUCKY 4.THEY ARE THE ONLY 3 THINGS I CAN GUARANTEE!!!
Now ill try analyse-doubles 3-1 up? I lost (yep you guessed it! f*ck i was unlucky!) moving onto the singles in which once again Im a bit shaky on, I know Craig 'smasher ' George won again and his debut season with us is turning into a pearler, other winners I think were Craig 'skip' Harrod, Alan 'Dunstons' Baker, and although this seems ridiculous ! was it you 'liquids' Self-bear in mind this may be wrong!
anyway,well played lads the army keep rolling on!
Right thats the darts out of the way what else can we talk about? well I battled bravely through several rounds of spoof before getting f*ckin unlucky, me and georgie saw a great tit at the bar( how did that get into pot black?) Matt 'serious' Hook wound back the clock and tried some of best lines in the winelodge! (could it have been wine you were drinking?).
bored of that lets talk about Gotts 'free cabs'
The final chapter of the worlds greatest love story is upon us, the question is will Darren bring her down on her 2nd night in the country? and more importantly! HOW AM I GETTING HOME?
will this be the 1st facebook wedding? join us next week to see what happens!
Paul 'weekend sportsman' Harrod
( the unluckiest man in the world)

POT BLACK FLYING HIGH

Here shows a recent Festival Darts League Table, Pot Black A have taking an early advantage over bitter rivals Homeguard, but more to the point who is that in 3rd, surely not? Oh yes it is the mighty B-Side. Keep up the current form, I know personally that the A-Side are worried.

FIRST HALF DONE!

Back again boys!
I hope the 'Weekend Sportsman' (Paul) can manage next weeks blog as I can't make darts this week!

LTFC away this week.

On arrival it was nice to see the place freshly refurbished and looking good. Bardy had finally finished his sleepathon and was available for selection this week. Well done for all the money you raised mate!

First doubles up was Cobby (Me) and The Snatch-u-ral (Ed). It was clear to see from the practice darts thrown that the atmosphere was becoming intense as at least 25 people had gathered around to lend their support. During the match the cheering became excessive even for our standards bearing in mind it was a Friday night match up! At times you just had to take a step back from the oche, compose yourself and wait for the noise levels to fall. It became so tense towards the end of the leg, I was starting to shake! A few nervy throws later and the place erupted as the winning double was hit! The Bull (Terry Jenkins) had just beaten The Sulk (Raymond Van Barneveld)! Shortly after the news was broken I slip a nice little double 2 in to secure the victory 1 - 0.

Not sure on the remaining doubles as I was listening to the post match interview with Matt Smith, but there were a couple of tight matches as the score went in our favour 3 - 1. The momentum picked up in the singles apart from a little blip with Liquids (Kelvin) losing to finish up the night with a very respectable 10 - 2 win. Well done lads.

Skip (Craigo) left shortly after the walls sausages had run out and said we didn't need a taxi as there were only 9 of us! Lucky for us that Fluffy double checked before leaving and confirmed that we had 10 but still didn't need a taxi !!! With one car full I did the honourable thing and ran across the wet road as it rained heavily to squeeze into Liquids car! To my surprise the car was already full which meant we actually had 11 people and I was the Fcuking left over!

A quick phone call to 51 taxis and I hopped into the next available taxi that arrived which certainly wasn't a 51! CHEERS!

I managed to get revenge back at the Pot Black with a second place finish at spoof and a small £3 prize to cover the taxi fare! Well done to Smasher (Craig) who beat me comfortably in the final.

Pot Black closing time and we finally got it right this week and went straight to Flames!!!!!

Business done for another week then. Good luck this week boys.

Capt Cob
Vice Skip
Linx

PS - In case anyone missed the episode of Gavin & Stacey last week I have recorded it. It is the episode where they turn up late to the Kebab shop (Flames) after a busy nights work for Stacey! Just let me know and I'll Bluetooth you the episode!!!

PPS - And I thought Gavin was spending more time down the Pot Black to be with his mates. . . . . . ?

HOPPING UP THE LEAGUE?

Hi Guys

Following the overwhelming wave of sympathy and compassion I felt from reading the report of my unfortunate incapacity, I feel it is time to catch up on the recent darting exploits of the B Team Mob! Unfortunately I have fallen a bit behind the times on these due to unfortunate circumstances (1) my computer has been playing up but has now been fixed and (2) The bloody thing’s UPSTAIRS! I am currently in the process of sourcing a new lap top so hopefully normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.

So to the darts story so far. Where were we? Oh yes, the last time I was in contact our intrepid spear chuckers had continued in their winning ways with fine results away at the Marquis and home to the KWMC, the latter being through sheer grit and determination rather than quality darts all night. This led us to our next game, an away visit to Sea Breeze. We went into this game feeling confident and it turned out we were right to do so. After an initial opening loss in the first doubles the ship was soon steadied with several games on the trot being won, including a welcome return to form from Moysie with a 106 finish. The match ended with a 9-3 win and two more points.

The following week saw us at home to the Ole Frank in the last game of the first half of the season. Between these two weeks there was a well documented injury to yours truly and I am facing several weeks out with my leg in plaster. Not to be deterred I did attempt throwing the darts with the aid of a chair to kneel on and was even contemplating playing until the away Captain put up every complaint under the sun that it would be too slow and upset the rhythm of the opposing player (have these people never played Matty Hook??), thereby ruling out any thoughts of a possible one-legged game.

The game started and all that can be said for the opening two doubles victories is that all four players concerned are currently awaiting trial for mugging and robbery! These wins were followed by four straight losses with the overall standard pretty poor (that’s a bit of an understatement, if we were a team of muslims we would be SHE-ITE!) The next few games saw us somehow go into a 6-5 lead with the highlight being a superb 76 finish from Dave Shoot-Em-Up Stride. This left Hos on last and needing a Captains Innings, he duly stepped up to the mark and got us the win. Cue cries of “how the hell did we do that” from the Potty boys and a disgruntled departure from the club from the Ole Frank. A note on how good the standard was, we did not hit one high score all night.

Last Friday saw the first game of the second half and the visit of the Tudor Rose, who turned us over on the first game of the season. This time we were ready for them and a much improved overall performance saw us chalk up a 9-3 win, with Paul Tyler shining on the night with an excellent game. We are third in the league after the first half of the season and are now two points better off in the second half than we were at the same stage in the first half!

Keep it up boys, next game Friday is away, I don’t need to tell you where, but I think it’s the “D” team we are playing.

See you soon

Quiff

WHERE'S THE WRITE UP'S?

What a lot of FUSS over a dart in your toe!!!! (What a Drama Queen!)

The super 'B' side, who are now lying in 3rd. place in Div 1 and have the home -guard and P.B. A crapping in their wife's knickers! "How long can this last" the entire nation is asking? Till Pauly Gallagher wins a game, or indefinitely is the answer! But after such an epic run the main thing on the super hero's B Team minds is "WHERE ARE THE BLOODY WRITE-UP'S " Alright we know that our Capt has a genuine excuse last week as he ruptured his Achilles tendon. In fact everyone knew something bad had happened as the seismic tremors were felt half-way round the world. Kingy is sending a claim to Quiff, as one of his windows shattered in Dubai!!! The word in the club was one of utter disbelief, no not the injury, but HOW could Quiff & Capt Cob(Ryan) both get on one side of a badminton court in the first place!! Also I don't think you needed the high visibility Jacket , unless it's compulsory when they call a crane in!

Anyway, so sorry to hear of your injury Tony, but we can't dwell on it too long, SO... When are you back playing again you know it is the Team your letting down! General census is even if You played on crutches it would still be much faster than Serious Matt's game! The whole point is now your lying on the sofa doing bugger all there's no excuse for not providing your willing foot soldiers with a bit of praise from week to week!!

'A' V's TUDOR ROSE

(RARE HURRICANE HITS TUDOR ROSE)

Welcome yet again to another exciting edition of the Pot Black Dart Chuckers Blog!

Tudor Rose were the opponents this week. It was a good job we didn't have to play a top 6 side as we were extremely short on numbers this week!!!

1/ Skipper (Craig) was away this week on important duties with his wife Gemma (can't remember why he couldn't make it so I have guessed).

2/ Sheepy (Spence) and Liquids (Kelvin) were on holiday, basking in the hot sunshine of YARMOUTH!!!! To be more precise they were at the Vauxhall Holiday Camp for the weekend. I can only assume they were holding a karaoke competition which Liquids fancied and a Sheep shearing competition which Sheepy must have volunteered for (he do anything for a free hair cut). I had been told there was a darts tournament on the same weekend but assumed neither would be wasting their money on this!

3/ Fluffy (Gaz) and DG (Gottsy) were playing golf in the dark!

4/ Best of all, which not too many people had heard about, Bardy (Danny) was also missing! I only got wind of this when I rang his home phone a spoke with his mum! She initially thought he was at darts, but I confirmed that he wasn't with us, and I needed to do the draw soon! She then remembered he was taking part in a charity event for Children in Need. He was participating in a SLEEP-A-THON to see if he could stay in bed for 2 days solid without being disturbed. I'm sure he managed this with ease and lets hope he raised a lot of money for a good cause!

This meant we were one short and we had already acquired the services of Hurricane (Hitcham). With a phone call to the golfers to see if they could make it back in time for the last doubles we were back up to eight! Fluffy and DG competed in a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors to see who would represent us that night. DG was a clear 2 - 0 winner at the game of pure luck and so he was the lucky man to sit out and let Fluffy play!

The night went according to plan but not without a few hiccups along the way! Hud (Paul) and Dunston (Al) got us off the mark with a decent performance by normally useless, Hud [140] and an indifferent performance from Dunston. Next up were Smasher (Craig) [140] and The Snatch-ural (Ed) who just about deserved to beat Slimmer of the year (Piggy) and his partner to make it 2 - 0.

The next two matches saw the debutants to Friday night darts this year take to the floor! Cobby (Me) [140] and Hurricane were up first and needed a little luck to finally get the double and make it 3 - 0 and onto the eagerly awaited performance of Serious (Matt) and Fluffy!

Fluffy's release of the dart has slowed down over the years but was still much faster than his partner! A vintage performance from Serious but equally impressive from Fluffy [123] and not to mention the best dart thrown of the night!!! The game was nervously poised with Fluffy wanting 16 and the home side back on 159. The first dart almost brought the outer tyre down, but his second dart hit the wire of double 8. With such a marker to aim at his final dart (best of the night) was deliberately thrown into the carpet! With the opponents back on a bogie shot, it was the right thing to do as Serious took out double 8 with just the one dart! After the match people from the other team could not understand such a dart and ask Fluff what went wrong? to which he replied "Nothing went wrong, I aimed at the tyre and hit the carpet". "There was no way I was leaving my partner 5 as I would snatch one into the 11".

Next up was Hud! He had seen the doubles go 4 - 0 and I guess he was worrying about that 'Chesney' as he lost his match!

All the remaining matches went as predicted with us only dropping two more legs to secure a 9 - 3 victory! I do not need to tell you who the other two were, as Liquids and Sheepy were not playing that night!!!

Noticeable performances were (blow your own trumpet) Cobby [103st] with an 18 darter, Serious [140, 119] with a tough match against Piggy and Smasher [112st, 125] who managed to white wash his opponent!

Keep the winning going boys!

Capt Cob
Vice Skip
Linx

PS - Broadview is now becoming a waste of time as Hud and DG don't really want to go up there anymore which is fine with the rest of us! Hud is loved up with B____ and has to work the next morning and DG is running up £100+ phone bills with his imaginary girlfriend in South Africa! Can we either go out for a few drinks or go straight for the food in future!

PPS - Can me and Fluffy still get a free lift back whatever happens!

'A' Versus Queens Head

Jackanory Fluffy Story

Welcome again guys & gals if you're listening (reading) ?

With the Ex Serv HG defeated we needed to continue winning this week! The Queens Head were the next opponents and when I spoke with Marty Whatling when he arrived he was convinced it was going to be one way traffic! He mentioned that they played the worst game of darts ever the previous week, it was absolutely diabolical, but he then told me that they somehow won! Lets hope we have the same fortune this week when we take on the Tudor Rose!

First doubles up, and we were 1 - 0 down! All I can remember after the game is Marty shouting out that's one more than we got against the Ex Serv HG. Things got worse as Serious (Matt) was partnered with Hud (Paul) and yet another defeat! 2 - 0 and sweating slightly, which was mainly due to the fact that I'm overweight!

0 - 2 soon became 2 - 2 which soon became 10 - 2.

Not much else to report other than two victories from Hud (Paul) at Liar Dice after the game! Cobby was second in the first and Wally was second in the next game. Wally obviously fed up with the weak challenges in the 'B' side so wanted to prove himself further with a match up against the 'A' players!

Roll on next week guys!

Vice Skip
Capt Cob
Linx

PS - Fluff sent this to me the other day and it's worth a quick read!

TYPICAL BLOKE

A typical bloke, having split from his latest girlfriend, decided to take a holiday. He booked himself on a cruise and proceeded to have thetime of his life, that is, until the ship sank.

He found himself on an island with no other people, no supplies, nothing, only bananas, coconuts and the few fish that he managed to catch. After about four months, he is lying on the beach one day when the most gorgeous woman he has ever seen rows up to the shore on a boat.

In disbelief, he asks, 'Where did you come from? How did you get here?'She replies, 'I rowed from the other side of the island. I landed here when my cruise ship sank a few months ago.''Amazing,' he notes. 'You were really lucky to have a rowing boat wash up with you.''Oh, this thing?' explains the woman. 'I made this boat out of raw materials that I found on the other side of the island. There's lots of wood, palms and vines.'But, where did you get the tools?''Oh, that was no problem,' replied the woman. 'I found a very unusual stratum of alluvial rock. I used that for tools.

The guy is stunned.'Let's row over to my place,' she says. After a few minutes of rowing, she docks the boat at a small wharf. As the man looks to shore, he nearlyfalls off the boat. Before him is stone walkway leading to an exquisite hut painted in yellow and white.While the woman ties up the rowboat with an expertly woven hemp rope, the man can only stare ahead, dumbstruck. As they walk into the house, she says casually, 'It's not much but I call it home. Sit down, please.
Would you like a drink?''No thank you,' he mumbles, still dazed. 'I can't take any more coconut juice.''It's not coconut juice,' winks the woman. 'I've managed to ferment some alcohol. How would you like a Pina Colada?'

Trying to hide his continued amazement, the man accepts, and they sit down to talk. After they have exchanged their stories, the woman announces, 'I'm going to slip into something more comfortable. Would you like to take a shower and shave? There's a lovely fountain outsideand I've made a razor out of tortoise bone.'No longer surprised by anything, the man goes to shower and shave.'This woman is amazing,' he muses. 'Whatever will it be next?'When he returns, she greets him wearing nothing but vines, strategically positioned, and smelling faintly of gardenias. She beckons for him to sit down next to her.'Tell me,' she begins suggestively, slithering closer to him, 'We've been out here for many months. You've been lonely. There's something I'msure you really feel like doing right now, something you've been longing for?' She stares provocatively into his eyes ...He swallows excitedly and tears start to well-up in his eyes.....

'F*****g hell, don't tell me you've got Sky Sports?

POT BLACK 'A' V'S THE ENEMY (HOMEGUARD)

DREAM TEAM STAR MAN
Matt (Serious) Hook

(Couldn't carry Harrod but saved me from getting a draw!)

Well guys as the weekend sportsman (Paul) said last week, we have a touch match facing us as we battle our arch rivals the Ex-servicemens HG. A victory would be a brilliant result for us and open up a 3 point lead at the top. I seeked some vital words of wisdom from Hos and Hos up the bar before we left, to draw on some of their HG destroying experiences!

PS - Can you stop winning guys or you'll knock us off top spot! Good stuff!

As me and the Skip (Craigo) had already discussed they would be at full strength. This is despite Andy Honeyman's best efforts to disrupt our preparations leading up to the game confirming that Danny would be working away (NOT!) and Jimmy would be combing his guinea pigs (NOT). They still had the mighty Nigel/Neil/N/Nibs/Nibby Niblett to bolster their side if they happened to be short of players!

With a call from Bardy (Danny) during the day to confirm he would be working late I knew that we would be fielding the 'weekend sportsman' (Paul) in the doubles, and the hopes of winning away from home seemed to fade away (if it was a scratch snooker tournament I may have fancied you for this one buddy)!

The draw was done after tinkering with the doubles for a bit and it seemed to be fairly favourable to us, notably as Kelly made the doubles (but so did Natural [Ed] and Weekend [Paul])!

Early victories for us in the doubles from Smasher (Craig) and Liquids (Kelv) + Dunston (Al) and Skip (Craigo) saw us take a 2 - 0 lead with good doubles still to come. The unfortunate thing of what was to come is that Cobby (Me) and Serious (Matt) were not paired together and that both of our partners produced the most awful display of darts I can remember since Liquids (Kelv) performance at the Ole Frank last year and his double one marathon!

The Natural was really off form in the doubles and my 60, 100 combinations were never enough to keep us alive. We nearly got a shot at a double but it wasn't to be! Then came the demise of the weekend sportsman (Paul) which some critics say was the most appalling performance they have seen by a professional since Alan Glaziers performace against Bobby George in the News of the world final 1978/79 or more recently Roland Scholten's game the night before. Serious (Matt) didn't miss much and must have been averaging 40+ per dart, which should be enough to carry any partner! However, this was no ordinary partner as he could barely scrape 30 per throw!!! A chance to redeem himself in the closing stages of the leg saw his double 4 attempt firmly hit the 13! The score was now at 2 - 2 and with Weekend (Paul) and Natural (Ed) still to play singles it seemed a difficult mountain to climb!

Ping pong in the singles as we traded the first 4 legs. Brilliant performances from all 4 guys and unlucky to lose two of them. Awesome display from Smasher (Craig) winning with ease in his match against Thatch. Natural (Ed) put the doubles behind him and played a blinder against Jimmy. Two missed darts at D18 gave Jimmy the chance to checkout on 116 and square the match up at 3 - 3. If Natural (Ed) can turn his game around was there any hope for the Weekend sportsman (Paul)??? An outstanding display it has to be said as he hit back to back 140's against Tasker, and the second one was in reply to Taskers 180. Advantage back to us and critics said it is the best comeback from a player or team they have seen since Liverpool vs. Milan in the European Cup final back in 2005! Liquids up next against Mr Invincible (Andy Honeyman) and leaving himself on 56 as Andy took out a top finish (can't remember as I was in the loo) it seemed slightly unjust!

4 - 4 and our big guns to draw on! Well I mean our big guns and me. I was hoping for the first three singles to take it 7 - 4 then I wouldn't need to win on last!!!

Dunston (Al) up first and gets away first throw with his classic middle of the 20 marker followed by double top. A tight finish to the leg but a victory nevertheless! 5 -4 and all of us are getting pumped up now! Skip (Craigo) was up next looking to secure the draw and improve a little on his doubles display. A professional job done to get down to the double and BOOM! 6 - 4. Sensing victory (provided Serious (Matt) could win his match) we supported our player like a gladiator about to be mauled by a lion. Trouble starting in this leg saw the ever popular P Broggs take the advantage in the leg and he was first to the double. Two darts wasted and we were praying Serious (Matt) could finish off the job after hitting a 140 to leave a 78 finish. 18 hit, yes. . . . .20 hit, yes. . . . SH#T! the double top was blocked. 1ft to the right or 2ft to the left were his options? The difficult option to the left was chosen and we all held our breath (well mainly me as I was up next) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The dart was released and it seemed like ages to hit the board. a turn of the head from serious and a Bob Anderston style figure in my direction was evidence enough that we had secured an emphatic victory with one match to go and hopefully improve our leg difference!

Result 7 - 5 (I wonder what happened in the final leg?)

Keep this up boys

Capt Cob (Linx)
Vice Skip

POT BLACK 'B' V'S K.W.M.C

(Bill Oddie manages to capture a rare picture of the Thommo)

Another week, another match, another two points, but its not getting any easier! This week we entertained the Working Mens Club in a tough close fought battle.

We got off to a good start with Lurch and Fester scaring the opposition into submission, followed by Ozzie and Quiff taking us into a 2-0 lead with the dream team of Nick-Names and the Legend to go. This pair didn’t let us down (until the finishing double that is) playing really well but not winning the game. 2-1 up and a treat for ornithologists to follow with Eagle Eyes Moyse playing with a Lesser Spotted Tommo. The treat didn’t last long though with another loss taking us to 2-2. Into the singles with Yiddo up first and playing really well once he got away, which was unfortunately about 12 darts after his opponent (another Yid John Marjoram) and we were soon 3-2 down. What was needed next was a really good solid game from Oz. What we got was a game of two halves. The first half saw him proverbially unable to hit the rump steak area of an Aberdeen Angus with a stringed instrument as featured in Deliverance, sending me to the bar for a much needed Carling fix. As soon as I stopped watching he suddenly kicked into gear, played really well and got us back to 3-3 (note to self, when Oz is playing its best not to watch!). Next up was Bungle with a solid game and an excellent attempt at a 144 finish, just missing double 18 but holding out to take us to 4-3. Time for the Legend to step up but an uncharacteristic less than convincing game saw us back to 4-4, soon followed by Moysie losing as well to take us to 4-5. Last three on and a bit of Deja-Vu as it was the same three as last week, Shoot-em-up, Hos and Quiff. A few darts later and there was the triple salko that signalled the win for Dave. Two to go and needing them both to win, same as at the Marquis and, as before both managed to hold their nerve and gain us another win 7-5.

We may have ground it out with the overall standard not being that great but we are clocking up the points and strengthening our position.

Well done boys, away next week to the Sea Breeze, lets see if we can keep it going.

Al the best

Quiff

POT BLACK A Vs EX SERVICEMANS ? (COULD BE ANY LETTER IN THIS SLOT)

It's me the weekend sportsman again!! This is because Captain Cob decided to have another week off darts, he said he was ill, my sources told me this was a lie but I gave him the benefit of the doubt! That was until they proved to me that he was really the new model for speedo swimwear and he was away in Benidorm doing a shoot for their new range.

Any way we won easily but not gonna bother putting the score down as I got it wrong last time and I can't remember much because I was pissed, at least i was taking it easy because I had to work on sat!!!!!!!

Because of this memory lapse I'll look forward to the future as this week there are two vital sporting event's. 1st is the big match up against the mighty ex servicemans hg! It's gonna be a tough game so lets hope all goes well for Craigo's Barmy Army and we can open up a 3 point lead at the top!

Also I am 1 game away from an appearance in sunday's scratch snooker finals night, can I make it to a semi final dual against Rocket Robert Cooper(watch this space!!).

Thanks all,
Paul 'weekend sportsman' Harrod
(Top 8 ranked Pot Black snooker player)

TOP-TWO-SPOT- FOR THE SUPER 'B' TEAM?

THE LEGEND(MOTHER TERESSA) & FESTER (GALLY) AFTER ANOTHER WIN IN THE DOUBLES!

Its been an interesting couple of weeks with two difficult matches, away to the ex servicemens a followed by a home game to the hearts of oak.

The first match started well with some well contested doubles games setting us up for nicely for the singles. Some good singles games set us up with a chance of the win, with yours truly playing my best game of the season hitting back to back 140’s and an 81 finish! (I know, must have been drunk). It was left to the last three players to convert the six games we had won into a victory. The first of these was a tough game for The Legend (Trev Gooch)facing Jason Cains. It came down to nerve and Trev proved he could hold his better(nerve that is!), keeping his head to win the game and match after several darts at a double. With the pressure gone, we lost the last games, to give us a seven-five win and another excellent visit to the ex servicemens club.

Last week saw us at home to the hearts of oak and facing another tough match. A good start from Hos and Quiff with the latter joining this years 180 club before Hos hit the winning double. Some tight games followed and we found ourselves 5-4 down and needing the last three games for a another unexpected win. Our guys responded in fine style with Shoot em up and Bungle both winning to leave it all down to Ozzie on last, for the match! With another solid game, holding his nerve completely,(pretty good as he was on last having not played doubles), Oz saw the game out, for another excellent win(OR IS IT?).

On to this week and it just doesn’t seem to get any easier, with another difficult away game to the marquis of lorne. We started out of the blocks well, with Ozzie taking out a 91 finish to win us the opening doubles, followed after by a solid win for Hos and Quiff and another good game and finally a tense finish won by Billy (man of a thousand nick-names) Bennett and the Legend who is now known as Mother Gooch. We were 3-0 up, an excellent start, before they finally got one back with the best game of their night so far, against Fester and the Yid.

The opening singles saw Moysie struggling with his game a bit and losing the first game before Ozzie won a tight game to get us two games ahead again. The next game saw Bungle (I can't believe I've got Mick Wooltorton again I always play him and I've never beaten him why do I always get him,cry,cry,), beat Mick Wooltorton (???) to take us to 5-2. We then hit a bad patch with Paul (Lurch) Tyler losing to a very good game, Trev (Mother Theresa) showing the benevolent side of his nature and Dave (Shoot em up) Stride getting shot down.

5-all and next up was Hos against Soz. A good game with ever mounting tension which Hos managed to take on a double. 6-5 and a chance for the Captain to show if had any bottle. A tight last game against Flash and I managed to hold my nerve and hit double eight.

Another incredible win in the strange season of the Potty B Team and the points keep mounting. Talk is now turning to the dizzy heights of playing in Europe (but personally I quite enjoyed this years day out in Yarmouth).

Home next week against the Working Mens Club, lets see if we can keep it going.

Well done lads

(Even the A side are showing a hint of amazement when they are told of another excellent score line in the club afterwards!)

A Vs Ksscsccsssc A

The clubs most respected member has been appointed as blog writer this week with Ryan 'the cob' Lincoln away in Egypt not visiting the pyramids, what a responsibility for someone who hasn't remembered a Friday night for 8 years, I'll just try my best and pop a couple of lies in!! ha ha.
I think the score was 9-3 to the mighty Pot Black and I think I won my single's? on 2nd thought's no I didn't but the other guy was brilliant? oh actually he wasn't. Well done to the boy's. I had a quiet one as I had to work? oh no I didn't went out till 2 and drunk all night, very grown up!
Speaking of grown up! Gary 'dad of the year, extreme foam' Flatt not only got very drunk on Friday and chucked my pizza out of the car window but also text me at 2.30 on monday morning explaining how proud he was to still be out drinking from sundays golf day and Peter Wright's wedding reception. mmmmmmm! well done!
Other events were as follows-Gotts free cabs did not let us down, Craig 'skipper' Harrod and Kelvin 'splat' Self joined me in loser's corner, Matt'one size fit's all' Hook didn't hit a 180! (oh yeah he was in Dublin), me and Craig 'smasher' George had our usual friday night discussion (can't wait till this week!), and fun was had by all!
Finally a little well done to Tony 'the quiff' Atkinson on winning his first cyder cup! unfortunately I was on wally's losing side but have to take no responsibility what so ever because I won both my games (I'm the best in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!).

Paul 'weekend sportsman' Harrod

(PGA golf professional)

......"THE BEST PERFORMANCE EVER"

Hi Guys

I know it has been a while since you heard from me but I have been having a lazy break in the Canary Islands. The night before I went I knew there would not be much to report as we were away to the world famous Ex Servicemens HG and were bound to get the usual thumping. WRONG! God only knows what happened but on a night which saw the greatest giant killing upset since David beat Goliath, Andy Murray beat Rafael Nadal and Norwich City beat....well anyone really, the Potty B Team did themselves proud and won the match!. Not only did we win, but we won 8-4 after going 3-1 up in the doubles AND having darts to win the other game! We managed to keep it going through the singles for the best performance ever by the B Team. Well done lads. I would just like to take this opportunity to thank the boys from the A Team for their belief and support on the way to this victory. At 6-3 up I sent a text to advise them of the situation and, as you would expect received great words of encouragement. Not just the usual “well done”” or “keep it going” but their own special praise “can you send me a photograph of the scorecard because we don’t believe you”! Cheers lads!

In light of this great achievement I tried to report in from abroad but by the miracle of modern science and technology (coupled with my inexperience of internet cafes and lots of San Miguel) I am afraid I could not get the message sent.

While I was away, the team kept the great run going with a fine victory over the Queens Head before our run of four (yes four) straight wins was ended, not surprisingly by our A Team. (The Home Guard heard we were losing and asked for a copy of the scorecard because they didn’t believe it).

This brings us up to last Friday and a home game against the football club. To say the standard wasn’t great is being kind but given the way the darts went from both sides the final result of 6-6 was probably fair. Special mention to Paul Tyler who played a great game and we are now looking forward to Friday. Regular readers wishing to know where we are playing please think back to an earlier report – if we haven’t played the Ex Servicemens for a couple of weeks they are probably next! This time we are away to the “C” team.

See you soon

Quiff

THE BIG ONE A V'S B

(Gottsfreecabs) - how does he drive with just a head?

What a match up! The Pot Black legends vs. the EX Serv HG destroyers.

Predictable result though! 10 - 2 to the 'A' team and Danny only let Shaun win as he was getting slightly agitated with the excess noise from Fluffy and PH.

Oh sorry! My mistake, Hud (Paul) wasn't with us this evening, which was good in one sense as he would have been my doubles partner!!! Not for the first time this year, Hud had left us to spend a night with his work colleague, Becky (The one he's apparently not interested in) at Boogie Nights! Not sure on all the details yet, but you could ask DG (Gottsfreecabs.com) as he went to pick them up about 03:00 in the morning!

Nice to see some other faces out that evening. Mr Chillingworth (Fisherman), Vinyl (Nick Marsham), and Vinyl's mate 'Crazy Drinker'! Crazy drinker looked drunk at about 22:00 that evening but was the only one still drinking at 02:30 in the morning round Vinyl's, very impressive indeed!!!

Sorry for the delay guys!

Capt Cob,
Vice skip,
Linx

A-Team 19/9/08

Got a draw with the Ole Frank! Brilliant!

Matt was on last and even got beat with his 100th 180 of the season! Thanks for playing Kelvin.

Slipped up after the B-Team gave us a helping hand, typical!

Enough Said

Captain 'Mega Cob' Linx

SORRY!!!!!!

As you all know this friday I went out with the people from work and missed my 2nd darts match of the season (no 'Tony the quiff' Atkinson did not pay me off to increase the B teams chances) as usual it has taken me a couple of weeks longer than everyone else to realise I am being a bit of a d**k and I feel an apology is in order as I missed Gary 'fluffy' Flatts wet the baby's head night,sorry mate and congratulations as i wasn't there i'm sure you then got promoted to number 1 t**t for the night and that is a title I wouldn't wish on anyone, being the reigning champ in this area, I should know what its like. Just to cheer you all up I can confirm that on this evening I began drinking at an exceptionally late 8.15 (usually on my 6th) no fun was had (adult behaviour), at no point could I let out the trademark laugh (very out of character) I didn't make a fool of myself or lose any money at silly pub games, overall I wasn't loving it and I'm sure you all had a better night than me as you lot probably could not stop laughing at my expense. Well played guys a good win against the Homeguard slayers and i will be back next week to have the p*ss taken out me on a regular basis, and will be seen at the bar at 7-12pm for the rest of the season.

Paul 'Weekendsportsman' Harrod
(in the doubles for the rest of his life)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Congratulations to Fluffy and his wife. They have had their second baby, Ethan James Fluff born on 16.09.08 at 20:12 weighing 8lbs 7oz.

12/9/08 A-Team V's Seabreeze

Sorry it's a little late again guys! I'm making sure I don't have to do 4 in a row again!

Firstly I must say a big thank you to the 'B' side for giving us an advantage over the Ex Serv 'HG' so early in the season as they beat them 8 - 4. Well done guys, lets hope we can do our bit now???

Lets get the wise cracks out of the way now.....

When you walk into the Pot Black around 19:00 you'd expect to see one of the bigger drinkers, HUD (Paul) already supping away!!! Oh he was there, but he was drinking "HALF PINTS" of larger! He had a crap excuse for it as well.....

He'd already been on a date with a "colleague" from work, I know what you're thinking, but this was actually a female! Well, he told us then that he'd made his mind up after around half an hour that he wasn't interested in her, but DG (Gottsy) said they were all over each other in the back of "Gottsfreecabs" that evening at around 03:00.

Well I gave Weekend Sportsman (Paul) the benefit of the doubt, as I know how people can exaggerate stories about you! Especially if you go for a Ruby and order a Vin - da - spoo, Doh!

After asking about the sissy half pints he was consuming it was down to this "colleague" from work again (by the way her name is Becky). So this is a second date then HUD (Paul) ? I'm sure you've told me before that no woman can come before your drinking and darts, but I guess you've bent the rules quite a bit here! She popped across from the wine lodge to see HUD (Paul) and wanted him to go back with her! HUD (Paul) put his foot down and persuaded her to stay which cost him a few drinks. At this point no-one had anything to say, as he'd done pretty well for himself as the lads and I thought she was rather tempting. Of course we contemplated about what was wrong with her as she was interested in HUD (Paul) but maybe it was his irresistible laughter!!!!!

The laughter may have been the attraction you know? On a couple of occasions during the evening we could hear the cackling giggles from Weekend Sportsman (Paul) only to find out they were coming from Becky! This was the thing they had in common with each other (apart from drinking and working in the bank)!

They left to go up Hush as I went with DG to his second home, Broadview (Not South Africa).

See you Friday HUD (Paul). It's nice to see you with a decent woman mate. Me and Fluffy are short of a stag for 2010 if you were planning anything?

Just some harmless fun HUD! You'll get you own back as usual no doubt!

Capt Cob (Linx)
Vice Skip

PS - We won 12 - 0

05/09/08 A-TEAM V's K.W.M.C

My eyes are bleeding now! I can't keep this up!

Anyone else getting pissed off with that Sultana channel keep showing the England games?

Firstly I have to apologise to Serious (Matty) as I missed out his 180 from last week.

05/09/08 vs K.W.M.C.

HUD was back to strengthen the side this week, but unfortunately Dunston (al) was playing cards and couldn't make it to darts!

This looked like a formality from the start and after a 4 - 0 lead from the doubles things looked comfortable for us. Particularly comfortable for Serious (Matty) and Smasher (Georgey) as they hit 180, 140, 180, 60, 78 to finish their leg off (Serious hitting the big ones there). Natural joined in the fun this week with a decent performance and a 180 in the doubles! Fluffy was teasing me about the Chesney already as I had been drawn out last in the singles!

Serious up in the singles and made short work of J Weavers (get in there) with a 17 dart game, including 108st, 121, 132. Then things started to go wrong! Liquids (Kelvin) had what we thought was an easy match against D Rogers as he'd averaged around 26 a throw in the doubles! Liquids would have settled with 26 a throw himself as he played like a puppet and lost! Smasher (Georgey) missed two at a double which let in the very dodgy D Cable for a win and now 5 - 2. After a ten minute wait, super team player Sheepy (Spence) turned up to dispatch of their player D Hewitt, who Liquids (Kelvin) would have even had a chance to beat!!!

6 - 2 now and the draw was secure, but we were chasing legs to keep in tact with the Ex Serv HG! Well the legs were out of the window as we lost the next two and at 6 - 4 with HUD (Paul) and Me left we were now concentrating on the win and not the legs or a Chesney! HUD was up against Action Jackson who is probably their best player so we were concentrating on the final game and hoping that Capt Cob would have enough bottle to come through against Buster!

We were correct to write off HUD as Action was on a double with HUD still in the 300's! 30 darts later saw Hud get a chance on a 100+ finish but no joy! Action missed again, and HUD made no mistake this time to get the 7th leg (Thank Fook). Last game was easy with no pressure and a 97 finish in two darts secured the 8 - 4 result.

Serious (Hooky) you were amazing this week, so keep it up! The rest can learn a lot from him apart from Dunston (Al) who wasn't there and Natural (Ed) who's lost three on the spin and is unlikely to get another chance this week!!!!

Other Matters

Gottsy still finding it hard to pull anything but a muscle at Broadview, but we love you for driving each week!

Paul managed a little kiss with a pretty young lass this Saturday, so the rumour has it!

Statistic's so far

MOST WINS - M. HOOK
MOST 101's - M. HOOK
MOST HIGH STARTS - M. HOOK
MOST 180's - M. HOOK
HIGHEST START - M. HOOK
LEAST DARTS -M. HOOK

Finished at last!

I don't want anyone moaning about the content in these blog pages as it is really hard to try and be funny when you're writing for over three hours!!!!

See you all soon.

Capt Cob
Linx

B-TEAM WRITE UP

(Billy'12 Cabs' hides from the Yarmouth fleet)

Well what a week it’s been in the top flight. The closing of the transfer window, players moving at the last minute and managers leaving high profile positions. Obviously the major story of the week was another club purchase, this time by high-flying middle-easterners with ridiculous amounts of money. No, I don’t mean Manchester City, I’m talking about your very own Pot Black “B” team, who were visited in person this week by their own rich benefactor Darren (The King) of Bahrain. The King, who’s personal fortune has been estimated at well in excess of 550p, flew in to assess the playing staff and negotiate new deals. He immediately showed that he was not afraid to splash cash, by buying a round, and hinted at new signings in the January transfer window with names like Andy Honeyman, Paul Gardener and Craid Harrod being identified as targets.
To the game and, following on from last weeks first win of the season, the potty boys were hoping to contunue the winning ways. A hard fought opening doubles saw victory for myself and Hos but this was followed by a loss for Fester and the Yid. Billy (twelve cabs), playing with Lurch in the absence of regular partner Trev (Mother Theresa) Gooch, restored our advantage but this was cancelled by a loss for Moysie and Oz.
At 2-2, Paul (Lurch) Tyler was first up in the singles and a hard fought game left everyone searching for a skirt for him to borrow after a double one marathon, which he eventually lost. A good win for Hos, followed by a loss for Tommo, before a good game from Bungle and a win for yours truly restored our lead. This was followed by a loss for Ozzie who, if he paired up with Paul Tyler would resemble the strike force at Carrow Road – 78 chances and none taken, before Dave Stride won to give us the lead going into the last game. Moysie stepped up to win and hit the first 180 of the season on the way. Another good win and 2 more points which may prove useful as our next game is away to the HG.
In case any of you are not aware, Trev (The Legend) Gooch, is now also being referred to as Mother Theresa. This follows the day out last week where Wally had to work out how to pay out the “most strikes” money split between three players. In true devious style and, taking inspiration from the programme Golden Balls, Mick (Jasper) Wall told each of the three players they had won on countback. The first two money grabbing toe-rags (Bungle and Hos), both jumped with joy at the thought and danced around the dog track but Trev, when told the same, refused to take the money and suggested it be split three ways. This saintly behaviour was rewarded by Jasper awarding him the whole prize, much to the consternation of the other two, earning him the nick-name of Mother Theresa (from a disgruntled Bungle who we expect to get over it in March 09).
Regular readers may also have noticed the recent referral to good old Bungle as “Billy Twelve Cabs”. This is also a reference to the aforementioned day out. Question: How do you get 26 people from Gt Yarmouth Bowl to the Yarmouth Stadium? Answer: get Billy to phone a cab firm and then, just to make sure phone another firm, then phone another one for back up. The result, Regent Road looking remarkably similar to the end of a certain advertisement from a beer producer that doesn’t do night clubs and 10 jarred off taxi drivers.
The after match activities saw the usual Liar Dice challenge, unfortunately reduced to a penalty shoot-out by reduction to 2 lives each due to the large number of players (ok I’m bitter because I didn’t win). The eventual winner was Mick (Jasper) Wall, playing from the most difficult position of immediately to the left of Billy (hit everything I throw) Bennett. Wally had positioned himself between Billy and Moysie, which enabled the latter to make the final and avoided any potential hazards from low flying toys, teddies and rattles!

That’s the end of this weeks lengthy ramble. I will be away for a couple of weeks so will see you when I get back.

All the best

Quiff