Monday, 10 March 2008

POT BLACK 'B' QUIFF WRITE UP

('Kingy' of Bahrain makes shock Pot Black appearance)

Hi Guys,

Sorry for the lack of information over the last couple of weeks but, unlike the whippersnappers in the A Team, it takes some of us older gits a bit longer to come to terms with the technology. Thanks to an intense training session from our webmaster, Ready, I think I have now got to grips with it so should be able to keep all you keen fans up to date with the news from the B Team.

The story so far : The last time you heard from us, you may recall that we learned some inner secrets about Billy (Bungle) Bennett. This proved to be a bit of a distraction from the darts which saw a fine 9-3 victory over the Railway D, with the star of the night being Shaun (Hos) Hoskin, who not only won both games but boasted a 180 and a one-dart 50 finish, to cries of “flash git”.

Having secured two points, we were looking forward expectantly to the next week’s home game against the Ex Servicemens D but despite earning a point with a 6-6 draw, the performance was somewhat disappointing with most of our players mis-firing like a garage full of second-hand Lada’s. Highlight of the night was a 103 start from our guest star for the evening, the King of Bahrain (Darren[Kingy]), who flew in especially for the occasion. Unfortunately, playing last for the win, jet-lag crept in half way through the game and the 103 start proved to be the peak.
The following week saw us on our travels again, this time to the Waveney. Kingy had decided he enjoyed the previous week so much that he postponed his flight back just so he could turn out and lose again, this time with Ozzie in the doubles. A slightly better overall performance than the previous week saw us 6-5 up with one game to go and yours truly on last. Unfortunately a missed attempt at a bull finish meant I lost and another draw was the result. (Congratulations to my opponent who was clearly their best player on the night!!!).

And so to yesterday (Fri 7th Mar), and the visit to the Potty of the all-singing’ all-dancing Hearts of Oak. We knew this was going to be tough game but were not quite prepared for the pounding we got on the way to 7-0 down. The best chance of nicking a game on the way to this score, fell to our very own Right Said Fred partnership of Pauly Gallagher and Chubbsy (the weatherman) Crawford. However, after a few attempts at a finishing double, no-one was arguing with Paul’s own description of himself, Limp-Wristed Tw@!. It was left to Hos to stop the rot and, followed by decent performances from yours truly and Steve (action man) Moyse, we managed to at least make the score-line respectable at 9-3. Early in the evening Billy (Bungle) Bennett set us a poser when he asked “do I look stupid”. Answers on a postcard please to: Mick Wall, Pot Black, usual address.