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.
