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
