Darts is a funny old game. While I don’t mind (now and then) watching professionals on TV roaring through legs of 501, I have to say that I really couldn’t be arsed to play it myself.
Of course 501 is a game of pure skill, but I like to add some tactics to my game. When you play at our level (average!) you need the opportunity to capitalise on something other than pure dart throwing skill! Mickey Mouse (or as some call it ‘Tactics’) gives you all of that. You can be neck and neck in a game and the decision of where to go next can be the deciding factor of the game, to chase or not to chase? Hammer a scoring number or open another number that you know the opposition can murder you on? Go for a double target early or play the high scorers straight down the line?
For me, as far as darts goes Mickey Mouse is ‘The beautiful game!’
Anyway on to the games.....
Steve didn’t turn up and not a word to say why... But that didn’t stop Pete, Ian, Casablanca Mike and John heading for the hut and getting ready to rumble (or possibly grumble). After some waiting (for Steve) we started flipping and the sides came out as Ian and Pete ‘v’ Mike and John.
For a change I am going to start with the score line! PI 13458 / CMJ 267. AS you can see that was a 5 – 3 victory to Ian and Peter, but they were brilliant games and we never really seemed to know who was going to win then until a good way through, except game six which was a walkover by CMJ.
Actually it was quite a surprise that CMJ didn’t win the evening, at least three of the games they lost started with them having a 100+ lead sometimes nearer to 200. However Rushers and I were on fire for the first half of the evening and we managed to chew up those leads and take the games.
The opposition had a bit of a comeback towards the end, and regardless of who won and who should of won they were exciting games and we all had some purple patches. Ian and Peter's patches lasted longest... so I humbly awarded us both MOTM.
Notable Events:
Peter had a double bull finish, two sets of double trebles and some shanghai action.
Ian had trebles galore and some shanghai action.
CM and John both had some excellent treble action and also partook of some shanghais.
Bull Wars: Peter 3, Ian 1.
Chart Changes: Peter moves up one to third, CM moves up one to fourth which means john slides down to fifth place. Papa and Ian remain in first and second place respectively.
We have a full house next week, including Dave, Doddy, Papa and Mr Average...
So it is GAME ON!
Peter X
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