Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Whimper.. Whimper.. Gone

Well last night was the last league match for the season and while me and my team had a great deal of fun we lost again in a spectacular way. We lost 15-4 to the only team we'd beaten this year. I started the night strong but finished with a whimper hitting very little of note in the last few games I played in. There were a few highlights to mention, one of which was quite a good come back in DIDO 301.

I played one doubles cricket match, which we won mostly because my partner couldn't miss the triples. But I contributed with several bulls in that game so I am happy about it. The best of the night for me came in my singles 'best of three' match which I won 2-0. We started with 501 which I won in a non-spectacular manner. I hit my out before he did. Then we played DIDO 301. He got on first round and I couldn't hit my double all of a sudden. It looked like I was going to be skunked. After everytime he reduced his score I would miss my double in by a wider and wider margin! But, when he had only 98 left, I got on with a double 8, and finished the game 16 darts later. I am proud to say that not once in that game did I ever give up. Somehow I just knew I'd have my chance at an out shot. Anyway, my opponent was visibly crushed and disgusted. Which is too bad, I know the feeling for sure.

I stuck with my 16 gram Radarts last night, as I have used them for almost ever match played this season. I don't think I will use them next February though so I am going to start practicing with a different set immediately (okay not immediately - I need a break from this wicked and cruel game). In fact, I think I am going to take down the dartboard for a while if for no other reason than to remove the temptation to throw.

3 comments:

Patrick said...

Hey Zeeple

The PLMS pays the $40 bar fee and gives the opposing team a free drink. The setup might be the nicest in the league, with tons of room, great lighting, and beautiful Cherrywood dackboards that we handmade. The one thing is, if you shoot out of there (it is a club) you must be a member. Good news is membership is only like $15 a year.

jsobo119 said...

why take a break? a few days ok but... ???

Zeeple said...

I just need to take a break. I need to go a month or more without throwing a dart. I feel the need to guard against burn-out and I could really use the extra time for working on perl and linux and xml socket servers and stuff...