Work today was most enjoyable, with a number of meetings that provided adequate brain-stimulus and broke up the day magnificently. And before it could be known, 'twas time for the 71st Thursday Night Darts Club - huzzah! Proceedings started a little morosely, in truth, as this week we were sharing the back of Doolan's pub with a funeral "party", unbeknowst to us beforehand. However, spirits amongst the mourners seemed reasonably high, and before long, the need to keep any dignified silence was made apparent as being unnecessary. Children in pubs get, by nature, interminably bored, so the gathering appeared pleased that we were there to provide their early primary school quartet with mild entertainment. It was evident that the lil' mites wanted to get loose on the oche and throw a few themselves, but the idea was not nurtured, so its egg remained coldly unhatched.
Back to the sporting action now, and a very splendid nine athletes made it to the starting blocks. For the first time in many months, the line-up was devoid of females, as stalwart competitor Lara della Volpe had sent her medical apologies in advance. For the first two hours, the competition was extraordinarily tight, with 5 athletes all within 2 points of each other, but in the final half of the evening, two sporting heroes broke away from the peloton and in the end Jimmy "Screech" Leach (aka The Dark Destroyer) notched up his 8th title with another narrow-but-deserved 4 point victory over John "The Equaliser" Delaney.
The Top 4 TNDC 71 Athletes in radiant post-match pose
My attempts to finish a game on Double 5 prove hilariously fruitless
My chagrin at such fruitlessness is poignantly captured
Yes, it's everyone's favourite National Convention Centre - but look at the water-height!
Contentment : 12 / 25
Excitement : 2.5 / 10
Memorability : 3 / 15
Score : 35% (15th out of 34)
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