Day 258 - Thursday, September 15th, 2011

'Twas the 99th edition of Thursday Night Darts Club tonight, when only the 10th ever champion was crowned, in the guise of Anto "The Anto-Christ" Macken who deservedly won, throwing solid splendid arrows all night. There was a magnificent turn-out of no less than 13 athletes. I scored one of three 140 scores, whilst an ever-recovering Jimmy "The Peach" Leach registered the high finish of the night with a 116.

Proving immensely popular was the newly-installed Tuborg tap, offering pints of cold frothy Danish lager for just €3.30 - bargain! And the pizzas delivered from next door's Italian restaurant proved as delicious as ever - mine with chicken, peppers and lashings and lashings of chilli flakes proved to be utterly divine.

  The Peach and The Anto-Christ - a deliciously Satanic combination!
Contentment : 15 / 25
Excitement :    2.5 / 10
Memorability : 3.5 / 15

Overall Score : 42% (95th out of 258)

Day 237 - Thursday, August 25th, 2011

The 97th - 97th!!! - staging of Thursday Night Darts Club took place at Doolan's this evening, and it was the most dramatic for quite some time, with John "The Equaliser" Delaney edging out reigning champion Gar "Milky Bay" Kiernan by a single point to win his 36th title. He scored a 180 in the process, only the 9th in the history of TNDC, which makes darts professionals and officials laugh whenever I tell them but hey!, everyone starts from somewhere! Nine athletes attended in all, including Sweden's very own Daniel "Son Of Hoon" Sjunnesson, who notched up the high finish of the night - a 101, in a game of 101. I came in 3rd of the 9 places available on the night, registering a very slight return to form. Pizza was forsaken in lieu of the pork stir-fry that awaited in the Lighthouse, and was wolfed down gleefully for the 4TH day in succession - a new personal culinary record!

Milky Bar & The Equaliser

                                              The Equaliser's 180 - the 9th in TNDC History!

Contentment : 14.5 / 25
Excitement :    3 / 10
Memorability : 3.5 / 15

Overall Score : 42% (94th out of 237)