So, it was back
from holiday, back to work and back to business in the Saigon International
Darts league. This week we were away at the Spotted Cow, a bar I took my mum
and Dad to when they visited Saigon due to their very tasty burgers. Our match
was against ‘an udder team’ who were second in the table. This was a top of the
table clash!
It didn’t start
very well. We lost 4 of the first 5 matches (doubles and triples) which meant
they only needed 3 of the remaining 7 games to win. Our team were pretty much
all round playing badly. Myself included. I don’t think the weeks break had
done us any good. Me and my partner lost our first ever doubles match to the
pub landlord and their only lady player. She checked out in both legs and they
played much better than us.
Anyway onto the
singles matches, I was third up and was put against the girl who had just
beaten us in the doubles. It seemed very likely that I would be getting back to
back singles defeats against a girl. Our two best players won their matches
which brought the score to 4-3. It was very important that I won my match.
This girl was
very good at darts. She was also only about 5ft tall. Darts is probably one of
the very few sports she would be able to beat me at due to her size. With her
playing so well and me not playing well I wasn't very confident.
Miraculously I
started to play well again and I’m pleased to say I won the match 2-0! I also
scored a 140 which I was pretty chuffed with. Even more importantly my pride is
intact for another week at least.
We had managed,
as a team to bring the score back to 6-5 at the end of the singles so had the
chance to snatch a draw with one game to go. Sadly it wasn’t to be. We lost the
final game and lost the match 7-5. However it was a cracking atmosphere and
very tense on both sides due to the importance of the match.
It will be a
great rematch when we play them again later in the season. We are still top of
the league but only on legs won. There is still a long way to go in the season.
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