The Writing On The Wall

As we have already established, I've been at this re-cap writing for some time.  So I hope you will trust me when I say that this week's match was, quite literally, nothing to write home about.  As dart matches go, there wasn't too much of interest.  It was a fairly run-of-the-mill match.  As a team, we threw good darts, but it was definitely one of those nights where things just didn't fall our way.

Rich won the first game of the night, but his opponent acted like a prima donna and complained about the scoring, the atmosphere, the lights, the shadows, etc, setting the tone for the night.  The Ship then dropped the next seven games in a row, and we were down 7-1 after S501.

Mindy / Darian delivered a win in their second game of Cricket, as they piled on points and steamrolled to victory in one of their three games.  But Rich / John were swept to finish Cricket.  And, with sweeps in both games of D501, Mindy / Darian's Cricket win ended up being our final point of the night, and the match ended in a 16-2 loss for The Ship.

For me, darts has never been about the opponents we play.  In general, I consider the other teams a necessary evil that I need to put up with, in exchange for a weekly night out with The Ship.  Let's hope the annoying drunks, preening punks, whining boozers and big losers don't make that tradeoff unmanageable.

Props:
Mindy - For half of the points on the night, and for putting up with more than she should have had to.

Weekly Shippy Points (YTD Standings)

Player	Points	Notes
Darian	16	12 points in S501*, 16 points in Cricket*, 3 points in D501
Mindy	15	0 points in S501, 8 points in Cricket, 15 points in D501*
Rich	12	12 points in S501, 12 points in Cricket*, 3 points in D501
John	3	0 points in S501, 0 points in Cricket, 3 points in D501
* High Throw in Round