{"id":5604,"date":"2015-08-06T14:52:24","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T14:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/2015\/08\/column-hr146-wim-o-way-wim-o-way-wim-o-way\/"},"modified":"2024-02-14T22:23:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T22:23:26","slug":"column-hr146-wim-o-way-wim-o-way-wim-o-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/2015\/08\/column-hr146-wim-o-way-wim-o-way-wim-o-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Column #HR146 WIM-O-WAY… WIM-O-WAY… WIM-O-WAY…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday, August 6,\u00a02015<\/span><\/span>
\nColumn HR146
\nWIM-O-WAY… WIM-O-WAY… WIM-O-WAY…<\/strong><\/p>\n

An email arrived from Firth of Tom which should never be confused with the Firth of Clyde.\u00a0 Everyone knows that the latter “encloses the largest and deepest coastal waters in the British Isles.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 The Firth of Tom lives in Ireland, the\u00a0land of Guinness – home of the six-course Irish gourmet meal consisting of five boiled potatoes and a pint.<\/p>\n

After establishing that there is a language difference (“I sometimes have a little difficulty understanding your ‘lingo'”), Firth of Tom gets to his point…<\/p>\n

\u201cBut when you say something like, ‘Even Stevie Wonder knows that today\u2019s PDC averages are bogus when compared with those of yesteryear\u00a0– because of the larger triples and doubles.\u00a0Toss in better equipment, less travel and more money and it all makes the comparison apples and oranges…’ well, I am not so sure about that in its\u00a0entirety.\u201d<\/p>\n

After conceding that the triples and doubles are bigger, Firth of Tom presents the premise that, “averages are higher because of all the amount of practice they have to put in, to achieve the\u00a0standard\u00a0they are at, in the PDC as opposed to the BDO, who are amateurs and maybe a few semi-pros, apart from the few elite.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Old Dart Coach – as a somewhat\u00a0has-been athlete and mediocre dart player – knows that \u201cpractice\u201d can only take a person so far. The practice regimen of Phil Taylor is well known, but that isn\u2019t the secret of his success. His ability is nurtured<\/em> with practice.\u00a0 Taylor didn\u2019t dominate against Lowe, Bristow, Wilson and Anderson. He blossomed after they were over the hill. Some also forget that both Raymond van\u00a0Barneveld and John Part laid a couple of whippings on Taylor.<\/p>\n

Firth of Tom also has concerns with the “less travel” aspect of the ODC\u2019s position. He writes, \u201cI’m not sure if I can agree with that either, as the PDC play many competitions ‘behind closed doors’ and now they are playing in Asia and Australasia. That seems quite a lot of travel to me. I think your comment on this is a bit too generalistic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Firth of Tom has a good point, as the ODC was less than articulate with his \u201ctravel aspect.\u201d Bad ODC. Not for the first time. \u00a0What the ODC should have written was \u201cformat\u201d rather than travel.\u00a0 In the past, players would go to a tournament and have to play singles, open doubles, mixed double and team.\u00a0 Also, when playing American tournaments visitors had to play ’01 and cricket just to make a little cash. \u00a0The standing around with uncertainty was also a minus. Today\u2019s pros play ’01 singles. Period. Full stop.<\/p>\n

The North American version of the PDC is the Championship Dart Circuit (CDC). Their last two events called the Champion Darts Challonge #5 and #6 was held at\u00a0Blueberry Hill in St. Louis.\u00a0 Old timers remember Blueberry Hill as a favorite stop on the \u201cold\u2019 ADO tour.\u00a0 It included the second biggest 301 event in darts, trailing only the North American.<\/p>\n

The ODC, as is his want, is the master of drivel and nuances. Astute readers will notice that the latest CDC event was called a \u201cChallonge.\u201d Notice the spelling of Challenge.\u00a0 In addition, the winner is called\u00a0\u201cSupreme Champion\u201d with the runner-up \u201cWorthy Advisory.\u201d Come on guys, you do so many things well – how about knocking off the \u201ccutesy crap”?<\/p>\n

One thing they do well is learn from missteps. Saturday\u2019s event, won by Darin Young, went on and on and on. The problem caused David Fatum\u00a0to post, \u201cToday I am so disappointed. Not just in my play but (by) this event. I don’t get it. 5.5 hrs and two matches. Did not know I was playing ado event… thought it was the CDC?\u201d<\/p>\n

No problem on Sunday. Well done. Fatum lost on Saturday to Timmy \u201cDon\u2019t Look\u201d Nicoll, 6-2. Nicoll would lose in the semis to John Part,\u00a06-3.\u00a0 Eventfully Part would lose to Darin Young, 6-4. One feature on Saturday was a \u201csilent auction\u201d of players, which the old Dallas Classic used to call a \u201cCalcutta.\u201d \u00a0Great idea. Betting and darts. On Sunday, Leonard Gates got it done with a 6-4 win over D.J. Sayre.<\/p>\n

Gates’ next stop, as for most all of those who competed at the CDC events in St. Louis, will be at DARTSLIVE Stage 4 in Canada.\u00a0 Gates won Stage 3 in France over Paul Lim. Lim took an early 2-0 lead.\u00a0 Throwing second, Gates took the cricket leg moving within one. He added the 701 leg to draw level then won the cork and the 5th leg for the victory. Lim might have said…<\/p>\n

\u201cFlocking American.\u201d<\/p>\n

This will be the only North American stop for a\u00a0DARTSLIVE World Event this year. Last year\u2019s North American stop was held in Las Vegas at the Riviera, which has since closed.<\/p>\n

Many times, darters are so engrossed in their sport that they are unaware of what’s going on in the outside world. Toeing the Oche is here to help…<\/p>\n

Recently, Cecil the lion was shot and killed by a dentist for sport. The event caused almost universal condemnation.\u00a0 The one exception was Frank Buck,\u00a0a spokesman for Zebra Lives Matter<\/a>, who issued the following statement…<\/p>\n

\u201cShit happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a possibly related story, a dentist was shot dead\u00a0at the Marquis\u00a0Lounge in San Bernardino, California during Tuesday night’s karaoke.\u00a0\u00a0He was singing…<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Lion Sleeps Tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WtxPdkzmk_4<\/p>\n

The Marquis Lounge is famous to \u201cOld Goat\u201d darters.\u00a0 Among its employee alumni are America\u2019s only World Cup singles winner, the late Nicky Virachkul, and international dart super-star, Paul Lim. Lots of darters got down the road thanks to owner Dennis Hassett, who sold the Marquis on June 1. He\u2019s one of the good guys of darts.<\/p>\n

(Editor\u2019s note: The preceding was NOT a paid plug for the Marquis Lounge. Or so we were told.)<\/p>\n

The “‘joy tip” of the day comes from Alaska: \u201cYour troubles can\u2019t be solved in a bottle of wine or a pint of beer. But it\u2019s never hard to look.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stay thirsty my friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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