{"id":5606,"date":"2015-08-26T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T15:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/2015\/08\/column-hr147-the-king-aint-dead-and-the-queen-anne-drtr-is-alive-and-living-in-malaysia\/"},"modified":"2024-02-14T22:23:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T22:23:26","slug":"column-hr147-the-king-aint-dead-and-the-queen-anne-drtr-is-alive-and-living-in-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/2015\/08\/column-hr147-the-king-aint-dead-and-the-queen-anne-drtr-is-alive-and-living-in-malaysia\/","title":{"rendered":"Column #HR147 The King ain’t dead… and the Queen, Anne Drtr, is alive (and living in Malaysia)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday, August 26,\u00a02015<\/span><\/span>
\nColumn HR147
\nThe King ain’t dead… and the Queen, Anne Drtr, is alive (and living in Malaysia)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sports fans the world over are a fickle lot. They will hate a player or team one day and then be shouting their parses the next. When the Old Dart Coach was playing bartender, he worked with a \u201ccrusty old curmudgeon\u201d named Danny.\u00a0One Sunday, a local dart team – the NADS –\u00a0was celebrating a big victory in the bowling center where he worked, and they played. The bar had a jukebox but it always on low when Danny was walking the plank. As the beer flowed, one slow dancing darter – Sandy by name – approached the bar.<\/p>\n

\u201cSay, Danny, how about turning up the jukebox? We\u2019re dancing and can\u2019t hear it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cKid, dance closer to the jukebox or dance out the door.\u201d<\/p>\n

Danny used to call the fickle sports fans \u201cFence Jumpers.\u201d\u00a0When Tiger Woods was on top of the golfing world, he was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Then, when he ran afoul of a 6-iron \u00a0wielded by his now ex-wife, Elin Nordegren, and his golfing prowess went astray, he went from \u201cthe greatest ever” to \u201cTiger you suck.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last weekend, the \u201cold” Tiger emerged from hibernation as, entering the final round of the Wyndham golf championship, he trailed the leader by only two strokes. He\u2019d briefly held the lead during the penultimate round. The crowd was mind boggled as they jammed the fairways dying to shout \u201cVive le roi.\u201d (Editor\u2019s note: The saying was first uttered in 1422 upon the death of French king Charles VI and the ascendancy of Charles V11.)<\/p>\n

On the 7th tee, Tiger hit a high fade hoping to fade it into the green. The ball was high and faded into the crowd. The crowd sighed saying, \u201cEl rey ha muerto.\u201d\u00a0The King is dead.<\/p>\n

What does this have to do with darts? Good question.<\/p>\n

For umpteen years Phil, Taylor was the king of darts and other assorted activities.\u00a0Then along came \u201cMarvelous\u201d Michael van Gerwen and poor old King Phil got dumped like a “good habit” by the darting community.\u00a0Bad habits never get dropped because they\u2019re so darn much fun.<\/p>\n

With the PDC going on their \u201csearch and destroy\u201d mission to Australia,\u00a0King Phil emerged as the Phil Taylor of old. Well maybe. Those familiar with Aussie darts know all of their major tournaments are called Masters. Heck, it\u2019s their tournaments – they can call them any damn thing they want.<\/p>\n

At the Perth Darts Masters, World Champion Gary Anderson was down 6-1 to former champ Adrian Lewis. He would come back to win 8-7. Enter Phil Taylor – who took out Anderson 10-5 and then reversed his Matchplay loss to James Wade, taking the title 11-7. Van Gerwen? He lost a nail bitter to Wade 10-9.<\/p>\n

Then on to the Sydney Masters where Taylor took out Steven Bunting (8-2) – while also in the quarters, Raymond van Barneveld took out fellow Dutchman Michael van Gerwen, 8-4. Kudos to Adrian Lewis for taking out Barney 10-9 in the semis.<\/p>\n

One oft-asked question is how long does it take for a \u201cperfect game.\u201d The ODC answered, \u201cso far, 35 years and counting\u201d…<\/p>\n

For Phil Taylor against Peter Wright in the Sydney Masters semi-final, it took 84 seconds. With the score at 9-7 in the race to 10, Taylor did the deal. The final was anti-climactic with Taylor going through Adrian Lewis like a dose of salts, 11-3.<\/p>\n

Do we hear \u201cVive le roi\u201d King Phil?<\/p>\n

If not a King reigning then how about a Queen? Pink sings, \u201cThe King is Dead but the Queen is Alive.\u201d<\/p>\n

The original Queen of Darts was the incomparable Maureen Flowers. In today\u2019s darting landscape, it\u2019s difficult, if not impossible, for women darters to get any traction. That\u2019s especially true as the PDC has taken over the attention of the darting world.<\/p>\n

Best known internationally is England\u2019s Deta Hedman, one of the ODC\u2019s all time favorites. In America, there are probably 8 or 10 ladies who deserve notice for their play. That taken as fact, none qualifies as a \u201cQueen of Darts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Internationally, one of the most interesting ladies is Malaysia\u2019s Rojali Mohd, called JALI or Anne Drtr if you\u2019re so inclined. She may qualify.<\/p>\n

She is a lady of many talents. One of her fellow Asian dart players says of her,\u00a0\u201c The few times I\u2019ve met her she\u2019s okay. She\u2019s not arrogant or any kind of weird attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a good start.<\/p>\n

Each country has its own darting community and built-in environment. That\u2019s especially true in Asia where local achievements far out shadow the desire for international acclaim. Ms. Anne has done her share of wining with three major wins in 2015 and a WDF \u00a0ranking of #103. The world ranking number of #103 may not open a lot of eyes, but taken in perspective it\u2019s darn good. She is the third ranked Asian lady player, which is good considering the dearth of WDF tournaments in Asia.<\/p>\n

The highest ranked Asian player is Japan\u2019s Mayumi Ouchi at #45. Anne met her in the finals of the Maluri International, taking second. Not too Chablis. Ms. Drtr has traveled to the Philippines, Hong Kong and Thailand to play with some success. She was part of the 2014 Malaysian Team at the Asia\/Pacific Cup team in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

When she talks of favorite players the names of Phil \u201cThe Power King\u201d Taylor, Anastasia \u201cThe Russian Fox\u201d Dobromyslova and Deta \u201cThe Six Foot Chocolate Bar\u201d Hedman lead the pack.<\/p>\n

There can be no argument but that Anne is one of the better lady players in Asia, but this alone doesn’t set her apart from others…<\/p>\n

What really<\/em> distinguishes Anne Drtr is that she is one heck of a singer – and she’s not the type of singer who partakes in \u201clet\u2019s go to the pub, pound down the magic golden elixir and sing karaoke.\u201d Naw. Naw. Anne is an “honest to God stand in front of a band and belt her baby heart out” singer.<\/p>\n

Ladies and gentleman, the ODC gives you \u201cAnne Drtr in Concert\u201d…<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/is4BsCZ2LQM<\/p>\n

If you think anything but \u201cWOW\u201d pack it in. She is the best dart playing singer in the world. Bar none.<\/p>\n

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

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