{"id":6015,"date":"2022-11-17T13:07:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T13:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/2022\/11\/column-hr-380-in-form\/"},"modified":"2024-02-14T22:18:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T22:18:07","slug":"column-hr-380-in-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/2022\/11\/column-hr-380-in-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Column #HR 381 In form…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday, November 17, 2022
\n<\/strong>Column HR381<\/strong>
\nIn form…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is there a more meaningless term than \u201cin form\u201d?\u00a0\u00a0No.<\/p>\n

A darts player was asked, \u201cHow are you doing?\u201d\u00a0 Their reply, \u201cI’m in form.\u201d<\/p>\n

Horse players know form equates to\u00a0losing tickets.\u00a0\u00a0With form and\u00a0a\u00a0\u00a31.25 a dart player can go to the\u00a0\u00a31 store buy one item.<\/p>\n

There are exceptions…<\/p>\n

During the War of 1812 America invaded Upper Canada.\u00a0\u00a0In July of 1814, the\u00a0Battle of Lundy\u2019s Lane was fought near Niagara Falls, Ontario.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIt was one of the bloodiest battles of the war, and one of the deadliest battles ever fought in Canada, with over 1,731 casualties including 258 killed.\u201d<\/p>\n

In November of 2022, Canada retaliated as an “in form”\u00a0Trish Grzesik and Maria Carli visited Niagara Falls, USA, for the Bull Shooter.\u00a0 They went through the field like\u00a0Joey Chestnut does hot dogs.\u00a0\u00a0Trish and Maria finished 1 and 2 in the singles then 2 and 1.\u00a0 They took the ladies doubles (combo) and the ladies doubles ’01 and mixed triples.<\/p>\n

Two\u00a0weeks ago, Paula Murphy\u00a0had her way with machine darts in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida.\u00a0 Last week, she and Mr. Bigglesworth took the Seacoast Open by storm.\u00a0 Murphy took the cricket singles, top 4 in ’01, mixed doubles and ladies cricket doubles – and\u00a0won tournament MVP.<\/p>\n

\u201cChattooga Chainsaw\u201d Joe Cheney won the cricket singles and\u00a0punched his ticket\u00a0to the WDF World Cup in\u00a02024 along with Robbie Philips, Cali West and Carolyn Mars.<\/p>\n

Form is what Fallon Sherrock always displays, especially with her demeanor.\u00a0 Regardless, she receives online abuse.\u00a0 She’s ostracized by fellow players.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u201cIt\u2019s mostly the women.\u00a0 I\u2019m\u00a0not welcome with the women anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

Women being mean, jealous and catty?\u00a0\u00a0How shocking.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter what I do, I am still going to get hate.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the recent women\u2019s series Sherrock played Beau Greaves in a final.\u00a0 As in the PDC Players Championship there were no spectators – players sat behind a curtain watching on TV.\u00a0 \u00a0The two\u00a0were\u00a0level at 3\u00a0with\u00a0no leg going more than 15 darts.\u00a0 After 12 darts each, Sherrock wanted 40 with Greaves on 148.\u00a0\u00a0Greaves took out 148 and a roar emerged\u00a0from behind the curtain, breaking best of order.\u00a0\u00a0
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was literally all the room.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Of course, they\u2019re jealous, mean and catty.\u00a0 Sherrock has what they want – she’s one of the best women players in the world, attractive and talks in complete sentences not grunts.\u00a0 If Beau Greaves intends to be the face of ladies’ darts, she best get some good advice and take it.<\/p>\n

Form and endurance are needed when paying in the 2022 Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts.\u00a0 After eight groups of four playing round robin the field of 64 was cut to 16 and the knock out took over.\u00a0 Both ladies, Lisa Ashton and Fallon Sherrock, and Leonard Gates, went out with nary a win.<\/p>\n

There were some\u00a0great matches but, alas, the ODC spotlights \u201cin form\u201d Yank, Gates.\u00a0 The Soldier’s out chart is harder to understand than the Fermat’s Last Theorem math problem – that took 365 years to solve.<\/p>\n

Gates faced Damon Heta and led 3-0 and 4-1.\u00a0 At 4-3\u00a0Gates went off.\u00a0 Wanting 70 his first dart scored 18, probably he was going for the trip.\u00a0 His next dart was a miss, then double 16\u00a0leaving 20.\u00a0 Against Jermaine Wattimena and tied at 1, Gates wanted 112.\u00a0 His first\u00a0dart scored 20 leaving 92 which called for another 20 shot, hopefully a triple. Nope – t19 leaving 35, then another 19 to leave 12.\u00a0 One commentator said, “No one wants to face Gates in the World Championships.\u201d\u00a0 Whisky Tango Foxtrot.\u00a0\u00a0Draw him, hire a car and make sure he\u2019s on time.<\/p>\n

Missing from the round of 16 was\u00a0Peter Wright who fell short by just one plus leg.\u00a0 He and Alan\u00a0Soutar were tied with wins at 2.\u00a0 Soutar moved on.\u00a0 During the round robin Wright missed 5 darts that would have won four legs.\u00a0 Against Soutar, won by Wright 5-4, Soutar took out 73 after Snakebite missed two doubles.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0two oldest players in the field turned the clock back…<\/p>\n

Raymond Van Barneveld, the 2012 winner, faced Simon Whitlock in a \u201cwing ding doodler.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Whitlock started out like a 4-alarm fire, leading 5-2, but that turned into a dumpster fire when Whitlock blew a 5-2 lead in the race to 10.\u00a0\u00a0They were even-steven\u00a0level at\u00a05, 6, 7 and 8.\u00a0\u00a0Barney took a first time lead at 9-8 in a leg that was ugly as it took 21 darts.\u00a0 Whitlock from T52 went T20, T20, miss.\u00a0\u00a0RvB from 51?\u00a0 19, d7, 9 – leaving 9.\u00a0 Whitlock, with 32 –\u00a0d8, miss, 8.\u00a0 RvB got the 9-8 lead with 1, d4.<\/p>\n

Whitlock trailed with 130 after Barney used T40 to leave 81.\u00a0 On the heels of a pair of T12 checks the Wizard tossed T20, T20 leaving d5 – which he missed by a hair.\u00a0 Barney took out the 81 with 19, 12 BULL.\u00a0 When the bull hit Barney became airborne.\u00a0 Great hang time for a guy with wooden shoes.<\/p>\n

Barney will play Gerwyn Price on Friday as Price fought back against Danny Noppert from 4-7 down.\u00a0 Price drew level at 8 with a nifty T64-check of T19, T10, Dead Bill in 12 darts.\u00a0 Price followed that with a 13-darter.\u00a0 Price would show Noppert the door with 6 darts from 184 and 15 darts.<\/p>\n

Michael Smith will get yet another chance for top four when he engages Joe Cullen Friday.\u00a0 Smith led 4-1 and 5-2 against Rob Cross but Cross cranked it, drawing level at 8 using a pair of 15 and 14 darts combined with checks of 62 and 104.\u00a0 Smith came back to take the final 2 winning 10-8.<\/p>\n

Dirk van Duijvenbode\u00a0vs. Joe Cullen: Cullen built a 9-2 lead, winning 10-4.<\/p>\n

The “in form” ODC will now predict today’s (Thursday) results…<\/p>\n

Take Nathan Aspinall over\u00a0Jermaine Wattimena who will need to start fast to be competitive.\u00a0 The victor will face the winner of\u00a0Michael van Gerwen vs. Josh \u201cU\u201d Rock who has been a late season sensation.\u00a0\u00a0Those that underestimate MvG do so at their own peril.\u00a0 The Rock will be broken.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s then “round up the usual suspects” as Johnny Clayton will take out Alan Soutar while Luke Humphries shows the door to Ross \u201cThe Boss\u201d Smith.<\/p>\n

BIG NEWS RELEASE<\/strong>\u00a0next week.\u00a0 Until then…<\/p>\n

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

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