{"id":9008,"date":"2024-04-25T05:56:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T09:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/?p=9008"},"modified":"2024-04-25T05:56:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T09:56:55","slug":"column-hr452-turn-back-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/2024\/04\/column-hr452-turn-back-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Column #HR452 Turn Back Time?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday, April 25, 2024
\n<\/strong>Column HR452<\/strong>
\nTurn Back Time?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIf I could turn back time\u2026 if I could find a way.\u201d\u00a0 Those words were sung by Cher – her biggest hit…<\/p>\n

Gary Andreson did turn back time, found a way, last weekend – winning his first Euro title in ten years.\u00a0 In 2014, he won the #24 Euro title.\u00a0 Ten years later and 100 Euro events later, he won #124 – the NEO.bet European Darts Grand Prix in Sindelfingen Germany, or as it\u2019s pronounced in Thailand \u201cGur Man EE.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many in the darting universe had written off the likable Scot – finished, washed up and more interested in fishing that darting.\u00a0 Possibly Anderson found out that darting pays a lot better than fishing. This was his first significant win since he returned to the circuit in 2023.<\/p>\n

In post-match interviews Anderson declared \u201cthis was luckiest I\u2019ve ever been.\u201d\u00a0 I should have lost the last three matches.\u201d\u00a0 Let\u2019s see about that…<\/p>\n

Anderson opened with a 6-3 trouncing of Christian Perez where he averaged 110.23. \u201cFrom that point my averages went poof.”\u00a0 True, but averages only count for the loser. A win is a win.<\/p>\n

Gerwyn Price has been known to suffer double trouble.\u00a0 In the first 4 legs against Anderson, Price missed the bull twice and two from 40 – falling behind 4-0 and losing 6-4.\u00a0 Grabbing that 4-0\u00a0lead, Anderson had two legs of 13 and one\u00a0of 14. Not too Chablis!<\/p>\n

Josh Rock had been playing exceptionally well when he faced Anderson.\u00a0 Rock built a 4-2 lead as Andersen simply didn\u2019t score.\u00a0 Anderson narrowed things to 4-3 when he used a T165 (T20, T20, T15) which allowed him to use 6 darts from 16 to gain the leg.\u00a0 Anderson would level at 4 when Rock took the 9th leg for a 5-4 lead.\u00a0 Trailing badly in the 10th leg Anderson got a break as Rock failed to close with 4 allowing Anderson to tag T122 (18, T18, 50) for a decider.\u00a0 In the final leg Anderson had a lead which allowed him to screw up 26 hitting the 13 rather than the 6 he wanted.\u00a0 He then used 4 darts to capture the win in 20 darts.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0semifinal encounter against Rob Cross did a have big helping \u201cOh Lucky Day.\u201d\u00a0 In Anderson\u2019s 7-5 win, Cross misused 11darts that would have turned the loss into a win. Enter the old \u201cIf I\u2019das.\u201d<\/p>\n

The final against Ross Smith was another Houdini escape for Anderson.\u00a0 Smith had been scorching the oche as he defeated Damon Heta 6-5 and Michael van Gerwen 7-6.\u00a0 His win over Heta at 6-5 came after Heta missed one at tops.<\/p>\n

The final was a square up match with only one significant double missed – a bull miss by Smith that allowed Anderson to level at 3.\u00a0 A “significant double missed” is one that costs a player to lose a leg. The pair were level at 6 when Anderson used a 12-darter, erasing T21 with a t20, t11, d14 for a 7-6 lead.\u00a0 Ross Smith has always been really good at times but still unable to capture that big win.<\/p>\n

The 14th leg, which proved to be the decider, saw Smith with an attack of the \u201cwhips and jingles\u201d when he was at 40.\u00a0 He missed two at tops, then three from 20 and three from 10 as Anderson won in a smooth 24 darts.\u00a0 \u201cI was lucky.\u201d<\/p>\n

In retrospect he was. There are two theories on being \u201clucky.\u201d\u00a0 Golfer Jack Nicklaus’ theory was: \u201cThe more I practice the luckier I get.\u201d\u00a0 Not Andersons though.\u00a0 His philosophy is: \u201cYou can\u2019t practice luck.\u201d\u00a0 All Hail Gary Anderson.<\/p>\n

The fairer sex was also on the oche last weekend.\u00a0 Many a divorcee would dispute the term \u201cfairer\u201d when applied to ladies.\u00a0 With four events over two days the ladies event saw the return of Beau Greaves to the darting wars after a brief pause.\u00a0 Greves was able to secure two wins although she appeared in four finals which is 50%.\u00a0 That’s below what many expect of Greaves.<\/p>\n

In her first final Greaves faced \u201cI feel Like a Women\u201d Noa-Lynn van Leuven from the Netherlands. \u00a0Greaves jumped to a 4-0 lead in a race to\u00a0five.\u00a0 She then collapsed – much like a husband’s excuse for coming home late with lipstick on his collar.\u00a0 Greaves then got freight-trained, losing 5 in a row.\u00a0 This was van Leuven\u2019s second Women\u2019s Series win.\u00a0 Some are of the opinion that \u201crevenge is best served cold\u201d which is total BS.<\/p>\n

The next event was the same day.\u00a0 In the semifinals Greaves got revenge rolling over van Leuven 5-zip – van Leuven had only 2 doubles chances.\u00a0 Greaves took the event 5-1 over Lisa Ashton.<\/p>\n

Fallon Sherrock would find herself in the final of event #7 against Greaves.\u00a0 Sherrock was on the short end of a 5-nil shellacking.\u00a0 Greaves averaged 98.99.<\/p>\n

The final event of the weekend closed when Greaves faced \u201cMiracle\u201d Mikuru Suzuki…<\/p>\n

Greaves got to the finals with a 5-2 win over \u201ctranny\u201d van Leuven in the semis.\u00a0 The final had the players level a 1. Suzuki got the motor running for the 5-1 win. Greaves seemed to tire after the long weekend as she missed six doubles in two legs for leg wins.<\/p>\n

More Tranny Tails (pun intended) as the Women\u2019s Series once again raised the question of men, with factory installed equipment, playing against the women as God had designated. \u00a0Two \u201cmen-like women\u201d played in the series.\u00a0 van Luven was joined by Samantha Lewis.\u00a0 Lewis would suffer two first round losses.\u00a0\u00a0The event concluded with two top-64 finishes for Lewis\u00a0thanks to a couple of bi\u2019s.\u00a0 Pun intended.<\/p>\n

The father of Leanne Topper posted: \u201cMy daughter has just lost to Noa-Lynn (5-3) in the quarters PDC WOMENS event.\u00a0 I know that she wanted to refuse to play but was officially told that Leanne would be fined and face a ban.\u201d<\/p>\n

The PDC official stance quotes Rule 4.17 which states:\u00a0\u201cShould a player not fulfil a scheduled match during an event this would instigate a referral to the DRA under our rules. They would then decide any further action.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s very possible that Mr. Topper was given incorrect information, or someone told him what might happen if his daughter refused to play.\u00a0 The DRA (Darts Regulation Authority) would have to hold a hearing.<\/p>\n

Regardless, the PDC will have to come up with a specific rule to cover \u201cShaina Twine-likes” competing against ladies when they hold their suspected meeting with Olympic officials in Paris prior to this year\u2019s Olympics.<\/p>\n

The Old Dart Coach suspects that the PDC’s plans are under way, or not.<\/p>\n

Stay thirsty my friends.<\/p>\n

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