'The Bulldog' Darts Blog

Queensburgh (180 #32)

2007-03-05T20:27:00.000+02:00

Well another one warming up for trials and did i hit one in trials - nope... oh well thats the way it goes :)

Home practise (180 # 30&31)

2007-03-05T20:16:00.000+02:00

2 180's thrown - 3rd March .... Practising for Trails Tomorrow

Home Practise (180 #29)

2007-02-25T22:24:00.000+02:00

I changed back to the normal dartboard todayand hit my 29th 180 this year yay !!..
I think just missing so many 180's on that practise board started to anoy me. Anyway I will change back to the practise board again tomorrow, because i really think it helps one focus better on the target.

Jan de Lange Team Cup Game (180 #28) Tuesday 20 Feb

2007-02-25T12:28:00.000+02:00

Well our cup games have begun and not a great start for us with Shaun not being able to play due to his injury.. anyway thanks to Mike for filling in for us.

Savages 2 took us out in the first round I managed to hit a 180 the first one of the season in the first leg however we did not close that leg then we lost the second. Savages 2 made it through only to loose to Savages 1 in the final.
Oh well i think i only got to throw about 9 times on the night and i hit a 180. Drawn Doubles this week i am looking forward to that.

Home practise (180 #27)

2007-02-18T13:53:00.000+02:00

ABOVE : home practise another 180.

I borrowed Shaun's practise board since he is injured and will be off his feet for a while and i have been practising with that mostly this weekend.

ABOVE : the practise board

The practise boards trips and doubles are a third of the size of the normal board and i have missed numerous 180 chances on this board... boy oh boy i'm sure this board has to help one really has to focus. Hopefully when i put the normal board back on everything will look big and easy.

ABOVE : boards compared

a near miss on practise board

To All The Ladies !!

2007-02-14T18:23:00.000+02:00

Team Practise Match Fields Hill Bulldogs vs Young & Old (180 #26)

2007-02-14T17:39:00.000+02:00

Well we had our first team practise match again'st Young and old Team unfortunately Shaun had injured his foot and is still to have an operation on it, he was there but did not play. We had a social player- Mike to fill in for us. Vincent Mike and myself each hit a 180. Vincent and myself both brought in maximum points in doubles and singles, however we lost the single team game.

My last match of the night was a humdinger George played well n the second leg to pulback one a piece (7 tons wer hit in that leg George's 4 to my 3). In the third and final leg i was trailing and George was left on 56 and i was still on 125 turn in hand.. I had to go for the green bull first and that i did.... I hit the red bull, so had to continue on the bulls. i then hit a green bull and red bull.. GAME SET MATCH..

Anyway not often do i close on 125 so thought i would take a quick Photo.

All in all we took the match 14 points to 7 and it was a great nights practise.

Home Practise (180 23,24 &25)

2007-02-11T20:05:00.000+02:00

3 180's today a pretty good practise session.

Home Practise (180 # 22)

2007-02-11T15:18:00.000+02:00

Yesterday 22nd 180 not making any excuses but hell it was hot and trying to practise in an oven of a room was not so lekker.Today is much cooler thank God so i will put in alot of practise today that is for sure!

Great dart quotes ..

2007-02-10T00:51:00.000+02:00

The two I enjoyed were :

1./ William Tell could take an apple off your head, Taylor could take out a processed pea.Tribute to 'The Power'.

2./ Darts really can help with literacy.BBC presenter Ray Stubbs to Sports Minister Richard Caborn. That'll be numeracy, Ray.

Great Dart Quotes can be found here:

http://www.dartsdirectory.com/GH_ShowArticle.asp?HID=70

Durban Districts Fixtures

2007-02-10T00:43:00.000+02:00

Durban Districts Temporary Darts cup fixtures have been posted @
http://dddaSA.blogspot.com

180 (20&21)

2007-02-10T00:37:00.000+02:00

Been a little slack on posting again !!

180 @ Home practise on 5th Feb

180 @ Tina's on 6th Feb played with Dave Capper agains't Shaun and Mike

180 (17,18,19) Home practise

2007-02-02T23:29:00.000+02:00

Another practise session at home and hit 3 180's .hope to put in alot of practise in this weekend and alot more attention to 3 dart closes..

180 ( No. 16) at Tina's

2007-02-01T23:42:00.000+02:00

Well tonight we played at our new teams venue ... Field's Hill Sports Club ( old Tina's Hotel ) and got to know people... and were suprised as to how many social dart players they had, that have never played league.. anyway we got to play with them since thursday night is here social darts evening.. The dart boards there need to be replaced and some proper hockeys put up and then we are basicaly all set. We played : two team games doubles best of 3 and singles best of 3 .
I closed the last doubles on 144 to win that 2-1 and i played Shaun in singles winning 2 straight and hit a 180 (no.16) for the year all in all i enjoyed the evening, and it was nice to meet some new keen dart players.

Home Practise 180 (14 & 15)

2007-01-28T21:51:00.000+02:00

A Good nights practise i had been slack and have had a couple of other things on my mind so it has taken me a little time to find my rythmn again. Well not long till league starts now so my darts hours have to increase ..

Home Practise 180 (13)

2007-01-27T20:38:00.000+02:00

180 hit home practise on 24th Jan been a bit slack on Darts side and web posting through some minor hic-cups but.
But watch out i'm going to kill this year..

Phil is PDC's no1 (whats new !!!)

2007-01-14T14:35:00.000+02:00

PHIL TAYLOR has been crowned as the PDC's Player of the Year at a glittering awards ceremony in London.The Professional Darts Corporation held their inaugural Awards Dinner at the prestigious Dorchester Hotel on London's Park Lane on Tuesday evening.Leading players in the sport were joined by officials, sponsors and invited guests for the gala evening, with Taylor scooping the biggest prize of the night following another phenomenal year of success

Practise at Hillary Club 180 (12)

2007-01-13T19:19:00.000+02:00

Played at Hilary club with Kevin and Alvyn on the pub board.
Alvyn was on fire and hit 4 180s in 3 hours practise. In the one leg Alvyn hit a 180 and I managed to reply 2 throws later with a 180, he closed on 64 leaving me still on 113. Kevin also had a fantastic leg and managed to close a game in 13 darts again'st Alvyn..
Anyway we had a good 3 hours practise today.

Home Practise 180 (11)

2007-01-10T22:18:00.000+02:00

Been burning the candle at both ends so only put in just over an hours practise tonight.and well i managed to hit one. Well an early night to night yeah 10:30pm is very early for me. Tomorrow morning i will get up early and put in another 45 mins before i go to work.

Home Practise 180 (9&10)

2007-01-09T23:14:00.000+02:00

Great another two 180s tonight !!

Practise at home 180 (7 & 8)

2007-01-08T23:40:00.000+02:00

A good nights practise and the darts are starting to fall into place :)

SA Masters 2006 Phil 'the power' Taylor was there

2007-01-08T21:55:00.000+02:00

Phil Taylor played again'st the top 8 SA players in an exhibition match at the SA Masters held at the Emperors Palace in JHB in October last year . I was there and managed to get the autograph of the Greatest Darts Player ever.

My darts shirt ... World Cup 99 .. Price:- Priceless

2007-01-08T19:30:00.000+02:00

World Cup 1999 was held in Durban and i was fortunate enough to be there. So I wanted autographs from the top Dart players and i had nothing for them to sign so i got them to sign my Natal Central Shirt.
I got the Top SA players to sign the front of my shirt; signed my the likes of WYNAND HAVENGA, CHRIS HARDING HILL, FRANCOIS de VILLIERS & ROSHNN SULIVAN.

the back of my shirt was signed by top international players;
the current world Champion RAYMOND van BARNAVELD, MERVYN KING UK#1, ANDY 'the viking' Fordham, STEVE BROWN US #1, JOHN PART, JAMIE HARVEY

Home Practise 180 (6)

2007-01-08T16:31:00.000+02:00

Okay here is a post of no6, Practising at home on Sunday. It don't look pretty but it counts.. Hope league starts off this way, thats when it really counts.

Queensburgh Darts Hall

2007-01-05T22:37:00.000+02:00

This is the Queensburgh Griffen hall, it has 14 permanent boards capable of 18 when needed we also have a smaller hall ajacent to this one capable of 6 boards. As of 2006 we had 2 premier teams 2 B league sides and a couple of C sides. Open Social Darts is held on Thursday Nights at 7:30pm. League, Cup Games and All Natals are also hosted here..

180 (4) & (5) @ Queensburgh

2007-01-05T21:33:00.000+02:00

These two posts were of yesterdays darts : 4 Jan 2007

Well I hit another 2 180's to make it 3 for the day and Rob hit one too.

Practised with Rob Kevin and John .. league starts in less than a months time, so some serious practise is whats needed... Practise is not going so good though too many distractions, and our focus is not quite there, but i suppose it is still early and at least we have time to work on it before league starts.

180 (3) Queensburgh

2007-01-05T21:18:00.000+02:00

Yesterday : 4 Jan 2007 No 3 for the year practising at Queensburgh

and as you can see i bought new flights .. thought i would try the dimplex flights

180 (2) Oh Good !!

2007-01-03T19:49:00.000+02:00

Oh Shweet ..... another one !

My first 180 in 2007

2007-01-03T12:53:00.000+02:00

Oh well it is my first practise in of the year so i can't really complain..

Is there room there for another 3 Darts ?? :) Damn tomorrow i need to get new flights i hate mis-matched flights

Wynand Havenga gets knocked out in 3rd round in World Championships

2007-01-02T05:20:00.000+02:00

DARREN WEBSTER 4-2 WYNAND HAVENGA (3-1, 3-0, 2-3, 2-3, 3-0, 3-1)
DARREN WEBSTER romped into the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship quarter-finals with a 4-2 win over South African Wynand Havenga. The Norwich thrower had only ever appeared twice on television before this tournament, but is now facing the prospect of a clash with Phil Taylor or Chris Mason at the last eight stage and a record pay-day of £12,500. The 38-year-old produced some superb darts in taking six of the first seven legs for a two-set lead. His second set, in particular, was superb, following a 13-darter with two 112 finishes to average 105 for the three legs. Webster also led 2-0 in set three before Havenga took out 95 to respond and the next two legs to pull back the game to 2-1. He then levelled matters with a 13-darter, which included his third 180 of the match, in the final leg of the fourth set. Webster took three legs in a row to win the fifth set without reply and move to within one of the match, before a 14-darter from Havenga gave him the lead in the next. The Emperors Palace South African Masters champion was then punished for missed doubles in the second set, before a 14-darter from Webster put him 2-1 up. Havenga then paid the ultimate price for three missed darts to stay in the contest, with Webster finally landing the killer blow with double ten on his final dart to seal victory. "It's brilliant," said Webster. "I've always believed I could do this but it's about being used to the televised stage. "I can go up about ten or fifteen points in my average and I will need to in the quarter-finals. I will need to play like I did in the second set throughout! "I started lovely and had to try and keep my composure. At 2-0 in the third set I thought I was there and suddenly my hands started sweating. "Wynand got into his game then and wasn't missing much but I knew if I could get to the doubles I would take them." Havenga overcame Steve Maish and Peter Manley in his Circus Tavern debut, and he said: "It's been a great experience for me and I'll be back. "I'll be trying to qualify again next year and this has given me lots of confidence."

'the bulldog' website

2007-01-02T04:43:00.000+02:00

Sorry guys !!

'the bulldog' website is under major reconstruction i am hoping it will be finished (well a website is never finished) but should be basically done by the 7th of Jan 2007..

If you have any ideas or comments please feel free to post here :P

POST my 180's

2007-01-02T02:48:00.000+02:00

Ok its the beginning of the year and Darts league is fast approaching.. so i thought WOW this would be such a good place to Post my 180's for the year as ... i can keep track of when i got them and who i got them again'st...

I will also post Durban Districts Darts Associations (DDDA)fixture lists and results of all cup Games an league here.

http://dddaSA.blogspot.com Durban Districts Darts Associations Info Link

okay kewl now i suppose i just need to start hitting the 180's now ..