May 6th - The Tension, the Drama...

Unforgettable night, the 6th of May.

I was there from the start, watching the drama unfold, counting the results as they came in. Yes, I was indeed in the Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne, watching the Premier League Darts. My girlfriend has a thing for James Wade, so she came away disappointed. Phil Taylor-Terry Jenkins looked initially like it was going to be very close, but in that inimitable Power way Phil drew clear.

Barneveld-King was exciting, primarily for the crowd reaction - they cheered Barney to the rafters and heckled King (at least in the first half - an official came on stage and asked them not to in the second half) to an extent I'd never seen before. Short of doing his walk-on in a Sunderland strip, it's hard to see how he could have got a much more hostile reaction; Christ knows what King had done to piss the citizens of Newcastle off so much.

Anyway, having driven back from Newcastle (don't live far away) we discovered that, apparently, there was an election on that night, and settled in with beer and snacks to watch the results. Much slower, but almost as exciting :o)

Raymond van Barneveld: Nine Dart Leg - and I Missed It!

This seems like a good topic for my first proper post.

I hate cooking. I spend as little of my life doing it as possible. However, I was cooking for myself and my girlfriend on Thursday 29th April, whilst watching the Premier League Darts - watching darts and cooking at the same time? How 'new man' is that? Anyhoo, I get up to make sure everything on the oven is doing ok: while my back is turned Barney makes a nine dart leg...!!!



I feel so.... Aaargh! It's not Barney's fault my back was turned. Dammit, it's so good to have him back on form and throwing properly again. After a long time with Barney off form, to see (or in my case miss) him throwing a nine dart leg is just fantastic.

Welcome

Hello and welcome to my blog - well, everyone seems to be doing it these days.

I can't take credit for its name - that belongs to an article in Viz about a previously undiscovered New Testament papyrus, which describes how Jesus, during a darts match against a Pharisee, threw a miraculous eight dart leg. Being both a Theology student and a darts fan, I thought that was brilliant, and decided to name this blog after it. I'd scan it and display it for all to see, but I'd probably get sued :o)

The topic of this blog is darts - I've loved watching darts since I was little, but haven't played since I was about 11, and I wasn't that good then :o) So this blog will focus on the professional world of darts, on the trials and tribulations of me trying to play darts again and on anything else dart-related in between.

I hope you enjoy reading, and please do leave comments - tips, insights and commentary from other darters will always be welcome.

Best wishes

Darter Noster (that one's mine)