Monday, October 01, 2007

 

Grand Slam of Darts Qualifiers

Yesterday I went to Wolverhampton for the Grand Slam of Darts Wild Card Qualifiers. My aim wasn't to qualify, as I didn't realistically think that was possible. However I did expect to get through a few rounds, and get decent match practise and a bit of form. The draw put me against Andrew Findley in the 1st Round. He isn't a PDPA member, so I didn't know too much about him. I think he's a Cambridgeshire county player, but I'm not 100% certain. I was fairly confident going into the game, but a total lack of consistancy cost me. I won the bull, and although not having a great first leg went 1-0 up. He was very erratic, hitting 2 big scores most legs, but having a couple of poor ones in there too. I was very similar. I was happy with my scoring in general, but there were some shockers in there, and when I was missing I was missing by a long way. Each leg went with throw until it was 3-3, and I had a chance at winning all but 1 of the legs. My finishing had followed on from the previous weekend, and it was diabolical. In legs 7 & 8, I lost count of the amount of darts at doubles I missed, and lost the match 5-3. I never ever felt comfortable at a double during the match, however twice I needed 80 after 12 darts, put the first dart in the treble 20 then missed my doubles. To be fair to him, he did score heavy at the start of most legs, and I'm pretty sure he'll have felt he played well. He got to the last 8 of our section to qualify, so I didn't feel quite so bad afterwards.

The draw for Ireland this weekend hasn't been too kind. On Saturday in the Players Championship I have Jason Clark, who is in a hot patch at the moment. Then on Sunday I play Adrian Gray, who is having a good year and qualified for the Matchplay and Grand Prix this year.

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