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Volume 002 |
DARTS THAILAND |
March 2007 |
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Hua Hin Happenings |
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 Greetings from the fishing village. Hua Hin Darts League's 7th season will commence on 6.th of March. This season we will have a record of 14 or 15 teams to stand behind the oche. If there are 15 teams, there will be two divisions, if only 14 then just one long season. Here's a brief introduction the the teams. We'll be moving from north to south.
Pink Flamingo: The only team
from Cha Am are starting there second team in the league. With more
experience, my guess is that they'll be in top five this season.
Bamboo Grove: Champions of
seasons 1, 2 and 5. Will defend last season's 3rd place with
basically the same team. Newcomer Paul will be available only for
the beginning and the end of the season.
Bamboo Shoots: Playing at
Bamboo Grove and led by veteran darter Joyce the team will mainly
consist of newcomers. Ecosse:
Led by Martin who played in last
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Songkran the traditional Thai New Year has one
custom of the sprinkling water for good luck. This has evolved into
an all out dousing of water for anyone on the street and for days on
end. Great fun for some but for others who have been in the kingdom
a while - it's not something to look forward to unless you're
planning on attending the Songkran Tournament. |
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This month we feature Toon of the Inn Traffic Darts Team. In Traffic plays in the Thailand Darts League on Thursdays and currently in a Monday night mini league. In Traffic Bar in located in the Patpong area of Bangkok. |
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BANGKOK DART LEAGUES |
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 Tuesday's Lower Sukhumvit Darts League is now at the half way point of Season XIII. The Monday mini league has one more week of play. And Thursday's Thailand Darts League is well into the current season. Keep in mind though that many players on both leagues travel and and some teams could really use a few more players. If you plan on being in Bangkok and would like to join in on Tuesdays or Thursdays or both - there is a team looking for you. Post a message on the form and a team will contact you. Latest League Standings can be found on these websites: Lower Sukhumvit Darts League Thailand Darts Association - for Thailand Darts League |
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This Month's Darts Bar |
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D'Pelican Inn |
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"FLAMING MOE'S MAIN
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  23rd
February saw our first 'Flaming Moe's Darts Knockout Tournament' and
what an excellent night and turnout. Early rounds saw little
surprises apart from the elimination of Dono and round 2 saw Flaming
Moe's own Lek eliminating Jayke who's darts have taken a turn for
the worse of late (ie 2 years) and seem to be deteriorating
further-co-incinciding co-incidentally with him discovering his
favourite drink Smirnoff Ice in Thai supermarkets!!!!!Big hitter Johnny was the next big shock to fall mainly due to the fact that it was past his bed time, 10-30 pm- rumours that Tiger Beer shares rose that night due to increased sales are unfounded. Newcomers to Moe's , Mike and Anne Law from the Hong Kong Darts Association both put up sterling efforts but failed to make the last 4 - hope to see them again on their return. In the latter rounds it was the girls who were outnumbering their male counterparts, both ----- and Nuch from Patpong's 'In Traffic' were beating all put before them as was Moe's own Sar and Lek- co hostesses Pen and Nan on the other hand seemed to be doing more damage to the bar than the board itself at at one stage we were concerned for the safety of chalker Simon as Pen went close to double top- of his head. As expected both Simon and Ben made the semis and managed to avoid each other, both winning through vs Sar and ----- in close fought games. Moe's 2 big hitters went head to head in the final with Aussie Simon just losing out to his English team 'mate' Ben who took first prize. Congratulations to all who entered and especially the four prize winners- there was actually on top of these a special award 'The Benji Maguire Memorial Trophy' which was awarded to the worst player. A tastefully framed picture of the self proclaimed king of Sukhumvit darts went to Nan- who narrowly pipped Pen to the coveted trophy. Rumour has it she uses it to scare away cockroaches. News has been circulating that after Ben had signed photos of himself (yes he actually did!!!) that I would be cruel enough to put one for sale on e-bay-some folk think I pick on Ben and it hurts to hear this kind of talk. Will post the e-bay link when up ;) Thanks to all involved and due to the success are making this into a bi- monthly event in conjunction with nearby 'Moonshine Pub'. Keep in touch for the latest happenings. --- Jayke NOTE: The date for the next Darts Knockout at Moonshine Pub has now been decided and the article below was added on March 10th. |
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(BANGKOK - Queen's
Park Plaza - Sukhumvit Soi 22) Moonshine Pub will hold a singles 501 knock-out darts competition on Friday March 23rd at 8 PM. All are welcome. Free food buffet. Prizes to be awarded. Moonshine Pub & Flaming Moe's Bar (literally only steps away from each other) co-host Knockout Darts alternating home venues. With the large turn out in February two darts boards were needed. Looking forward to an even bigger turn out on March 23rd both their dart boards will be available for the competition. |
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Darts
Thailand - now in our second month and growing. A special thanks to
those contributing information and photos. Hans from Pattaya. Osmo
and Barry from Hua Hin. Neil from Koh Chang. Ivar from Ban Chang.
And Marc from Koh Samui currently searching for dart bars on the
island. If you know of a dart bar anywhere in Thailand please email the information and it will be added to the Dart Bars Listing page. Chaing Mai and Phuket are well known darts destinations. Internet searches have only provided out-dated information. Many thanks to those who took time and replied to our email queries but with the sad news that they are no longer dart bars. --- Johnny soi22johnny@yahoo.com |
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season's
runner-up team. Martin's team is a question mark as it is a new
team. Will probably end up in the upper half of the league.
Johnnie Walker: The team will
probably be in top five as they've joined hands with Thai Life.
Barry's: Champions in seasons
3, 4 and 6 are favourites to win this season's title as well. The
team play at Johnnie Walker Bar.
Jungle Juice: The venue will have 1 or 2 teams but as the
players are mainly new, it is hard to predict how they will do in
the league. Cat Bar : Last
season's runners-up will again be fighting for the championship
trophy. Although Martin has left the team, Noi and Tao will ensure
that the team will stay in top three.
Jaew Bar:
Jaew will lead her team to the new season with some new players so
predicting how they'll do is a bit difficult. She herself will be a
tough opponent to any player when she has a good day.
Butterfly Rock: Captain Mike
will now have a more experienced team than last season. Will
probably finish somewhere mid-table.
Dick's Office: Dick's Office will have so many new players
that their outcome is also impossible to predict. They may find it
hard when top 16 winner Jim goes back to Glasgow for summer.
Love Bar: Another new team
lead by Nong. Good Friends:
Good Friends will have two teams this season. The other team will
consist of some veteran players who have played elsewhere in
previous seasons and this team should be in the upper part of the
league at the end of the season. --- Osmo
