leading hall 4's darts team into this year's inter-hall recreation games as a first-timer myself, this was my experience.
hall 7 - 1:2
apparently they've a good tradition in inter-hall recreation, but some ppl said this year they're not tt strong. who knows. they're our first opponents.
i started on Board 2 yet still kena their best player. really a pity because it turned out i was on form and if i had played a weaker player i would definitely have won.
in my first and third set i checked in within 9 darts, in my second i did with my 1st dart. i practically hit whatever i wanted, many times hitting 3 consecutive 16s, which was my comfort zone. e opponent was equally good at checking in, but his throws were mostly unimpressive, going all over and hitting many low scores. it was quite e same story all 3 sets, both of us reaching e end almost together, but he checked out first twice, me only in e last set.
i sat out hall 6, which our guys got overwhelmed by their experienced male players, and overall lost 4-1.
hall 16 - 0:3
damn stupid, damn cok, damn lousy. we hoped to pick off hall 16 but i screwed up my match. im not sure about their other players but i got a lousy opponent, and i got whacked 3:0! wah damn sian.
i checked in within 3 darts for e first set and zipped to 150 in no time when he finally checked in. i could feel his stress but i think i got complacent. i couldn't check out, he caught up, n he left e building. in e second we both checked in within 9 darts, raced down together, but stupid me miscalculated, forgot to forfeit a crucial throw, and actually declared victory when i haven won. i lost e plot and he took e set and match in e next few throws. i forgot what happened in e third, i was basically thrashed by a 2nd-rate player.
(20mins later)
ok now i remember. i was trying to hit my double and this Lady Luck's friend, from a remainder of 35, hit 3, 12, and a 10-double with his 3 darts in hand. wtf.
hall 5 - 1:2
derby match. and they've been almost as bad as us. so i changed e team's goal to just beating our neighbour hall.
i tried my luck and named myself for Board 1, which has e responsibility to sally with e opponent to decide which team gets first-throw advantage. i was hoping it would gimme confidence, and i was glad e three throws combined for quite a high score to help e team. i felt abit worried my last opponent of e day was a former hall recreation secretary. he definitely can play; only how well. i checked in early and raced off, he chased and caught up. i had deja vu all around me but lucky i kept my cool and converted to lead 1:0. i felt more relaxed for e second set thinking ive a real chance of winning this time. we were neck-to-neck, i was trying to hit an easy 7-double, but i wasnt focused enough and he took it. shit. i felt e momentum was all with him and guess what happened next. when i needed my form in this most crucial of times, i took almost ten rounds to check in (oh cmon tt's like 30 darts leh). it was so noob even he consoled me. i didnt catch up, i was hoping he would get stuck like me, but he was trying for his comfort zone of 6-double, so i was up against fate.
we lost e derby as well. sucks.
hall 15 - 2:1
since we even lost to hall 5, this was our only redemption left. hall 15 is stuck at e bottom of e group with us and by now our objective was to just beat em.
i checked in with my 1st dart but he struggled. and although i wasnt on form i took e first set before he could catch up. i checked in afew darts later than him in e second, we ran down together, and he had better luck this set. i could feel myself getting a little complacent and throwing rather awry shots, so to avoid a repeat of e hall 5 match i needed to stay awake. but it got worse. he checked in early, while like yesterday i took almost ten rounds to do so. it was a chasing game but i decided to ignore it all, thinking ive lost, and just throw my darts. as i slowly ran down, i realised he was struggling to check out with 1-double, and i saw hope. it was e kinda day when no matter how he throws he just cant hit e right spot. so i slowly picked my spot. i tried various doubles, but as e clock ran down i decided to pit myself against his 1-double to avoid losing by time-expire. guess what. after he took more than 40 darts to hit 1-double, i took match point first. it was great.
alas, it was not to be. we won 2, then lost 2, and it was up to gary at Board 1 to decide e tie. and, for e lack of another phrase, it was not to be.
hall 2 - 0:3
we had no chance left and faced a powerhouse in our final match, wth.
but things became a little complicated. hall 2 didnt destroy everyone in their path, hall 6 took top spot in e group, and now they have to whack us 5:0 to edge out hall 9.
gary had left so jianli came in and i took Board 1. expectedly, they planned their lineup conservatively, hence we had a captain-vs-captain match. this guy had fast and direct throws, and was most comfortable in e 20-zone, even opting for 20-double as check-in. we both checked in early, but his run-down was scary. in no time he was checking out, and he took e set before i even reach 40. i saw a thrashing coming, but since it was e last match i just wanted to enjoy it. in e second i checked in with my first dart and was e first to try leaving, but he caught up and did first. with a surprise check-out he took e match. so we're left with e last set, and something crazy happened. i checked in early, and somehow something happened to him. he just could not check into e game. e further i went and expected him to utter "check", it never seemed to come. he finally did when i was left with around 100. before he posed any real threat i was already settled with some good doubles to check out. when he neared and i haven left, he was still calculating like a mathematician and aiming all over e board to create some good opportunities for himself.
and. i still lost. wth.
jianli's opponent was a reserve, and i thought either me or yewhan would have beaten him if i had named either of us to Board 3. then i realised, no wonder jianli named himself to tt Board. it was his friend and both reserves wanted to play each other.
but things took a turn. i didnt realise, jianli actually won e tie. with tt, hall 4 took 1 of 5 points off hall 2, and eliminated em. we later saw their team in a debrief looking damn serious, with afew in tears. what's worse, jianli's friend, who lost e semi final place for hall 2, was alone emo-ing. jianli's friendly match became e decider and e rest is history.
haha ok maybe it's retribution for e manner hall 2 played their male vball match against us, which was utter unsportsman shit.
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