Well, the first game of the summer/fall dart season commenced Monday night. We drew our nemesis and rival Alley Ratz from the 3 Alley Pub. Last time we met was in the league championship game, which we narrowly lost 10-9. Nothing nearly as dramatic this time as we were beaten rather handily 12-7.

It seems I always draw Max of the Ratz in singles–Monday was our third straight regular season matchup. Last season we traded 2-1 outcomes. He got me this time 2-1, although if I hadn’t been so inept in the third cricket leg I might have reversed that. I can’t afford to be off my game like that if Take it Easy is going to be competitive in the Artic Division (basically high B or low A calibre teams). Cuatro and I did take cricket doubles 3-0, but it was meaningless at that point as the match had already been decided.

The bright notes were Lonnie’s continued improvement. He played well against Eric who in the past would have dominated him. I’m looking for big things from Lonnie this season, he just needs to keep his confidence and improve his consistency. We also got our team jersey’s, although they arrived too late to be worn during the match. Lonnie did the graphic design, which is pretty damn cool–the Korean peninsula as the outline of a dart board. I will try to get a picture of the team in uniform next week.

Another tough matchup coming against the Wolfhound Pub team. Stay tuned.