Another night, another darts venue. State Street Pub in West Columbia has a Thursday tourney. It’s about forty minutes from where I’m staying, but what are you gonna do?
So, I arrived early and was underwhelmed at first. It was like Friends Bar in Itaewon, with somewhat better lighting. In other words a bit of a dive and not too clean.
When the darters started showing up it made me feel a tad old. They all appeared to be 20- somethings. I guess I was old in Korea too, I just never felt that way. At least not too often.
Anyway, everyone turned out to be very friendly and made us feel genuinely welcome. And I wound up having a great time. My game was only so-so, but truth be told, that’s usually the case, so what the hell.
Interesting format–one leg of cricket in the winners bracket, one leg of 301 (SIDO) in the losers bracket. It keeps things moving pretty fast and even with 20 or so playing there wasn’t much waiting time.
There were some quality players present, (at least the ones who beat me of course!). A group had come in from Aiken, SC to play and I got invited out for the Friday tourney at the VFW. I might venture out there one of these days, but given the distance (a good hour from here) I’d probably want to book a room for the night.
So, it is good to be out and good to be playing again.
Good to hear you’re setting up a life, and it’s settling down. I hope you get to play enough legs in that format. How’s Ji Eun’s driving 🙂 ? When does your stuff arrive?
Excellent to know that you can still practice your darts. Every little bit helps. When both of you decide on a road trip north let us know. Always room for you two.
Thanks Duke, I will definitely take you up on that.
Tom, stuff should be here early March. Need to find a place to put it!