January 6, 2012

It's time for my first post of the year, and even though 2012 is but six days old, I'm really hoping that it gets better!  We had our usual New Year's Day tournament at the South 94 Bistro in St. Charles, and quite honestly, I'd have been better off staying in bed...  I'll admit to having some tough early draws, and never looked like making it into the money in any of the three events.

Actually, I wasn't too unhappy at the way I played, and I was still pretty weak after being laid up with another bout of that novovirus nonsense.  Four days without food shows you how bad I was...

We started the new season of the MVDO league this week, with a new team, new venue, and even a new night.  Despite winning the City Championship - again - just before Christmas, Mondays were becomingly increasingly difficult for some of the team, so we moved to the Wednesday night league.  Switching to Hotshots at South County, we have brought in several new faces, including a couple of 'B' players.  A 6-5 loss wasn't the best start to the season, but seeing as our opponents are a much stronger team overall, it really wasn't a bad performance.

This weekend sees the first real tournament of the year, with the annual trek down down to Jefferson City for the Missouri State Championship.  Next week gives me my first ADO action of 2012 at Wichita's Air Capital tournament.  It's always a great weekend, although the drive down is rarely as much fun with snow and ice being a regular feature of the trip.

Talking of the ADO, I'm not quite sure how I ended up in the 2011 rankings, as there are still a couple of missing results.  However, I'm delighted to confirm that I made the Top 10 - for the nineteenth consecutive year!  Considering that I had a poor year (or at least I feel I did), and had to miss a number of tournaments, I'm proud of that achievement.  I just hope I can keep that run going this year, and perhaps improve on that a little.

I'll take this opportunity to give a little plug to my new website, "Darts in St. Louis".  It is designed to be a complete resource for darts in the St. Louis area, and is centered on a tournament calendar.  This includes all weekly blind draws, both steel and soft-tip, and I'm hoping to include as many tournaments results as possible.  There will be directories of leagues and venues in the bi-state region, and several other features, such as a page for historical items and articles.  Don't forget that I still post my "Brownie's Blog" on the ADO website.

I'll be in touch in a few days...

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