Some Salubrious Darts Venues
Darts has always been classed as a working
mans sport, so with Rugeley being an old mining town the game has always had a
good following here. However being a working town some of the pubs are not as up
market as they might be, nor are some of their customers. After playing darts
for 30 years I must say I can’t remember ever being involved in any trouble,
but some months ago, we, as a team, walked into one town centre pub for a match
when football was being shown on the big screen with the volume up high. Some
players like a bit of quiet whilst playing so one of my mates, who is over 6
feet tall walked up to the bar and asked if someone would turn the volume down
on the football. A man standing at the bar turned to him and said, “Pick a
window.”
My friend was
puzzled and asked why. The reply came back, “’Cause that’s the one
you’re going through if you touch that volume control.”
Needless
to say the football stayed on.
Normally
when 7 or 8 men go into a pub together the local yobs stay clear of them, but I
did hear of trouble at one match many years ago when a pool table went through
the window and chairs were flying all over the place. I must point out that the
fight that happened was between the players of the home team arguing amongst
themselves and did not involve the visiting team at all who walked out somewhat
gob smacked to seek safety.
A
few weeks ago we went to another pub that my mate and his wife had not seen
before. We drove into the car park and got out of his car to go into the pub. It
was winter so it was dark but there was a bright moon. “Ooh, look,” his wife
said, “that looks ever so pretty with the moonlight sparkling on the surface
of the car park. They must have special tarmac down to make it fancy.”
No,” I said, “that’s all the broken glass from bottles, glasses and car
windows. I told you it was a bit rough here.”
As
I have already stated, Rugeley is a working town and so are some of the ladies
that frequent the pubs. We walked into another pub one night with lots of people
watching the home team practicing and I heard someone sarcastically say, “Look
the darts professionals have come to show us how to play.”
I quickly retorted, “We aren’t Pro’s but I think a lot of the woman
watching are,” and then immediately looked for somewhere to hide!
Having
said all this if you watch your mouth and stay together as a team on arriving
and leaving the pubs you will probably not come to much harm and may even enjoy
the nights match!