Berkshire County

After a great season at the Super League, I was invited to come to the yearly Berkshire County team meeting to try out and see if I can be further selected to County Matches.
I had to play two matches in the stage with fellow County mates as a qualifier for a place in Berkshire County team.
With an average of 20 per dart and winning both the matches I got selected for County B team for Berkshire.

September 2010 - My first ever County match against Montgomery and Radnor. -- Won my first match and with an average of 16.8 got Lady of the Match - Team B award - A very proud moment indeed.

October 2010 - Second County match against Hertfordshire. -- Won it again, All in all it wasnt a very good match to watch. Both me and my opponent not playing. The only solace being me wrapping up my match with a 126 finish (T19, 19 and BULL)

As I was well aware that the match I played would be last for that season as I was leaving to India in a couple of weeks. My husband's UK stint and the project was completed with Logica and we both had to travel back to Bangalore.
I was just hoping and praying that somehow I continue to hold on to the Darts.
Little did I know that I was not only going to hold on to my darts but also to a few trophies .. More on that Later.

Ladies County B team of 2010/2011

receiving County B team lady of the match award

A few pics

A perfect shot.. my 5th 180


Trophy time...
At Curzon Club Reading

Thursday Night Matches.

To explain a little about what exactly I do. We have a team of 6-8 people. Every Thursday we have a game. Either at our home pub (Shepherd's house) or away. There are 3 doubles match and 6 singles game. And amongst this 9 games whichever team wins the most wins that match.
So, at the end of the season (Summer and Winter season) one team with the most number of wins will get the title !
I joined Sheps team in the middle of the winter season.

My first game for Sheps was an away match. We played at Britwell, Slough and I won it 3-0 (the match is a best of 5 legs). Was very elated though the game I played wasn't was my best. I was really nervous but because my husband was there I could pull it together.

My second game was against one of the very best players in Berkshire darts team. Though I did give a decent fight I lost it in the end (3-1).

Third game. It was one horrible mess. First of all, Gopal couldn't come to the match as he had work and then to top it up I lost miserably(3-0). Was an awful feeling. Did learn one fact though. My husband was my lucky charm. Vowed never to go anywhere without him.

Fourth game. Won it 3-1

Fifth game. Won it 3-0

Apart from these team events I did participate in a couple of singles events, British Masters play off's and Gold Cup Singles. Though I did not win anything, I really gained a lot of experience and had a very good time.

Shepherd's House Inn

While I was playing the Tuesday league for Nags Head A Team, I happened to play against Stevie Lees one day.
She liked my game and invited me to play for her Women's Super League team Shepherd's house Inn. She was the captain of that team.
Should I say from that day on my life changed ? I think it did in a way. Before that I had never taken Darts very seriously. It was just a diversion from the boring and monotonous life I had.
Since I joined the Sheps though, I actually practised almost every day. Even if I didn't Gopal would come and yell at me for not practising. So, afraid of losing in the super league games (There's a match every Thursday) and more afraid of my husband, I did indeed take it up very seriously !
From then on it has been a roller coaster journey for me.

DARTS....

As you can guess from the title for this page, I would be writing all about darts going on in my life. The competitions I am playing, games I won and the games I lost (hoping that list doesn't go on increasing though!!!)

Alright, now to how did I get hooked on to this very English game.
Obviously it was because I came to England. After a couple of months I came to England, I saw a PDC darts tournament, Grand Slam of Darts on TV and was so intrigued. My husband, Gopal had already played this game for a long time when he was in Netherlands. So both of us hunted around for a pub in Slough, Berkshire and found a cosy little homely pub in Slough High Street called Rose & Crown
We made many friends here, Jason, Paul, Andrew, Ales all of them very good darts players and had loads of fun and in particular got so hooked on to the game.
We were in the pub almost everyday for an year from that day on and improved our games tremendously.

After that, Gopal got a Vodafone project in Reading and we moved here. In Reading we started going to a pub called Nag's Head. One of the best pubs I have ever seen. Here, we joined the Nags Head A Team for the Reading Winter League on Tuesdays.
From then on that was the world me and Gopal lived in.
We set up a Darts board at home for practising. Life was indeed going on very good.