Interesting Weekend.

Been a few days now since my last update. Headed to Ballina last Thursday night for Iceman exhibition which went very well and we were finished and all before 12 o clock which is always a bonus and then it was off to Castlebar for the Irish open. How fitting it was that Irelands Mick McGowan was to take the crown in incredible fashion. Along the way he defeated Steve Beaton, Terry Jenkins, Lionel Sams, James Wade and demolished "The Artist" Kevin Painter 7.0 in the final. Well done Mick you are a credit to yourself,Debbie your county and your country. Keep up the good work.

Bob Anderson's gamble not to play paid off as he took the last automatical qualification spot for the World Grand Prix next month without even playing. The hunt for free tickets to the Citywest has already begun as i was asked by about 50 people at the weekend could i get them "passes". Hungry cunts, pay for them like everyone else does. Wozza was knocked out by Lionel Sams in the last 32 which was disapointing from our point of view as he has been playing well of late but we need to bring that form into tournament play in order to make significent headway. A special thanks to Steve Beaton, Roland Scholten Dave Askew and Alex Roy who all gave a few minutes to talk to Gary Elliott on the phone over the weekend. Gary is a big fan of Steve Beaton and was delighted to say a few words to him. I'd like to thank Ash Elliott for ringing me at 5am on Monday morning to tell me that he was in fact Dennis Priestley and he was in town for a few days. Didn't wash with me lads as i was only having a drink with him a few hours earlier and i know he doesn't have a Waterford accent. Speaking of Waterford though its nice to know that Waterford's supposingly number 1 has a serious dose of Dartitis. Dartitis is similar to the golfing yips when a player cant realease his darts fluently and ends up snatching. I made a point about a year ago that this guy'e style will make him prone to it occuring and it was certainly evident at the Irish open last week as he floped to 3 straight defeats and an early exit from the tournament.

Remember early last week i was saying how i met nice people in Germany last week in Thorsten and Yvonne Kindermann???? Well i seem to have irratated Yvonne but if you are reading this Yvonne i didn't mean to and i'll buy you a drink when you come to Dublin. I'll leave it in your court after that.

Before i go too i must say this to anyone with aspirations to do what i do as regards darts management as again during the weekend you get the drunken smart arses asking what it is you do? ANSWER: flights, entries, entry fee's, accomadation, travel arrangements with trains,planes and automobiles all over the world, exhibitions and tax returns. Not to mention try and lift a darts player after losing is the hardest part. If that tit from Mayo wants to try it go ahead otherwise stick to you're smelly GAA and leave the hard work to me.