The 2018 Dart Run

Saturday was one of the hottest days so far! We had been warned by weather forecasts that we were in for a scorcher and for a change they were correct. Club members arrived at the Phoenix bar from around 10h30 to get things ready and still we had no idea of how many entries we were going to get, we had bought 100 braai packs and 100 pieces of boerewors but I wasn't concerned about leftovers as club members always buy what's left.

Everyone worked together to get set up and when the people started arriving we were ready for them,

Old school

1st dart, cold beer and boerie roll

Joe looks happy with his first dart.

At about 13h30 Vice Pres Willie led the riders out to the Wielhuis bar in Velddrif for the second dart and the idea was to keep them moving so that there would not be too much alcohol consumed.

Second darts were thrown with the "wrong" hand, much to the amusement of those waiting their turn, 

while others found ways to keep cool in the heat, especially in Velddrif! 
From there it was through to Juffroushoogte for the third dart and this was a more difficult one!

Anyone can win, not just the dart pros.

It took several throws!

 

The trophy

This young lady from the Clique Mcc eventually won the trophy for the worst (kak-est) dart score, ladies at the prize giving that evening and our own Daan (Road Captain) won the men's.

The fourth dart was thrown at the Pirate's Bar in Langebaan before heading back to Phoenix for the final dart, prize giving and braai.

Thanks to hard work by the club members we managed to get a lot of sponsored prizes so there were a lot of  winners and as we had only received fifty two entries the chance of winning a prize was high.

Clique Pres. Wayne for best represented club.

Antoinette won some vouchers

The Clique did well

Daan collects his trophy

While the incidental prizes were being handed out members calculated the scores from the dart sheets and eight prizes were awarded from that, then it was time for the main lucky prize draw which was a bottle of whisky and R1,500 in cash;

by an amazing coincidence this was won by Monique of the Clique who won the main lucky draw prize last year as well!

After the prizes and hand outs it was time for the braai, by all accounts the people had fun in spite of the debilitating heat and it was time to relax.

That's it for another year, as I mentioned in previous posts we suffered from an over crowded biking calendar with far too many events for bikers to choose from. To those bikers from Capetown who came up for the event and to those other clubs who supported us, a huge thank you. We were tired and hot, but we all had fun and perhaps we will consider a day earlier in the year in future.