We Are The Champions!

Well, at least for this Saturday at Scotty's Bar and Grill here in Corozal. The team Dianna was playing on, (Rick, Peggy, Manny, and Dianna) beat out the other two teams for that honor.

Dianna, Showing Her Championship Form

And what an honor it is too. The winning team members each get a free Belikin and $10.00 BZD off their bar tab. That's pretty cool, I must say.

Regina Getting Ready to Shoot Some Darts

What fun. Most folks playing either are total neophytes or have very little experience shooting darts. Oh, sure, there's the odd few who are 'pro's', but the atmosphere is strictly for fun and conviviality. Nobody criticizes the poor shots, everybody laughs and has a good time.

Sporting The New Scotty's T-Shirt

Of course, the teams are all 'pick-up' teams. That is, whoever shows up, gets picked for a team. You seldom play with the same people on your team twice in a row.

Donna Getting Advice On Her Shot

 Nancy, Scott, Kristen and Shireen all make sure the food is good (A nice selection of burgers and other sadwiches and pizza too) and that the Belikin is cold. The ceiling fans are on high, and it's a nice way to spend an afternoon. It's a tough job for them, as chances are, they're playing as well.

Welcome 2011 - Edited

We (Denis, Vivien, Dianna & Me) headed out to Copper Bank to help those folks bring in the New Year. We got to the Copper Bank Inn and Donna's Place Restaurant about 3:00 PM. Of course, a pot luck was in full swing. None of the four of us remembered seeing anything about a pot-luck in the emails.

Enjoying the Pot-Luck Chow

(thanks Vivien & Denis for the photos)

Like most pot-luck affairs, there was plenty of food for everyone - even those who didn't bring food, like us. And it was good too. A great salad, a really tasty lobster dish (I don't know what it would be called - it was molded to look like a lobster), and a whole lot of other eats. No one went hungry for sure.

I went and left my 'Pocket Instamatic' (remember those?) at home, as I was going to rely on my phone camera. Hah! With no flash, it was less than useful for that purpose. Thankfully, Vivien brought her camera along and these are her and Denis' photos. Thanks guys. It's unfortunate, but they didn't send me any photos of themselves (That has since been corrected, hence the edit in the title - Ed.).

After shoveling all that chow down, and helping it down were a few bottles of Belikin, it was time for darts. Again, we were a little reluctant to play, but there were no excuses excepted this time. Everyone in the place played. There were four teams set up and two boards, so there was plenty of room for everyone to play.

Just Some Whupass Dart Playin'

I played on Tall Paul's team and we almost won our first match. There were about five or six folks on each team, so there was plenty of time to stroll around, eat more food, get another cold one, visit the other board or the head (whichever you needed to do).

Dianna Doin' the Tushy Wiggle

Denis called my attention to this. My team was playing by this time at the other board. Denis' team was playing Dianna's. He said I had to watch Dianna shoot. She had developed a rather unique style of getting ready to deliver the dart. We were lucky enough that Denis captured this shot in mid stride. You can almost see it happening.

Vivien Celebrating A Good Shot

Denis, Coolly Taking A Shot

What a great, fun and relaxing way to bring in the new year. Well, almost. We left Donna's place about 8:00 PM and made it back to our places by about 8:30. When we arrived at the ferry, they were ready and waiting for us. I didn't even have to stop - we just drove right on, parked in the middle and enjoyed the ride across as the only vehicle on it.

Dianna and I were in bed and asleep by about 9:00 or so. Thankfully, there were enough fireworks lit off at midnight so we could roll over and wish each other a happy new year. Then it was back to sleep.

New Year's day was totally a relaxing, do-nothing day for us. Other than napping and watching a couple of movies on the tube, we just vegged the whole day.

I hope you and yours had as enjoyable a New Years celebration as we did. Here's wishing everyone a great, happy, prosperous and safe new year.

Cheers