Three sisters vs rainham cricket club

Three Sisters VS Rainham Cricket Club

A night of tense darts was the perfect way to warm up on a cold and frosty Thursday night.

With Rainham playing away after a somewhat easy victory over the bottom side last week at home, the pressure was on for Rainham to push on. Before proceedings got underway, there was confusion for the away side as two of its regular members were taking a holiday and so replacements were required. Into the side came Gary and Stuart who replaced Rob and Paul Swaine and as it turned out Gary had the best game of darts I have seen in a long time! If the pressure was on at the start, it showed as team captain Tony struggled to set for the entire night.

With Three Sisters setting the entire night, it could be said that a whitewash was expected. However, with an impressive game from Tony after he recovered from setting and other people chipping in as well (Barry was shooting very well for a change!), Rainham were able to wrap up the first of six games as Gary finished. In the next game, it ebbed and flowed between these two passionate teams as Three Sisters fought back to bring it to 1-1.

Then came the game’s turning point. With both sides struggling to finish, it came down to a double 1 shoot out. After going though both teams without being successful, up stepped Barry who produced a magnificent dart to win the leg for the away side. The roar that went up when it was called in showed just how much it meant to Rainham and for the neutral in the audience, you could feel the balance of power shifting.

Over the next game, things started to go wrong for Three Sisters as they started to miss simple shots and became to get frustrated. This played into the hands of the away side as they started to play with style and flair as Gary sealed, at the very least, a draw with a superb double 16 finish.

However, disaster occurred as cocky-ness set in and even the regular top scorers, like Paul Fry, started to produce ghastly scores. There was even a quote heard from Ed who declared “I am ready to quit this game, I am so rubbish”. After the disappointment of that leg, Rainham knew that if they lost this leg, they it would be a draw and it would be a precious point lost. With that in mind, everyone rallied round and produced a magnificent final leg which, once again, Gary finished to a chorus of cheers. Gary just strolled back towards his team as if it was nothing and it had a certain Eric Cantona feeling towards it.

After shaking hands and accepting defeat, Three Sisters quickly decided on their doubles pairings and set about revenge. However for Ed, his night was over as he was replaced by Foz.

In the first doubles game, Tony and Stuart set about creating an advantage and luckily for them, it was a success as first blood went to the humble Cricket Club. For Paul Fry, who finished third in the averages, his off night continued as although he was with the demon finisher of Gary, they lost their doubles. So it all depended on Barry and substitute Foz to secure the points. And secure them they did, with Barry hitting a superb 100 score and being constant throughout, Foz stepped up and finished it off to secure a 2-1 victory.

In terms of the averages, once again, team captain Tony scored the highest with an average of 50.9. However, he was pushed all the way by Gary who only just lost out with an average of 50.8.

Overall, it was a highly successful night for Rainham Cricket Club as they secured all the points available on a bitterly cold and frosty night. Hopefully this rich run of form can continue at home next week and bring a bit of warmth back to the icy surroundings of the cricket ground.