All above ground sporting pursuits of BotF members (cricket etc)
Category: Darts et al
Back on the Back of the Ferry and Hong Kong tidbits
As Dorothy once said “There’s no place like home”. Too true, and it was wonderful to Back on the Back of the Ferry with a full turnout of the Foundation members – illiards, Lamb0, pommy_ch, oomploloompa and yours truly. It …
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Rio Bravo in a can and a specatator’s perspective of the darts GF
Unlike many other beer blogs, Back of the Ferry is not afraid to delve into bottom reaches of a bottle-shop fridge, particularly if it is a brew that hasn’t graced these pages or added to BotF’s unique beer list on …
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Darts Grand Final
Darts is a great game. An elusive headspace of supreme relaxation and ruthless concentration will allow those darts to sing and it’s an awesome, Zen-like feeling to be in that zone. Last night was not like that. When your darts …
Darts GF next wednesday
The former Fishos, now Dee Why Master Builders 3 darts team managed to win the elimination final against Dee Why Master Builders 4 team to meet Time & Tide in the Grand Final at Manly Leagues club next Wednesday, 23 …
Dee Why Builders 1 vs Dee Why Builders 3 – Darts
The major semi final of the ‘B’ grade Manly Warringah Darts comp was held Tuesday night(normally Wednesday but moved because of the State of Origin match) between Dee Why Builders 1 (Maggie and Ted’s team) and Dee Why Builders 3 …
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Lethal Lambo
Unfortunately no photographic evidence from last week blockbuster darts match – the Builders 3 vs. Pittwater RSL at the Builders club. Highlight of the night was Lambo’s 17 dart singles victory over one of the premier players in the Comp. …
Fullers London Pride, Holgate Hopinator and the Ashes
Two of BotF members have been playing in an irregular game of 35 over a side cricket between some Australians and some English called the Mad Dogs for some years now. Today was the 9th encounter since 2004. Score was …
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Endeavour Pale Ale and the last darts night at the Fisho’s
The address on the label of this beer is 1 Chifley Square, Sydney. If there was truly a brewery at this address and it made beer of this quality and it was the days when a corporate card could be …
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Owd Rodger, Marston’s and an alternative Australian middle order
The Ashes are looming and it is with a heavy heart BotF realises that it could quite possibly be the first time in a very long time that the Poms might actually retain them on antipodean soil. In anticipation of …
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James Boags Premium Lager and Cricket
Two BotF founders played cricket today in an almost one year anniversary of one of the hottest games of cricket ever played. That day the temperature was 42 degrees. Today was a far more benign 28ish, but it is still …
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