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| Chairman's Corner I think a job at Bletchley Park trying to decipher the Enigma Machine would have been far easier than trying to arrange the fixture list for this year!!! (for those not old enough or never heard of Enigma, it was the Germans Code Machine that the Allies with the help of the best mathematical brains in the allied world, were trying to break the German war plans. Not until they found an Enigma machine with a codebook were they able to decipher the German war plans) 19 teams at 14 venues raised a considerable' nightmare of arranging fixturesin fact when entered into a similar code breaking machine the machine rejected the plan and said use human brainpower, ha ha….!!!! So we,that is Bob "Einstein" Wittenbach and myself started off on a journey that took us to all places known to the human brain, it was a journey of adventure, a journey that had all other committee members running to the hills at the first mention of ' can you give us a hand'… and after 17 hours and countless paper shredding, we arrived at what you have emailed to you and now uploaded to the SIDL website. The final plan was that all fixtures were numbers, each number would play each and every team once, it was the luck of the draw where and when you played. A blind draw was made at Voodoo on Friday night, all team names were put into the hat and neutrals drew one name at a time, first name out was allocated No1, second name No. 2 and so on. As we had an uneven amount of teams each team will have a bye each week, unfortunately Mad House drew the first bye on Week 1, ALAYAH week 2. Some teams will have 2 homes then 2 away games it's the nature of the beast. Remember to use the downloadable scoresheet for all games, download and print off and when the game is completed, captains compare scoresheets, when both have agreed they are correct each captain signs each others sheet. It is the home Captain or designated person who then has to complete the downloadable form by computer and email to webmaster@thesidl.com & cc to chairman@thesidl.com before noon Thursday after the Tuesday night match, or the home teams match points will be forfeited. Keep darting Lee Saturday, February 27th Well thanks for the exalted position, we the committee are here to ensure that the SIDL runs smoothly. If you have any matters that you would like the committee to discuss at its monthly meetings, then notify us by email - all input from you SIDL members will be looked at and acted on if appropriate. We have renamed the first half of the season the Johnnie Walker Gold League Cup, the second half of the season will again be the Blue & Black Divisions. However, if all the bars/venues that have shown interest these past two weeks and if their registrations come through on time, there could be as many as 21 teams this season, which will cause us headaches with the fixture list. At this present time it's just hearsay, however, there could be 3 divisions...a first for the SIDL. If this becomes the case, then we would relook at promotion and relegation, not a decision for the committee so a SIDL members vote would be in order, however, at this time we have only 12 confirmed teams. If your bar/venue wishes to enter a team then you have to midnight 23rd February to register your team. You can do this by emailing any of the committee with, Bar / Venue, Team name, a minimum of six players, maximum of 12 players, Captains name, contact email address and contact phone number.. At last we have some recognition with the darting world... I have been corresponding with Dr Patrick Chaplin PHD - the world's most authorative darts historian - with back and forth emails and he agreed to write a small article on his website. The end product really exceeded all expectations as he gave the SIDL a whole page with photos. To check it out and a really informative read about the history of darts and what is happening in the darts world log into http://www.patrickchaplin.com/Vietnam.htm you will be mildly surprised, thanks for the mention Patrick.. Finally "help" I have a couple of emails and conversations with new team's players and they have all asked where can we buy a set of darts in Saigon???? Anyone out there able to help???? Do you have a set of darts that you want to sell??? I know you can order off the internet, however, if you know of a shop or Bar/Venue in Saigon that sells darts please let me know so that I can pass on the information. Cheers. Lee |