TEAM USA
The Teams
When arriving at the airport the atmosphere was electric, you could cut the tension with a knife. With Coleen & Lob both with 100% records, people were hoping to seem them split up, to be with them as a lucky charm or against them to stop the incredible record they have accrued.
Whilst on the other side we had Fonz & Thommo both hoping to break their ducks (quack, quack, quack), how would the draw unfold...
Arriving at the airport the atmosphere was electric, the teams where drawn and 2014's competition was well on it's way...
Paul Thomson
Thommo
"Thommo" 15 (hcp)Nick Taylor
Nick
"Nick" 7 (hcp)Mark Singer
Singer
"Singer" 18 (hcp)Chris Hewison
Geordie
"Geordie" 28 (hcp)Shahir Patel
Shak
"Shak" 20 (hcp)Geoff Kettle
Geoffrey
"Geoffrey" 16 (hcp)Duncan Hayes
Sky
"Sky" 21 (hcp)Colin Jennings
Coleen
"Coleen" 36 (hcp)Rich Griffths
Welshy
"Welshy" 28 (hcp)Paul Foster
Fonz
"Fonz" 21 (hcp)Simon Taylor
Roo
"Roo" 20 (hcp)Clive Taylor
Lob
"Lob" 17 (hcp)The Venues
With the draw done, a delayed flight & both 100 percenters & a duck on one side, team USA commissioned operation "get Thommo a star” also code named “Stop Lob & Coleen getting 4 star's"...
Lob had put in a lot of hard work to select two courses yet to be explored by the Ryder cup contestants. The lack of course knowledge gave an even playing field for all. Who would come out on top?
Lob had put in a lot of hard work to select two courses yet to be explored by the Ryder cup contestants. The lack of course knowledge gave an even playing field for all....
Morgardo
Sully's
Alamos
Inside Cafe
Day 1: Morgado - Fourball
After a 4 hour delay and with an 1 hour drive to the course, the group faced a task and a half to get all players to the first course for Pairs day on time, but with the A-Team vans we had the edge.
We knew that even if we made the course, we had little over 4 hours of daylight left to get all 3 groups round. We made it! Now the game was on, how would the pairs results turn out...
After a 4 hour delay and 12 tired players, day 1 was off to a shakey start...
Match 1
Nick Taylor
Nick
Chris Hewison
Geordie
Clive Taylor
Lob
Paul Foster
Fonz
Match 2
Geoff Kettle
Geoffry
Shahir Patel
Shak
Simon Taylor
Roo
Duncan Hayes
Sky
Match 3
Mark Singer
Singer
Paul Thomson
Thommo
Colin Jennings
Coleen
Rich Griffths
Welsh boy
Day 1 Result
Night 1: Sully's - Cricket Darts
After some superb pair results, Team USA take a good lead into the evening picking up 4 of the 4.5 points available. They’re in good spirits. Tactics begin to take a big part in the day now with Team USA putting their strongest and weakest teams together for the darts, putting all their eggs in the one basket, will this risky strategy pay off...
After some superb pairs results, Team USA take a good lead into the evening...
Nick Taylor
Nick
Paul Thomson
Thommo
Shahir Patel
Shak
Simon Taylor
Roo
Paul Foster
Fonz
Rich Griffths
Welshy
Day 1 Result
Day 2: Alamos - Singles
Team Europe claw a point back with a superb showcase of cricket darts to put a little pressure back on Team USA. But which team had Team USA played first? Their weakest or strongest?
Then came the singles, anything can happen in singles, its every man for themselves, mano e mano, will the pressure tell for Team USA? Will they be able to hold onto that precious lead or will Team Europe stage a dramatic come back?
Team Europe claw a point back with a superb showcase of cricket darts to put a little pressure back on Team USA, how would the singles unfold...
Match 1
Nick Taylor
Nick
Duncan Hayes
Sky
Match 2
Shahir Patel
Shak
Colin Jennings
Coleen
Match 3
Chris Hewison
Geordie
Clive Taylor
Lob
Match 4
Paul Thomson
Thommo
Rich Griffths
Welshy
Match 5
Geoff Kettle
Geoffrey
Simon Taylor
Roo
Match 6
Mark Singer
Singer
Paul Foster
Fonz
Day 2 Result
Night 2: Sully's - Cricket Darts
Wow, team USA pull out all the stops to hammer home a convincing day in the singles, dominating most of the day, they only dropped 2.5 points, securing another 6 to take them to within 1 point of securing victory for 2014.
Team Europe’s stand out player of the singles day was Coleen with an amazing nearest the pin. Team Europe not to be overlooked needed to win all remaining darts & pool points left available, were they going to create the biggest come back in Carvoeiro Ryder Cup history...
Wow, team USA pull out all the stops to hammer home a convincing day in the singles, they only needed 1 point to secure victory for 2014....
Chris Hewison
Geordie
Geoff Kettle
Geoffrey
Mark Singer
Singer
Clive Taylor
Lob
Duncan Hayes
Sky
Colin Jennings
Coleen
Night 2 Result
No...
TEAM USA WIN
Key Moments
When all is said and done Team USA triumphed over Europe in emphatic style. Some key performances stole the show, noticeably Geordie’s win over Lob in the Singles and Team Europe annihilation of USA on night one in the darts. But more often than not its the little moments that make the weekend what it is, so to keep those moments in the mind just keep reading.
- Colin 8 shots 8 feet
- Quack quack 0 for 5 wickets
- Roo House ball
- Shak and Rich - not so "Glamour"
- The lost car key!
- Lift vs stairs. Stairs wins!
- Geordies Darts "that dart board is shit!"
- Steak on a lap
- Thommo Rotten arse
- Dunc not knowing the difference between Titelist and Taylor Made
- Duncs cracked cone
- Harry "oi oi fat boy"
- Dunc "bloody hell have u seen that the 1st hole is 800 yards long?"
- Geoff Rage (Helicopter club)!
- Foggy Delay
- Rich wind release 1st tee
- Aggressive Germans in the clubhouse
- Colin in the lift = overweight
- Colin Southern Comfort beach walk
- Beach volleyball goes pop
- "The Tracey"
- Geordie "you play pool left handed so u play like this, rather than like this"
- Nick dodgy drop on the first for all to see
- Dunc falling in the sea
- Jean-Claude
- Geordie, the live app wouldn't work as there's no 3G on the courses. Is your data roaming off? D'oh