Celtic Challenge 24-25 Feb 2018

[BlueSpark]

Wibble

[nikkiboy]

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They should get players from Isle of Man, Brittany and Cornwall in this and make it a true Celtic tournament

[Ginge]

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They should get players from Isle of Man, Brittany and Cornwall in this and make it a true Celtic tournament

Aye that would make it ultra competitive.

[markymark]

And different.

[BlueSpark]

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Blimey these ladies are skinny.

[nikkiboy]

I want to play on that stream

[BlueSpark]

I want to play on that stream

You have a lot of work to do to reach the pinnacle mate.
Takes a lot of dedication and skill.

[ifm]

I want to play on that stream

You have a lot of work to do to reach the pinnacle mate.
Takes a lot of dedication and skill.

So sad to see a mod denigrate the efforts and commitment of dart players on a dart forum.

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[BlueSpark]

I want to play on that stream

You have a lot of work to do to reach the pinnacle mate.
Takes a lot of dedication and skill.

So sad to see a mod denigrate the efforts and commitment of dart players on a dart forum.

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It takes a lot of dedication and skill.
As I said above. It was not a joke.

[devosteve]

The pinnacle comments haven't come from (so called) trolls but from folks who have played at the international level and claim it is the pinnacle.

It clearly is not.

I interested in how many paying fans are in, who are not family or mates of th the players. Nearly zero or quite a good number?

[ifm]

The pinnacle comments haven't come from (so called) trolls but from folks who have played at the international level and claim it is the pinnacle.

It clearly is not.

I interested in how many paying fans are in, who are not family or mates of th the players. Nearly zero or quite a good number?

I'm genuinely interested here Marvin, when you say playing for you country "clearly is not" the pinnacle, do you talk from personal experience?
I'd be mightily interested to hear your own story of international duty that you formed the opinion that actually flies in the face of pretty much every international of any sport in history, what happened to you when you were selected as an international to represent your country that made you decide that everyone else that followed you somehow should not be proud to wear that national shirt.
I'll tell you mine, I played chess for England schoolboys, it was the greatest and proudest achievement of my life and forgive me for saying that the likes of you will never take that feeling of immense pride away from me.

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[BlueSpark]

The pinnacle comments haven't come from (so called) trolls but from folks who have played at the international level and claim it is the pinnacle.

It clearly is not.

I interested in how many paying fans are in, who are not family or mates of th the players. Nearly zero or quite a good number?

I'm genuinely interested here Marvin, when you say playing for you country "clearly is not" the pinnacle, do you talk from personal experience?
I'd be mightily interested to hear your own story of international duty that you formed the opinion that actually flies in the face of pretty much every international of any sport in history, what happened to you when you were selected as an international to represent your country that made you decide that everyone else that followed you somehow should not be proud to wear that national shirt.
I'll tell you mine, I played chess for England schoolboys, it was the greatest and proudest achievement of my life and forgive me for saying that the likes of you will never take that feeling of immense pride away from me.

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Did you only play the once?

[ifm]

The pinnacle comments haven't come from (so called) trolls but from folks who have played at the international level and claim it is the pinnacle.

It clearly is not.

I interested in how many paying fans are in, who are not family or mates of th the players. Nearly zero or quite a good number?

I'm genuinely interested here Marvin, when you say playing for you country "clearly is not" the pinnacle, do you talk from personal experience?
I'd be mightily interested to hear your own story of international duty that you formed the opinion that actually flies in the face of pretty much every international of any sport in history, what happened to you when you were selected as an international to represent your country that made you decide that everyone else that followed you somehow should not be proud to wear that national shirt.
I'll tell you mine, I played chess for England schoolboys, it was the greatest and proudest achievement of my life and forgive me for saying that the likes of you will never take that feeling of immense pride away from me.

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Did you only play the once?

No

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[BlueSpark]

Did you win a game?

[BlueSpark]

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[devosteve]

I was school chess captain at the age of 11.

beat Nigel short (now a grand master).

If I played for England (ie an international player ) I would have been so proud.

But the pinnacle of chess isn't being an international player but being world champ.

Same with darts. This pinnacle argument only works with big nation players (like the Dutch and engand etc ). Those girls from Iran (the other year) will never better that even if they became world champions: really?

Does ifm really believe that a guy from Iceland playing for his nation is of greater value to that player than winning ally pally/lakeside?

A guy from the Faroe Islands would, if given the choice, play for his nation rather than win ally pally?

The guy is just trolling. Some sports (tennis ) are not about he international scene.

especially darts: with some folks playing in a social club with nearly zero folks willing to pay to watch.

[BlueSpark]

Does chess have rival organisations like darts?

[ChrisW]

I was school chess captain at the age of 11.

beat Nigel short (now a grand master).

If I played for England (ie an international player ) I would have been so proud.

But the pinnacle of chess isn't being an international player but being world champ.

Same with darts. This pinnacle argument only works with big nation players (like the Dutch and engand etc ). Those girls from Iran (the other year) will never better that even if they became world champions: really?

Does ifm really believe that a guy from Iceland playing for his nation is of greater value to that player than winning ally pally/lakeside?

A guy from the Faroe Islands would, if given the choice, play for his nation rather than win ally pally?

The guy is just trolling. Some sports (tennis ) are not about he international scene.

especially darts: with some folks playing in a social club with nearly zero folks willing to pay to watch.

Davis Cup?

[trotter]

I was school chess captain at the age of 11.

beat Nigel short (now a grand master).

If I played for England (ie an international player ) I would have been so proud.

But the pinnacle of chess isn't being an international player but being world champ.

Same with darts. This pinnacle argument only works with big nation players (like the Dutch and engand etc ). Those girls from Iran (the other year) will never better that even if they became world champions: really?

Does ifm really believe that a guy from Iceland playing for his nation is of greater value to that player than winning ally pally/lakeside?

A guy from the Faroe Islands would, if given the choice, play for his nation rather than win ally pally?

The guy is just trolling. Some sports (tennis ) are not about he international scene.

especially darts: with some folks playing in a social club with nearly zero folks willing to pay to watch.

Davis Cup?

Most big names opt out of Davis Cup regularly.....a Grand Slam win would be taken a million of times over a Davis Cup win.

My brother in law represented Australia in his sport...but his proudest moments were what he did himself like winning the national title...and earning money !!

[Mgt]

Even if you'd consider playing for your country in the BDO/WDF system the pinnacle of your career, it would be playing the World Cup or Europe Cup. This farfetched format that doesn't include the two strongest darts nations in the world is a blip on the radar at best imho.