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SE Regional Finals, Frimley Green, 30th November 2008.

In case you were wondering, Monk’s Head pub rep Tim Allchin progressed seamlessly to the third round before he got pulverized in straight legs by some talentless nobody. Never mind, eh?

Well, the People’s Darts people have at last got a couple of official videos of the event posted on their site. And by some miracle of editing that’s beyond human normalcy, both Tim and stunt-double Jim Walker have cameo roles in both vids. Egad!

You have to be sharp-eyed to spot the dynamic duo, so here’s a clue:

• in video #1 (‘Bobby George’) it’s 00:23
• in video #2 (‘Chace’) it’s 01:01

You can watch the 2-minute movies at the John Smith’s People’s Darts videos page.

Note: at the time of writing this, I could only get the vids to show with Internet Explorer — for some reason Firefox and Opera just blanked out.

Also, yours truly eventually got round to firing up Windows Movie Maker (I know, it sucks) and splicing together our own ‘official’ vid of Tim’s big day out. Here ya go… crank up your sound and get rockin’ and rollin’.

Finally, thanks go to Tim for having the balls to go through with it, to Jim for moral support, and last but by no means least, to Tony for providing transport and other sundry entertainment.

The BDO World Pro Darts Championship finals are under way this week at Lakeside, with extensive coverage on BBC TV. People’s Darts and BDO finals are on Sunday 11th.

Darts players all over the southeast will be quaking on their oches at the prospect of facing Monks Head rep Tim Allchin in the Regional Finals of the John Smith’s People’s Darts 2008 tournament.

Thanks to the super efficiency of The Management, Tim secured one of only 300 places at the charity knockout dartsfest which is scheduled for Sunday 30th November at Lakeside — the Mecca of British darts at Frimley Green.

The Regional Finals are based on a knockout format of 501, straight start, finish on double, bull up for tie-breaker where necessary, best of 3 legs, final best of 5. Games start at 11.30am.

“I can’t wait to get down there and knock a few out,” says our Tim with a cheeky wink. “Every time I knock one out, it’s a special feeling.”

Yeah, we’re sure it is, Tim.

We all hope Tim can keep it together and progress to the next stage — the Quarter Finals, to take place at Lakeside on 6th January 2009.

Why not declare your support for Tim by submitting a comment below?

Matchday 3: Tuesday 21 & Wednesday 22 October 2008

How They Stand

In Group E leaders Manchester United (4 pts) meet third-placed Celtic (1 pt).

Bottom-placed Fenerbahçe (1 pt) face Group G leaders Arsenal (4 pts).

Group A is dominated by Chelsea (4 pts) who play host to Roma, third in the group and 1 point behind.

Atlético and Liverpool share top place in Group D with 6 pts apiece.

See our October 2008 listings page for details!

Remaining Matchdays in the UEFA Champions League Group stage are:

• Matchday 4 – 4th and 5th November 2008
• Matchday 5 – 25th and 26th November 2008
• Matchday 6 – 9th and 10th December 2008

The final Knock-out Phase is scheduled to begin in late February 2009.

Wednesday 15th October
World Cup 2010 qualifying Group Six: Belarus v England
Venue: Dinamo Stadium, Minsk » Kick-off: 1930 BST
Coverage: Live on Setanta Sports 1

With skipper John Terry still injured, left-back Ashley Cole ruled out with a hamstring and goalkeeper Robert Green also out because of a knee injury, coach Fabio Capello will need to consider his options carefully when deciding the line-up for England’s World Cup qualifier against Belarus in Minsk.

Under-21 squad goalkeeper Joe Hart and central defender David Wheater have been called up by Capello as reinforcements, flying straight to Minsk along with Under-21s coach Stuart Pearce after their 5-4 aggregate win against Wales last night. They’ll join up with the senior squad for a training session today (Wednesday).

Catch all the action live! – at the Monks Head in Larkfield.

“All Your Base Are Belong To Tim”

Monk’s Head People’s Darts winner Tim Allchin, right, with runner-up Ian Davies

Monk’s Head arrowsmith Tim Allchin emerged victorious in the final shoot-out of our local People’s Darts 2008 qualifiers, with a ruthlessly efficient performance against fellow regular and all-round good guy Ian Davies on Friday 10th October.

Following advice from Ian’s lawyers, we can’t publish the final score due to the Data Protection Act or something, but we’re sure it’ll leak out eventually (probably in a comment to this post).

Spread over two consecutive Friday evenings, our local knockout event was a great success and we’d like to thank all who participated.

Tim will now be put forward as the Monks Head candidate for the South of England Regional Finals, to be played by the end of November.

When we get more news, we’ll post it right here on the Monks Head blog.

Kick-off 17:15
From our independent Scottish correspondent.

Prefer some atmosphere?
Try the Monk’s Head!

Kazakhstan will be without the demented Borat for their big day out at Wembley against 1966 World Cup winners England, who are struggling to regain the form that won them the World Cup in 1966, not long after the end of World War II.

England will need no reminding that when last they won the World Cup (1966) with their squad of war babies, most of the people on the planet today weren’t even born, causing billions to miss out on seeing England win the World Cup at Wembley that same year.

Ruggedly handsome coach Fabio Capello – whose 1973 goal at Wembley gave Italy their first win against England on English soil – admits the plucky 1966 World Cup winners face the prospect of being beaten to a pulp a tough defensive challenge without skipper John Terry, who is out of the line-up due to a back injury.

Thinking Caps On!

To get you all in the mood for Saturday’s Wembleyfest, we’re having a competition! To win, you need to know the answer to this question:

• Which English-speaking country recently won the World Cup at Wembley in 1966?

We’ll be giving away an exquisite free three-beermat set to the first customer on the premises who, during the England vs Kazakhstan match, kneels in front of our plasma screen with arms in the air, and screams the answer at the top of his or her voice.

Rules: you may not Google for the answer. Judge’s decision is final. Prize subject to availability. No cash alternative. Under-18s need not apply.

Can You Predict The Final Score?

In the meantime, if you have the gift of second sight, or a crystal ball or whatever, and you want to predict a score for Saturday’s clash between Borat-less ‘Kazakhstan’ and former World Cup champs ‘England’, feel free to post your forecast as a comment to this hot news bulletin!