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10Cloud 9’s Mary Todd, Terry Hales, Ken Brainard, and Gerold Freeman hold the Hot Shot CupCLOUD 9; KENT, WAHot Shot CupBy Joseph MathiasOn this brisk November Saturdayafternoon I made my way downto Cloud 9 again to see Tacoma’sHome Plate team, Louise Jones, TraciLamirande, Carmen Sweatmen, andMark Grisham take on current HotShot Cup Champs, Cloud What?!Cloud 9! They would return with MaryTodd, Terry Hales, Ken Brainard, andGerold Freeman. Somebody importantput it so eloquently once; “Dance withthe one that brung ya”.Gerold kicked things off withfireworks to take out the first game,but Traci came right back to tie itup. And then it happened again thesame way!Suddenly Cloud 9 kicked it up anotch and took the next three games togain a 5-2 advantage. The next sevengames were pretty close to the sameas the first seven, except this timeHome Plate finished up on a 3-gamerun of their own to tie the match backup at 7.Beautiful Charissa did an awesomejob of making sure everyone’sglass was topped off and frothy.Cloud 9, unhappy with the momentumshift, was about to experiencea paradigm shift of their own and runoff with the next three games to regainthe lead at 10-7.Traci continued to shoot greatdarts and snagged game 18 to makeit 10-8, in Cloud 9’s favor.Gerold and Ken seemed to finda hot hand, winning the next two toextend Cloud’s lead 12-8. Mark hits aHat Trick in game 21, plus back-tobackouts from Louise and Carmen,the score was back to within twogames, 12-10, Cloud 9.Cloud came right back and wonthe next two to once again foster a4-game lead. Although Carmen wasjust finding her groove, winning thenext two, it just wasn’t enough. Cloud9 cruised through the next threegames to take the match, 17–12.What a great match! Well playedby both teams. Congratulations toCloud 9 on another hard fought win.Bakers DozenContinued from page 7setting team is just about the game.It will be cool to bring darts to a differentand whole new level.•••••••••••••••••••••The longest I’veplayed darts atonce? Betcha it’sonly been aboutthree hours.Jeff EwingWhat doessetting this worldr e c o r d m e a nto me? It’s notabout the worldrecord to me, it’sabout the kidsand the Make A Wish Foundation.•••••••••••••••••••••The longest I’veplayed darts atone time? I Guessthat would beat Zone Finals.We started at1 0 : 0 0 a m o nSaturday andwe got 3rd, sothat lasted untilDave Mozingoaround 4:00pm.Then we playedSaturday night and got 4th, which wasaround 11:00pm. That would make itaround 13 hours.What does setting this world recordmean to me? Well, in 22 years of darts,I have done a lot of different events indarts, but a world record would top itoff. Winning State would also be nice.This is probably my last chance forsomething like this, so I didn't wantto pass on the chance.•••••••••••••••••••••The longest I’veplayed darts at onetime? I playeddarts for twodays straighttrying to win agolf cart once.What doessetting this worldrecord mean toDarin Bohland me? It is somethingthat would be great to tell mykids, and to put my name on the sportthat I love. And to shoot with the bignames will be fun.•••••••••••••••••••••The longest I’veplayed darts atone time? Thel o n g e s t I ' v eplayed at onetime was at theHomeplate inMarysville ata tournament,before I was anNorm Wold operator. Didn'tf i n i s h u n t i l3:30am, when I took second.What does setting this world recordmean to me? To set this record is a hugestep for our sport to be recognized byso many more people, and also to justkick that competitive butt in gear. It'salways good to create a challenge.•••••••••••••••••••••The longest I’veplayed darts at onetime? There havebeen a few 12to 14 hour daysfor me whetherit was shootingtwo or th reetournaments ina day or going toTodd JordanWorld's or State.We a l l k nowhow long those days can be. Nothingas long as this record is estimated tobe. It’s going to fun to see just howwe’re doing at hour 20 hopefully nottoo many after that.What does setting this world recordmean to me? Setting a world recordwould be a great feeling, knowing youare the best at something while otherstry to do better. But the best thingabout this record is helping out thechildren - what a great charity. It’s awin-win; we get to play the game welove while helping out others.•••••••••••••••••••••The longest I’veplayed darts atone time? I thinkit was about 9hours of practicing.What doessetting this worldrecord mean tome? I just thinkPeter Clark it will be funtrying to play for that long withfriends.January 2011 - www.themedallion.net