Darts in the Quad Fondly Remembered

by: Des Carroll

Des Carroll, reminiscing

The year was 1995, the man was Freddie Sistrunk, and the game was darts. My father very uncharacteristically took up a new hobby, "the peasants game" drunkenly played throughout Ireland and England for centuries. Darts has its roots in the gaelic dahgnts which means to hunt small birds and rodents. With the battle cries "this is just good clean fun", and "hey old dad is pretty good at this." Fred fearlessly talked about joining a league for hours on end while playing Bart, Doug, and myself. So the legend goes that when the quad was first dreamed up, and the quad events were being chosen my father Fred Sistrunk asked himself a question. That question was not, what would be the most fun, That question was not what would be the most popular, That question was not how will everyone feel about this event. That question was, what do I have an unfair advantage at, and what do the boys and Johnny not know how to play or have the equipment for. The answer to that question was darts. So in the true spirit of the Quad (to beat everyone at all costs including cheating, and if possible piss them off while your at it) Darts was chosen. I would like to take this opportunity to bid farewell to a time honored tradition, to say good bye to an era. Darts, you were the most luck based, of all the events with such unlikely champions as, Kevin Cooper, one of the Foley girls, and Doug Sistrunk when he was 15 and awkward. It was also one of the most likely to cause people to bitch before the event even started, and for that I loved it. So I say this to you all, no i say this to the world...........Doug was born a girl.