IT SHOULD have been a friendly game of darts between two pub league teams. Instead, the match erupted into a furious row, with accusations of homophobia and the winning team being banned for life from the league. The feud broke out soon after The Bevendean Hotel side beat The Stag, the host pub, 8-1, putting them 18 points ahead in the United Darts League in Brighton. Within days of celebrating the victory, which put them on course to top the mixed league, the winning team were accused of homophobia and banned from the tournament for life. The players are appealing against the decision by the league and say that they have not been given the chance to defend themselves.
However, members of the all-gay team at The Stag said that the abuse they suffered was "disgusting and offensive". Fran Bailey, captain of the Stag team, said: "There was constant abuse all night. If their darts fell on the floor, we heard them say: 'I wouldn't bend over to pick up your darts in this pub.' " After the match the Stag team wrote to Steve Burtenshaw, chairman of the league, to complain and the Bevendean team were given lifetime bans. Penny Priest, landlady of the Bevendean and a team member, said: "We completely deny we were or are homophobic in any way. I never said anything like what they're accusing us of and I've spoken to the rest of the team and they say they didn't." And just think, Valentines Day is fast approaching.
Posted by: Captain America ||
01/25/2005 00:00:00 AM ||
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Who says that it's just a friendly game of darts?
Posted by: Senator Barbara Boxer ||
01/25/2005 7:35 Comments ||
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Actually, it sounds like they play a very friendly game of darts...
Posted by: Fred ||
01/25/2005 8:41 Comments ||
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I doubt any of these whiners played real sports in school. Imagine their horror at the trash talk they might have been exposed to in serious competition where every little advantage, such as getting in their head through "unpolite" language, is sought.
Posted by: Laurence of the Rats ||
01/25/2005 10:45 Comments ||
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What LOTR said. Sports is the last redoubt against political correctness: there's real meritocracy at work, and tender souls aren't protected by PC speech codes.
LONDON (Reuters) - Police called in a spotter plane, helicopter and video-equipped patrol car to help convict a woman who ate an apple while driving to work, newspapers have reported.
After nine court hearings and a trial lasting more than two hours, nursery nurse Sarah McCaffery was fined 60 pounds on Monday when a court upheld a police decision to give her a penalty ticket.
Police used the plane, helicopter and car to film road conditions on the route she took in Tyneside, northeast England, after officers pulled her over in December 2003.
"It is a joke they put so much effort into this," McCaffery, 23, told the Sun newspaper on Tuesday. "You would think they had better things to do."
She said she had both hands on the wheel of her Ford Ka and was driving safely.
But police and public prosecutors said she was not in control and they were obliged to gather evidence when she chose to fight the fine in court.
They expended 1000's to save face . . . they couldn't be the fool of. It matters little what the infraction was, it was the principle of getting that nasty mean apple eating crook . . .
Posted by: Jame Retief ||
01/25/2005 23:34 Comments ||
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IT SHOULD have been a friendly game of darts between two pub league teams. Instead, the match erupted into a furious row, with accusations of homophobia and the winning team being banned for life from the league. The feud broke out soon after The Bevendean Hotel side beat The Stag, the host pub, 8-1, putting them 18 points ahead in the United Darts League in Brighton. Within days of celebrating the victory, which put them on course to top the mixed league, the winning team were accused of homophobia and banned from the tournament for life. The players are appealing against the decision by the league and say that they have not been given the chance to defend themselves. 
