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thursday may 9 2002 33 economist suntribune w 6f fo 6 darts regaining popularity as inexpensive pastime pub sport right on target byjohncudmore staff writer mom might have men tioned something about running with scissors but she proba bly forgot to say anything about darts you take a sharp pointy pro jectile and throw it hard enough at a target that it sticks count your score retrieve your pointy projec tile wait for your next turn how much simpler can a sport get once you realize youre not allowed to jam them into your brother or throw them at other people its really a gentlemanly game in the end and very inex pensive all you really need is a wall said julien dressier who captains a newmarket legion team in the top echelon of the auroranewmarket dart league home to 28 teams of varying skill levels its very much a skill anyone can throw but to hit what youre throwing at is the key julien dressier captain newmarket legion team thats not to say darts which seems to have origins in the middle ages doesnt possess the higher levels of proficiency found in other competitive activities indeed it does in fact in the 18th or 19th cen tury lore says the sport was con sidered a game of chance by a ideal british magistrate and out lawed one particularly adept fel low evidently challenged that the ory with a few wellaimed darts staff photorob alary julien dressier captains a newmarket legion team in the top echelon of the auroranewmarket dart league home to 28 teams of varying skill levels proving the sport is indeed a game of skill a lot of people will spend hours a day practising how good you get is based on the time you can devote to it said dressier a former competitor at the provin cial level its very much a skill anyone can throw but to hit what youre throwing at is the key darts players dont really know for sure nor do they much seem to care much about the history of the sport the average guy or gal likely first played the game in a friends rec room as a kid or for latecomers perhaps in a licenced watering hole walk into a pub and if you notice several squared cabinets attached to the wall rest assured that at least one night of the week the joint is home to a dart league its definitely a pub game i would guess most people have picked it up out with their buddies having a beer said dave narona president of the southern york region dart league most people think of it as a recreational sport something to do at a bar see dart page 34 anne howland been there done that dancing feet nowhere to be found a log cabin nestles in the wild lone ly appalachians inside a fire warms the weary faces of european immi grants exhausted from carving a life out of the dense forest a lone fiddler picks a tentative tune warming to it as the tempo quickens heads lift smiles glimmer and hands clap as the men and women rise to dance heavy wood en shoes beating out a resounding expression of joy survival and freedom i its 300 years since those hardy pio neers cobbled together a new dance out of a crazy blend of steps from their homelands even the traditional wooden shoe has becdmea sleek expensive kid leather oxford with jingle taps two metal plates loosely sandwiched together and attached to the heel and toe but clogging or time dancing from the gaelic remains a fine way to let your feet hammer out lifes joys and sorrows eager to let my hoofers loose i arrived at joan beatons weekly clog ging class at the thornton arena north of york region as the impish older woman with legs of steel patiently showed me the deceptively simple doubletoe or shuffleball step it became apparent my feet were not see clogging page 34 rm pacific waif 4300 steeles ave e markham 9054708785 -l- i i i i i si i i i op optical go ltd wwwfujiopticalnet free contact lens starter kit with this coupon limit 1 coupon per customer coupon expires july 31 2002 steeles and kennedy buy 2 get free w 5 pairs of contact lens daily for free pieaseaskfordetaiis pacific mall90551 381 81 midlandfinch41 62988786 i times square9058891877 first markham place9059489288 broadview china town41 64636682 dundas china town41 62601 688 cjfli mississauga golden square centre9052720866 fuji optical co ltd holds the right to explain or alternate sales promotion expires april 30 2003 uf special only applies to prescription glasses and after discount value special offer on contact lens only from mon to frl q als ifsttofts no cash value photocopy is not acceptable starter kluucludessolo care ronuoptl free fjipjcss complete supplies may yary vuu a ai jo a t w j j wj a x jlfc lui iwujj i x s uu i www 4 j