DISRUPTIONS TO THE men’s darts fixture on Saturday night resulted in spectators being removed from Derwent bar before the game had ended, and the rest of the match being conducted using the original dartboard in Derwent bar.
The match was almost called to an end after the electronic board used to record and display the score was damaged by a spilled drink. A plastic cup of beer, thrown by an unknown bystander, rendered over £5000 worth of equipment useless, and prompted a member of the contracted technology team managing the scoreboard to grab the microphone and shout “Who the hell did that?” at the crowd.
It initially appeared that the match would have to be abandoned as the equipment was packed away and taken from the bar, something which prompted URY commentators to remark that the contest was “all foiled for a cup of beer.” However, the players were able to resume their game using the Derwent bar dartboard, and campus media and a few others were allowed to remain on the condition that they were sober.
Lancaster eventually won the game 5-4 in the early hours of the morning, but Nick O’Malley, captain of the Lancaster team, commented that the earlier events of the evening had left “a subdued atmosphere.”
‘campus media and a few others were allowed to remain’
Of which Vision were not one as they hadn’t bothered to turn up