A Tournament I won

I would like to tell you all about the time I won a darts tournament in 2004. I had only been in Chile for about a year and at the time I was living in Las Condes. I used to cycle home from work along Calle Pocuro and one day I stopped in a pub near the big Jumbo in Juana de Austria. It was supposedly an English pub, although the only thing English about it were three dartboards that they had in the back room. I was really interested in this because I used to play darts a lot when I was young (It's quite common to see dartboards in pubs in England) and I had never seen a place in Santiago with a board. So, I started going there regularly to play, and one day the owner asked me if I wanted to take part in a tournament they were organizing. I said I would, and paid my entrance fee.

On the day of the tournament, I went to the pub with a few colleagues from work and my girlfriend. The owner of the pub came up and told me that the best darts player in Chile would be taking part, and he introduced me to him, telling him that I was from England, the home of darts, and that I was really good (which wasn't really true). For me, the whole thing was just a bit of fun, and as I didn't know any of the other players I didn't have anything to prove, so I was really relaxed. That must have helped me because I won match after match quite easily until I reached the final. And guess who was my opponent in the final! Yes, the so-called best player in Chile.

I don't remember much about the final except for the fact that I could see instantly that he was a better player than me. However, I had the advantage of not really having anything to prove, as I said earlier, whereas he seemed to be very tense. Maybe, the owner telling him that I was so good had played into my hands, as he seemed desperate to beat me and maintain his reputation against this pretender. In the last game, he scored really well and got down to a double really quickly, but he just couldn't finish - his nerves were showing. He had at least three chances to win the game but couldn't go out. However, when I got down to a double, I got it with my first dart! What a great feeling!

I won the rather crappy trophy that you can see in the photo below,which still stands on my bookshelf, and perhaps a bottle of wine or something, but for me a far greater prize was the story it gave me of how I had beaten the best darts player in Chile (even though he probably wasn't the best player in Chile!)

Instructions
Write about an event/tournament/contest/competition that you won or did very well in. It could be something from school, university, or your adult life. It doesn't have to be a sport. It could just be the time you won some money at bingo, or something like that. Include:

1. How you entered or became involved in the competition
2. A description of how you won / did so well
3. What you received as a prize
4. How you feel about this experience now

Write between 200 -300 words
AFTERWARDS, COMMENT ON AT LEAST THREE OTHER POSTS. You can make a general comment, ask questions or point out vocabulary or grammar points. 

Adding Other Bloggers

Hello bloggers. Below are the instructions for you to follow to add the other members of the class to your blog:

1. I assume your gmail account is open, but if not, open it and click on the google apps icon on the top right hand side (its the icon that looks like a telephone dialling pad).
2. When you click on it, it will give you lots of options. At the bottom, click on "more" and then scroll down and click on "blogger".
3. When the page opens, at the top, next to the name of your blog, you will see three icons: one with a pen on it; one with two pages and a little arrow; and one saying "view blog". Click on the little arrow on the side of the middle icon (the two pages).
4. This will show you a menu. Towards the bottom, there is an option called "layout". Click on "layout". This will open another page.
5. You will see a template of your blog homepage. Go to the part which says sidebar-right-1 and click on "edit" in the "bloggers"section underneath.
6. This will open a new page called Configure Link List. Now go to my blog and click on the name of one of your classmates. This will open their blog. Copy the URL of their blog (the address of the page) from the address bar. Go back to the Configure Link List page and paste the URL in the space which says "New Site URL".
7. In the space which says "New Site Name", write the name of the classmate.
8. Click on "add link" and then click on "save" at the bottom. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. If you don't save it, it won't appear on your blog. 
9. Repeat this for all the other classmates.

Great! We are now ready to read each other's posts and comment on them. Any problems, send me a mail to the gmail address.