Resignation as Captain as Ad hoc Darts

Carrie Lewis
Stroke Survivors Tattler

Dear Stroke Survivors,

Two and a half years ago, we started a group of Stroke Survivors in Edmonton to play darts, we had a lots of casual conversation, and played nearly every week.  The rules of darts we tried, usually, 301 and sometime 501. If you know or you don't know how to play, it is does not matter but just have fun and you will absorb the rules by playing.

We started the name of our group, "Ad hoc Darts", and it stuck -- we tried as well "Friends of Frazier", "Coffee Klatch", ... (by the way Frazier was ALWAYS there!).

The people were "stroke survivors", "stroke recovery", "caregivers", "professional" and many people link in some kind of "stroke". There maximum about 25 people came and sometimes there was only 2 but we played regardless.  The people are weird (usually any group is weird!) and we accepted people with wheelchair, a cane, a gimp leg, aphasia and speech challenged, or even invisible stroke...

We started at the Irish bar near the building of MacEwan, an University of Alberta at 109St & 104Ave.  We went about 7pm on Tuesday and we finished about 9pm.  But the most important is location - it was close to the LRT and free parking - so many came.  Eventually in the summer of 2011 they rebuild the Irish bar without dart boards, so, we changed to the Hilltop. It was not busy every Tuesday (very good!) and it has very professional darts boards but the only difficult is transportation - if you can't drive to it then you have to get the LRT plus Edmonton Bus #1, unfortunately.

This summer 2013 we decided to close it down for Ad hoc Darts right now. Maybe we will find a nice bar with good transportation in the future, maybe we will change from darts to chess, checkers,... Anyways, I do not know when I will return - perhaps for another great idea in the future and that may join to help others stroke survivors.  I had enjoyment of the many conversations with all of you. I've had fun and I learned a lot, and most important, this has helped in my recovery too.

Cheers! / Carrie
PS:    Keep maintaining a 'Good Life' - it is up to you!