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Cork Ladies' Team -
Winners of Irish Inter-Counties 2003.
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Cork Youths' Team -
Runners-up Irish Inter-Counties 2003.
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Cork Teams in top form at
Inter-Counties:
The Cork county teams were in
tremendous form at the Irish Inter- Counties Championships
in Limerick winning the ladies' title, finishing runners-up
in the youths' event and the men going out in the quarter-
finals to the eventual champions, Donegal.
The event was staged in the
plush surroundings of the South Court Hotel and with twenty
two counties competing the hotel was buzzing for the
weekend.
The men eliminated Sligo and
Westmeath in the preliminary rounds but they failed to take
their chances against Donegal and they lost 3-7.
The youths' team had many
inexperienced players in their squad but they showed great
determination as they reached the final with some excellent
displays. Mayo were experienced campaigners,
however, and they lifted the title with a 4-1 victory.
The Cork ladies defied the
critics once again with an excellent displey in the 'red
jersey' as they defeated the title-holders Mayo in the
quarter-finals and then came from 1-3 down to Carlow to
fashion a brilliant 4-3 win to set themselves up with a
clash with Sligo in the final. Cork again went behind in
this match but in typical style they fought back to take the
title with a 4-2 victory.
Cork Players in Tramore
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Jason Roche became
the fourth Cork player in succession to win the
Tramore Youths' Cup at the Winter Gala 2003.
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Cork players made their presence
felt at the Winter Darts Gala in Tramore with some fine
performances in all of the competitions.
On Saturday John Harte and Declan
O'Sullivan were defeated in the final of the Men's Doubles while
Bronagh Mallon and Anne O'Sullivan reached the final of the
women's event.
Sunday was Singles' day and again
we were well represented with four players, Eddie Cull, Brendan
Corcoran, Joe Collins and John Harte, reaching the
quarter-finals. Cull, however, was the only one to
advance but he was unfortunate to come up against an in-form
Jack McKenna in the final and he lost 0-4.
Sharon Buckley was our best player
in women's singles. She went out in the semi-finals to Sandy
Ashton (Limerick )
Our youth players stole the
limelight with Jason Roche and Aidan O'Sullivan reaching the
final from an entry of more than forty players. Jason
upstaged his more experienced opponent as he captured the
Tramore Cup with a 3-2 victory.
Jason and Eddie go
Dutch!
Cork county players, Jason
Kavanagh and Eddie Cull, are off on their travels again in
February when they head for Veldhoven in the Netherlands to
compete in the Dutch Open.
We wish them well as they hope to
emulate their performances in the British Open last September
when they both reached the last 64 in the Open Singles.
Cork County Darts:
Our county teams were in superb form at the Munster
Inter-Counties Challenge in Limerick winning three out of the
four competitions on the programme.
In the Men's A competition, played on a round robin basis, Cork
started well with a 10-2 win over Tipperary but they lost their
second match 5-7 to Limerick. They rallied well,
however, and trounced Clare 11-1 and finished with a 7-5 victory
over Waterford.
The 'B' team won all of their matches to win their event while the
ladies dropped only one game throughout the day for a convincing
win.
There were many new faces on the youths' squad but they put on a
spirited show and finished runners-up to Clare in their event.
All of the Cork teams are now gearing up for the Irish Championships
in February.
Cork City Darts:
The final sessions in the Cork City and District League were
played at Ardmanning House with the last four teams from the
three divisions in attendance.
The Capwell Bar retained the Mick Fowler Memorial Trophy with a
hard-fought 3-2 victory over the Millwheel. The beaten
semi-finalists were Jim Cashman's and An Ciotog (1 ) Ye Olde
Tavern (2 ) took the 2nd. division title and the Liam Downey
Memorial Trophy with
3-2 wins against Forde's (1 ) in the semis and Tory Top in the
final. Beer Garden (1 ) were the other semi-finalists
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BallyReds (1 ) captured their first silverware when they
defeated An Ciotog (2 ) in the final of Division (3 ) on a
3-1 scoreline.
East Cork Darts:
The first three league competitions of the season in East Cork have
produced shock results with the fancied teams losing out in their
respective finals.
The Thatch (Killeagh ) won Division (1 ) of the Heineken
League with a 4-1 victory over Sean McGrath's Bar (Ballycotton
). County player Brendan Corcoran was McGraths' only winner.
Harbour Point were odds-on to lift the 2nd. Division title but they
had no answers on finals' night for a youthful Colbert's team who
won the title with a 4-2 victory. The ladies from
Johnny Mac's (Rostellan ) outscored a very strong Barry's team
from Castlemartyr in their final with Tricia McCarthy being voted
'Player of the Match'.
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