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May 2010
Maytime
Festival at the Silver Springs Hotel
The inaugural Maytime Darts Festival was
held at the Silver Springs Moran Hotel,
Tivoli, Cork, on May 22nd./ 23rd., and
it was an outstanding success with
players from all corners of the country
attending.
The Festival commenced on Saturday with
the 2010 Irish Women's Matchplay
Championship which was a qualifying
competition for the new PDC Women's
World Championship.
The standard of play was extremely high
with all of the country's top female
throwers in town hoping to win through
to the last 32 of the World event.
After a great afternoon of darts the
cream rose to the top as Ireland's two
most experienced players, Sharon O'Brien
{Kildare] and Denise Cassidy {Fermanagh},
emerged victorious and will now take on
the best in the world in Barnsley,
England, on June 12th.
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Nicola O'Donovan and Kathryn
Hewitt |
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Peter Quinn and Craig Sproat |
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Kay O'Connell and Denise
Cassidy |
The best of the Cork girls was Nicola
O'Donovan who took Denise Cassidy all
the way in the final qualifying match
and was unlucky to lose 3 - 4.
Cork players, Kathryn Hewitt, Sharon
Buckley and Aisling Feiriteur, were
defeated were also in the shake-up and
lost out in the quarter-finals.
Nicola and Kathryn continued their good
run on Saturday night when they reached
the final of the Ladies' Doubles before
losing to the Kildare pairing of Sharon
Buckley and Susan McKenna.
Two other Cork pairs, Anne O'Sullivan/
Kay McCarthy and Aisling Feiriteur/
Sharon Buckley, were beaten in the
semi-finals.
The home supporters had more to shout
for in the Men's Doubles with Peter
Quinn and Craig Sproat taking the first
prize with a 4 - 2 victory over Mick
Egan and Joe Coyne.
Photo - Kay O'Carroll and Denise Cassidy
Cork players were well in contention in
the three Singles events on Sunday and
in particular Kay O'Carroll who gave the
World qualifier, Denise Cassidy, a
fright in the Ladies' decider.
This was an outstanding match with the
Northern Ireland International just
getting through on a 4 - 3 scoreline.
Another Cork player, Nuala Madden, was
beaten in the semi-finals.
Ryan Courtney was beaten in the final of
the Youths' Singles by the Republic of
Ireland No.1, Paddy Meaney {Kilkenny},
while Joe Collins and Peter Quinn lost
out in the semi-finals of the Men's
Singles.
Joe lost 3 - 5 to the eventual winner,
Jimmy Murphy {Limerick}, and Peter was
unlucky to go down 4 - 5 to the
runner-up, Denis McCarthy {Kilkenny}.
Cork players, Damien O'Driscoll and
Jason Kavanagh, were beaten in the
quarter-finals.
World Darts Event for Cork
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Cork County player,
Kay O'Carroll, with Norina O'Callaghan {Sales and Marketing
Manager, Silver Springs Moran Hotel} |
The Conference Centre at the
Silver Springs Moran Hotel in
Tivoli, Cork City, will be the
venue for a new major darts
event on the weekend of May
22nd./ 23rd., 2010.
The Maytime Darts Festival will
have six different events on the
programme and it is expected to
attract darts throwers from all
corners of the country.
The Festival will commence on
Saturday, May 22nd. at 2.00pm
with the Irish Women's Matchplay
Championship which is a
qualifying competition for the
2010 PDC Unicorn Women's World
Championship.
Two Irish players will qualify
on the day to compete in the
last 32 in the world event which
will have a prize fund of Stg. £
30,000 and a top prize of Stg. £
10,000 for the winner.
Many of Ireland's top players,
including Denise Cassidy {Fermanagh},
Sharon O'Brien {Kildare} and
local players, Kay O'Carroll and
Aisling Feiriteur, have already
entered the Silver Springs
qualifier and, hopefully, one of
them can reach the final of the
World Championship which will be
televised live from Blackpool
before the final of the World Matchplay at the Winter Gardens
next July.
The closing date for receipt of
entries for the Women's
Matchplay is May 19th.
The Maytime Festival will
continue on the Saturday evening
at 8.00pm with separate Men's
and Ladies' Doubles competitions
and entries for these events
will be accepted at the
Conference Centre from 7.30pm on
the night.
The Festival will conclude on
Sunday, May 23rd., with Men's,
Ladies' and Youths' Under-18
Singles events starting at 12
noon.
Entries for the Men's Singles
will close on Wednesday, May
19th., while entries for the
Ladies' and Youths' Singles will
be accepted at the venue.
Entry forms and full details of
the Festival are available from
Michael O'Sullivan
{087-2648291}. Entry
forms are also available at
reception in the hotel.
Special overnight accommodation
rates are available at the hotel
over the weekend. Contact
021-4507533 for reservation.
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Horse
Shoe Inn - - Winners of the Cork City Challenge
Cup 2009/2010 |
Horse Shoe Inn Win Challenge Cup
Congratulations to the Horse Shoe
Inn on winning the Cork City
Challenge Cup on Monday night, May
10th., at Ardmanning House in Togher.
They defeated the Harp Bar {2} 3-2
in the final.
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Billy Shannon, captain of
Harp {1}, winners of the Shandon
Plate. |
Plate for Harp {1}
The final
of the Shandon Plate was also played
on the same night and it was
better luck for the Harp as their
number one team took the title with
a 3-2 victory over the Brown Derby
{2}.
Cork Players Through to Championship
Finals
The final
round of matches in the 2010 Ireland
Players' Championship were completed on
April 25th. and five Cork players have
made it through to the Grand Finals of
the Men's Championship on June 27th.
John O'Shea was Cork's top player in the
Championship, finishing at number three,
and he will be one of the seeded players
in the Grand Finals.
Craig Sproat,
Peter Quinn, John Paul Dowdall and Kevin
McDonnell also finished in the Top 32.
Unfortunately, Cork will not be
represented in the Ladies' Finals with
Kay O'Carroll just missing the cut but
Ashley Walsh has made it through to the
last eight of the Youths' Championship.
Four Cork players, Kyle Ramsell, Dean
Forde, Paul Donovan and James Howes,
will contest the Youths' Plate at the
Grand Finals.
All
qualifiers are reminded to return their
Acceptance Forms by May 19th.
April 2010
Golden Arrows - Great Success !
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Champione - Stephen O'Leary,
Eric Dunlea and Brian Treacy |
115 players entered the annual CDPA Golden
Arrows Singles Championships which were held at Ardmanning House in Togher on Monday, April
19th.
The players competed in three divisions and
after a marathon session the victors were Eric Dunlea from the Horse Shoe Inn, Brian Treacy from the
Southside and Stephen O'Leary {Tory Top}
In Division {1} Eric Dunlea defeated Ebor Benson
{Rock} in the semi-finals and went on to defeat another Rock player, Timmy Ryan, 3 - 0 in the
final. Mark Towler was the other semi-finalist.
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Timmy Ryan. |
There was some consolation for Timmy Ryan as he
hit the highest check-out of 147 on the night.
The 2nd. Division title went to Brian Treacy
{Southside} who defeated Dave Cowhig {Huntsman} by three legs to one in the final.
The beaten semi-finalists in this division were
Hugh Elliott and Tony Manning, both from the Harp.
The final of Division {3} was a cracker between
two up and coming young stars, Stephen O'Leary {Tory Top} and Denis Murphy {Ardmanning}, and
victory went to the Tory Top player on a 3 - 2 scoreline after a very close contest.
The beaten semi-finalists in Division {3} were
Brian Kenny and Shane Quinn.
No Success for Cork in Tramore
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Nigel Connell and John
O'Donovan - Runners-up in Doubles |
None of the Cork players or teams appeared in
the winners' enclosure at the Tramore Spring Festival.
On the Friday night Nigel Connell and John
O'Donovan from West Cork were in great form in the Men's Doubles competition and were unlucky to lose 2 -
3 in the final. Anne O'Sullivan and Kay McCarthy reached the
quarter of the Ladies' Doubles.
In the Inter-Counties Challenge competitions on
the Saturday the Cork ladies' lost out to the eventual winners, Kildare, in the semi-finals while the
Cork men's team were beaten by Wexford in the last eight.
In the Ladies' Singles on the final day of the
Festival Sharon Buckley lost in the semi-finals and Ashling Feiriteur went out in the quarter-finals while
in the Youths' Singles James Howes also reached the last eight.
Kidney is
Singles Champion
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John Kidney {Huntsman} on the
left with Timmy Ryan {CDPA} |
John Kidney from the Huntsman Bar won the
annual CDPA Division {1} Singles at the Rock
Bar when he defeated Anthony Murphy from the
Rock 3-2 in the final.
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John Kidney {Winner} and Anthony
Murphy {Runner-up} |
The beaten semi-finalists were Harry Hegarty
and Eric Dunlea and Dunlea also recorded the
highest check-out of 127 on the night.
48 players competed in the event and a prize
fund of € 600 was paid out.
Cork
Players in Ireland Championships.
With one round to go in the 2010 Ireland
Players' Championship Cork players are still
performing well and the Rebel County will be
well-represented in the Grand Finals at the
end of June.
On March 28th. at the Green Isle Hotel in
Dublin Craig Sproat was the best of the Cork
players in the Men's Championship with some
notable scalps in reaching the semi-finals
and guaranteeing his place on finals day.
Craig eliminated the Irish Matchplay
Champion, Aodhagan O'Neill, and the Northern
Ireland No.1, Daryl Gurney, before losing
out to the eventual winner, P.J. Moylan, by
6 legs to 4 in the semis.
Peter Quinn was also in top form in
defeating the top-ranked player, Shane
O'Connor, and he is now in the Top 32
and in a good position to qualify for the
finals. John O'Shea,
Kevin McDonnell and John Paul Dowdall are
also in the Top 32 with five other Cork
players, Eddie Cull, Damien O'Driscoll,
Jason Kavanagh, Johnny Donovan and Declan
O'Sullivan, all still in with a chance of
qualifying if they produce the goods in the
final round on April 25th. Kay
O'Carroll is still holding on to her Top 8
position on the Ladies' Rankings but she
will need to up her performance to make it
to the finals. Ashling Feiriteur is not far
behind and could still make the cut.
Ashley Walsh is at No. 6 on the Youths'
Rankings but Dean Forde has slipped down the
list after losing in the first round in
Dublin. He will need to spend some time on
the practise
board to make up lost ground otherwise he
will be playing in the Youths' Plate with
possibly
Kyle Ramsell and Paul Donovan.
