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March 2011

The Goblet Win Super Trophy

Paul O’Rourke {Rock Bar}, Tommy Ryan {Goblet Bar} and Michael O’Sullivan {CDPA}

The Goblet Bar won the inaugural CDPA Division {1} Super Cup with a 3 – 2 victory over

the Beer Garden {1} at the Rock Bar on Monday, March 28^th.

In the semi-finals the Goblet defeated Tory Top {1} and the Beer Garden {1} defeated

the Evergreen Bar.

Paul O’Rourke {Rock}, Alan Uniacke {Southside} and Timmy Ryan {CDPA}

The Southside Bar defeated the Huntsman Bar 3 – 2 in the final of the Rock Trophy.

Victory for John O’Shea in Abbeyleix

John O’Shea

Cork’s John O’Shea won Round Five of the 2011 Ireland Players’ Championship at the Abbeyleix Manor Hotel on Sunday, March 27th. He defeated Northern Ireland International Daryl Gurney 6 – 4 in the final.

Kyle Ramsell reached the semi-finals of the Youths’ Championship and Aisling Feiriteur was beaten in the quarter-finals of the Ladies’ Championship.

Forde’s Bar Win Jerry Quinn Memorial

Jerry Quinn presenting the Gerry Quinn Memorial Trophy to Neil Higgins {Forde’s}

Forde’s Bar won the Jerry Quinn Memorial Trophy with a 3 – 0 victory over Kirby’s Korner {1}
In the final at the Harp Lounge Bar. The beaten semi-finalists were Deanrock {1} and Friars Walk Tavern.

Abbey and Harp Clinch 5-a-Side Titles


Brendon Dolan {Mahers Sports} presenting the Division {1} Trophy to Gary Condron {Captain Abbey Tavern}	Brendon Dolan {Mahers Sports} presenting the Division {2} Trophy to Mick Hennessy {Captain Harp 2}

On Monday, February 28th., the Deanrock Darts Arena was the venue for the Grand Finals of the Mahers Sports/ Unicorn 5-a-side Leagues, organised by the Cork Darts Players’ Association.

In Division {1} the title-holders, Evergreen Bar, made an early exit when they went down 1 – 3 to the Rock Bar in the semi-finals. Mark Willis was the only winner for the losers but his 11 dart finish in one of the legs could not encourage his team-mates to raise their game.

The Abbey Tavern had to come from behind to defeat the Beer Garden {1} in the other semi-final to set-up a Gillabbey Street derby with the Rock.

This was a typical high tension derby match which went all the way before Gary Condron clinched the title for the Abbey Tavern with a 3 – 2 victory over Con Delaney.

The Harp {2} were convincing winners of Division {2} with 3 – 0 victories over the Tory Top {2} and the Ovens Bar. The other beaten semi-finalists were the Ferry Arms.

Two play-off matches in the Jerry Quinn Memorial Trophy were also played at the Deanrock on Monday night and the results of these were wins for the Friars Walk Tavern over Kirby’s Korner {2} and Deanrock {1} who defeated Redmond’s Club.

Kay O’Carroll

Kay Tops Rankings List

Kay O’Carroll moved back to number one on the Ireland Ladies’ Rankings List after another good performance at Round Three of the Championship at the Silver Springs Moran Hotel in Cork.

Another Cork player, Aisling Feiriteur, is now in joint second place just four points behind Kay and Aisling’s doubles partner, Sharon Buckley, is now ranked in the top ten after reaching the final of the ladies’ event in Cork.

Cork Players Perform Well at Silver Springs Hotel


John O’Shea	Sharon Buckley	John Nyhan

Cork darts fans were treated to some fantastic entertainment over the last weekend of February at the Silver Springs Moran Hotel.

Darts players from all over Ireland converged on the Convention Centre at the Silver Springs Moran Hotel for the Leeside Darts Festival on Saturday and Sunday with Round Three of the Ireland Players’ Championship being the first event on the programme.

Sharon Buckley and Aisling Feiriteur

Cork were off to a great start with reigning Irish Champion, John O’Shea, winning the Men’s competition with a victory over Ian Dobson from Charleville and Sharon Buckley from Kinsale was unlucky not to make it a Cork double when she lost out to Northern Ireland International, Denise Cassidy, in the Ladies’ Final.

Sharon made amends on Saturday night when she won the Ladies’ Doubles with her partner Aisling Feiriteur and Ian Dobson teamed up with another Charleville player, Darrell Hodgson, to win the men’s event.

In the Singles competitions on Sunday John Nyhan from Carrigaline was the best of the local players going all the way to the final before losing to Denis McCarthy {Kilkenny}.

February 2011

John O’Shea on Tour

Photo attached

The 2010 Ireland Players’ Champion, John O’Shea from Cork (pictured right), has decided to try his hand on the PDC Professional circuit and his first outing was at the Moorway Centre in Derby on February 19^th/ 20^th.

In the first of the two PDC Players’ Championship events he was drawn against former world champion John Part on the Saturday and O’Shea put on a great performance before losing 3 – 6.

Shane O’Connor from Dublin was his opponent in Sunday’s event and this was a great match with O’Connor going through on a 6 – 4 scoreline.

Sports Star Award for Kay O’Carroll

Shay Livingstone {Rochestown Park}, Kay O’Carroll and Mandy Gabriel {Rochestown Park}

Cork darts player, Kay O’Carroll, was honoured at the Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork on Wednesday, February 16^th. when she was presented with the Female Sports Star of the Month Award for January.

The award was jointly sponsored by the Rochestown Park Hotel, Newbridge Silverware and the Evening Echo.

Kay with her family members

A very enjoyable day was had by all at the Rochestown Park Hotel with members of Kay’s family and a group of her darts colleagues in attendance.

Eric Dunlea Wins Mr. Darts Singles

Chris Collins {CDPA Treasurer and Eric Dunlea}

85 players from Divisions {1} and {2} of the Cork City and District League competed in the CDPA Singles competition which was generously sponsored by Mr. Darts {Tony Hickey} and Redmond’s GAA Club.

The competition was won by Eric Dunlea {Evergreen Bar} who defeated Des McKinney {Ferry Arms} by three legs to two in a very close and exciting final.

In the semi-finals Eric defeated John Kidney {Huntsman} and Des defeated Terry Barrett {Abbey Tavern}.

The last sixteen players qualified to compete in the Ireland Players’ Championship and the Men’s Open Singles at the Leeside Darts Festival at the Silver Springs Moran Hotel.

Kay O’Carroll Has Great Weekend in Tramore

Congratulations to Kay O’Carroll who won the Sharon Rafter Memorial Ladies’ Trophy at the Tramore Winter Gala for the first time when she defeated the reigning champion and five-times winner, Sharon O’Brien {Kildare} on a 4 – 3 scoreline in the final at O’Shea’s Hotel.

In the semi-finals Kay defeated Susan McKenna 3 – 2 and Sharon defeated Linda Harte 3 – 1.

Kay also competed in Round Two of the Ireland Ladies’ Championship at the Tramore venue and she was unlucky to lose out in the quarter-finals to the eventual winner Teresa Maher from Laois.

Kay is now ranked at number two on the Ireland Ladies’ Rankings and she is looking forward to the next round which will be held at the Silver Springs Hotel in Cork on Saturday, February 26^th.

Another Cork player, Aisling Feiriteur, is also performing well in the Championship and she is currently ranked at number five.

New Name on Memorial Trophy

Anne O’Sullivan with Terry Barrett {Winner} and Tony McGregor {Runner-up

The 23^rd. Annual Tom O’Sullivan Memorial Singles Tournament was organised by the Cork Darts Players Association on Sunday, January 2^nd., and it attracted a capacity attendance at the Deanrock Darts Arena in Togher.

Young Shane Quinn put on a great show on Board {1} before bowing out to the reigning champion, Anthony Boyle, in the board final while Patrick Irwin caused an upset in defeating Adrian Wright in the final of Board {2}.

Tony McGregor was buzzing on Board {3} with a string of impressive victories and he reached the semi-finals with a 4 – 1 victory over Mark Towler who had advanced from Board {4}.

In the bottom half of the draw Terry Barrett moved into the last four with a 4 – 1 win over Benny De Luca in the quarter-finals.

Eric Dunlea won through from Board {7} and he won his semi-final spot against Barrett when he eliminated Noel McCarthy on a 4 – 2 scoreline.

The semi-finals produced two cracking matches with surprise results as Tony McGregor defeated last year’s winner, Anthony Boyle, 4 – 1 and Terry Barrett beating Eric Dunlea in a 4 – 3 cliff-hanger.

In the final Tony hit a maximum 180 and Terry had a 134 check-out as the first five legs went with the throw but Terry made the breakthrough in the sixth leg against the darts and there was a new name on the trophy when he captured first prize of € 400 with a 5 – 2 victory.

Tony McGregor

Tony McGregor picked up € 200 for his day’s work which included a hat-trick of maximum 180’s throughout the afternoon.

Jonathan Hayes had the Highest Check-out of 138 in the tournament and a total of eight 180’s were recorded in the competition.

Michael O’Sullivan presenting the Ladies’ Trophy to Kay O’Carroll

There was a separate Ladies’ Singles competition on the day and victory went to the title-holder, Kay O’Carroll, who defeated Anne O’Sullivan in the final.

CDPA 5-a-side League Gets Underway

The Mahers Sports/ Unicorn 5-a-side League, organised by the Cork Darts Players’ Association, commenced on Monday, January 10^th., with a full series of matches in all three divisions.

Twelve teams will be competing in Division {1} and they have been divided into two sections. The Evergreen Bar, winners of the Michael Fowler Memorial Trophy and K-Cabs Team Fours in the first half of the season, are in Section {1} and they opened their campaign with 4 - 1 away over the Beer Garden {1}.

In Section {2} new team Billy Fudd’s were away to the Huntsman in Belgooly and lost 2 – 3 while the Arches Bar in Carrignavar, defeated the Southside Bar 3 – 2.

Ma Dullea’s travelled out to the Tory Top {2} in their first match in Division {2} and were unlucky to lose 1 – 4 while in the top match in this division the Ferry Arms defeated the Harp {2} 4 – 1 down in Passage West. in Passage West.

Kirby’s Korner {1} are the ante-post favourites to win the Jerry Quinn Memorial Trophy in Division {3} and they started their campaign with a 4 -1 victory over the Friars Walk Tavern.

Forde’s Bar finished off 2010 with a great victory in Division {3} of the Team Fours and they will have a big say in the outcome of this division. They had a 5 – 0 victory in their ‘local derby’ against the Brown Derby.