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DARTS IN CORK - NEWS

Darts in Cork/ Cork News:

November 2009

Ashley Reaches Final of Youths' Championship

Ashley Walsh {right} pictured with Paddy Meaney

Ashley Walsh from East Cork was the best of the Cork players in Round One of the 2010 Ireland Youths' Championship in Kilkenny where he lost 0-3 to Paddy Meaney {Kilkenny} in the final.

Another Cork player, Dean Forde, suffered the same fate against Meaney in the semi-finals and

Ryan Courtney lost in the quarter-finals.

Kay O'Carroll was beaten in the semi-finals of the Ladies' Championship by Theresa Maher {Laois} who lost out in the final to Denise Cassidy {Fermanagh}.

Cork players were also to the fore in the Men's Championship with John O'Shea and Craig Sproat picking up a couple of nice cheques in reaching the semi-finals. Craig lost 2-6 to the eventual winner Shane O'Connor while John went down 4-6 to the Northern Ireland International Daryl Gurney.

Kevin McDonnell also had a great run in the men's event - - - he reached the quarter-finals.

Change of Venue Brings Change of Luck

Abbey Tavern - Winners of Michael Fowler Memorial Trophy

Noel McCarthy's team moved house at the start of the season from the Capwell Bar to the Abeey

Tavern and it brought them an instant change of luck after a few lean years.

On Monday, November 23rd. they captured the Michael Fowler Memorial Trophy with a victory over the Goblet Bar in the final of Division {1} of the Maher Sports/ Unicorn League.

The beaten semi-finalists were the Horse Shoe Inn and the Huntsman {1}.

The Southside Bar won the Liam Downey Memorial Trophy with a victory over the Rock {2} in the 2nd. Division decider while the Rob Roy had a long overdue victory in Division {3} with a win over the Deanrock {1}.

Anthony Troy - - - East Cork Player of the Month.

Brian McCarthy {Secretary East Cork Darts} Ned Donovan {Chairman ECDA}, Anthony Troy {Session Bar} and John Villiers Tuthill {Manager Midleton Park Hotel}

The East Cork Darts Association, under the Chairmanship of Ned Donovan} voted Anthony Troy from the Session Bar in Midleton as their Player of the Month for October and a presentation was made by Mr. John Tuthill Villiers {Manager of the Midleton Park Hotel}.

Annie Gets Her Man !

After many years of dodging the bullets Yours Truly was eventually "rounded up" and "booted"

down the aisle by my long-suffering partner Anne on Friday, November 27th. Myself and the Missus wish to thank everybody who turned up at the "Lynching Party" and we are very grateful for all of the cards and presents that we received.

The darts season was put on hold for a week as we headed off on the long-awaited honeymoon and, believe it or not, we spent the last night in Lanzarote LINE DANCING at a Texas Ranch ! YEEHAW !!!

Rumour has it that we may have started a trend ! ! ! - - - Who's next ? ? ?

October 2009

Cork Players Perform in Killarney

Almost 80 Cork darts players travelled to the Gleneagle Hotel for the annual Killarney Darts Festival on the weekend of October 16th. to 18th. and they figured well in the prize money in all competitions.

The main event at the Festival was the John McEvoy Gold Dart Classic which featured most of the top-ranked players on the PDC circuit and the Irish players competed in a special qualifying competition on the Friday night for a chance to take on the pros.

Cork players, Gary Bollard {Belgooly}, Eugene Murnane {Bantry}, Ian McCarthy {City} and Danny Ward {Charleville} all won through to the Pro Tour event.

The Gleneagle Irish Masters attracted an entry of 333 players on the Saturday and once again Cork players made their presence felt.

John Kidney from the Huntsman Bar {Belgooly}

Darren O'Hea, Damien O'Driscoll, Ian Dobson, Jason Kavanagh, Peter Quinn, Joe Colins and John Kidney all picked up cheques.

The Masters was won by Phil Taylor who defeated Wayne Jones 6-1 in the final.

Moving on to the John McEvoy Gold Dart Classic and some more great performances from the Cork players.

Anthony Boyle from the Harp Bar

Anthony Boyle caused a big upset when he defeated Dublin's Jacko Barry while Damien O'Driscoll knocked out another PDC player, Joe Cullen, before losing to Wes Newton on a 4-6 scoreline.

Mark Willis, Joe Collins and Pakie Donovan all picked up cheques for Stg £200 in this event. For the record, Phil Taylor also won this event when he defeated Paul Nicholson in the final.

Dean Forde from the City was in excellent form in the Bronze Dart Youths' Trophy where he reached the final before bowing out to the reigning champion, Paddy Meaney {Kilkenny}.

Kay O'Carroll was the best of the Cork players in the Silver Dart Ladies' Singles where she reached the semi-finals before losing to Rebecca Rose from England.

Denise Cassidy from Fermanagh retained her title in this event.

Phil Taylor in Cork

Kay O'Carroll pictured with Phil Taylor in Mahers' Shop

Prior to his trip to the Killarney Darts Festival Phil "The Power" Taylor stopped off in Cork City where he spent two hours in Mahers' Sports Shop on Maylor Street.

Hundreds of fans turned up on the day to greet their hero who played against some of the locals and who signed autographs for the duration of his fleet visit.

Many thanks to Mahers and Unicorn for a memorable event.