There was a capacity attendance at the Rock Bar on Gillabbey Street on
Monday, September 14th., for the CDPA qualifying competition for the
2009 Killarney Darts Festival. The event
was organised by the Cork Darts Players' Association for it's members
and with six places at stake for the event in the Gleneagle Hotel the 48
players that competed on the night treated the spectators to a feast of
darts.
Alan Ramsell and Anthony Boyle won through to the Killarney Festival for
the second successive year when they defeated Dave Kelleher {3-1} and
Mick Hennessy {3-2} in their respective group finals.
All of the matches were very closely fought on the night with four of
the six deciders going the full distance. Ricky O'Regan defeated
Mick Maguire, Tony Manning defeated Tony McGregor and John Kidney
defeated Noel McCarthy all on 3-2 scorelines while former Cork County
Youth player, Gary Condron, defeated Maurice O'Donovan 3-1 in his first
CDPA competition.
The six qualifiers will now compete against the world's top darts
players in the Gleneagle Irish Masters and the John McEvoy Gold Dart
Classic Pro Tour at the Killarney Festival on the weekend of October
16th. to 18th.
40 pairs competed in the annual CDPA Autumn Doubles Championship at
Ardmanning House on Monday, September 21st., and victory went to Maurice
O'Donovan and Eric Dunlea from the Horse Shoe Inn who defeated Timmy
Ryan and Jack Quinn from the Rock Bar in the final.
Major Sponsorship Deal
for CDPA.
Photo - Brendon Dolan {Maher Sports} presenting the sponsorship cheque
to the CDPA Treasurer, Chris Collins. On the left is Noel McCarthy {CDPA
Secretary}.
The Cork Darts Players' Association has secured a major sponsorship deal
with Maher Sports and Unicorn for the forthcoming Cork City and District
Darts League which commenced on Monday night, September 28th.
Details of the sponsorship were announced on at Ardmanning House in
Togher by Brendon Dolan {representing Maher Sports} and Dave McCarthy
{representing Unicorn}. CDPA Chairman,
Michael O'Sullivan, expressed sincere gratitude to the new sponsors for
their very generous commitment to Cork Darts and he urged all of the
Association's members to support the sponsors.
Maher Sports presented all of the CDPA members with Loyalty Cards which
can be used to purchase sports goods at discounted prices in the Maher
Sports Shops around Cork City and Unicorn Products presented top of the
range Eclipse Pro dartboards for all CDPA competitions.
The Cork City and District League has now been re-named the Maher
Sports/ Unicorn Darts League and it has 24 teams competing in three
divisions.
Cork players dominated this competition with Peter Quinn reaching the
quarter-finals and Damian O'Driscoll, John Paul Dowdall, Declan
O'Sullivan and Pakie Donovan collecting prize money for the last
sixteen.
