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Another Championship
Victory for Limerick
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Jimmy Murphy and Mick
Barry |
Jimmy Murphy kept the Limerick flag flying at the Springhill Court Hotel
in Kilkenny when he defeated Mick Barry from Dublin in the final of
Round Five of the 2009 Ireland Players' Championship.
A total of one hundred and seventy players competed on the day and
matches were once again played at a very high standard.
In the semi-finals Murphy defeated John Elder while Barry had a victory
over Aodhagan O'Neill. Peter Quinn [Cork} recorded a maximum
finish of 170 on the day but nobody came close to capturing the Jackpot
Prize of € 800 for a 9-dart check-out.
This prize will now increase to € 1,000 for Round Six in Dublin on May
16th.
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Kay O'Carroll and
Sharon O'Brien |
In the Ladies' Championship Sharon O'Brien {Kildare} came out on top
again with a win over Kay O'Carroll from Cork in the final.
The beaten semi-finalists were Caroline Breen {Galway} and Denise
Cassidy {Fermanagh}
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Paddy Meaney |
44 players competed in the Youths'
Championship with Paddy Meaney {Kilkenny} taking the honours with a
3-1 win over James Gearon {Tipperary} in the final.
The beaten semi-finalists were Ryan
Courtney and Craig Casey.
Change of Date for Grand Finals
Please note that the date for the Grand Finals
of the 2009 Ireland Players' Championships has been brought forward to Saturday, August 1st.,
due to circumstances beyond our control.
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 Ian Dobson Wins Damian Connolly
Memorial
(Photo - Mrs. Lily Connolly presenting
the Damian Connolly Memorial Trophy to the winner Ian Dobson)
The inaugural Damian Connolly Memorial Men's
Singles competition was won by Ian Dobson (Limerick) when he defeated Dermot Kelliher
(Kerry) in the final at the Tramore Spring Festival at O'Shea's Hotel.
128 players competed on the day and the beaten
semi-finalists were Damian O'Driscoll (Cork) and Steve McDonnell (Meath)
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Sharon O'Brien (right) was once again the leading lady in
Tramore when she captured the Ladies' Singles
title
with a victory over Gemma Keogh {Kilkenny}. She also
captained her Kildare team-mates to victory over Wexford in the
final of the Ladies' Inter-Counties Challenge.
55
players competed in the Ladies' Singles and Sharon was in unbeatable
form as she defeated Nicola O'Donovan {Cork} in the semis before
taking the title with a 4-0 victory in the final.
The other beaten semi-finalist was Maeve O'Connor {Carlow}
Nineteen
teams competed in the Ladies' Inter-Counties Challenge and Kildare
won the title for the second time with a 3-1 victory over Wexford in
the final. The beaten semi-finalists were Limerick
and East Cork.
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 Dublin Win Men's Challenge
(Photo - Dublin Patriot's team with
their manager Alan Byrne)
Twenty nine teams competed in the Men's
Inter-Counties Challenge in Tramore and the Dublin Patriot's team came out on top with a
4-2 victory over the 2008 Champions Kildare.
In the semi-finals the Dubs defeated Wexford (A)
4-2 while the Lily-Whites had a 4-3 win against Wexord (B).
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Youths' Double for Paddy Meaney
Paddy Meaney from Kilkenny recorded a double
victory in the Under-21 and Under-18 Singles competitions for the second consecutive year at
the Tramore Spring Festival.
In the Under-21 Singles he defeated David Stack
(Cork) 3-1 in the final while he had a similar win over another Cork player, Ryan Courtney, in
the Under-18 decider.
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Benny Wins in Wexford
Benny Grace {Kilkenny} came close to a 9-dart
check-out in the final of the David Kehoe Memorial Singles Tournament at the
Millennium Bar, Davidstown, Co. Wexford.
In the first leg of the final against Martin
Murphy {Kildare} Benny hit treble 20's with his first seven darts but
clipped the wire on treble 19 to set him up for the elusive finish.
Benny won the competition with a 5-2 win over
Martin.
The beaten semi-finalists were local players,
Alan Doyle and Dominic Fenlon. On the same day Martina Scallan
defeated Wexford team-mate Ashling O'Leary in the ladies' final.
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Northwest Open Doubles
{Photo - John Gallagher congratulating
Sean Gallagher and Justin McGuigan on winning the Northwest Open Doubles}
Sean Gallagher and Justin McGuigan won the 3rd.
Annual Northwest Open Doubles at the Central Hotel
in Newtownstewart, County Tyrone, when they
defeated Felix McBrearty and Eamon McGovern 5-4 in the final
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 Big Tom Performs the Honours in
Castleblaney
{Photo - Country and Western singer Big
Tom presents the Ted Finnegan Cup to Martin Carvill}
128 players competed in the annual Ted Finnegan
Memorial Singles at the Oram Community Centre in
Castleblaney, County Monaghan, and the first
prize of € 500 went to Martin Carvill.
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 Aodhagan Triumphs in Roscommon
{Photo - Aodhagan O'Neill
Aodhagan O'Neill from Cavan won the annual
Martin Kelly Memorial Cup in Roscommon when he defeated P.J. Kavanagh from Mayo 6-2 in the final at the
Hollywood Bar.
The beaten semi-finalists were Mark Finneran and
David Concannon and the prize for the Best Lady went to Barbara Victory
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| The two
players that contested the final of the 2009 Bennie Gillespie
Individual Darts Cup.......LtoR: Mike Naulty (winner) and John
Mc Ginley (runner-up)....... |
Mike Naulty Wins in Donegal
In South West Donegal the annual Benny Gillespie
Cup was won by Mike Naulty who defeated John McGinley on a 5-3 scoreline in the final.
The beaten semi-finalists were Anthony Gallagher
and Noel McDevitt.
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