31st August 2009

Tramore Autumn Festival

Photo - O'Shea's Hotel

The 22nd. Tramore Autumn Darts Festival takes place at O'Shea's Hotel in Tramore on the weekend of September 25th./ 26th./ 27th.

The Festival commences on the Friday night with separate Doubles competitions for Men and Ladies and it will continue on Saturday afternoon with the very popular Mixed Pairs Championship at 2.00pm.    There will also be an Under-21 Singles competition on the Saturday at 4.00pm.

The Festival will conclude on Sunday with Men's and Ladies' Singles at 12 noon.  -   Please note that entries for the Sunday Singles must be in before 7.00pm on Saturday.

Colin Lloyd Leads the PDPA Attack on Killarney

 Colin Lloyd is the first of the PDPA professionals to enter for the Gleneagle Irish Masters at the Killarney Darts Festival which takes place at the Gleneagle Hotel and INEC in Killarney, Co. Kerry, on the weekend of October 16th. to 18th.    Colin won the US Players' Championship in Atlanta last week and has hit top form at the right time before his trip to Ireland in October to compete at the City West and Killarney.

Entry forms and full details of the Killarney Festival are available from Michael O'Sullivan at 087-2648291 or, alternatively, send your name and address to darts@ireland.com and they will be sent by return post.

Change of Date for Pete McMahon Memorial
 

Photo - Pete McMahon - Pete Mc Mahon Open Tournament 25/10/09
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Please note that there is a change of date for the Pete McMahon Memorial Singles in Galway.   It will now take place on Sunday, October 25th., at the Menlo Park Hotel on the Headford Road.   Contact Pat Brennan at 087-2489231 for full details.

Best of Luck to the Irish Players in Bridlington

More than fifty Irish players from all parts of the country will be travelling across to Bridlington in England this coming weekend to compete in the Winmau World Masters Championships and in the qualifying rounds of the Lakeside World Championships.

The Spa is the venue in Bridlington and the final stages of the Winmau event will be shown on BBC TV on Saturday, September 5th. and Sunday, September 6th.

Aodhagan Heading for the Palace

Photo - Ann Kirby presenting the Tom Kirby Memorial Trophy to

Aodhagan O'Neill

Aodhagan O'Neill from Cavan won the Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay Championship at the Green Isle Hotel in Dublin and he will now represent Ireland in the Ladbrokes.com World Championship at Alexandra Palace in London next December.

149 players from all corners of the country competed in the Matchplay event and O'Neill captured the title with an impressive 7-3 win over Willie O'Connor in the final.     The beaten semi-finalists were Benny Grace and Sean McArdle.

Results:
 

Willie O'Connor Wins in Rockchapel

Photo - Willie O'Connor

Limerick's Willie O'Connor had another big win when he defeated Ian Dobson 7-4 in the final of the John O'Loughlin Memorial Singles in Rockchapel, Cork.      In the semi-finals Willie defeated Brendan Dolan while Ian defeated Aodhagan O'Neill.