Irish Teams in PDC World Cup

Best of luck to the two Irish teams that will be competing in the inaugural PDC World Cup this coming weekend.

The competition will commence on Friday, December 3rd., with the Republic of Ireland team of Mick McGowan and Willie O’Connor taking on Slovakia in the final match of the afternoon session.

The winners of this match take on the top Australian team of Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson in the second Round on Friday night.

The Northern Ireland team of Brendan Dolan and John Magowan have been seeded number six and they will play against Austria or Denmark in the second round also on Friday night. 

Weather Hits Ireland Players’ Championship

The weather hit Round Two of the Ireland Players’ Championship for the second year in a row.
Safety was the number one priority and as the weather got worse over the weekend it turned out

to be the right decision to cancel the event.

Because of the cancellation a few minor adjustments have been made to the fixtures list as follows :-

January 14th. - - O'Shea's Hotel, Tramore, Co. Waterford.
February 26th. - - Silver Springs Moran Hotel, Tivoli, Cork City.
March 13th. - - Abbey Court Hotel, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.
March 27th. - - Abbeyleix Manor Hotel, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois.
May 8th. - - Clonmel Park Hotel, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.

Photo – O’Shea’s Hotel

All of the players that entered the Nenagh event on Sunday last will be automatically entered into the Tramore event on January 15th.

If any of these players are unable to attend Tramore please let us know and we will either refund the entry fee or hold it for a future round.

John Joe Wins Leo Molloy Tournament

Photo – John Joe Dolan with Aaron Molloy and Andy Doherty

The annual Leo Molloy Memorial Tournament was held in Kilcar, County Donegal, and the winner was John Joe Dolan who defeated James Deery by five legs to two in the final.

The beaten semi-finalists were Dermot McGuire and Irwin Muirhead

The results are as follows :-

Final:

JJ Dolan 5 James Deery 2

Semi finals:

JJ Dolan 4 Dermot McGuire 2

James Deery 4 Irwin Muirhead 1

Quarter finals:

JJ Dolan 4 Andrew Gillespie 0

Dermot McGuire 4 Martin McGinley 1

James Deery 4 James P Byrne 2

Irwin Muirhead 4 Raymond Hegarty

Shane Heads for Q-School

Photo - Joe Coyne and Shane O'Connor

If Shane wins a Tour Card he will be offered a one-year sponsporship deal for one year worth up to Stg £ 8,000 to be paid by www.thisisdarts.co.uk

Best of Luck to David and Martin

David Coyne {Kilkenny} and Martin Heneghan {Mayo} - pictured right travel across to the U.K. this coming weekend to compete in the inaugural PDC Unicorn Under-21 World Championship at the Barnsley Metrodome.

The competition will be played down to two finalists on Saturday, November 6th., and they will go forward to compete in the Grand Final on stage at the 2011 Ladbrokes.com World Championship in Alexandra Palace.

 

 

Michael Furlong {Springhill Court Hotel} Stephen Byrne and Willie O'Connor

Sharon O'Brien and Kay O'Carroll

Ryan Maher and John Seagrave

Willie in Top Form in Kilkenny

Willie O'Connor from Limerick won Round One of the 2011 Ireland Players' Championship

at the Springhill Court Hotel in Kilkenny on Sunday, October 31st., with a 6 - 2 victory over Stephen Byrne {Wexford} in the final.

In the semi-finals Willie had a 6 - 4 victory overy Garrett Gray {Dublin} while Stephen had a 6 - 3 win over Ali Powell {Westmeath}.

Kay Bounces Back

Cork's Kay O'Carroll bounced back from her defeat at the Killarney Festival to take maximum

points in the Ladies' event in Kilkenny.

She defeated Sharon O'Brien {Kildare} by 4 games to 2 in the final of Round One of the 2011 Ireland Ladies' Championship.

Kay defeated Teresa Maher {Laois} 3 - 1 in the semi-finals while Sharon had a 3 - 0 victory over Nuala Coyne {Kilkenny}.

Ryan Aims to Keep Title

The 2010 Ireland Youths' Champion Ryan Maher showed his intent to hold on to his title when he defeated John Seagrave in an all-Dublin Youths' final at the Springhill Court Hotel.

In the semi-finals Ryan defeated Dean Hoare while John defeated Stephen Lennon.