Change of Venue for Players' Championship Round Two
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Abbey Court Hotel |
Due to unforeseen circumstances the venue for Round Two of the 2011 Ireland
Players'
Championship has been changed to the Abbey Court Hotel, Dublin Road, Nenagh, Co.
Tipperary, on Sunday, November 28th.
Crowds Flock to Killarney Darts Festival.
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Simon Whitlock with Andrew Spillane {Destination Killarney} |
Large crowds travelled to the Kingdom for the 4th. Annual Killarney Darts
Festival at the
Gleneagle Hotel and with most of the top PDC professionals in attendance it
turned out
to be a darting weekend to remember.
The Festival commenced on the Friday night with 172 Irish players competing in a
pre-qualifying competition for the John McEvoy Gold Dart Classic Pro Tour event.
32 players qualified on the night to compete against the pros on the Sunday.
The Gleneagle Irish Masters was the main attraction on Day Two of the Festival
with 318 players toeing the oche for a prize fund of € 18,800.
Phil Taylor's recent bad run continued when he lost 4 - 6 in the final to
Australian Simon
Whitlock and Willie O'Connor was the best Irish player in the competition.
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Willie O'Connor receiving the trophy for the best Irish player
from Robbie
Kelly {Commercial Cleaning Services}
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Willie recorded a 'Dutch Double' over Jel le Klaasen and Michael van Gerwen
before losing
to Gany Anderson in the quarter-finals.
Quarter-Finals
Phil Taylor 5-0 Colin Osborne
Ronnie Baxter 5-3 Adrian Gray
Gary Anderson 5-2 William O'Connor
Simon Whitlock 5-1 Andy Hamilton
Semi-Finals
Phil Taylor 5-2 Ronnie Baxter
Simon Whitlock 5-1 Gary Anderson
Final
Simon Whitlock 6-4 Phil Taylor
Gary Anderson Wins Gold Dart
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John McEvoy presenting the Gold Dart trophy to Gary Anderson |
Gary Anderson continued his good run of form on his first visit to the Killarney
Darts
Festival when he won the John McEvoy Gold Dart Classic on the Sunday.
150 players competed in the Pro Tour event and the Scot took the title with a 6
- 1
victory over Dennis Smith in the final.
Brendan Dolan and Willie O'Connor were the best of the Irish players and they
picked
up cheques for Stg. £ 300 apiece for reaching the last 32.
Twenty Three other Irish players reached the last 64 and won Stg £ 200 each.
Quarter-Finals
Richie Burnett 6-2 Nigel Heydon
Gary Anderson 6-3 Jamie Caven
Dennis Smith 6-1 Barrie Bates
Colin Osborne 6-2 Joe Cullen
Semi-Finals
Gary Anderson 6-5 Richie Burnett
Dennis Smith 6-4 Colin Osborne
Final
Gary Anderson 6-1 Dennis Smith
Sara Rose Regains Ladies' Title
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Marie McEvoy presenting the Silver Dart trophy to Sara Rose
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Sara Rose from England regained the John McEvoy Silver Dart Trophy when she
defeated
Kay O'Carroll from Cork 4 - 3 in the final of the Ladies' Singles in Killarney.
Sara won this event in 2007 and her experience was the deciding factor in the
final when
she made no mistakes on her doubles against the unlucky Cork girl.
Quarter-Finals
Caoimhe Butler 0 - 3 Kelly McGivern
Helen O'Neill 0 - 3 Kay O'Carroll
Aisling Feiriteur 2 - 3 Sharon Buckley
Maureen Kelly 1 - 3 Sara Rose
Semi-Finals
Kelly McGivern 1 - 3 Kay O'Carroll
Sharon Buckley 2 - 3 Sara Rose
Final
Kay O'Carroll 3 - 4 Sara Rose
Irish Youths' Champion on Top
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Bronze Dart Champion - Ryan Maher |
The 2010 Ireland Youths' Champion, Ryan Maher {Dublin}, was in devastating form
in
Killarney where he captured the John McEvoy Bronze Dart Youths' Singles title
with
a 3 - 0 victory over Kyle Ramsell {Cork} in the final on stage at the I.N.E.C.
Fifty players entered the youths' event and they provided great entertainment on
the day.
Quarter-Finals
Ronan McCarthy 0 - 3 Damien Kelly
Brian Roche 0 - 3 Ryan Maher
Niall Bradley 2 - 3 Kyle Ramsell
Darina Kelliher 0 - 3 Robert Quinn
Semi-Finals
Damien Kelly 1 - 3 Ryan Maher
Kyle Ramsell 3 - 2 Robert Quinn
Final
Ryan Maher 3 - 0 Kyle Ramsell
 Mansell Qualifies for Ally Pally
10 Oct 2010
MICHAEL MANSELL defeated Stephen Byrne 6-4 to win the Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay Final.
Mansell's victory in the tournament, named in memory of the late PDC star from Ireland, sees his qualify for the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship in December, as well as succeed Aodhagan O'Neill as the event's champion.
The pair had won a spot on stage at the Citywest Hotel having battled through to the final in August, and showed few nerves in front of the Dublin crowd ahead of the Bodog.com World Grand Prix final.
Byrne, a baker from Wexford, made an ideal start, opening the match with a 180 which was followed by a 140 as he took the first leg.
Mansell levelled with an 11-darter as the pair traded 180s, before a missed double ten from Byrne
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Match Stats |
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Michael Mansell |
6-4 |
Stephen Byrne |
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14 |
100+ |
13 |
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8 |
140+ |
7 |
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2 |
180 |
3 |
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30.94 |
Ave1 |
29.43 |
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92.83 |
Ave3 |
88.30 |
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68 |
High Finish |
78 |
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2 |
Legs Against Throw |
1 |
allowed his opponent to hit the same bed to break for a 2-1 lead.
Byrne responded to take the next on double ten to lead 3-2, only for his Northern Irish opponent, a joiner from Clonoe in Tyrone, levelled on double top and hit the same bed for a 4-3 cushion.
A 68 finish then put him a leg away from the match, but he was denied a shot for victory after hitting a 180 to leave 20, with Byrne finishing 78 to pull back to 5-4.
Byrne also hit a third maximum in leg ten, but three ton-plus scores helped Mansell to be first to a finish before he eventually sealed the win on double one.
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Photo - O'Shea's
Hotel.
