Sean Street R.I.P.

 

The darts fraternity in Cork has been shocked and saddened by the death of Sean Street on Sunday, July 19th., 2009.

 

Sean had been involved in the Cork darts scene for more than thirty years, firstly, on the committee of the old Cork Beamish Darts League and then as a founder member of the Cork Darts Organisation.     He served in many positions on the C.D.O. committee in addition to the Cork County Board.

 

Sean was instrumental in bringing many of the world's top professionals on tour around Ireland and he was a familiar face in the pubs and clubs around the country.   We extend our deepest sympathy to his family.

 

Ar dheis De go raibh a anam !

All Systems Go for Grand Finals

 

It's all systems go for the Grand Finals of the 2009 Ireland Players' Championships at the Springhill Court Hotel in Kilkenny on Saturday next, August 1st.

The Prize Fund on the day will be a record € 9,000 and this will include a Jackpot Prize of € 1,000 for the first player to achieve a 9-Dart check-out.

Check-in for the Men's Championship is between 10.30am and 11.30am and first round matches will be called at 12 noon sharp.

Any player not checking in before 11.30am will be eliminated from the competition and will be replaced by the next-ranked player on the Rankings List.

 

Check-in time for the Ladies' and Youths' competitions is 12.30pm and these events will get underway at 1.00pm sharp.    A Strict Dress Code will apply to all players and anybody not adhering to this code will NOT be allowed to participate on the day.

THESE RULES APPLY TO ALL PLAYERS WITH NO EXCEPTIONS

  

 

 

Europe Bronze Medal for Republic of Ireland Youths 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Congratulations to the Republic of Ireland Boys' team that collected  Bronze Medals at the Europe youth Cup competition.  Paddy Meaney, Martin Heneghan, Mark Finneran and Thomas Concannon were very impressive in their Team victories over Finland {9-2}, Scotland {9-2}, Turkey {9-0} and Czech Republic {9-5} before losing 6-9 to Sweden in the semi-finals.

 

 

Double for O'Connor in Kilkenny

 

William O'Connor from Limerick continued his good run of form with two victories in Kilkenny over the same weekend.

 On Friday, July 17th., he defeated Denis McCarthy {Kilkenny} in the final of the Flush Casino Premier League at Shirley's Pub while on Sunday he defeated Steve McDonnell {Meath} to the Park Inn Open Singles. 

 In the semi-finals at Shirley's O'Connor had a 5 - 3 win over Brian Doheny while McCarthy defeated Keith Geraghty on a 5-1 scoreline.

A Plate competition was organised for the players ranked 9th. to 16th. in the Premier League and victory went to Paddy Meaney with a 4-2 win over David Coyne.   There was a high-class entry for the Park Inn Open Singles and once again O'Connor showed his class with some devastating performances.

 

 

Grand Slam for Colmcille's

 

St. Colmcille's darts team from Swords in County Dublin created their own piece of history when they made a clean sweep of all trophies in the Rush Town Darts League.

 

In addition to recording a League and Cup Double Mick Barry captured the Singles title and he teamed up with his brother, Jacko, to win the Doubles.   Colly Tynan joined the Barry brothers to win the 3-a-side event and young Dylan Rutledge won the Youths' Singles.

 

Well done, Colmcille's.

O'Connor Turns on the Style at Maritime Festival

 

 

 

The inaugural Maritime Darts Festival at the Maritime Hotel in Bantry, West Cork, was an outstanding success with large crowds attending on both days of the event.

 

The Festival commenced on Saturday evening with 70 players competing in an Open Draw Doubles competition and victory went to West Cork Chairman, Nigel Connell, who teamed up with Darran O'Shea from Limerick to defeat the Kerry pairing of Phil Standing and Kevin McCann in the final.

 

103 players competed in the Men's Singles event on Sunday and the large attendance witnessed some superb matches throughout the afternoon.

 

When the quarter-final stage was reached the local fans had plenty to cheer about with Nigel Connell and Eugene Murnane still very much involved while the Kilkenny supremo, Joe Coyne, was back to some of his best form in winning through from Board {1}.

 

"Geno" ! " Geno" ! was the chant as Murnane moved into the semis with a win over Coyne but Connell's competition came to an end when he lost to Limerick's Jimmy Murphy.

 

William O'Connor defeated Ian Dobson in their quarter-final match while John O'Shea had a very close 4-3 win over his Cork team-mate Damian O'Driscoll.

 

Murnane's journey came to an end when he lost 3-5 to O'Shea in the semi-finals while O'Connor won the other semi 5-1 against Murphy.

 

There was no stopping William O'Connor in the final as he fashioned a 5-0 victory over the luckless John O'Shea.   O'Connor also captured the prize for the Highest Check-out with the Best Finish of 160.

 

Kilkenny - Darts Capital of Ireland

 

Photo - Kilkenny Castle

 

All eyes will be focused on Kilkenny over the coming weeks with three major darts events scheduled to take place in and around the Marble City. 

 

First up will be a € 2,000 Open Singles Tournament at the Park Inn, O'Loughlin Road, Kilkenny, on Sunday, July 19th., with a check-in time of 1.00pm.

 

Phil and Tom Keogh are the new landlords of this busy sporting pub next door to Nowlan Park and they will be welcoming their darting friends to their new "home".

 

Photo - Shirley's Pub

Flush Casino logo

 

On Friday, July 24th., Shane Johnston will be the host at Shirley's Pub in Kells where the Grand Finals of the Flush Casino Premier Darts League will take place with an 8.00pm start.

 

 

 

 

 

Photo - Springhill Court Hotel (right)

 

The Grand Finals of the 2009 Ireland Players' Championships will complete the Kilkenny Triangle when they are staged at the Springhill Court Hotel on the Waterford Road on Saturday, August 1st.   The climax of the Men's, Ladies' and Championships will kick-off at 12 noon.

 

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Rendezvous Bar is the Place for Darts in Mayo

 

 

 

The annual Rendezvous Cup is staged at the Rendezvous Bar in Balla, County Mayo, and it is one of the best supported darts events west of the Shannon.

 

The winner of the Men's Singles at the 2009 competition was Joe Nevin from Longford who defeated Tom Ryan {Mayo} 6-3 in a thrilling final.

 

The beaten semi-finalists were Terry McNulty and Michael Hyland.  Maureen Keane retained the Ladies' title with a 4-1 win over her Mayp team-mate, Helen Malone, in the final.

 

The beaten semi-finalists were Ron Skeffington and Fran Roche.

 

Congratulations to Ollie Monaghan on another great event.