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Johnny - Aiming for the Sky !
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Nigel Connell
{West Cork Darts League}, Lorraine O'Shea {Maritime Hotel},
Simon Tiptaft {Maritime Hotel}, John Joe O'Shea and Johnny
O'Shea.
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Johnny O'Shea from Bantry will be hoping to follow in his father's
footsteps when he steps up to the oche at the Maritime Hotel in his home
town on Sunday, June 28th., to compete in the Men's Singles Championship
at the inaugural Maritime Darts Festival.
The legendary John Joe O'Shea was Ireland's top darts player for almost
two decades in the 70's and 80's when he won numerous National titles
and represented his country at home and abroad at European and World
events. He also qualified on two occasions to
represent Cork and Ireland in the Grand Finals of the
News of the World Championships in London. Young
Johnny is now hoping that the Maritime Festival will be the launching
pad for him to further his darting career as the winner of the Men's
Singles in Bantry will be invited to compete against the world's top
professionals at the Killarney Darts Festival at the Gleneagle
Hotel next October.
Dad John Joe could be a stumbling block to young Johnny's ambitions as
the 'legend' is still known to be throwing some 'mean darts' in the West
Cork Darts League.
John Joe is relishing the thought of taking on the darting visitors to
his home town. " It's great to see a top-class darts event
like this coming to Bantry" John Joe said, "After many years of
travelling around Ireland competing in darts competitions I am delighted
to be able to welcome other darts players to my home town to participate
in what should be a great darting occasion".
"It will be an opportunity for all the local players to get involved and
hopefully one of them will
go on to qualify to take on the top pros in Killarney".
The Maritime Darts Festival starts on Saturday, June 27th., with an Open
Draw Doubles competition at 8.00pm and it will continue on Sunday, June
28th., with Men's, Ladies' and Youths' Singles competitions at 12 noon.
Full details and entry forms are available from Michael O'Sullivan
{087-2648291} or from any committee member of the West Cork Darts
League.
They are also available at the reception desk at the Maritime Hotel or
they may be downloaded from this website.
Ally Pally Beckons for
Irish Matchplay Champion
The 2009 Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay
Championship takes place on Sunday, August 23rd., and the winner will be
invited by the PDC to compete in the Ladbrokes.com World Championship at
Alexandra Palace in London next December.
The Matchplay will be staged at the Green
Isle Hotel, Newland's Cross, Dublin, and it is expected to attract
players from all corners of the country. All
Irish residents over 16 years of age are eligible to compete in the
event.
Tom Kirby photo
The Championship has been re-named in
memory of Tom Kirby, the first Irish player to join the PDC, who sadly
passed away late last year.
The winner at the Green Isle will be guaranteed a minimum of Stg. £
2,500 when he/she competes at Ally Pally and will also collect a cheque
for € 1,000 towards travelling and hotel expenses.
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Darts Spectacular on the Shores of Bantry Bay
Big-time darts come to Bantry in West Cork on the weekend of June 27th/
28th.with the staging of the Maritime Darts Festival at the luxurious 4-star
Maritime Hotel on the shores of the world-famous Bantry Bay.
The
Festival will have a Prize Fund of € 4,000 and it will commence on the
Saturday with an Open Draw Doubles competition starting at 8.00pm.
There will be three separate Singles competitions for Men, Ladies and Youths
on the Sunday starting at 12 noon and there will be a top prize of € 1,000
for the winner of the Men's event.
The
closing date for receipt of entries for the Men's Singles is Wednesday, June
24th., and intending participants are reminded that no entries will be
accepted on the day.
Entries for the Ladies' and Youths' Singles will be accepted at the venue.
The
Maritime Festival has received a double boost with the announcement that
both Unicorn and the Gleneagle Hotel will
be backing the Bantry event.
Unicorn are supplying the top of the range Eclipse
Pro dartboards for the Festival while the Gleneagle Hotel
are inviting the winners of the Men's, Ladies' and Youths' Singles to
compete in the John McEvoy Classic events at the
2009 Killarney Darts Festival on Sunday, October 18th.
The
Men's Champion will compete against the PDC professionals in the
John McEvoy Gold Dart Classic while the winners of the Ladies' and
Youths' Singles will compete in the Silver Dart and
Bronze Dart events, respectively, at the Killarney Festival.
Grand Finals of Players' Championships
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Springhill Court Hotel |
The
qualifying rounds of the 2009 Ireland Players' Championships have now been
completed and the stage is set for the Grand Finals which will be held at
the Springhill Court Hotel in Kilkenny on Saturday, August 1st.
All
of the finalists have received their invitations to compete in the Finals
and they are reminded that these must be completed and returned not later
than June 17th.
Any
player failing to comply with this rule will be eliminated from the
Championships and will be replaced by the next-ranked player on the Rankings
List.
The
Top 32 players on the Men's Rankings List together with the Top 8 on both
the Ladies' and Youths' Lists have been invited to compete in their
respective events. Because of the tremendous support
received for the Youths' Championship it has been decided to extend the
Youths' Plate to sixteen players and the players ranked from 9th. to 16th.
have been invited to compete in this event.
All
players are reminded to forward Passport Photos for the Souvenir Programme
which is being compiled.
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