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O´Neill Wins George Byrne Open.
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Photo: Aodhagan O´Neill, Alan
Byrne and Fran Pacchelli.
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128 players competed in the inaugural
George Byrne Memorial Singles which
was held on December 3rd., 2004.
After some brilliant matches throughout
the afternoon the Republic of Ireland
Number 2, Aodhagan O´Neill from Cavan,
emerged victorious when he defeated
Fran Pacchelli (Kildare) in the final.
The Patriot´s Inn were well represented at
the prize-giving with Joe Byrne reaching
the semi-finals and Gareth Gray and Martin
Clarke going out in the quarter-finals.
They also captured the prize for the
highest check-out with Don Healy recording
George Byrne´s son, Alan, organised the
event and he hopes to make it even
Results:
Winner - Aodhagan O´Neill (Cavan)
Runner-up - Fran Pacchelli (Kildare)
S/finalists - Joe Byrne (Dublin) and Jimmy
Murray (Dublin)
Q/finalists - Gareth Gray (Dublin), Martin
Clarke (Dublin), Jack McKenna (Kildare)
and Joe Ronan (Kildare).
League
and Cup Double Again for Patriot´s Inn
The
Patriot´s Inn, Kilmainham, won the 2004 League and Cup Double
in the National Vintners League in
impressive style for the second successive season.
They
won all of their twenty matches played in the League and out
of 160 games played they won 143 and only lost 17. And
they completed the Double with a 5-0 win over the Submarine in
the semi-finals and a 5-1 over the Renegades in the final of
the Cup.
Eugene
McArdle brought more honours to the club with victory in the
League´s Singles while another of their players, Gareth Gray,
was voted Player of the Year after an unbeaten run all season.
Results of Dublin Open
Played at the Green Isle Hotel
on Saturday, November
15th., 2003.
Men:
Winner - Aodhgan O´Neill (Cavan)
Runner-up - Jack McKenna (Kildare)
S/finalists - Eddie Cull (Cork)
and Mick McGowan (Louth).
Q/finalists - Sean McGowan
(Sligo); Stephen McDonnell (Louth);
John
Burke (Louth); Martin Murphy (Carlow).
Ladies:
Winner - Maureen Kelly
(Carlow) Runner-up -
Olive McIntyre (Leitrim)
S/finalists - Nicola McKenna
(Dublin) and Linda Ryan (Dublin).
Q/finalists - Maureen McKenna
(Dublin); Maureen Grimes (Dublin);
Lila
Wasson (Sligo); Lily Whelan (Dublin).
Youths:
Winner - Michael O´Boyle
(Sligo) Runner-up - Kieran
Burke (Dublin).
S/finalists - Jason Cullen
(Wexford) and Steven Cull (Cork).
Q/finalists - Sean Fleming
(Roscommon); Ted Fox (Wexford);
Dave Conroy (Roscommon); Gary Emerson (Dublin).
Double
Victory for the Patriots Inn
The
Patriot´s Inn (Kilmainham) were the top team in the National
Vintners Darts League during the
2002/2003 season when they won the Monday Premier League title
and the League Cup.
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Photo:
Back row: Mick Griffith, Martin Clarke, Derrick
Tipper, Gareth Gray, Keith Rooney, John Dunne,
Stuart Tinto, Eugene McArdle, Joe Byrne, Barry
Clarke and Paul Sinclair. Front row: John
Tipper, George Byrne, Junior Rice and Alan Byrne.
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Maureen McKenna pictured with her daughter Nicola - winner of the Irish
National
Ladies´ Singles Championship at the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork, on June
22nd., 2003.
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