John Dye, Brian Horgan, Ronnie Johnson and Dave Goodwin (Ploughman Bar, Peterborough) who are regular visitors to Tramore.

A Familiar Scene in O`Shea`s Hotel.

 

Top Stars Compete in Tramore

Since the first Darts Festival was staged in O`Shea`s Hotel, Tramore, in September 1988, the popular seaside resort has attracted many of the sport`s top players to the three events which are held there every year.

 

The legendary Jack McKenna from Kildare is without doubt the most successful player to compete in Tramore down through the years and his three wins in the O`Shea Cup will take some beating.

 

Jack has also teamed up with Sharon O`Brien to win numerous Mixed Pairs titles at the Autumn Festival.

 

 

 

Since the introduction of the Inter-Counties Challenge in 2002 all of the top county teams in the Republic

are making an annual pilgrimage to Tramore.

Geoff Wylie has led the raids across the border with wins in Singles, Doubles and Mixed Pairs events

and when he competed with Eric Bristow in April 1999 to win the Men`s Doubles it attracted one of the

biggest crowds ever to O`Shea`s Hotel.

Mitchell Crooks, Ray Farrell, John Magowan, Paul Dillon, John Elder and Roy Bailie (to name but a few)

have all been successful visitors to the sunny south east while two of the North`s top ladies, Denise

Cassidy and Grace Craine, have honoured us with their presence on many occasions.

`The Count`, Ted Hankey, swooped on Tramore for the Autumn Festival in 1999 and he won the Mixed

Pairs with Cork player, Olivia Scuffins. He also won the Men`s Open Singles.

A few months later he went on to win the Embassy World title at Lakeside.

It was Shayne`The Bulldog` Burgess who entertained the crowds the following year as he also captured

the Autumn Open Singles.