fonaCAB Central Darts League

THE FONACAB CENTRAL LEAGUE COMMITTE HAVE TAKEN THE DECISION TO POSTPONE ALL DART MATCHES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO THE CORONA VIRUS.WE HAVE NOT TAKEN THIS DECISION LIGHTLY BUT WITH CLUBS CLOSING THEIR DOORS FROM TOMORROW AND IN THE INTEREST OF THE SAFETY OF OUR MEMBERS WE FELT THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO TRY AND PROTECT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.WE HOPE OUR MEMBERS WILL RESPECT OUR DECISION AND WE WILL KEEP YOU ALL UP TO DATE WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING.

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ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE

STAY SAFE

PAT McGAHAN

MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO ADAM McDADE AND CONOR HANNA FROM CLONARD HIBS ON WINNING THE ANDY KEARNEY PAIRS COMPETITION. THEY BEAT DAVY McCUSKER AND DESSIE MAGEE FROM ST.MATHEWS 4-0 WITH DARTS OF 22,22,,22,27.A FULL REPORT FROM PAT McGAHAN WILL BE HERE AS SOON AS ITS AVAILABLE

MARTIN IRWIN HITS THE BIG FISH 170 FINISH

This week saw the Andy Kearney pairs take place in the Suffolk Celtic rooms and the highlight of the night was Martin Irwin checking out on 170 ,Davy Mc Cusker and Sean Patterson both hitting 180,s

57 pairs entered this competition with a format of best of 3x701 leaving 25 matches and 7 byes.The results were as follows

BOARD 1

Michael Tierney & Kieran McGuinness bt Seamie Martin &Robert Creen 2-0

Sean Kerr&Eddie Robb 2 Freddie Stilgees and Peter McAlorum 0

Allan Brown and Kyle Dillon 2 Anto Smith and John McCann 0

Micky McCartan and Gerard McGuinness 2 Paddy & Colm McGuinness 1

Dessie Magee &Davy McCusker (180&21darts) 2 Pat McGahan &Jimmy Lavery 0

Joe Doone &Ciaran McKay 2 Conor Christie&Dee Jordan 0

BOARD 2

Martin & Damien Corbett 2 Peter McDonnell snr & jnr 0

Adam McDade & Conor Hanna 2 Gerry McCormick & Paul Condon 0

Rab Lyttle & Brendan McStravick 2 Kevin O Neill &James McStravick 1

Seamy Roberts & Gerard Holmes (24) 2 Stephen Leckey & Matt Boyle 0

Tommy Fitzpatrick & John Doyle 2 Harry Smith & Junior McManus 0

Jap McKinley & Con Kielty 2 Stevie Murphy & Oliver McMahon 1

BOARD 3

Jim & Kieran Lynch 2 Dan Delaney &Kevin Campbell 0

Tony Corr &Martin Mooney 2 Gerry McIlduff & Pat Burns 1

Butch Mallon & Dan Cahoon 2 Ray Lavery & Paddy Black 0

Sean Armstrong & Dee Ireland 2 Martin Stafford & Michael Burns 0

Tony Kelly & Paddy McAleese 2 John Quinn & Ricky Saddler 0

Ben Lagan & Tommy Henry 2 Gerard Smith & Caolan Kearney 0

BOARD 4

Aaron & Eamon McGovern 2 Seamus Armstrong snr & Davy Smith 1

Martin Irwin (170 fin) & Joe O Kane 2 Martin Lawlor 0

Joe Dineen & Sean Patterson (180) 2 Sean McCurdy & Kevin Robinson 1

Peter Fitzpatrick & Dougie Bowes 2 Tucker & Tom Kearney 0

Billy McDade & Joe McAttamney 2 James Porter & Fra Glennon 1

Tucker Clarke & Mark Lynch 2 Pearse Maguire & Sean Paul Grant 1

Kevin O Carroll & Chinky Smith 2 Vinty Lenzi & Henry McCann 1

This week sees the last 32 of the Andy Kearney pairs starting at 8.30 in the Suffolk Celtic rooms

PAT McGAHAN

CLONARD HIBS WIN AWAY AT CASEYS

Clonard Hibs have a good win away to Caseys Hibs 58 and St Matthews battle out draw Casement win away at Suffolk Star Celtic and the Forresters also draw and Crumlin Star win away at Donegal Celtic

CASEYS 3 CLONARD HIBS 5

Paul Smyth (22&180) got the home side of with a 2-1 win over Kevin Campbell (27) It was 1-1 when Pearse Maguire (28&23) beat Stephen Leckey 2-0 Hibs went 2-1 up with a man of the match performance from John Doyle (24&111fin and 18&120 fin)in a 2-0 win over Kevin Mallon but it was level at 2-2 when Dan Cahoon (27) beat Tommy Fitzpatrick. The away side went ahead again when Conor Hanna (20&29) beat Seamy Roberts 2-0 Yet again it was level when Gerard Holmes (28&29) beat Anto Smith 2-0.Once again Hibs edged ahead when Adam McDade (23&20) beat Eugene Brannigan 2-0 and in the final game Sean Paul Grant (24&30) squeezed past Brian Kerr 2-1 to secure the

points for Clonard Hibs

HIBS 58 4 ST MATTHEWS 4

Dessie Magee (18&117f&23) put St Matthews 1-0 up with a 2-1 win against Tony Corr and it was 2-0 when Joe O Kane (24&22) beat Martin Corbett 2-0.Back came 58 when Tucker Clarke (26) beat Billy McDade 2-0 only for Allan Brown(29&20) to put St Matthews 3-1 up with a 2-0 win over Damien Corbett Hibs pulled one back with a man of the match performance from Martin Mooney (17&21 inc 180) beating Con Kielty (180 also) 2-0 The match was level at 3-3 when Peter McDonnell snr (20&24) beat Micky McCartan (30) in a tight game St Matthews went ahead thanks to Martin Irwin (25) winning a tight 2-1 game against Mark Lynch. In the final game Sean Patterson (19) threw great to keep 58,s unbeaten league run going to upset the odds in beating Davy McCusker 2-1 with a superb 78 checkout to leave it all square at 4-4

SUFFOLK CELTIC 3 CASEMENT 5

Ricky Saddler(26&18) put Casement 1-0 up with a man of the match performance in a 2-1 win over Tucker Kearney (22) and it was 2-0 when Gerry McCormick (29&22) beat Patrick McGeown 2-0 It was soon 3-0 when Paul Condon beat Harry Smith 2-0 Back came Suffolk thanks a 2-0 win for Jim Lynch over Eddie Robb and it was 3-2 when Junior McManus (29) beat Henry McCann 2-0 .Vinty Lenzi made it 4-2 with a 2-0 win over Tom Kearney and it was 5-2 when Joe Doone (23) beat Caolan Kearney 2-0 .In the final game Kevin O Neill (28&31) beat Kieran McGuinness 2-1 to leave the final score at 5-3 to Casement

STAR CELTIC 4 THE FORRESTERS 4

The Forresters got off to a great start with Stevie Murphy (26) beating Tony Kelly (29) 2-1 and man of the match Kevin Robinson (21&25) beating Eamon McGovern 2-1 to put the away side 2-0 up.Back came Star Celtic thanks to Paddy McAleese (30&26) winning 2-1 against Oliver McMahon (180) and then Rab Lyttle (24) beating Sean McCurdy 2-0 to make it 2-2 The Forresters went 3-2 up when Michael Burns (21) beat Gerard Smith 2-0 and it was 4-2 when Sean Fitzpatrick (28&29) beat Brendan McStravick 2-0 The Star Celtic weren't done yet and the Father and son mcTasney double act gained a point for them with Junior beating Andy Gray 2-0 and Senior then beating Paul Stafford 2-1 to leave the final score at 4-4

DONEGAL CELTIC 3 CRUMLIN STAR 5

This was definitely a game of two halves with the DC racing into a 3-0 lead thanks to Joe Corr beating Freddie Stilgees 2-0 followed by a 2-0 win for Kevin O Carroll (23) over Dougie Bowes and then Sean Armstrong (25&17) beat Peter McAlorum 2-1 but back stormed the Star starting with a man of the match performance from Ben Lagan (22&20) beating Chinky Smith 2-0 followed by a 2-0 win for Peter Fitzpatrick over Seamus Armstrong snr which was then followed by a 2-1 win for Robert Creen (28&23) over Matt Doone to make 3-3 Crumlin Star then went 4-3 up thanks to Seamie Martin beating Paddy McGuinness (28) 2-1 and they won the match when Tommy Henry (28&25) beat Dee Ireland (29) 2-1

This week it's the Andy Kearney pairs in the Suffolk Celtic rooms with an 8.30 start

PAT McGAHAN

CASEMENT GET Revenge OVER ST MATTHEWS

Casement travelled over to the Short Strand still thinking about last weeks final defeat but came away with a great 6-2 win. In the other matches Hibs 58 win a tight match away to Crumlin Star Caseys win the local derby against Suffolk Celtic Forresters have a good tight win at home to Donegal Celtic and Clonard Hibs beat Star Celtic

Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances I could only do a short report this week and I must apologise.So I will just be giving the match results and the man of the match in each match

St Matthews 2 Casement 6 (mom Gerry McCormick 25&18)

Crumlin Star 3 Hibs 58 5 (mom Tucker Clarke 19&18/108fin)

Caseys 5 Suffolk Celtic 3(mom Brian 21&23)

Forresters 5 Donegal Celtic 3(mom Kevin Robinson 22&20)

Clonard Hibs 6 Star Celtic 2 (mom Conor Hanna 17,/108 fin &18)

Once again apologies for the shortened report

PAT MCGAHAN

ST MATTHEWS WIN JOHN PATTERSON CUP

The Hibs club were packed in anticipation of the semi finals and final of the John Patterson cup The draw was made and the first semi final paired Crumlin Star against Casement and that left the second semi final to be St Matthews against Clonard Hibs

SEMI FINAL 1

Crumlin Star 3 Casement 5

This was a tight affair the whole way through with Gerry McCormick (100/100/140) beating Dougie Bowes to put Casement one up but it was 1-1 when Freddie Stilgees (125/99) beat Joe Doone It was 2-1 to Casement thanks to a win for Ricky Saddler (36) over Tommy Henry and Eddie Robb (32,100/100) made it 3-1 beating Peter Fitzpatrick. Robert Creen beat Ciaran McKay to pull one back for the Star and it was all square at 3-3 thanks to a man of the match performance from Ben Lagan (29,100/100/81) against Kieran McGuinness. Casement went 4-3 up with Vinty Lenzi (36,100/100) beating Seamie Martin and Casement were through to the final when Henry McCann won a scrappy game against Peter McAlorum leaving the final score at 5-3 to Casement

SEMI FINAL 2

St Matthews 5

Clonard Hibs 0

I don't think anyone in the room saw this result coming but St Matthews threw great darts in a one sided game starting with Jimmy Lavery (31,85/81/100/81) beating an unlucky Anto Smith and it was 2-0 thanks to Billy McDade (35,92,85,85) beating Kevin Campbell. Micky McCartan (100/95/85) made it 3 beating Dan Delaney and then Davy McCusker (27,100/180/139&72 fin) produced a man of the match performance against John McCann and Dessie Magee(34,100/100/100/98) wrapped things up with a win over Sean Paul Grant to leave the final score at an incredible 5-0 scoreline to St Matthews

THE FINAL

St Matthews 5

Casement 2

The crowd were ready for a tight final and that's exactly how it started with Con Kielty putting St Matthews 1-0 up beating Eddie Robb and the next game was a cracker with Martin Irwin starting like a steam train (125/100/81/140/125) only for Gerry McCormick (30,81/80/81/100/83)to stick with him and turn in a man of the match performance to make it 1-1.The next game was another high scoring game between Joe McAttamney (140/100/81/137) and Kieran McGuinness (85/85/85/140) but it was Kieran(35) who hit the double and make it 2-1 to Casement. On the fourth game Vinty Lenzi(85/83/85/100) pushed ahead against Allan Brown who couldn't buy a treble 20 (7×60) but Vinty struggled at his double and Allan (35) stepped in to make it 2-2.Next up saw Davy McCusker (32,100/83/97& his second 180 of the night) who made it 3-2 to St Matthews with a win over Joe Doone and it was 4-2 when a rejuvenated Micky McCartan (85/100/81/100) beat Ciaran McKay. The next match was another good game with Ricky Saddler (83/97/79/95) starting of the quicker against Dessie Magee (33,81/99/100) but Ricky had 3 darts at a double but missed to allow Dessie to step in and finish the match and send the St Matthews boys wild .

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Patterson family for a great spread of food and for refereeing and marking the final. Also a thanks to the Hibs club for their sponsorship and use of their club

Congratulations once again to St Matthews and commiserations to the other three sides on the night

PAT MCGAHAN

THE LEAGUE COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO SEND OUR CONDOLANCES TO OLIVER McMAHON Jnr.FROM THE FORESTERS TEAM ON THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER.MAY SHE REST IN PEACE.

IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT WE LEARN OF THE PASSING OF ONE OF OUR PAST,RESPECTED MEMBERS,BRENDAN (CHIPS) O'NEILL.CHIPS PLAYED FOR THE CYPRUS TEAM FOR A LONG NUMBER OF YEARS AND WAS HELD IN GREAT RESPECT BY THEM AND THE LEAGUE.HE WILL BE REMEMBERED WITH FONDNESS FOR HIS WIT AND WELCOMING NATURE.