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PATSY CORR 3 A SIDES

This week saw the Patsy Corr 3 a sides take place in the Hibs club

The format is a game of 501 singles then a 701 doubles and 1001 triples if required

Board 1

Match1:

Casement C Paddy McGuinness/ Ciaran McGuinness/Sean Kerr bt DC Swifts A Felix McGeown/Tom Kearney/ Tucker Kearney 2 1

Match 2

This must go down as the upset of the night

Clonard Hibs D bt Clonard Hibs A

Tommy Fitzpatrick (20) bt Conor Hanna and Dan Sloan and Sean Finnegan beat Adam McDade and Dan Delaney to win 2 0

Match 3

St Matthews C

Billy McDade/Joe McAttamney/Con Kelty bt Crumlin Star A

James Porter/Jim Flanagan/Freddie Stelges 2 0

Match 4

St Matthews B

Jim Lavery/Joe O Kane/Pat McGahan bt Hibs 58 C

Damien Corbett/Jap Craig Joe Dineen 2 0

Board 2

Match 1

Casement A

Gerry McCormick/Joe Doone/Ricky Saddler bt Casement D

Micky Tierney/ John Quinn/Martin Lawlor 2 1

Match 2

Caseys A

Paul Smyth/Stevie Lecky/Conor Smyth bt Star Celtic C

Tony Kelly/Rhys Haywood/Eamon McGovern 2 1

Match 3

St Matthews D

Micky McCartan/Jap McKinley/Gerard McGuinness bt DC C Conor Toner/Davy Smith/ John McLaughlin 2 1

Match 4

St Matthews A Martin Irwin (18) Davy McCusker/Dessie Magee bt Vinty Lenzi/Henry McCann/ Ciaran McKay 2 0

Board 3

Match 1

Hibs 58 A Martin Corbett (16 darts) Martin Mooney/Tony Corr bt DC Swifts B James McStravick/Patrick McGeown/ Michael Burns 2 1 with Corbett taking out a 96 finish in the triples to win a tight game

Match 2

Hibs 58 B

Mark Lynch (24) Tucker Clarke/Sean Patterson bt Clonard Hibs B

John Doyle/ Sean Paul Grant/Pearse Maguire 2 0

Match 3

DC A

Sean Armstrong/Gary Smith/Joe Corr bt Star Celtic B

Ian Haywood/Henry McTasney snr/Gerard Smith 2 0

Five teams received byes

DC B

Star Celtic A

Clonard Hibs C

DC Swifts C

Hibs 58 D

The tournament will be played out in the Hibs club this Wednesday and it is an 8.45 start

The league would ask all players and spectators to be early to help with the Covid regulations being carried out

PAT MC GAHAN

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SEAMY ROBERTS HITS 158 FINISH

Roberts hits a 158 finish but his team get beat 7 1 by Clonard Hibs

St Matthews beat DC

Hibs 58 beat Star Celtic

Crumlin Star and Donegal Celtic Swifts share the points.

CASEYS 1 CLONARD HIBS 7

Hibs raced into a 4 0 lead starting with John Doyle (28) beating Paul Smith 2 1

Then Dan Delaney (23) beat Gerry McIlduff 2 0

This was followed by a 2 0 win for Pearse Maguire (29&23) over Conor Smyth and a 2 0 win for Sean Paul Grant (27&18) over Orchan Kearney

The next game saw Seamy Roberts putting Caseys on the board with a 2 0 win over Conor Hanna hitting a 21 darter which included a super 158 finish and a 19 darter

Unfortunately Hibs then reeled off the next three games thanks to wins for Anto Smith(2 0) over Eugene Brannigan followed by a 2 0 win for John Mc Cann (23) over Stephen Lecky and man of the match Adam McDade (17&19) beating Seamus Armstrong 2 0 to leave the final score at 7 1

ST MATTHEWS 5

DONEGAL CELTIC 3

St Matthews won a tight game

Eamon McVeigh put Dc 1 up with a 2 0 win over Mickey McCartan

Joe McAttamney (22&29) made it 1 1 with a 2 1 win over Conor Toner (27)

It was 2 1 to the home side thanks a 2 0 win for Billy McDade (26&23) over Matt Doone but back came Dc with Joe Corr(23) beating Jap Mc Kinley 2 1

In the next game Davy McCusker (26&21) produced a man of the match performance in beating John Mc Laughlin 2 0 to make it 3 2 and it was 4 2 when Martin Irwin (24&25) beat Sean Armstrong

The DC stayed in the match thanks to Gary Smith (25&25) beating Con Kelty 2 1

It came down to last match and Gerard McGuinness (26) beat Davy Smith 2 0 to seal the points for St Matthews

HIBS 58 6

STAR CELTIC 2

Rab Lyttle (25) got the Star of to a great start beating Jim Lynch but then 58 rolled off the next six games starting with Damien Corbett beating Rhys Haywood 2 0 and that was followed by man of the match Tucker Clarke (18 with a 180 &21) in a 2 0 win over Ian Haywood

It was 3 1 when Martin Corbett (26&24) beat Tony Kelly 2 0 and it was 4 1 when Tony Corr finished on an 85 bull finish to beat an unlucky Aaron McGovern 2 1

It became 5 1 when Mark Lynch (27&22) beat Gerard Smith and it was 6 1 when Martin Mooney(23) beat Martin Maloney 2 0

In the final game Star Celtic had a good winner in Henry McTasney jnr (27&29) beating Sean Patterson 2 1 to leave the final score at 6 2

CRUMLIN STAR 4

DONEGAL CELTIC SWIFTS 4

The final game of the week finished all square

Ben Lagan(23) won a tight opener beating Michael Burns (24&180) 2 1 bt it was 1 1 when Harry Smith beat Hugh Grieve by the same score

James McStravick put the Swifts 2 1 up beating Jim Flanagan 2 0 only for Dougie Bowes (28) to beat Kevin O Neill 2 0 to level matters at 2 2

Man of the match Patrick McGeown (17 inc 140/180 & 24) then beat James Potter 2 0 to put the away team 3 2 up but it was level again when Peter Fitzpatrick beat Tucker Kearney 2 1

The Swifts guaranteed a point when Junior McManus beat Fred Stelges 2 1 but Star won the last game thanks to Fra Glennon beating Caolan Kearney 2 1 in a tight game to share the points

Casement received the bye

Next week is the 3 a sides in the Hibs club and the league is asking all its players to be early due to the new covid passport laws

PAT MC GAHAN

MARTIN CORBETT AND BEN LAGAN HIT 13 DARTERS

Caseys and Hibs 58 both win away at the DC

Clonard Hibs beat Crumlin Star and Casement and St Matthews share the points

DC SWIFTS 3

CASEYS 5

Orcan Kearney(24) put Caseys one up with a 2 0 win over Tom Kearney but it was 1 1 when Coalan Kearney beat Peter Lecky 2 0 Caseys went 2 1 up when Stephen Lecky (26) beat Junior McManus and man of the match Dan Cahoon (29&19(180)) made it 3 1 with a 2 0 win over Michael Burns It was 4 1 when Seamy Roberts (18) beat Kevin O Neill 2 1

Harry Smith pulled one back beating Gerry McIlduff 2 1 and James McStravick beat Conor Smyth 2 0 to make it 4 3 and send it to the last game which saw Eugene Brannigan beating Tucker Kearney 2 0 to secure both points for Caseys

DC 3

HIBS 58 5

Sean Patterson (21&27) beat Alan Hanna 2 0 to put 58 one up only for Joe Corr(29&28) to level at 1 1 with a 2 0 win over Damien Corbett Hibs went 2 1 up thanks to Martin Mooney (25&17) beating Paul Doonan It was 3 1 when Tucker Clarke (23&25) beat Conor Toner but back came the DC with Eamon McVeigh (24) beating Mark Lynch 2 0 and John McLaughlin (25&24) beating Jim Lynch 2 1 to make it 3 3

Tony Corr (21&27) put 58 4 3 up with a 2 0 win over Gary Smith and it was fitting that man of the match Martin Corbett beat Kieran Smyth 2 0 which included a superb 13 darter and 180 (his second in the league this season) to win the match

CLONARD HIBS 6

CRUMLIN STAR 2

Conor Hanna (20) put Hibs 1 0 up with a 2 0 win over Jim Flanagan and it was 2 0 when Anto Smith (24&28) beat Dougie Bowes (23) 2 1

Freddie Stelges(26) pulled one back with a 2 0 win over Dan Sloan but Hibs reeled off the next four games with John Mc Cann (24) beating Fra Glennon 2 0 Sean Paul Grant received a bye and Dan Delaney (20&27) beat Peter Fitzpatrick 2 0 and Tommy Fitzpatrick (26) beat Hugh Grieves 2 0

The highlight though was in the last game thanks to a man of the match performance from Ben Lagan who hit a 22 and a super 13 darter which included the big 180 in beating John Doyle 2 0 to leave the final score at 6 2 to Clonard Hibs

CASEMENT 4

ST MATTHEWS 4

Billy McDade beat Ricky Saddler 2 1 to put the away side 1 0 up only for Gerry McCormick (29) to beat Martin Irwin 2 0 to make it 1 1

St Matthews went 2 1 up when Dessie Magee (24&19) beat Henry McCann (23) 2 1and it was 3 1 when Joe Mc Attamney (21&28) beat Joe Doone(23) 2 1

Martin Lavery (23&23) beat Joe O Kane (25) 2 1 to make it 3 2

The next game was a cracker with man of the match Davy McCusker (15/140 finish & 18 darts) beating a really unlucky Vinty Lenzi to make it 4 2 Back came Casement winning the last two games with Paul Condon (25&27) beating Mickey McCartan 2 0 and Pat Mc Guinness (24&19) winning 2 0 also against Con Kelty to leave the final score at 4 4

PAT MC GAHAN

CLONARD HIBS WIN EDDIE CORBETT CUP

The Crumlin Star rooms were packed for the semi finals and final of the Eddie Corbett Cup

The draw paired Casement against St Matthews and Clonard Hibs against Star Celtic

CASEMENT 4 ST MATTHEWS 5

This one went to the wire with some cracking games

Con Kelty put St Matthews 1 0 up beating Paul Condon who had a few missed doubles

Joe Doone (180/100/100) beating Mickey McCartan (140/96/140/96) in 30 darts levelled at 1 1

It was 2 1 when Gerry McCormick beat the returning Pat McGahan and Casement made it 3 1 with Ciaran McKay beating Jap Mc Kinley and Ricky Saddler (29 darts 96/97/99/136) soon made it 4 1 with his win over Dessie Magee

St Matthews weren't done yet It was 4 2 when man of the match Joe McAttamney (29 darts 95/85/121/100&60 finish) beat Pat Mc Guinness

Joe O Kane made it 3 2 when he beat Sean Kerr and the match went to the final game when Billy McDade made it 4 4 with a really scrappy win over Vinty Lenzi with both players having a lot of missed doubles

In the last game Martin Irwin (30d 81/85/95/81)beat an out of sorts Ciaran McGuinness to complete a great turn around and put St Matthews in the final

CLONARD HIBS 5

STAR CELTIC 1

This wasn't as one sided as the score may suggest with a lot of the games giving both throwers shots at doubles

Sean Paul Grant (121/85/81/85) beat Gerard Smith (95/79/114) to make it 1 0 and Conor Hanna made it 2 0 beating Ian Haywood in a scrappy game and it was soon 3 0 thanks to man of the match Dan Delaney (34 darts 100/85/95/140/82) beating an unlucky Eamon McGovern (83/117/95/114)

Aaron McGovern(35 darts 82/95/121) pulled one back for the Star beating John Mc Cann to make it 3 1

Pearse Maguire (85/85/100/100) beat Rab Lyttle (85/94/80/100) to make it 4 1 and Anto Smith beat an unlucky Martin Maloney to put Hibs in the final

FINAL

CLONARD HIBS 5

ST MATTHEWS 3

Pat McGahan (140/84/81) beat an unlucky Tommy Fitzpatrick (95/83/100/100) to put St Matthews 1 0 up

It was 1 1 when Conor Hanna (83/81/133) finished strongly to beat Joe McAttamney (100/100/100/91)

Dan Delaney(83/100/140) put Hibs 2 1 up beating Con Kelty (83/81/85) only for Martin Irwin (25 darts 137/85/100/100/99) to put in a man of the match performance in over coming a gallant John Doyle (95/98/100) to level matters at 2 2

Hibs went 3 2 up thanks to Dan Sloan (32 darts 85/140/85/121) who beat Jap Mc Kinley (81/83/100)

It was 4 2 Hibs when John Mc Cann won a tight game against Joe O Kane

Mickey McCartan (30 darts 85/81/140/140) then won a great game against Pearse Maguire (96/85/125/125/70) to keep St Matthews in the match

In the next game Sean Paul Grant started off with a 180 & 125 in a 33 darter to beat an under par Dessie Magee and win the cup for Clonard Hibs

I would like to thank all the teams that took part in this great competition and thanks to the Crumlin Star club for their rooms and great service from their barstaff

PAT MC GAHAN

EDDIE CORBETT CUP report

All nine teams turned up for this great cup competition in the Crumlin Star A preliminary match saw DC Swifts drawn against Caseys

DC SWIFTS 5 CASEYS 4

This game ebbed and flowed one way then the other

Tom Kearney put Dc 1up beating Stephen Lecky in a scrappy game but Caseys then went 3 1 up with Seamy Roberts beating Felix McGeown Paul Smith beating Kevin O Neill and Orchan Kearney beating Harry Smith

Man of the match James McStravick beat Dan Cahoon and Tucker Kearney beat Gerry McIlduff to level at 3 3

Eugene Brannigan won against Caolan Kearney for 4 3 but it was 4 4 when Junior McManus beat Peter Lecky

In the final game young Michael Burns held his nerve to hit his double after Gerard Holmes had missed a few chances

The Quarter final draw was

Dc Swifts vs Star Celtic

Crumlin Star vs St Matthews

Hibs 58 vs Clonard Hibs

Dc vs Casement

Dc Swifts 5 Star Celtic 4

Another one that went all the way

Dc went 2 0 up with wins for Caolan Kearney over Paul Fitzpatrick and man of the match Michael Burns (28) over Ian Haywood

It was soon 2 2 when Tony Kelly beat Tom Kearney and Martin Maloney beat James McStravick It was 3 2 Dc with a win for Patrick McGeown over Aaron McGovern but Gerard Smith beat Kevin O Neill to level at 3 3

Dc edged ahead 4 3 with Tucker Kearney beating Henry McTasney snr only for Henry McTasney jnr to level at 4 4 beating Junior McManus and in the final game Rab Lyttle beat Harry Smith to send the Star men into the semi finals

CRUMLIN STAR 1 ST MATTHEWS 5

St Matthews raced into a 4 0 lead starting with a man of the match performance from Davy McCusker (24) over Tommy Henry

Micky McCartan beat Robert Creen to make it 2 0 and it was 3 when Joe Mc Attamney beat Jim Flanagan

Martin Irwin beat Freddie Stelges to make it 4 0

Ben Lagan got Crumlin Star on the board with a good win over Jap Mc Kinley and in the next game Peter Fitzpatrick missed a few at the doubles to let Billy McDade in and he finished to put St Matthews through to the semis

HIBS 58 1 CLONARD HIBS 5

Adam McDade (27&180) beat Joe Dineen to make it 1 0 with Mark Lynch beating John Mc Cann to level at 1 1

That was as good as it got for 58

Sean Paul Grant beat Damien Corbett and Dan Delaney (24) made it 3 1 with his man of the match performance over Peter McDonald jnr

Tommy Fitzpatrick beat Dee Jordan to make it 4 1 and John Doyle sealed the match with a good win over Tony Corr

DONEGAL CELTIC 4

CASEMENT 5

Another match to go all the way

Sean Kerr put the Casement 1up with a win over Seamus Armstrong only for man of the match Alan Hanna(30) to level at 1 1 with a good win over Vinty Lenzi Sean Armstrong made it 2 1 beating Gerry McCormick but it was 2 2 when Paul Condon beat Eamon McVeigh

Casement then went 4 2 up with Joe Doone beating Joe Corr and Ciaran McKay beating Dee Smith but DC weren't done and levelled at 4 4 with Gary Smith beating Pat Mc Guinness and Paul Doonan beating Ricky Saddler

So again another match went to the wire and it was Casement that went through to the semis thanks to Ciaran McGuinness beating the unlucky John McLaughlin

Next week is the semi finals and final in the Crumlin Star rooms

PAT MC GAHAN

Martin Corbett hits super 13 darter

CLONARD

HIBS BEAT DC SWIFTS

as other games end level

DC SWIFTS 3 CLONARD HIBS 5

The Hibs boys travelled up to Dc and came away with a hard fought 2 pts

Pearse Maguire (18) bt Michael Burns 2 0 only for Tucker Kearney to level matters with a 2 1 victory over John Mc Cann

Conor Hanna (19&23) beat Caolan Kearney 2 0 and Anto Smith (20) beat Harry Smith 2 0 to make it 3 1 to Hibs

Patrick McGeown (20) beat John Doyle (20) 2 1 to pull it back to 2 3 only for Dan Delaney to make it 4 2 with a 2 0 win over Kevin O Neill

The Swifts weren't done yet when Junior McManus beat Sean Paul Grant (180) 2 0

It took a man of the match performance from Adam McDade (20&18&180) to beat Tom Kearney 2 0 and secure the points

STAR CELTIC 4 DONEGAL CELTIC 4

Dc raced into a 2 0 lead thanks to man of the match Gary Smith (20&20) in a 2 0 win over Martin Maloney and Sean Armstrong (20) beating Henry Mc Tasney snr 2 0

Star made it 2 1 thanks to a 2 0 win for Eamon McGovern (24) over Davy Smith and it was 2 2 when Paul Fitzpatrick beat John McLaughlin (24) 2 1

Dc edged ahead with a 2 1 win for Joe Corr over Aaron McGovern only for Henry McTasney jnr to level at 3 3 with a 2 0 win over Paul Doohan

Once more Dc edged ahead thanks to Seamus Armstrong beating Sean Curley 2 0 but the Star dug deep and thanks to a hard fought 2 1 victory for Rab Lyttle against Eamon McVeigh secured a point

CASEYS 4 CRUMLIN STAR 4

Crumlin Star went 2 0 up with Dougie Bowes beating Orchan Kearney 2 1 and Fra Glennon beating Gerry McIlduff 2 0 but man of the match Dan Cahoon(23&16) beat Ben Lagan 2 0 and Stephen Lecky beat Tommy Henry 2 1 to make it 2 2

Next game up saw Peter Fitzpatrick(25&21&180) beat Eugene Brannigan 2 0 to make it 3 2 Star Paul Smith made it 3 3 with a 2 0 win over Robert Creen

Caseys took the lead at 4 3 thanks to Seamy Roberts (24&26) beating Jim Flanagan 2 0 but the Star hit back for a draw with Freddie Stelges beating Seany Armstrong 2 0

HIBS 58 4 CASEMENT 4

This started if with a cracking game with Tony Corr(23) going 1up against Paul Condon only for Paul to produce a man of the match performance with a 16 and super 14 darter which included the big 180 to win 2 1

The next game saw more great darts as Martin Corbett (22 & a super 13 darter) beat Vinty Lenzi 2 0 to level the score at 1 1

Joe Doone put Casement 2 1 ahead with a 2 1 win over Martin Mooney(18)

It was level at 2 2 when Damien Corbett beat Martin Lavery 2 1

Sean Patterson (25&27) had a good 2 0 win over Gerry McCormick to put 58 3 2 up and Mark Lynch (27) beat Pat Mc Guinness to make it 4 2

Casement fought back to win the last two games thanks to a 2 0 win for Ricky Saddler(23&27) over Tucker Clarke and Henry Mc Cann held his nerve to beat Jim Lynch 2 0 and ensure a hard earned point

St Matthews had the bye this week

PAT MC GAHAN