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CONGRATULATIONS TO TONY CORR & MARTIN MOONEY ON WINNING THE ANDY KEARNEY PAIRS COMPETITION WHICH WAS HELD IN THE O'DONNELLS CLUBROOMS. THEY DEFEATED CLUBMATES PETER MCDONNELL SNR & PETER MCDONNELL JNR IN A VERY WELL CONTESTED FINAL BY 4 LEGS TO 3, COMMERSERATIONS TO PETER SNR AND JNR, AFTER BEING 3 0 DOWN , THEY FOUGHT BACK WELL TO BRING THE MATCH TO THE DECIDING LEG, BUT NOT TO BE AS TONY AND MARTIN HELD ON TO WIN THEY TROPHY THEY LAST WON TOGETHER IN THE 2015-2016 SEASON. WELL DONE.

THE CHAIRMAN PAT MCGAHAN, COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL DART LEAGUE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO OUR ESTEEMED MEMBERS SEAMUS AND GERRY MCCORMICK, AND INDEED THE ENTIRE FAMILY CIRCLE, ON THE DEATH OF THEIR SISTER TERESA R.I.P. TERESA PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AFTER A LONG ILLNES IN AUSTRALIA. MARY QUEEN OF IRELAND PRAY FOR HER.

CLONARD HIBS EDGE OUT ST MATTHEWS.

I would like to start this week’s report by apologising to big Davy McCusker who checked out with a

152 in his 18 & 19 darter last week for Hibs 58 which is th e highest checkout so far this season.

ST MATTHEWS 3 CLONARD HIBS 5

Conor Hanna got Clonard off with a man of t he match (18&20) sho wing against Billy McDade and

Kevin Campbell soon made it 2 - 0 beating Gerard McGuinness 2 - 0. Jimmy Lavery (25&21) beat Sean

Paul Grant 2 - 1to pull one back but John Doyle beat Joe O Kane 2 - 1 to make it 3 - 1 to the away team.

Con Kielty (27&25 )) beat Dan Dela ney 2 - 0 to make it 3 2 but it was soon 4 - 2 to Clonard thanks to

Pearce Maguire who beat an unlucky Jap McKinley 2 - 1 thanks to a cracking 15 darter in the third leg.

Adam Mc Dade (21 & 19) wrapped up the points for Clonard beating John Considine 2 - 1 and Mar tin

Irwin beat Conor Toner 2 - 1 to leave the score at 5 - 3.

HIBS 58 8 FORRESTERS O

58 kept up their100% record beating an unlucky Forrester’s 8 - 0 starting with Peter McDonnell snr

( 22&26) winning 2 - 0 against Sean McCurdy followed by a 2 - 1 win for Damien Corb ett (28&24) over

Cao imhin Burns. It was then 3 - 0 when Tucker Clarke (28&24) beat Martin Stafford and Mark Lynch

(21&21) winning 2 - 1 against Andy Gray to make it 4 - 0.Sean Patterson (20&21) beat K evin Robinson

2 - 0 to make it five and man of the match Martin Mooney(20&20) beat Paul Stafford to make it 6 - 0

Davy McCusker (22&29) beat an unlucky Oliver McMahon(24) 2 - 1 to make it 7 - 0 and Martin Corbett

(27&18which included the big 180) beat Michael Burns 2 - 0 to wrap things up.

STAR CELTIC 2 CASEYS 6

Casey’s had a g ood away win started off with a2 - 0 win for Matt Boyle over Eamon McGovern but the

match was soon level thanks to man of the match Gerard Burns (18&18) beating Liam McMenamin

2=0.Caseys took the next three thanks to Gerard Holmes 2 - 0 over Henry McTasney jn r then Kevin

Mallon(28&24) 2 - 0 over Hugh Grieve and Seamy Roberts (29&23) also 2 - 0 against Aaron McGovern

It was soon 4 - 2 when Gerard Smith beat Gerry McIlduff 2 - 0 but Casey’s claimed the points winning

the last two thanks to Steven Leckey (27&27) beating Stephen Curley 2 - 0 and Dan Cahoon(24&27)

beating Rab Lyttle by the same score.

CASEMENT 3 CRUMLIN STAR 5

The Star had a big win away to Casement but it was Paul Condon winning 2 - 0 over Fra Glennon who

made it 1 - 0 only for Seamy Martin(27&21) to beat Micha el Tierney 2 - 1 to level at 1 - 1 .Henry McCann

made it 2 - 1 to Casement with a 2 - 1 win over Robert Creen (21) only for man of the match Dougie

Bowes (26&21) to beat Vinty Lenzi 2 - 0 to make it 2 - 2 on the night. Tommy Henry put the Star 3 - 2 up

with a2 - 0 win ov er Ciaran McKay and Peter Fitzpatrick ( 28&21) made it 4 - 2 with a 2 - 1 win over Joe

Doone. Gerry McCormick ( 20) pulled one back for the home side beating Freddie Stilgees 2 - 0 only

for Paul Porter (25&24) to beat Kieran McGuinness 2 - 1 and win the match for th e Star.

O DONNELLS 5 DC 3

Man, of the match Ricky Saddler (19&26) beat Dee Ireland (21) to make it 1 - 0 and soon it was 2 - 0

thanks to Brendan McStravick beating Harry Smith 2 - 0. Gary Smith (25&29) beat Tucker Kearney 2 - 0

and pul led one back but Kevin O Neil l (21&29) beat Kevin O Carroll (20) 2 - 1 to make it 3 - 1. Back

came the DC with Patrick McGeown beating Eddie Robb 2 - 0 and Matt Doone (24&22) also winning

2 - 0 against Tom Kearney and its now 3 - 3. In the next game Paul Press (24&25 ) beat Paddy ​

McGuinness 2 - 0 and lastly James McStravick beat an unlucky Alan Hanna 2 - 1 to get both points for O

D s

THIS WEEK IS THE PAIRS IN THE O DONNELLS CLUB AND THE DOORS WILL CLOSE AT 8.30 SHARP

IT IS WITH DEEP REGRET THAT THE COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL DART LEAGUE, LEARN OF THE DEATH OF CATHERINE (KITTY) HANNA R.I.P. MOTHER OF OUR ESTEEMED MEMBER ALAN HANNA, AND WISH TO PASS ON OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THE ENTIRE FAMILY CIRCLE. HER FUNERAL WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER 10 O'CLOCK MASS IN ST.OLIVER PLUNKETT CHAPEL ON TUESDAY 5TH MARCH. MARY QUEEN OF IRELAND PRAY FOR HER.

DC STUN CASEMENT AS HIBS 58 CONTINUE UNBEATEN.

Donegal Celtic 5 Casement 3.

The DC threw great darts at home to Casement starting with a man of the match performance from

Patrick MvGeown (22&23) winning 2 - 1 against Gerry McCormick(21),Matt Doone (26&29) made it 2 -

0 with a 2 - 0 win over Michael Tierney and soon it was 3 when Gary Smith also won 2 - 0 against Henry

McCann.Kieran McGuinness pulled one back beating Joe Corr to make it 3 - 1 but the DC hit straight

back thanks to Co lm McGuinness winning 2 - 0 against Joe Doone and Kevin O Carroll (20) won the

points with a 2 - 0 win over Ciaran McKay,Paul Condon beat Harry Smith2 - 1 and Vinty Lenzi (21&25)

won 2 - 0 against Paddy McGuinness to make it a 5 - 3 scoreline.

Crumlin Star 1 Hibs 58 7.

Hibs 58 stormed past the Star to continue their unbeaten run starting with a 2 - 0 win for Mark Lynch

over Tommy Henry followed by the man of the match Peter McDonnell snr (15&21) beating Ben

Lagan.Soon it was 3 - 0 when Martin Mooney (18&21) beat Freddie St ilgees 2 - 0 and then Davy

McCusker beat Dougie Bowes 2 - 1 to make it 4 - 0. Seamy Martin stopped the rot beating Sean

Patterson 2 - 1 but that was as good as it got as Hibs 58 won the last three games thanks to Damien

Corbett beating Robert Creen 2 - 0 followed b y Tucker Clarke also winning 2 - 0 against Peter

Fitzpatrick and finally Martin Corbett (21&24) beating Paul Porter 2 - 0.

Clonard Hibs 6 Star Celtic 2.

Clonard raced into a 4 - 0 lead thanks to Kevin Campbell beating Paddy McAleese 2 - 0 followed by a 2 -

1 win for Pearce Maguire over Henry McTasney snr and then John Doyle won 2 - 1 against Jimmy

Fitzpatrick soon followed by a similar win for Sean Paul Grant over Aaron McGovern.It was then up

to Stephen Curleyt to pull one back for the Star beating John McGrath 2 - 1 and making the score 4 -

1,Adam McDade(25&21) made sure of the points beating Gerard Smith and Anto Smith beat Henry

McTasney jnr 2 - 0 to make it 6 - 1 .The last game saw Gerard Burns produce the man of the match

performance beating Connor Hanna 2 - 0 with a brace o f 20 darters to make it 6 - 2.

Forresters 3 St Matthews 5.

Billy McDade (27&25) beat Michael Bur ns 2 - 0 and Con Kielty beat Caomhin Burns 2 - 0 to put St

Matthews 2 - 0 up only for Oliver McMahon(20&29) to produce a man of the match performance to

beat Joe O Kane 2 - 0 and pull a leg back.Jimmy Lavery beat Martin Stafford 2 - 1 and Martin

Irwin(28&26) beat Sean Fitzpatrick (29) 2 - 1and then John Considine made sure of the points beating

Andy Gray 2 - 0 The Forresters won the last two legs thanks to Sean McCurdy beating Jap McKinley 2 -

1 and Paul Stafford (25&26) beating Gerard McGuinness 2 - 0.

Caseys 4 O Donnells 4.

The O Ds raced into a 3 - 0 lead thanks to Brendan McStravick(27&26) beating Stevie Leckey 2 - 1

followed by a2 - 0 win for Eddie Robb over Eugene Brannigan and then Pau l Press (23&24) beating

Matt Boyle 2 - 0.Dan Cahoon beat Tom Kearney 2 - 0 and Seamy Roberts beat James McStravick 2 - 0 to

get Caseys back to 3 - 2 but Tucker Kearney won 2 - 1 against Brian Kerr to make sure of a point for the

away team and that’s what they got as Caseys won the last two legs thanks to a 2 - 1 win for Kevin

Mallon(24&28) over Kevin O Neill (23) and a man of the match performance from Gerard

Holmes(24720) including the big 180 beating Ricky Saddler(25) 2 - 1 to take a share of the spoils

PAT MC GAHAN

HIBS 58 WIN O'DONNELLS CUP

SEMI - FINAL 1.  HIBS 58 5 V 3 CLONARD HIBS.

This was a great game the whole way through with both teams throwing some terrific darts .Martin

Mooney(28) put Hibs 58 1 - 0 up hitting the 180 along the way against John McCann.It was soon 2 - 0

when Mark Lynch (24)(100,140,140 95) beat Kevin Campbell(95,100 ,140).Tony Corr put 58 3 - 0 uo

beating John Doyle but back came Clonard thanks to John McGrath beating Peter McDonnell jnr and

Adam McDade(140,99,90,81 &94) beating Damien Corbett 3 - 2 game on.Peter McDonnell snr made

it 4 - 2 beating Pearce Maguire.The next game was the game of the night with man of the match

Connor Hanna(23)121,139,140,&138 beating an unlucky Martin Corbett(180,100,140 &105 ) and

now its 4 - 3.Sean Patterson(98,140,81&99)stepped up to win the match against Dan Sloan to send 58

through to the f inal

SEMI - FINAL 2.  ST MATTHEWS 3 V 5 CASEMENT.

Another great game with Casement edging past St Matthews . Paul Condon 100 95 140 put Casement

1 - 0 up beating Jap McKinley and soon it was 2 - 0 with Michael Tierney beating Micky McCartan.Next

up Martin Irwin(28)100 100 &140 with a man of the match performance against Kieran McGuinness

(100,81,100)to make it 2 - 1.and soon the match was level thanks to Gerard McGuinness beating an

unlucky Sean Kerr.Vinty Lenzi(120 85 81) put Casement ahead beating Billy McDade(100 81 85 )and

its 3 - 2 . Next up saw Joe O Kane (29)137 140 100 beat Henry McCann(85 81 100) and now its 3 - 3 That

was as good as it got for St Matthews as Ciaran McKay(33) beat Jimmy Lavery and Joe Doone (81 100

100 beat John Considine (123 100 ) to send Casement in to the final

FINAL.  HIBS 58 5 V 0 CASEMENT.

The final turned out to be a one sided affair with Hibs 58 winning 5 - 0 thanks to a man of the match

start from Peter McDonnell snr (27)95 95 96 &134 against Vinty Lenzi 100 100 followed by Damien

Corbett 121 100 95 &97 beating Kieran McGuinness making it 2 - 0 .The next game saw Peter

McDonnell jnr 121 100 &140 edge out Gerry McCormick 100 100 100 &96 to make it 3 - 0 and soon it

was 4 - 0 when Sean Patterson(31)83 121 99 beat Sean Kerr and Mark Lynch 95 100 160 wrapped

th ings up for 58 beating Joe Doone and win the cup for Hibs 58

Congratulations to Hibs 58 and commiserations to the other three teams on the night and a big

thank you to T he O D onnells club for their sponsorship and the use of their rooms.Its back to league

action this week PAT MC GAHAN.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CAPTAIN TONY CORR AND A DELIGHTED HIBS 58 SIDE ON WINNING THE O'DONNELLS CUP. THEY DEFEATED CASEMENT 5 0 IN THE FINAL.  THIS MAKES IT 3 YEARS IN A ROW THAT THEY HAVE TRIUMPHED IN THS COMPETITION. WELL DONE.

THE O'DONNELLS CUP

This week saw the qualifiers for the O'Donnells cup and there were some great games.

PRELIMINARY MATCH 1 DONEGAL CELTIC 4 HIBS 58 5

Peter McDonnell Snr got 58 off to a good start beating Patrick McGeown only for the DC to reel off

the next three games to go 3 - 1 up thanks to Matt Doone,Harry Smyth and Alan Hanna beating

Tucker Clarke,Damien Corbett and Martin Corbett. Back came 58 thanks to a man of the match

performance from Tony Corr (27)over Felix McGeown and then Davy McCusker beat Sean Armstrong

to level things up at 3 - 3. Kevin O'Carroll edged DC ahead beating Sean Patterson only for Martin

Mooney to beat Gary Smyth to send it to the last game which saw Mark Lynch defeat David Smyth

and send 58 through 5 - 4 great game!

PRELIMINARY MATC H 2 O'DONNELLS 5 CASEYS 4

Another game to go all the way.O'Ds went 1 - 0 up with Paul Press beating Stevie Leckey but it was

soon 1 - 1 thanks to Seamy Roberts win over Tucker Kearney.Ricky Saddler (29 &20 fin) beat Orcan

Kearney to put the host club 2 - 1 up but it was level again when Dan Cahoon beat Kevin O'Neill.

O'Donnells went 3 - 2 up with Martin Lawlor beating Eugene Brannigan only for Matt Boyle to make it 3 -

3 beating Tom Kearney . The next game saw man of the match Kevin Mallon (29&40fin) beat John

Quinn to put Caseys ahead for the first time only for Eddie Robb to make it 4 - 4 beating an unlucky

Brian Kerr. The last game saw Brendan McStravick play Gerard Holmes and it was Holmes big scoring

including 180 who went ahead but then he faltered at his double to let McStravick in and win the

game for O'Donnells

Q/F BOARD 1 CASEMENT 5 STAR CELTC 0

This turned out to be a one sided game thanks to Michael Tierney beating Steven Curley and soon it

was 2 - 0 thanks to Gerry McCormicks win over Henry McTasney jnr.Paul Condon then beat Gerard

Burns to make it 3 - 0 and this was followed by a man of the match performance from Joe Doone (26

&50 finish) over Paddy McAleese.Henry McCann wrapped things up beating Aaron McGovern .

Q/F BOARD 2 O'DONNELLS 4 ST MATTHEWS 5

Another match that went the whole way with Billy McDade (31) beating Martin Lawlor to put St

Matts 1 - 0 up but O'Ds were soon level when Paul Press beat an unlucky Joe O'Kane. St Matts went 3 -

1up with Jap McKinley beating Eddie Robb and Micky McCartan beating Tom Ke arney. The next

game saw man of the match Ricky Saddler (30&56 fin) beat Martin Irwin to make it 3 - 2 and soon

Kevin O Neill levelled matters beating Jim Lavery ,St Matts edged ahead again with Con Kielty

beating Tucker Kearney only for John Quinn to beat t he hapless Joe McAttamney and make it 4 - 4 .So

its down to the final game and its Brendan McStravick against John Considine and it was the St

Matthews man who threw the better darts taking out a great 94 finish to win the match

Q/F BOARD 3 CLONARD HIBS 5 CR UMLIN STAR 4

Yet another match to go all the way .Clonard went 1 - 0 up with Sean Paul Grant beating Freddie

Stilgees only for Paul Porter(30) to make it 1 - 1 with a win over Dan Delaney. A man of the match

showing from Adam McDade with a great 24 darter whic h included a 180 against Tommy Henry

made it 2 - 1 and it was soon 3 - 1 when John McCann beat Robert Creen.The Star were back in it

thanks to Dougie Bowes win over John Doyle and Ben Lagan beating Pearce Maguire to make it 3 -

3.The Star went ahead for the firs t time when Peter Fitzpatrick beat Anto Smyth only for Conor ​

Toner to make it 4 - 4 with a win over Seamy Martin.The last game saw Kevin Campbell beat Fra

Glennon to send Clonard through to the semi finals

Q/F BOARD 4 HIBS 58 5 FORRESTERS 0

Another one sided match started of with Martin Corbett beating Michael Burns to make it 1 - 0.This

was followed by a super 20 darter from man of the match Tucker Clarke over Andy Gray and it wax

soon 3 - 0 thanks to Peter McDonnell snr beating Oliver McMahon.Up stepped Mark Ly nch to make it

4 - 0 beating Sean Fitzpatrick and the match was over when Martin Mooney beat Kevin Robinson to

make it 5 - 0

Next week it will be the semi finals and the final of the O Donnells Cup 9pm start

PAT MC GAHAN

FORESTERS STUN CRUMLIN STAR

In a week of upsets Forresters win away to Crumlin Star and Caseys beat local rivals Casement

CRUMLIN STAR 3 FORRESTERS 5

Forresters claimed their first win of the season thanks to a great win away to high flying Crumlin

Star.It all started with a man of the match performance from Oliver McMahon (19&27)beating

Seamy Martin 2 - 0.and soon it was 2 - 0 in the match as Andy Gray beat Fra Gl ennon by the same

scoreline.The Star levelled the match thanks to Ben Lagan (21) and Peter Fitzpatrick (22) taking care

of Michael and Caoimhim Burns both with 2 - 0 wins, In the next game Paul Stafford (20) beat Dougie

Bowes 2 - 1 to edge his team ahead 3 - 2 bu t it was soon 3 - 3 when Robert Creen beat Ray Lavery 2 - 0 to

level it up .The next game saw Kevin Robinson (23&28) beating ex Forrestefr Freddie Stilgees 2 - 0 and

Sean McCurdy wrapped up the points beating Paul Porter 2 - 1 to the delight of the away team

CASEM ENT 2 CASEYS 6

In another shock in the local derby Caseys upset Casement with some great darts.Caeys went 2 - 0 up

thanks to Brian Kerr beating Martin Lavery 2 - 1 and Matt Boyle (22&26) beating an in form Paul

Condon 2 - 0.Gerry McCormick pulled one back beatin g Butch Mallon 2 - 0 but soon it was 3 - 1 with Dan

Cahoon beat Henry McCann 2 - 1.. Casement were back in at 3 - 2 when Ciaran McKay beat his rival

Eugene Brannigan 2 - 0 but that was as good as it got because Caseys raced away with the last three

games thanks to Stephen Leckey (27&21)winning 2 - 0 over Joe Doone .Gerard Holmes 2 - 0 (26&25)

over Kieran McGuinness and man of the match Seamy Roberts with abrace of 20 darters against

Vinty Lenzi who hit the big 180

HIBS 58 7 DONEGAL CELTIC 1

Hibs got of to a great star t with a man of the match performance from Martin Mooney (17&21)

overMatt Doone . it was soon 2 - 0 with Martin Corbett winning 2 - 0 against Patrick McGeown.DC

pulled one back with Alan Hanna winning 2 - 0 against Tony Corr only for 58 to reel off the next five

games thanks to Tucker Clarke (20&26) over Kevin O Carroll,Peter McDonnell snr 2 - 0 over Paddy

McGuinness,Damien Corbett 2 - 1 over ColmMcGuinness,Mark Lynch2 - 0 (20&23)over Davy Smith and

finally Sean Patterson winning 2 - 1 against Gary Smith

ST MATTHEWS 6 ST AR CELTIC 2

St Matthews raced into a 4 - 0 lead thanks to Joe O Kane (24&27) 2 - 0 over Paddy McA leese followed

by man of the match Billy McDade 2 - 0 (24&27) win over Henry McTasney jnr,Joe McAttamney 2 - 0

over Eamon McGovern and Jap McKinley (26728)winning 2 - 1 against Tony Kelly.Star pulled one back

thank to Gerard Smith beating Con Kielty 2 - 1 and Gerard Burns made it 4 - 2 with a 2 - 0 win over Jim

Lavery but St Matthews claimed the last two games thanks to Martin Irwin beating Rab Lyttle 2 - 0

and John Considine be ating Henry McTasney (23) 2 - 1 to claim the points.

O DONNELLS 2 CLONARD HIBS 6

Conor Hannah (25&26) beat Eddie Robb(26) 2 - 1 to put the away team 1 - 0 up but the O Ds won the

next two thanks to Brendan McStravick 2 - 1 win over John Doyle (22) and Ricky Saddle r with the

same result over JohnMcCann (20) but up stepped man of the match AdamMcD ade (20&25)to beat

Tom Kearney and make it 2 - 2 ,Clonard raced away with the match winning the next four games

thanks to Pearce Maguire (26&27) 2 - 1 aginst Kevin O Neill (27) then Kevin Campbell(26&26) 2 - 0

over John Quinn followed by a 2 - 1 win for Sean Paul Grant over Paul Press(20) and finally Conor

Toner(22) beating Tucker Kearney 2 - 0 PAT MC GAHAN

THE COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL DARTS LEAGUE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR SINCERE SYMPATHY TO OUR ESTEEMED MEMBER JOE DINNEN ON THE PASSING OF HIS MOTHER AGNES R.I.P.  HER FUNERAL WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER 10 O'CLOCK MASS IN ST.PETERS ON FRIDAY. ST. MARTIN PRAY FOR HER.