fonaCAB Central Darts League

The first delegate meeting for more than a year is due to take place in the Hibs club on 15 September at 7,30,all relevant items will be on the agenda for discussion.All clubs are urged to send their delegate to the meeting as we look to restart the league after so long away

THE FINAL NIGHT OF JODY REYNOLDS INDIVIDUALS TOOK PLACE INCRUMLIN STAR CLUB,DUE TO PRESENT CONDITIONS I HAVE NO REPORT ON THE NIGHT BUT THE RESULTS I HAVE ARE AS FOLLOWS

SEMI FINAL

DAVY McCUSKER 3 - 0 CONOR HANNA

ALAN BROWN       3 - 2 BILLY McDADE

FINAL

ALAN BROWN 4 - 3 DAVY McCUSKER

UNTIL I CAN BRING YOU UP TO DATE ABOUT THE SPARROW McLAUGHLIN CUP BEING PLAYED THIS WEEK,PLEASE TAKE CARE OUT THERE AND OBSERVE ALL THE RESTRICTIONS

THE TOP HALF CUP WAS BELATEDLY PLAYED IN CRUMLIN STAR WITH THESE RESULTS

SEMI FINAL

ST.MATTHEWS     5-4      HIBS 58,,(M0M,PETER McDONNELL Snr)

CASEYS                5-2      CLONARD HIBS,,(MOM,GERARD HOLMES)

FINAL

ST.MATTHEWS     5-1      CASEYS,,(MOM,JOE McATAMNEY)

THERE WERE ONLY 4 TEAMS TAKING PART IN THE CUP AS CASEMENT WERE UNABLE TO FIELD A TEAM,UNDERSTANDABLE IM THE CURRENT CLIMATE.

The bottom half cup was held last week in the Crumlin Star club, these are the results.

Prelim Forresters 5 - 1 Suffolk Celtic, mom Kevin Robinson.

Semi 1. Crumlin Star 5 - 4 Forresters. mom Kevin Robinson.

Semi 2. Star Celtic 5 - 1 Donegal Celtic. mom Paul Fitzpatrick.

Final. Crumlin Star 5 - 4 Star Celtic. mom Eamon McGovern.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CRUMLIN STAR ON WINNING AND A BIG THANK YOU TO CRUMLIN STAR CLUB FOR HOSTING THE CUP,IT WAS GOOD TO BE BACK,EVEN FOR A LITTLE WHILE.HOPEFULLY WHEN THE BARS AND CLUBS ARE GIVEN THE ALL CLEAR TO OPEN WE CAN BACK TO PLAYING AGAIN AND HAVE A SUCCESSFUL 20/21 SEASON.

Hibs 58 have been declared the League Champions and the remaining Cups and Individuals will be played off over the next 6 or 7 weeks.

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.

PLEASE CHECK BACK TO THE WEBSITE FOR ALL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THIS AND LEAGUE MATTERS

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