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Crumlin Star beat Casement Clonard Hibs beat DC Caseys win again against Star Celtic Hibs 58 continue winning ways against The Forresters and St Matthews beat Suffolk Celtic

CRUMLIN STAR 5 CASEMENT 3

In a tight affair up in the Crumlin Star Paul Porter got the home side of with a 2-0 win over Kieran McGuinness but it was soon 1-1 when Paul Condon(21&30) beat Ben Lagan 2-0 hitting 180 along the way Joe Doone (21&80f) then put the away team 2-1 up with a 2-0 win over Robert Creen then it was Dougie Bowes that made it 2-2 with a 2-0 win over Eddie Robb.In a topsy turvy game the Star went 3-2 up thanks to Seamie Martin’s 2-1 win against Henry McCann and then it was 3-3 when Vinty Lenzi (25&26) beat Jamesy Porter The next game saw man of the match Peter Fitzpatrick (20&23) beat Gerry McCormick (27&74f) to edge it towards the home team and Tommy Henry(29&23) claimed both points in a tough 2-1win over Ricky Saddler (23)

CLONARD HIBS 6 DONEGAL CELTIC 2

Kevin Campbell (27,63f&21,101f) put Clonard 1-0 up against Joe Corr and man of the match Dan Delaney (17&24) made it 2-0 with a 2-1 win over Chinky Smith (26) It was then 3-0 thanks to a 2-0 win for Sean Paul Grant(22&25) against Kevin O Carroll and Pearse Maguire (28&21) made it 4-0 in a 2-0 over Davy Smith The points were secured with a 2-0 win for Adam McDade (21&20) and the big 180 against Seamus Armstrong Young Colm McGuinness got the DC on the score sheet thanks to 2-1 win over Anto Smith and it was 5-2 when Sean Armstrong beat John McCann 2-1and in the last game Conor Hanna (17&28)beat Dee Ireland 2-0 to leave the final score at 6-2

CASEYS 7 STAR CELTIC 1

Matt Boyle put the home side 1-0 up with a 2-1 win over Paul Fitzpatrick (29) and it was soon 2-0 thanks to man of the match Seamy Roberts (17&24) in a 2-0 win over S.McGuigan jnr Brian Kerr made it 3-0 with a 2-0 win over Tony Kelly and it was 4-0 when Kevin Mallon (30,74f&24,78f) beat Gerrard Burns (20) 2-1 Up next was Stephen Lecky to make it 5-0 with a 2-0 win against S.McGuigan and and it became 6-0 when Dan Cahoon (24&19) beat Stephen Curley 2-0 Star Celtic got one on the board thanks to a 2-0 win for Paddy McAleese over Paul Smyth and in the final game Gerard Holmes (21&109f) made it 7-1 with a 2-0 win over Gerard Smith

THE FORRESTERS 2 HIBS 58 6

It was the home side that got off to the better start thanks to a 2-1 win for Michael Burns over Peter McDonnell jnr but 58 reeled off the next five games starting with a 2-0 win for Martin Moon(21,70f&24,60f) over Oliver McMahon and next it was a 2-0 win for Tucker Clarke (22&21) against Sean Fitzpatrick and in the next game Sean Patterson beat Gerrard Callaghan 2-0 and Martin Corbett (17&23)beat Stevie Murphy 2-1 and Peter McDonnell snr(23&23)beat Martin Stafford 2-0 to secure the points In the next game Paul Stafford had a good 2-1 win over Tony Corr to make it 5-2 and the match was finished off with a great man of the match performance from Mark Lynch (18&17) which included a 104 checkout to leave the final score at 6-2 to the away team

ST MATTHEWS 6 SUFFOLK CELTIC 2

St Matthews welcomed new boys Suffolk in what turned out to be a very good match In the first game Kevin O Neill beat Jap McKinley 2-0 but in a tight game Martin Irwin (19&23) beat Patrick McGeown (21) 2-1 to level at 1-1 Up next saw a man of the match performance from Davy McCusker (16&19) which included the big 180 in his 2-0 win over Joe Flannery but it was soon 2-2 when James McStravick beat Kyle Dillon 2-0 but the home side raced away with the next four games thanks to a 2-1 win for Dessie Magee (26&26) against Junior McManus followed by a 2-0 win for Allan Brown (24&21) against Jim Lynch and it was Billy McDade (22&27) who beat Harry Smith 2-0 and in the final game Joe O Kane beat Tucker Kearney 2-0 which included a 19 darter hitting the big 180 to leave the final score at 6-2 to St Matthews

Next week it is the Eddie Corbett Cup up in the Crumlin Star with all teams to be there for 8.30

PAT MCGAHAN

 

 

Great to be back with a new season with a few changes some new faces and Suffolk Celtic joining with the unfortunate loss of O Donnells leaving us with ten teams

So onto the first round of fixtures with Hibs 58 the champions beating their old rivals Clonard Hibs ,St Matthews win away at Crumlin Star Casenent beat Forresters ,Casey’s win away at Donegal Celtic and new boys Suffolk Celtic beat Star Celtic

HIBS 58 7 CLONARD HIBS 1

Tucker Clarke got the home side of to a great start with a man of the match performance (17&20) in a 2-0 win over John McCann It was 2 0 when Martin Corbett (24&21) beat Dan Sloan 2-0 Mark Lynch(25&23) beat Anto Smith 2-0 to make it 3-0 Adam McDade pulled one back with a 2-1 win (24&28) which included a great 126 outshot but then 58 reeled off the next four games thanks to Damien Corbett (21&19)with a superb 142 finish in a 2-1 win over John McGrath followed by a 2-1 win for Peter McDonnell and (23&23) over John Doyle(24)Next up Seam Paterson(20&22) beat Paul McCartan 2-0 and Peter McDonnell jnr (25&24) wrapped things up in a 2-1 win over Pearse Maguire

CRUMLIN STAR 2 ST MATTHEWS 6

The Star got off to a great start with a 2-1 win for Dougie Bowes over Allan Brown followed by a 2-0 win for Seamie Martin (26&22) over John Considine but then St Matthews took over winning the next six games starting with new boy Dessie Magee(23&20) producing a man of the match performance against Paul Porter and it was 2-2 when another new boy Davy McCusker (23&20) beat Peter Fitzpatrick 2-0.Billy McDade made it 3-2 with a 2-0 win over James Porter and Martin Irwin (25) beat Ben Lagan 2-1 in a very tight game It was 5-2 when Jap McKinley (26&26) beat Robert Creen 2-0 and finally Con Kielty beat an unlucky Tommy Henry to leave the final score at 6-2 to St Matthews

CASEMENT 6 FORRESTERS 2

Gerry McCormick (25&22)got the home side of with a 2-0 win over Oliver McMahon and that was followed by a 2-1 win for Vinty Lenzi over Michael Burns and Henry McCann (28&30) also winning 2-1 against Paul Stafford (24)to make it 3-0 to Casement but back came the Forresters thanks to a brace of 2-0 wins for Sean Fitzpatrick (28) over Mickey Tierney and Kevin Robinson (29&23) over Joe Doone to make it 3-2 but up stepped Kieran McGuinness (19&19) with a man of the match performance in a 2-1 win over Martin Stafford to make it 4-2 New boy Ricky Saddler(23&24) made sure of the points with a 2-0 win over another debutant Stevie Murphy and Chopper McKay wrapped things up with a 2-0win over Gerard Callaghan

DC 3 CASEYS 5

Casey’s got off to a good start thanks to a 2-1 win for Gerard Holmes(26) over Chinky Smith(24) followed by a man of the match performance from Dan Cahoon (20&22) in a 2-0 win over Alan Hanna but the DV made it 2-1 thanks to a 2-0 for Kevin O Carroll (28&23) over Steven Lecky. It was 3-1 to the away team when Paul Smyth beat Sean Armstrong 2-1 but Paddy McGuinness made it 3-2 with a tight 2-1 win over Matt Boyle with Paddy hitting the big 180. Brian Kerr made it 4-2 with a 2-0 win over Seamus Armstrong but Dee Ireland kept the match alive with a 2_0 win against Kevin Fitzsimmons so it went to the last game and Seamy Roberts (19&25) beat a gallant Joe Corr 2-1 to take the points for Caseys

SUFFOLK CELTIC 6 STAR CELTIC 2

Joe Flannery got the home side of with a 2-1 win over Aaron McGovern and it was 2-0 when Tucker Kearney beat Rab Lyttle (26) 2-1 and it was then 3-0 when James McStravick beat Gerrard Burns but back came Star Celtic thanks to a 2-1 for Tony Kelly over Tom Kearney. Next up for Suffolk was man of the match Patrick McGeown (23&19)in a 2-0 win over Eamon McGovern to make it 4-1 and it was 5-1 when Jim Lynch (26&25)beat Gerard Smith (27) 2-1 and up next Kevin ONeill made it 6-1 with a 2-1 win over Henry McTasney jnr and in the final game Steven McGuigan jnr made the final score 6-2 with a 2-1 win over Harry Smith

So its great to be back and looking forward to a great new season and its on to league fixtures again next week PATRICK MCGAHAN

 

 

 

 

THE RESULT OF THE BLAST FROM THE PAST COMPETITION HELD IN THE HIBS WAS A WIN FOR PETER McDONNELL Jnr.OVER SOUPY CAMPBELL,WINNING 2-1 IN THE FINAL.REPORTS FROM THE PLAYERS WHO TOOK PART WERE FAVOURABLE AND THEY LOOKED FORWARD TO IT BEING PLAYED AGAIN.SOME TALK ABOUT IT BEING A PART OF THE LEAGUES FIXTURES WERE MENTIONED AND I,M SURE IT WILL BE DISCUSSED BY DELEGATES AND COMMITTEE AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

THE RULES AND SCORING OF THIS COMPETITION ARE DIFFERENT OF COURSE FROM WHAT IS CURRENTLY THE NORM IN THE LEAGUE.I WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE EVENT,BUT IF I REMEMBER RIGHT,THE THROWING DISTANCE IN THE PAST FOR THE OLD BLACK BOARD WAS 9 FEET FROM OCHE TO THE BOARD,AND IT WAS STRAIGHT IN AND FINISH OVER 301.IF THIS COMPETION WAS TAKEN ON BY THE LEAGUE IT WOULD BE THE ONLY TIME THOSE FIGURES WERE USED.

THAT IS FOR THE FUTURE OF COURSE, AND I,M SURE WILL SPARK A LOT OF DEBATE,IN THE MEANTIME,THE START OF THE LEAGUE IS ALMOST UPON US AND I WOULD LIKE TO WISH ALL TEAMS TAKING PART THIS SEASON THE BEST OF LUCK AND TO REMIND THEM  THAT AT ALL TIMES PLAY THE GAME FAIR AND ENJOY IT.

COMING SOON TO THE HIBS CLUB AN UNIQUE DARTS COMPETITION USING THE OLD BLACK BOARD.

 

THE PROPOSED DATE FOR THE COMPETITION IS 21st AUGUST,THE ENTRANCE FEE FOR THE EVENT IS £3.THE FORMAT WILL BE 301 STRAIGHT IN AND FINISH ON A SINGLE,JUST LIKE THE OLD DAYS.PRIZE MONEY WILL ADDED ON THE NIGHT.

THIS EVENT COULD RIVAL THE FEILE CRIBBY CHAMPIONSHIP,COME ALONG IF YOU THINK YOU ARE GOOD ENOUGH.

 

 

HIBS 58 WIN DONEGAL CELTIC CUP IN THRILLER.

This week saw the two semi finals and the final of the Donegal Celtic Cup in the Donegal Celtic club

on the Suffolk road and the four teams on show were Hibs 58 Clonard Hibs St Matthews and Caseys.

SEMI FINAL 1.  HIBS 58 5 CLONARD HIBS 3.

This was a great contest with both teams throwing well and Hibs 58 went 1-0 up with Martin

Corbett(100/100/100/95/100) beat Anto Smith but it was soon 1-1 when Sean Paul Grant (32) beat

Damien Corbett This time Clonard went ahead 2-1 when man of the match Conor

Hanna(85/137/140/85) threw a super 24 darter with a 90 finish to beat Tucker Clarke Martin Mooney

(31 darts 100/100/97/100) beat Pearce Maguire to make it 2-2 Up next Marl Lynch(28) put 58 3-2 in

front hitting 180 along the way in his win over Adam McDade but it was 3-3 when John McCann beat

Tony Corr Hibs 58 went 4-3 up with Peter McDonnell beating Dan Delaney and Davy McCusker (25)

including scores of 140/81/125/100 and 95 beat Kevin Campbell to put 58 into the final.

SEMI FINAL 2.  CASEYS 0 ST MATTHEWS 5.

This turned out to be a one sided affair with St Matthews going through to the final with some steady

darts First up saw Jimmy Lavery win a tight game against Gerry McIlduff and it was 2-0 when Martin

Irwin (35) beat Jim Smith and man of the match Billy McDade (28)with scores of 100/95/85/95and

99 beating Steven Lecky (180) to make it 3-0 Up next John Considine (37) beat Liam McMenamin to

make it 4-0 and Micky McCartan (34)85/100/100/87 wrapped things up for St Matthews.

FINAL ST MATTHEWS 4 HIBS 58 5.

This was a thriller from start to finish Joe McAttamney (29) 85/100/140/99 put St Matthews 1-0 up

beating Tony Corr only for Martin Mooney (27) 81/100/140 to level at 1-1 with a win over Jap

McKinley Con Kielty (35) beat an unlucky Mark Lynch to put St Matthews 2-1 up and in the next game

Billy McDade made it 3-1 when Damien Corbett spurned a lot of chances at his doubles In the next

game Martin Irwin(33) 85/140 85/140 beat Sean Patterson to make it 4-1 with the finishing line in

sight but 58 were not done yet with Davy McCusker 100/180/130 beating John Considine and that

was followed by a marvellous man of the match performance from Peter McDonnell who hit a 21

darter (95/95/174/95/95 to beat Gerard McGuinness and its now 4-3 Martin Corbett (35) then beat

Jimmy Lavery and its 4-4 and down to the last game The crowd were on tender hooks as Micky

McCartan and Tucker Clarke stepped up to the oche and it was Tucker that hit double six with Micky

sitting on double top to pull off an incredible comeback for 58

Congratulations to Hibs 58 and commiserations to St Matthews and Clonard Hibs and Caseys in what

was the final tournament of the Fonacab Central Dart League Thanks to the DC for their sponsorship

and use of their rooms

I would like take this opportunity to thank our main sponsors FONACAB and all our other sponsors

during the season and look forward to another successful season in September Once again thanks.

PAT MC GAHAN

CONGRATULATIONS GO TO THE HIBS 58 TEAM WHO ROUNDED OFF THEIR FANTASTIC SEASON BY WINNING THE PREMIER CUP IN THE CENTRAL LEAGUE.  THEY DEFEATED ST. MATTHEWS BY 5 LEGS TO 4 IN THE FINAL OF THE DONEGAL CELTIC CUP.  THIS WAS AN EPIC AND FITTING END OF SEASON CUP FINAL, AS ST. MATTHEWS RACED INTO A  4  1 LEAD, AND WERE LOOKING GOOD TO FINALLY PIP HIBS 58 IN A FINAL THIS SEASON, BUT THE DEPTH OF THE HIBS 58 SIDE SHOWED AND THEY TOOK THE LAST 4 LEGS TO WIN 5 4.  UNLUCKY ST. MATTHEWS, BUT WELL DONE HIBS 58.

DONEGAL CELTIC CUP.

PRELIMINARY MATCH 1

HIBS 58 5 STAR CELTIC 1

Mark Lynch put 58 1-0 up beating Eamon McGovern but back came Star with Paddy McAleese

beating Paddy Dempsey to make it 1-1, That was as good as it got with 58 reeling of the next four

legs in this one game of 701 format Sean Patterson(34) made it 2-1 beating Rab Lyttle followed by a

man of the match performance from Peter McDonnell snr (32) against Henry McTasney jnr Tucker

Clarke (36) made it 4-1 with a win over Gerard Smith hitting the big 180 along the way and Damien

Corbett(33) wrapped things up beating Henry McTasney snr to make it 5-1.

PRELIMINARY MATCH 2.

CASEMENT 2 CLONARD HIBS 5

Gerry McCormick got Casement of to a good start beating Sean Finnegan but it was 1-1 when Adam

McDade beat Vinty Lenzi Casement went ahead 2-1 when Paul Condon(37) beat John McCann but

Clonard raced away with the match as Kevin Campbell34) beating Henry McCann to make it 2-2 and

it was 3-2 when Anto Smith beat Mickey Tierney This was followed by a man of the match

performance from Conor Hanna (33&55fin) against Sean Kerr and John Doyle finished things of

beating Ciaran McKay to leave the score at 5-2 to Clonard.

Q?F 1. ST MATTHEWS 5 O DONNELLS 3

Paul Wisdom got O Ds of to a great start beating Jimmy Lavery only for Con Kielty to beat Martin

Lawlor to make it 1-1 Man of the match Martin Irwin (32&56fin) made it 2-1 beating Eddie Robb and

Joe McAttamney (35) made it 3-1 with a win over Kevin O Neill It was 4-1 when Jap McKinley (37)

beat Paul Press O Donnells were not done yet and won the next two games thanks to Ricky Saddler

beating an unlucky Micky McCartan and Tucker Kearney winning against Gerard McGuinness In the

next game Billy McDade won a tight one against Tom Kearney to put St Matthews into the semi finals

Q/F 2. CASEYS 5 DONEGAL CELTIC 1

Caseys raced into a 3-0 lead against the host club with Peter Leckey beating Colm McGuinness and

Jim Smith beating Alan Hanna In the next game Matt Boyle (36) hitting 180 along the way in his win

over Sean Armstrong made it 3-0 Back came the DC when Joe Corr (35) beat Eugene Brannigan to

make it 3-1 but Kevin Mallon beat Danny Smith to make it 4-1 and man of the match Seamy Roberts

(35) beat Gary Smith to win the match for Caseys

Q/F 3. HIBS 58 5 FORRESTERS 0

Hibs 58 made short work of this quarter final thanks to Paddy Dempsey beating Kevin Robinson

followed by a good win for Sean Patterson (36) over an unlucky Oliver McMahon Martin Mooney

beat Martin Stafford to make it 3-0 and man of the match Mark Lynch (34) beat Paul Stafford to

make it 4-0 and it was 5-0 and game over when Damien Corbett beat Andy Gray

Q/F 4. CRUMLIN STAR 3 CLONARD HIBS 5

This was a good game the whole way through and Dougie Bowes (33) put the Star 1-0 up with a win

over Anto Smith only for Sean Paul Grant to beat Paul Porter and make it 1-1 Kevin Campbell(36) put

Clonard 2-1 up with a win over Peter Fitzpatrick and John McCann hit a good 82 finish in beating

Jamesy Porter to make it 3-1 John Doyle (33) made it 4-1 with a win against Seamy Martin but Paul

Thompson beat Conor Hanna with Paul hitting a 180 and in the next game man of the match Ben

Lagan with a cracking 24 darter which also included the big 180 in a good win over Adam McDade to ​

make it 4-3 In the next game Dan Sloan squeezed past Freddie Stilgees to put Clobard into the last

four

So its down to the semi finals and final next week in the Donegal Celtic rooms It is a 9 0 Clock start

and in the last four are St Matthews Caseys Hibs 58 & Clonard Hibs Good Luck to all

PAT MC GAHAN

HIBS 58 WIN THE FONACAB CENTRAL DART LEAGUE WITH 100 % RECORD

Clonard Hibs take second place St Matthews are third and Casement 4 th

CASEYS 3 HIBS 58 5.

This was a tough match with 58 squeezing a 5-3 win It was Peter McDonnell snr (24&15) who put 58

one up in a 2-1 win over Stephen Leckey (29) but it was 1-1 when Gerard Holmes(24) beat Jap Craig

2-0 Sean Patterson (24&27) beat Jim Smith 2-0 to edge the away team in front only for Kevin Mallon

to beat Damien Corbett (20) and level it at 2-2 Martin Corbett (20&24) beat Peter Lecky 2-0 and 58

were in front again but once more Caseys levelled thanks to Seamy Roberts(21&21) beating Tucker

Clarke 2-0 . So now its game on and Mark Lynch edged past Eugene Brannigan to make it 4-3 and

Davy McCusker produced a man of the match performance with a 16&21 darter after Matt Boyle had

taken the first leg Unlucky Caseys congratulations 58

CLONARD HIBS 4 CASEMENT 4.

Conor Hanna (28&16) put in a man of the match performance to beat Vinty Lenzi 2-0 but then

Casement raced away with the next four games thanks to a 2-0 win for Gerry McCormick (24&27)

over John McCann followed by a 2-0 win for Henry McCann (27&24) over Pearce Maguire and then

Ciaran McKay beat Anto Smith 2-0 and Joe Doone (23&29) beat John Doyle 2-0 also Clonard were not

finished and they stormed back thanks to a 2-0 win for Sean Paul Grant over Paul Condon followed

by a 2-0 win for Adam McDade(29&20) against Kieran McGuinness and Kevin Campbell(24&24) and

 also hit a 180, made sure of the draw with a 2-1 over Michael Tierney

ST MATTHEWS 5 O DONNELLS 3

St Matthews made sure of third place with a really hard fought win over a gutsy O Ds and it was man

of the match Martin Irwin (22&23) that won the first game in a tight 2-1 win over Martin Lawlor It

was 2-0 when Mick McCartan beat Tom Kearney 2-1 Back came O Ds with a 2-0 win for Paul

Press(28&26) over Billy McDade and that was followed by a 2-1 win for Eddie Robb over Joe O Kane

(21) to make it 2-2 Joe McAttamney (27&22) beat John Quinn (27) 2-1 to make it 3-2 but back came

the away team again thanks to Kevin O Neill (26&26) winning 2-1 against Jim Lavery to level at 3-3 In

the next game Jap McKinley (21&26) threw great to beat Tucker Kearney 2-0 and Con Kielty (26&27)

won a tight last game in beating Ricky Saddler(20) 2-1 and win the match for St Matthews

STAR CELTIC 1 FORRESTERS 7

This was a great away performance once again by the Forresters

Eamon McGovern put the home side 1-0 up with a 2-1 win over Sean McCurdy(26) but incredibly

that was as good as it got for the Star as the away side reeled of the next 7 games Andy Gray beat

Rab Lyttle 2-0 and then Paul Stafford beat Henry McTasney jnr 2-1 and that was followed by a man of

the match performance from Oliver McMahon jnr (25&22)in a 2-0 win over Gerard Smith to make it

3-1 and up next Kevin Robinson (22) beat Tony Kelly 2-0 hitting the big 180 along the way to make it

4-1 Martin Stafford won 2-0 against Aaron McGovern and Ray Lavery beat Stephen Curley by the

same score Finally Caoimhin Burns beat Henry McTasney snr 2-1 to leave the final score at 7-1

DC 1 CRUMLIN STAR 7

This was another storming performance by an away team on the night with the Crumlin Star racing

into a 5-0 lead The first game saw Seamy Martin(24) win 2-0 against Harry Smith followed by a 2-0

win for Peter Fitzpatrick over Joe Corr and that was followed by a 2-1 win for Rab Creen over Davy ​

Smith It was 4-0 when Paul Porter beat Matt Doone 2-0 and Ben Lagan(27&30) made sure of the

points with a hard fought 2-1 win over Patrick McGeown (23) Chinky Smith (29&27) and 180 along

the way got DC on the board with a 2-0 win over Peter McAlorum but the Star then took the last two

games Freddie Stilgees beating Colm McGuinness and man of the match Dougie Bowes (22&26) beat

Paddy McGuinness to leave it at 7-1 to the away side.

Team                      Played      Win       Draw     Loss     Points

HIBS 58                     18           18           0           0           36

CLONARD HIBS       18           13            3           2           29

ST.MATTHEWS         18           10            3          5           23

CASEMENT               18             9            3          6           21

CRUMLIN STAR        18             8            3          7           19

DONEGAL CELTIC    18             6           5           7           17

CASEYS                     18             6           3           9           15 

O'DONNELLS             18            5            2          11          12

FORRESTERS            18            3           0           15          6

STAR CELTIC              18            1           0           17          2          

This week it is the Donegal Celtic cup up in the Donegal Celtic club and all teams are out so you must

be there for 8.30

PAT MC GAHAN

MARTIN MOONEY WINS JODY REYNOLDS INDIVIDUALS.

This was the night when the last 32 players met to win the prestigious Jody Reynolds individuals and

there was also the Consolation cup for all those that were beat in the previous qualifying rounds

LAST 32 board 1.

Conor Hanna 2 Gerard Holmes 3

Davy McCusker 3 (17&19) Paul Porter 0

Martin Mooney 3 Rab Creen 2

Henry McCann 3 Eugene Brannigan 0

LAST 32 board 2.

Dan Delaney 3 Micky McCartan 2

Jap Craig 0 (180) Gary Smith 3 (17/21 &24)

Sean Armstrong 3 Conor Toner 1

Sean Finnegan 3 Martin Stafford 1

LAST 32 board 3.

Patrick McGeown 1 Ben Lagan 3 (17719)

Joe O Kane 2 Alan Hanna 3

Paul Stafford 3 Willie McKee 0

Mark Lynch 3 (20/22 &19) Ricky Saddler 1 (24)

LAST 32 board 4.

Kevin O Neill 1 Peter McDonnell 3

Pearce Maguire 3 Jim Lavery 2

John Doyle 2 Tucker Clarke 3

Adam McDade 3 Henry McTasney jnr 0

LAST16 board 1.

Peter McDonnell 3 Alan Hanna 1

Dan Delaney 2 Gerard Holmes 3

LAST 16 board 2.

Gary Smith 3 Sean Armstrong 1

Martin Mooney 3 Adam McDade 2 (15)

LAST 16 board 3.

Davy McCusker 3 (20/19 &21) Sean Finnegan 0​

Pearce Maguire 3 (21&106 fin) Paul Stafford 0

LAST16 board 4.

Ben Lagan 3 (19) Henry McCann 0

Mark Lynch 0 Tucker Clarke 3 (85 bull finish)

So now its down to the quarter finals

Quarter Final 1.

In the first quarter final it was Gary Smith against Ben Lagan and this was to go all the way with Ben

Lagan coming out on top Gary hit a 20 darter which included a 110 finish but Ben also hit a 23 &24

darter that included a 108 finish

Quarter Final 2.

This was another cracking game that went all the way between Tucker Clarke and Peter McDonnell

snr. Tuckers two games included a 20 darter but Peter threw superb (17/17 & 21) to edge the match

Quarter Final 3.

This match saw two 58 team mates play each other and it was Martin Mooney (20&20) who beat

Davy McCusker (17&180) 3-1 in another smashing match

Quarter Final 4.

In this match it turned out to be a one sided affair as Gerard Holmes (180) beat Pearce Maguire 3-0

So now we are down to the semi final stage and they turned out to be two smashing matches

SEMI FINAL 1.

This matched paired Gerard Holmes against Martin Mooney and these two threw great darts Gerard

won two games which included 24 and 18 darts (80 bull finish) but Martin threw sublime (20/15&20)

to edge the match 3-2

SEMI FINAL 2.

This was also a great game with both Ben Lagan and Peter McDonnell snr throwing great darts but it

was to be Ben (26/21&26) that beat Peter 3-1 and put himself into the final

THE FINAL.

The rooms in the Hibs club were packed and the two players Martin Mooney and Ben Lagan certainly

did not disappoint Martin took the first in the best of 7 final in 19 darts and repeated this in the

second leg with 19 darts again Ben took the next with a 20 darter of his own only for Martin to fire in

a 21 darter and make it 3-1 and the final was over when Martin won the fifth leg in 26 to take the

trophy

A big congratulations to Martin Mooney on winning the Jody Reynolds individuals for the 2018/19

season and commiserations to Ben and all the other throwers on the night

In the consolation cup which consists of one game of 701 and also was played in the Hibs club ended

up as follows;

SEMI FINAL 1​.

Paddy McGuinness bt Joe McAttamney

SEMI FINAL 2.

Rab Lyttle bt Tucker Kearney

THE FINAL.

Rab Lyttle beat Paddy McGuinness to claim the trophy and I must state for the second time in three

years since we started this cup

A big congratulations to Rab and commiserations to Paddy and all the throwers who took part

PAT MC GAHAN

CONGRATULATIONS TO MARTIN MOONEY WHO WON THE CENTRAL LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL TITLE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE HIBS CLUBROOMS.  ON A NIGHT OF VERY CLOSE AND HIGH CALIBRE DART MATCHES, THE HIBS 58 MAN LIFTED THE CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST BEN LAGAN IN THE FINAL.  BOTH PLAYERS BATTLED THEIR WAY THROUGH THE  EARLY ROUNDS, COMING UP AGAINST SOME VERY TOUGH OPPOSITION, UNTILL THE SEMI'S, WHERE MARTIN DEFEATED A VERY GAME GERARD HOLMES, AND BEN OUTPOINTED A VERY DOGGED OPPONENT,IN PETER MCDONNELL SNR. WELL DONE MARTIN , UNLUCKY BEN.

THE CONSOLATION CUP, WHICH IS A COMPETITION HELD ALONGSIDE THE FINALS OF THE  INDIVIDUALS, AND IS FOR ALL THE PLAYERS WHO WERE ELIMINATED IN THE FIRST ROUND.  CONGRATULATIONS GO TO RAB LYTTLE OF THE STAR CELTIC CLUB WHO AFTER BEATING TUCKER KEARNEY IN THE SEMI FINAL, WENT ON TO DEFEAT PADDY MCGUINNESS, WHO BEAT JOE MCATAMNEY IN THE OTHER SEMI, IN THE FINAL.  THIS WAS RAB'S SECOND WIN IN THIS COMPETITION IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, WELL DONE RAB.

PHOTOGRAPHS  BELOW SHOW LEAGUE PRESIDENT TONY CORR PRESENTING BEN LAGAN WITH THE RUNNER UP PRIZE, AND ALSO PRESENTING THE WINNER MARTIN MOONEY WITH THE WINNERS  TROPHY.