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PETER MCDONNELL SNR AND SEAMY ROBERTS BOTH HIT 12 DARTERS

Hibs 58 remain unbeaten with a win over Suffolk Celtic Both St Matthews and Clonard Hibs keep up the chase with wins over Star Celtic and the Forresters Casement beat Donegal Celtic and Crumlin Star and Caseys share the spoils

HIBS 58 7 SUFFOLK CELTIC 1

Mark Lynch (24&27) got things going with a 2-0 win over Junior McManus but it was the next game that grabbed the limelight with a super 12 darter by Peter McDonnell snr (97/171/95&138 fin)which came after 20 darts inhis first leg in his man of the match performance against Paddy McGeown Tucker Clarke (20) made it 3-0 with a 2-0 win over Kevin O Neill and it was 4-0 when Martin Mooney (29&16) beat Joe Flannery 2-0 Sean Patterson (28&23) made sure of the points with a 2-0 win over Harry Smith and Damien Corbett, (23) beat Tucker Kearney 2-1 to make it 6 and Martin Corbett (23) beat Caolan Kearney 2-1 to make it 7 and in the final game James McStravick(21) got Suffolk on the scoresheet with a 2-1 win over Tony Corr

St MATTHEWS 5 STAR CELTIC 3

This was a hard fought win for the home side with Dessie Magee(21&25)getting things going with a man of the match performance in a 2-0 win over Gerard Smith and Con Kielty (27) won 2-0 against Stephen Mcguigan snr hitting a 180 along the way and it was 3-0 when Billy McDade (26&23) won a tight game 2-1 against Paul Fitzpatrick (27)The Star got one back thanks to a 2-0 win for Gerard Burns (20&27) against Micky McCartan In the next game Davy McCusker (26&29)beat Eamon McGovern 2-0 to make it 4-1 but it was 4-2 when Stevie Mcguigan jnr beat Jap McKinley (180) 2-1.Kyle Dillon made sure of the points with a tight 2-1 win over Rab Lyttle and in the final game Henry mcTasney jnr beat Gerrard McGuinness to leave the final score at 5-3 to St Matthews

THE FORRESTERS 0 CLONARD HIBS 8

This was a one sided affair with Clonard Hibs winning all 8 games 2-0 Conor Hanna (25&22) beat Gerard Callaghan and next up John McCann (23&25) beat Michael Burns. In the next game Adam McDade (20&17) threw a man of the match performance against Martin Stafford and it was 4-0 when Dan Delaney (27&23) beat Oliver McMahon Sean Paul Grant made it 5 against Andy Gray Pearse Maguire (21&26) beat Stevie Murphy to make it 6 and it was 7 when Anto Smith (27&25) beat Sean Fitzpatrick and in the final game Kevin Campbell (29&29) beat Paul Stafford to leave the final score 8-0 to the away side who threw great darts the whole way through

CASEMENT 6 DONEGAL CELTIC 2

Casement raced away to an unassailable 5-0 lead thanks to Paul Condon (26&23) winning 2-0 against Seamus Armstrong snr followed by a 2-1 win for Ricky Saddler (23) over Chinky Smith and next up Gerry McCormick (24&21) beat Sean Armstrong (24) to make it 3 and it was 4-0 thanks to Henry McCann's 2-1 win (25&26) including a 180 against an unlucky Alan Hanna (23)Vinty Lenzi (26) beat Matt Doone 2-1 to secure the points It was the turn of the McGuinness family to put Donegal Celtic on the board thanks to a 2-0 win for Colm(20) Chopper McKay followed by a man of the match performance from Paddy (22&18) in a 2-0 win over Kieran McGuinness and in the final game Joe Doone beat Joe Corr (24&111fin) 2-1 to leave it at 6-2 to Casement

CRUMLIN STAR 4 CASEYS 4

Robert Creen beat Eugene Brannigan 2-0 to put the home side 1-0 up but it was 1-1 when Dan Cahoon (24&21) beat Seamie Martin(25) 2-1 and Caseys went 2-1 up when Paul Smyth beat Peter Fitzpatrick (26) 2-1 but it was soon 2-2 when Dougie Bowes (23&30) beat Peter Lecky 2-1 and it was the Stars turn to lead when Ben Lagan (25&25) beat Orcan Kearney 2-0 and it was 4-2 when Tommy Henry (24)beat Stephen Lecky 2-0 but Caseys were not done yet and Kevin Butch Mallon (23&23) made it 4-3 with a 2-1 win over Fra Glennon In the final game they definitely kept the best to last thanks to a superb 12 darter from Seamy Roberts hitting 140/140/180 and a 41 finish missing a double for 11 darts and he won his second leg in 29 to beat Peter McAlorum 2-0 and leave the final score at 4_4

Have to say some terrific darts thrown this week especially the two 12 darters

This week its the Henry McIlhone cup in the St Matthews club on Wednesday and Thursday night both 8.30 starts

PAT MCGAHAN

ST MATTHEWS WIN PATSY CORR 3-A-SIDES

St Matthews A consisting of Dessie Magee Davy McCusker Allan Brown and Joe O Kane beat Clonard Hibs A who were Adam McDade Conor Hanna and Dan Delaney in a thrilling finish in which Clonard were going for an incredible fourth year in a row

It was the last 16 in the Hibs club and a lot of good 3 a side teams were in with a chance

Just a quick reminder its a singles game of 501 followed by pairs in 701 and a 1001 leg if required

LAST 16

BOARD 1 Match 1

St Matthews B 2 Crumlin Star 0 (Billy McDade 17&86fin)

Match 2

Hibs 58 B 2 Clonard Hibs C 0

BOARD 2 Match 1

Clonard Hibs B 0

Casement A 2

(Gerry McCormick 24&63,fin)&(Paul Condon &Joe Doone 32 darts)

Match 2

 

Hibs 58 A 2

Crumlin Star C 0

(Tucker Clarke 180)

BOARD 3

Match 1

Clonard Hibs A 2 Caseys A 1

(Seamy Roberts 16darts 140/140/85)

(Adam McDade 180 &Conor

Hanna super 20 darter hitting 121/121/180&140)

Match 2

Casement C 2

Forresters A 1

BOARD 4

Match 1

Hibs 58 1 St Matthews A 2

Match 2

Forresters B 2

Casement D 0

Q/F 1

Clonard Hibs A 2

St Matthews B 0 (Dan Delaney 17 darts)

Q/F 2

Hibs 58 A 2

Casement A 0

Q/F 3

Forresters B 0 Hibs 58 2

(Peter McDonnell snr 19& Martin Mooney 180 in doubles)

Q/F 4

St Matthews A 2

Casement C 0 (Allan Brown 25)

(Davy &Dessie 30)

So it's now at the semifinals stage with 4 very strong teams still left

Hibs 58 A

Mark Lynch

Tucker Clarke

Martin Corbett

Hibs 58 B

Peter McDonnell snr

Martin Mooney

Tony Corr

St Matthews A

Dessie Magee

Davy McCusker

Allan Brown

(Joe O Kane)

Clonard Hibs A

Adam McDade

Conor Hanna

Dan Delaney

The draw was as follows

Hibs 58 B b vs St Matthews A

Hibs 58 A vs Clonard Hibs A

SEMI FINAL 1

Allan Brown (24&56f) bt Martin Mooney

Dessie Magee & Davy McCusker (27darts 100/140/121 bt Peter McDonn

ell snr &Tony Corr 135/95/133)

2-0 to St Matthews

SEMI FINAL 2

Tucker Clarke (25) bt Dan Delaney

Conor and Adam (29 darts 100/100/100beat Mark &Martin (100/100/85)

Clonard Hibs won 1001 in 38 darts (140/100/140/100/100) over a

gallant Hibs 58 (136/95/100/81/85)

2-1 to Clonard Hibs A

So up next it's the final with the Clonard Hibs A going for an amazing fourth title in a row against St Matthews three new signings and the six lads didn't disappoint

THE FINAL

Singles 501

Adam McDade with a great 20 darts & an 80 finish beat Dessie Magee but back came St Matthews with Davy and Allan (31darts 125/125/100/85) to beat Conor and Dan

So its a 1001 shoot out and it was Clonard who got off to a great start hitting scores of 100/97/97/140/140&83 but St Matthews were fighting too with scores of 100/83/95/121 and with Clonard needing 40 big Davy hit a magical 180 to leave St Matthews on 42 Adam missed double top and left 20 and Allan missed 42 to leave 32 tension was showing and Conor missed the double 10 to allow Dessie to step up and hit the double 16 with his first dart to send the St Matthews boys wild

What a competition with congratulations to St Matthews A and commiserations to all the other teams especially Clonard Hibs A

I would once again like to thank the Corr family and the Hibs club for their sponsorship and help

PAT MCGAHAN

 

PATSY CORR 3-A-SIDES

This week saw 36 teams take part in the Patsy Corr 3-a-sides The format is one single game of 501 followed by pairs playing 701 and the the three players play a game of 1001 if necessary

PRELIMINARY MATCHES

Board 1

St Matthews C 2 Star Celtic C 0

Board 2

Casement A 2 Paul Condon 20 darts (501) Suffolk Celtic 0

Board 3

Crumlin Star A 2 Caseys B 0

Donegal Celtic A1 Kevin O Carroll (23&90fin) St Matthews A 2 (701 25 darts Dessie Magee & Davy McCusker)

LAST 32

BOARD 1

MATCH 1

Casement B 1(Vinty Lenzi

180) Clonard Hibs B 2

MATCH 2

DC C 0 Hibs 58 A 2

MATCH 3

Crumlin Star A 2 Caseys D 0

MATCH 4

DC B 0 Casement A 2 (Gerry McCormick 22 darts)

BOARD 2

MATCH 1

Forresters B 2 Star Celtic A 0

MATCH 2

St Matthews 1 (Gerard McGuinness 21 darts and a bull finish) Clonard Hibs A 2 (Adam McDade 180)

MATCH 3

Suffolk Celtic C 0 Hibs 58 B 2

MATCH 4

Caseys C 0 Crumlin Star 2

BOARD 3

MATCH 1

Star Celtic D 2 Casement C1

MATCH 2

Forresters C 2 Casement D 0

MATCH 3

St Matthews B 2 (22 darts 701 Billy McDade &Martin Irwin)

Crumlin Star B 0

MATCH 4

Forresters A 2 Suffolk D 0

BOARD 4

MATCH 1

St Matthews C 0 Clonard Hibs C 2 (Kevin Campbell 180)

MATCH 2

Suffolk Celtic B 0 St Matthews A 2(25darts 701 by Dessie Magee and Davy McCusker)

MATCH 3

Hibs 58 D 0 Hibs 58 C 2

MATCH 4

Star Celtic B 0 Caseys A 2

Next week it's the last 16 to be played out in the Hibs club starting at 9 o clock

FORRESTERS HAVE GOOD WIN AWAY TO CASEYS,HIBS 58 BEAT CASEMENT.BOTH ST MATTHEWS AND CLONARD HIBS KEEP UP THE CHASE WITH AWAY WINS OVER DC AND SUFFOLK CELTIC,AND CRUMLIN STAR WIN THE DERBY AGAINST STAR CELTIC

CASEYS 2 FORRESTERS 5

THE FORRESTERS TRAVELLED OVER TO CASEYS AND CAME AWAY WITH BOTH POINTS.STEVIE MURPHY GOT THEM GOING WITH A 2-1 WIN OVER MATT BOYLE HITTING 180 ON THE WAY ONLY FOR MAN OF THE MATCH DAN CAHOON (17& 26)TO LEVEL AT 1-1 WITH A 2-0 WIN AGAINST MICHAEL BURNS.IT WAS 2-1 TO THE AWAY TEAM THANKS TO A 2-1 WIN FOR SEAN FITZPATRICK (20&26)AGAINST GERARD HOLMES BUT IT WAS SOON 2-2 THANKS TO A 2-0 WIN FOR EUGENE BRANNIGAN OVER PADDY BLACK AND THEN SEAMY ROBERTS (22&27)BEAT OLIVER McMAHON 2-1 TO PUT CASEYS 3-2 UP BUT THATS AS GOOD AS IT GOT WITH THE FORRESTERS REELING OFF THE NEVT 3 GAMES THANKS TO A 2-0 WIN FOR PAUL STAFFORD OVER STEPHEN LECKY FOLLED BY A 2-0 WIN FOR MARTIN STAFFORD OVER LIAM McMENAMIN AND FINALLY KEVI ROBINSON(21& 30) BEAT BRIAN KERR

DONEGAL CELTIC 0 ST.MATTHEWS 8

ST.MATTHEWS CAME AWAY WITH BOTH POINTS AND A RESOUDING VICTORY OVER DC.GETTING THEM OFF WAS BILLY McDADE (22) WHO WON A TIGHT GAME 2-1 AGAINST JOE CORR (21 & 104 FINISH)FOLLOWED BY A 2-0 WIN FOR CON KIELTY (20) AGAINST ALAN HANNA.THE NEXT GAME WAS A CRACKER BETWEE KEVIN O'CARROLL AND MICKY McCARTAN.KEVIN WON THE FIRST LEG IN 25 DARTS ONLY FOR MICKY TO TAKE THE SECOND LEG MISSIND A 12 AND HITTING A 15 DARTER WHICH INCLUDED BOTH PLAYERS HITTING BACK TO BACJ 180s.IN THE LAST LEG KEVIN WAS GOING FOR A 12 DARTER ONLY TO MISS HIS DOUBLES AND LET MICKY IN.IT WAS THEN 4-0 WHEN JIMMY LAVERY(27)BEATSEAN ARMSTONG 2-0 AND MAN OF THE MATCH DESSIE MAGGEE (17 & 15 &110 FIN.)MADE IT 5 WITH A 2-0 WIN AGAINS FELIX McGEOWN.JAP McKINLEY 926&230 BEAT DAVYSMITH 2-0 FOLLOWED BY A 2-0 WIN FOR MARTIN IRWIN (26&25) AGAINST CAIRAN SMITH AND IN THE FINAL GAME DAVY McCUSKER 925) BEAT SEAMUS ARMSTRONG TO LEAVE THE FINAL SCORE AT 8-0 TO ST.MATTHEWS.

SUFFOLK CELTIC 2 CLONARD HIBS 6

JOHN McCANN (27&22) GOT HIBS OFF WITH A WIN OVER JIM LYNCHAND IT WAS 2-0 WHEN SEANPAUL GRANT (23&24)BEAT TOMMY KEARNEY FOLLOWED BY A 2-0 WINFOR PEARSE MAGUIRE AGAINST TOM KEARNEY.JUNIOR McMANUS (29) BEAT KEVIN CAMPBELL TO MAKE IT 1-3 TO CLONARD.CONOR HANNA (17&18.) THREW SUPER DARTS IN A WIN OVER JOE FLANNERY TO MAKE IT 4-1 AND THE POINTS WERE SAFE THANKS TO A 2-0 WIN FOR ANTO SMITH(28&30)OVER HARRY SMITH.IN THE NEXT GAME MAN OF THE MATCH ADAM McDADE (16&17) BEAT PATRICK McGEOWN 2-0 AND IN THE FINAL GAME KEVIN O'NEILL (28&25) PULLED ONE BACK WITH A 2-0 WIN OVER DAN DELANEY.

STAR CELTIC 2 CRUMLIN STAR 6

IN THE ARDOYNE DERBY IT WAS CRUMLIN STAR THAT GOT THE BRAGGING RIGHTS WITH A NICE 6-2 WIN.DOUGIE BOWES BEAT STEVIE McGUIGAN jnr.2-0 AND TOMMY HENRY  MADE IT 2-0 WITH A 2-1 WIN OVER RAB LYTTLE AND IT WAS 3-0 WHEN PETER McALORUM (25) BEAT STEPHEN CURLEY 2-1.SEAMY MARTIN (23&24) BEAT EAMON McGOVERN 2-0 AND MAN OF THE MATCH BEN LAGAN (15&17)MADE SURE OF THE POINTS WITH A 2-1 WIN AGAINST TONY KELLY.INCREDIBILY PETER FITZPATRICK (23&28 ) MADE IT 6-0  WITH A WIN OVER HERY McTASNEY snr,PADDY McALEESE WAS DELIGHTED TO GET STAR CELTIC ON THE SCORE BOARD AGAINST FREDDIE STILGEES AND GERARD SMITH ADDED ANOTHER IN THE FINAL GAME WITH A 2-0 WIN OVER GARY HEALYTO LEAVE THE FINAL SCORE  6-2 TO CRUMLIN STAR. 

HIBS 58 7 CASEMENT 1

THIS MATCH WAS OVER FAIRLY QUICKLY WITH 58 RACING INTO A 5-0 LEAD STARTING WITH A 2-0 WIN FOR MARTIN CORBETT (26&28 ) OVER KIERAN McGUINNESS AND THEN IT WAS 2-0 AS MARTIN MOONEY (23&25) BEAT JOE DOONE AND DAMIEN CORBETT (23) ALSO HAD A 2-0 WIN OVER JOHN QUINN.THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A MAN OF THE MATCH PERFORMANCE FROM PETER McDONNELL snr.(17&22) IN A 2-1 WIN OVER VINTY LENZI.THE POINTS WERE SAFE THANKS TO A 2-1 WIN FOR SEAN PATTERSON(24) AGAINST PAUL CONDON.CASEMENT GOT ON THE SCORESHEET THANKS TO A 2-0 WIN FOR GERRY McCORMICK AGAINST PETER McDONNELL jnr.ONLY FOR MARK LYNCH (22&25) TO HAVE A 2-0 WIN OVER RICKY SADDLER AND JOE DINNEN BEAT HENRY McCANN AND LEAVE THE FINAL SCORE 7-1 TO HIBS 58

THIS WEEK SEES THE PATSY CORR 3 A-SIDES IN THE HIBS CLUB 8.30 START

PAT McGAHAN  

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THE CHAIRMAN.COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL DARTS LEAGUE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THE WIFE AND EXTENDED FAMILY OF OUR ESTEEMED MEMBER WILLIE McKEE,WILLIES DEATH CAME AS A COMPLETE SHOCK TO US ALL AND TO LOSE A MEMBER OF HIS STANDING IS A GREAT LOSS TO US ALL,AS IT IS TO HIS FAMILY.OUR GRATEFUL THANKS TO THE McKEE AND McCORMICK FAMILIES FOR THEIR SPONSORSHIP TO THE LEAGUE OVER THE YEARS.WILLIE WILL BE REMEMBERED WITH GREAT FONDNESS BY EVERYONE.R.I.P.MARY QUEEN OF IRELAND PRAY FOR HIM.

HIBS 58 KEEP UP 100% RECORD

Hibs 58 beat St Matthews Clonard Hibs stay close beating Caseys Star Celtic have good win away to the Forresters Crumlin Star beat the DC and Casement have a good win over Suffolk Celtic

ST MATTHEWS 3 HIBS 58 5

The two unbeaten teams met in St Matthews club and in a great atmosphere Tucker Clarke (26&29) beat Joe O Kane (24) 2-1to make it 1-0 Hibs and it was 2-0 when Mark Lynch (19) beat Kyle Dillon 2-0 but back came St Matthews with Davy McCusker (26&20)who hit the 180 in his 2-0 win over Tony Corr and Allan Brown (24)beat Damien Corbett (28) 2-1 to level the match at 2-2 Martin Corbett (24&25) then put 58 3-2 up with a 2-0 win over Dessie Magee only for Martin Irwin(22&15)to produce a man of the match performance in a 2-0 win over a gallant Peter McDonnell snr to make it 3-3 The next game proved crucial when Martin Mooney edged Billy McDade 2-0 where both players were well below par and in the last game Con Kielty (26) won the first leg only for Sean Patterson( 22&20) to win the next two legs and claim the points for 58

CLONARD HIBS 5 CASEYS 3

Conor Hanna (20&21) got things going with a man of the match performance in his 2-1 win over Brian Kerr (24)and Sean Paul Grant (22&22) made it 2-0 with a good 2-0 win over Dan Cahoon and it was 3-0 when Anto Smith (29&22) beat Liam McMenamin 2-0 The Caseys got on the board with a 2-1 win for Eugene Brannigan against John McGrath only for Adam McDade (22&22) to beat Matt Boyle (29) 2-1 to make it 4-1 to Clonard Pearse Maguire (16&27) made sure of the points in a 2-0 win over Orchan Kearney Caseys won the last two games thanks to Gerard Holmes (25&21) beating Dan Delaney 2-1 and in the final game Seamy Roberts (21) beating Kevin Campbell 2-1 to leave the final score at 5-3 to Clonard Hibs

THE FORRESTERS 2 STAR CELTIC 6

The Star Celtic travelled over to the Forresters club and came away with both points .They raced away with this game going into an incredible 6-0 lead thanks to some nice darts starting with Henry mcTasney snr beating Oliver McMahon 2-1 followed by a 2-1 win for Stevie McGuigan against Ray Lavery It was 3-0 when Eamon McGovern (29) beat Martin Stafford 2-0 and then Henry mcTasney jnr made it 4 with a 2-1 win over Andy Gray and the points were secured when Gerard Smith (27&28) beat Gerard Callaghan2-0 and it was 6-0 thanks to a 2-0 win for Paul Fitzpatrick over Paddy Black Forresters got on the scoresheet thanks to a man of the match performance from Stevie Murphy (27&28) against Gerard Burns and Paul Stafford won the last game 2-0 against Paddy McAleese to leave the final score at 2-6 in favour of Star Celtic

CRUMLIN STAR 5 DONEGAL CELTIC 3

Dougie Bowes (21) made it 1-0 with a 2-1 win over Alan Hanna (29) but Seamus Armstrong snr beat Freddie Stilgees 2-0 to level matters and the DC went 2-1 up when Sean Armstrong (29&23) beat Peter Fitzpatrick (24) 2-1 only for Seamie Martin to beat Seamus Armstrong jnr 2-0 and make it 2-2 Peter McAlorum made it 3-2 to the Star with a 2-1 win over Davy Smith and it was 4-2 when Tommy Henry beat Matt Doone 2-0 The DC weren't done yet and Joe Corr (29&28) beat Paul Porter to make it 4-3 only for Ben Lagan (29&22) to throw a man of the match performance in a 2-0 win over Chinky Smith and seal the points for the home side

CASEMENT 6 SUFFOLK CELTIC 2

In the final game of the night Casement had a good win over Suffolk but it was the away side that got off to the better start with Kevin O Neill (23&22) beating Eddie Robb (22) to put them 1-0 up but then Casement ran away with the match starting with Ricky Saddler (22) beating Tucker Kearney 2-0 followed by a 2-0 win for Vinty Lenzi (26&27) over Junior McManus and it was 3-1 when Kieran McGuinness (20) beat Harry Smith 2-0 followed by a 2-0 win for Paul Condon against James McStravick In the next game Gerry McCormick(23&21) made sure of the points with a 2-1 win over Caolan Kearney and Joe Doone made it 6-1 with a 2-0 win over Joe Flannery In the final game Patrick McGeown(21&20) threw a man of the match performance in a 2-0 win over Henry McCann to leave the final score at 6-2 to Casement

This week is league match 5 not the three a sides which have been put back a week

PAT MCGAHAN

ADAM McDADE HITS SUPER 11 DARTER

 

Adam McDade hits a superb 11 darter in clonard hibs win over Star Celtic.Hibs 58 continue winning run against Crumlin Star.St.Matthews beat Casement,suffolk Celtic beat Caseys and Donegal Celtic and the Forresters share the spoils

 

STAR CELTIC 2 CLONARD HIBS 6

Where better to start than in the Crumlin Star club rooms where some terrific darts were thrown starting with Conor Hanna (20&23)and 180 beating Henry McTasney snr.. This was folled by Pearse Maguire(20&20) in a win over Rab Lytlleand then Kevin Campbell (20)hit the 180in his 2-0 win over Stephen Curley and Dan Delaney(22) made it 4-0 with a 2-0 win over Paddy McAleese.The Star got on the scoresheet when Paul Fitzpatrick beat Anto Smith 2-0 and was followed by a 2-0 win for Henry Mctasney jnr.against John McCannto leave the score at 4-2 to Clonard.In the next match Sean Paul Grant beat AaronMcGovern 2-0 to make sure of the points but the best was definitely saved to the last when Adam McDade played Eamon McGovern.In the first leg he hit a 19 darter but it was in the second leg with throws of 180 123 140 and a 2 dart 58 outshot

for a super 11 dartleg and left the final score 6-2 in favour of Clonard.

 

HIBS 58 6 CRUMLIN STAR 2

Hibs kept up their great start to the season with a win over Crumlin Star.Getting things going was Mark Lynch (24&24) in a hard fought 2-1 win over Dougie Bowes (25).Peter McDonbell snr (19&19) made it 2-0 with a man of the match performance against Gary Healy and it was soon 3-0 thanks to a 2-0 win for Martin Mooney (22&25) over Seamie Martin.Ben Lagan (28&210 stopped the rot when he beat Martin Corbett 2-0 and Tommy Henry(18) made it 3-2 with a 2-0 win over Sean Patterson.Tucker Clarke (29&21) made it 4-2 with a 2-0 win over Peter Fitzpatrick and it was points sealed when Tony Corr (29&27) beat Paul Porter (24) and in the final game Damien Corbett made it 6-2 with a 2-1 win over Robert Creen.

 

CASENT 1 ST.MATTEWS 7

St.Matthews travelled up to Casement and came away with both points with Con Kielty (29&29( beating Paul Condon(180).Next up saw Martin Irwin (26&28) have a good win over Vinty Lenzi and it was then 3-0 when Davy McCusker (15&123f) beat Eddie Robb 2-0.In the next game Kyle Dillon beat Joe Doone to make it 4-0 to St Matthews and the points where safe when man of the match Billy McDade (20&24) had another 2-0 win over Ciaran McKay.Ricky Saddler (24& 25) then got Casement on the scoresheet with a good 2-1 win over Dessie Magee(20) only for St.Matthews to win the last two games with Jimmy Lavery beating Gerry McCormick 2-1 and Allan Brown (23&23) winning 2-1 in a tight game over Kieran McGuinness (18&91f) to leave the final score at 7-1 to the visitors.

 

SUFFOLK CELTIC 5 CASEYS 3

This was a tight game that ebbed and flowed throughout the whole match.Man of the match Seamy Roberts (22&26) got Caseys off to a great start in a 2-1 win over Harry Smith but it was soon 1-1 when Paul Press beat Brian Kerr 2-0 and then Patrick McGeown (26) won a close game 2-1 against Stephen Lecky (24) to put Suffolk 2-1 up.Dan Cahoon (23) then levelled matters at 2-2 with a win over Junior McManus and Caseys went ahead again with a 2-0 for Matt Boyle over Kevin O'Neill.It was Joe Flannery with a 2-0 win over Gerry McIlduff that brought the sides level once again.James McStravick won 2-0 against Eugene Brannigan to edge Suffolk 4-3 ahead and in a tense finish to the match Tucker Kearney edged out Paul Smyth (28) to seal the match for Suffolk.

 

DONEGAL CELTIC 4 FORRESTERS 4

The points were shared in the final match of the night.Michael Burns got the away side off to a good start with a 2-0 win over Felix McGeown and it was 2-0 to the Forresters when Oliver McMahon beat Chinky Smith 2-0.Andy Gray then made it 3-0 with a 2-0 win over Joe Corr,but Alan Hanna then got DC going with a 2-1 win over Ray Lavery.In the next game Paul Stafford (22&23) produced a man of the match performance in a 2-1 win over Kevin O'Carroll to leave the score at 4-1 to the away team,but DC hadn;t given up hope and stormed back to take the next three games thanks to a 2-0 win for Seamus Armstrongsnr.over Paddy Black followed by a 2-0 win for Sean Armstrong over Gerard Callaghan and a tight 2-1 win for Paddy McGuinness against Stevie Murphy tp leave the final score at 4-4

 

Next week is league fixtures 4

PAT MAGAHAN

ST MATTHEWS WIN THE EDDIE CORBETT CUP

The Crumlin Star rooms were packed for the semifinals and final of the Eddie Corbett cup and the semifinals saw St Matthews play the Forresters and Casement play Clonard Hibs

SEMI FINAL 1

ST MATTHEWS 5 THE FORRESTERS 2

This was a tighter game than the scoreline suggests but in the end it's the double that counts Sean Fitzpatrick (34) got the Forresters off to a great start beating Billy McDade only for Jap McKinley to beat Andy Gray and level at 1-1, but Stevie Murphy then beat Joe O Kane to edge the Forresters ahead 2-1 but then St Matthews took over,  Dessie Magee (34) beat Paul Stafford to level at 2-2 and man of the match Con Kielty (33) made it 3-2 with his win over Michael Burns, and it was 4-2 thanks to Allan Brown (35) beating an unlucky Kevin Robinson and John Considine then sent St Matthews into the final with a tight win over Martin Stafford with the final score 5-2 to St Matthews

SEMI FINAL 2

CASEMENT 5 CLONARD HIBS 4

This one went all the way to the wire starting with man of the match Ricky Saddler (33&51f) beating Kevin Campbell and Kieran McGuinness (30) making it 2-0 to Casement with his win over Pearse Maguire. Back came Clonard thanks to Dan Delaney beating Michael Tierney to make it 2-1, and it was 3-1 to Casement when Joe Doone (33) had an impressive win over Adam McDade, but once again Clonard pulled one back with Sean Paul Grant beating Chopper McKay to make it 3-2 only for Gerry McCormick to restore the two game advantage with his win over John McCann. Clonard weren't done yet and Anto Smith beat Paul Condon and then Conor Hanna beat Eddie Robb to level at 4-4, and it was all down to the last game with Martin Lawlor facing Sean Finnegan and it was Martin who held his nerve to send Casement into the final

THE FINAL

ST MATTHEWS 5 CASEMENT 1

This ended up a little one sided with a mixture of good play from St Matthews and the odd missed double from Casement,  Dessie Magee(33) put St Matthews 1-0 up with a win over Michael Tierney and it was 2-0 when Billy McDade (38) beat Paul Condon.  Allan Brown (35) then beat Martin Lawlor to make it 3-0. The next game saw Joe O Kane sneak past Chopper McKay to make it 4-0, In the next match Kieran McGuinness (31) got Casement back into it with a man of the match performance against John Considine, but it was in vain, as Con Kielty (33&60f) beat Ricky Saddler to give St Matthews the silverware

I would like to congratulate St Matthews on winning the Eddie Corbett cup and commiserate with Casement and I would like to thank the Crumlin Star for their generous sponsorship and use of their club

Next week its back to the league

PAT MCGAHAN

EDDIE CORBETT CUP

Preliminary 1

DONEGAL CELTIC 2 ST MATTHEWS 5

Big Davy McCusker got St Matthews going with a 26 darter in this one leg 701 format which included the big 180 in his win over Kevin O Carroll but back came the DC with Joe Corr (32) beating Joe O Kane and they were 2-1 up when Sean Armstrong (35) beat Micky McCartan but St Matthews took over thanks to Dessie Magee (32) beating David Smith followed by Martin Irwin (32) beating Seamus Armstrong jnr and Jap McKinley (32) beating Seamus Armstrong snr and the game was wrapped up by man of the match Allan Brown (24&147 fin) against Felix McGeown to leave the result at 5-2 to St Matthews

PRELIMINARY 2

SUFFOLK CELTIC 2 CRUMLIN STAR 5

Tom Kearney put Suffolk 1up beating Peter Fitzpatrick but man of the match Ben Lagan (27&72f) levelled things up beating Junior McManus The Star went 4-1up with wins for Robert Creen over Harry Smith and Tommy Henry beat Kevin O Neill followed by Dougie Bowes beating Caolon Kearney Joe Flannery pulled one back with a win over Gary Healy only for Seamie Martin to step up and beat Tucker Kearney to win the match

Q/F 1

FORRESTERS 5 STAR CELTIC 2

In the first quarter final Kevin Robinson(32&60f) got the Forresters of with a man of the match performance against Henry mcTasney snr but it was 1-1 when Gerard Smith (32) beat Paul Stafford Michael Burns made it 2-1 beating Rab Lyttle and Steve Murphy made it 3-1 with his win over Eamon McGovern This was followed by a win for Martin Stafford over Aaron McGovern to make it 4-1 but Gerard Burns pulled one back for the Star Celtic only for Sean Fitzpatrick to win the match for the Forresters with his win over Tony Kelly

Q/F2

CRUMLIN STAR 2 CASEMENT 5

Ben Lagan got the Star of to a great start with a super 24 darter & a 77 finish against Martin Lawlor but Ricky Saddler (36) made it 1-1 beating Peter McAlorum Up next Seamie Martin (37) made it 2-1 with a win over Eddie Robb but that was as good as it got for the Star as Casement reeled off the next four games thanks to Gerry McCormick(33) beating Paul Porter then Chopper McKay beat Robert Creen followed by a win for Vinty Lenzi against Tommy Henry and Kieran McGuinness sent Casement into the semi-finals beating Gary Healy

Q/F 3

HIBS 58 3 ST MATTHEWS 5

This was a game of ebbs and flows with 58 going 2-0 up thanks to Mark Lynch (35) beating Joe O Kane and Tony Corr (30) beating Con Kielty but it was then 2-2 with wins for Allan Brown (33) against Peter McDonnell jnr and John Considine (30&74fin) against Sean Patterson 58 went in front when Martin Corbett beat his old mate Davy McCusker to make it 3-2 only for Billy McDade to level the game at 3-3 with a tight win over Peter McDonnell snr Jap McKinley then edged St Matthews ahead with a win over Joe Dineen and man of the match Dessie Magee (27) sent St Matthews through to the semi-finals

Q/F 4

CLONARD HIBS 5 CASEYS 2

Clonard raced into a 3-0 lead thanks to Conor Hanna (27) beating Eugene Brannigan and Pearse Maguire beat Paul Smith. This was followed by a superb 23 darter from Adam McDade against Stephen Lecky Gerry McIlduff pulled one back for Caseys with a win over Sean Finnegan but Dan Delaney made it 4-1 with a win over Matt Boyle but Caseys weren't done yet and Dan Cahoon beat Sean Paul Grant but in the next game Kevin Campbell beat Gerrard Holmes in a tight match to send Clonard through

This week it will be the semifinals and final in the Crumlin Star club with a nine o clock start

PAT MCGAHAN