Martin Hannon presenting the Willie Tiernan Perpetual Cup to Spells' Seamus Duffy and Frank Duffy.
Spell's are Champions for 2010.
Superb individual performances from Flanagan’s Gerry Owens and McDermott’s Gary Concannon were the highlight of Finals night of the Roscommon County Darts League held in Hannon’s Hotel Roscommon town on Saturday night. A large crowd were entertained by some great tussles- with Spell’s of Ballaghaderreen taking top honours in the League Cup Final with a 4-2 win over McDermott’s of Ballinaheglish. Flanagan’s of Castleplunkett took the Shield title with a 4-0 win over The Widow Pat’s, Knockcroghery. 49 legs on the night decided the destinations of both titles with 5 more 180’s and 3 more 100+ checkouts added to the League tally.
Spell’s, Ballaghaderreen 4 McDermott’s, Ballinaheglish 2. (18-13 on legs).
Spell’s last met McDermott’s in the Cup Final in 2008 with Spell’s winning at the death.
This time it was McDermott’s who made the better start with Thomas Concannon including the first Cup final 180 and checkouts of 56,100 and 60 on his way to a convincing 4-0 win over Jimmy Finn who started to slowly early on. Winning legs of 23,19,21 and 17 darts made it 1-0 to McDermott’s.
Joe Elliffe took over where Concannon left off in taking the first leg against Sean Fleming in 22 darts. But Fleming found his range and included winning legs of 24, 15, 21,and 26 darts to get his side on the scoreboard.
Game 3 proved very important for Spell’s as Denis Coffey took a deserved 4-2 win over David Concannon. Heavy scoring throughout from Coffey as well as efficient double hits made it difficult for Concannon to pass and take a win. Winning legs of 16,22,19 and 23 darts from Coffey. Game 4 seen Spell’s Patrick Tansey take a vital 4-2 win over Mark Finneran. Both players scored better than they finished with 19x 100+ scores between them but Tansey remained alot more consistent throughout. Despite this the end result could have been either way due to the odd missed double from both players.
Spell’s Sean Corcoran was next up and found himself with the first opportunity to take the title in game 5. But after Corcoran taking the opening leg in 20 darts Gary Concannon took over and produced a very memorable performance to take a deserved 4-2 win. Winning legs of 21,18,17,and 20 darts were achieved with free flowing high scoring and very good finishing sparking hopes of a revival from the large turnout of McDermott’s support. Gary- who had been struggling badly with his game for the past couple of years deserved this win fully and players from all sides were very pleased to see him play so well.
Game 6 was to prove to be the last- as Martin Fleming beat Michael Fallon 4-0 to seal Spell’s 3rd title in 5 years. Although not the most impressive of games Fleming done enough to take the win.
Shield Final.
Flanagan’s, Castleplunkett 4 The Widow Pat’s, Knockcroghery 0. (12-6 on legs). Despite the lopsided score line last years Cup Champions Flanagan’s took this year’s Shield title with a 4-0 win. Of the four games three were won on the deciding leg.
Francis Hussey who started with 3x100's scraped by 3-2 against Jimmy Reilly. Reilly had a 180 and 110 checkout in the 3rd leg to take a 2-1 lead. Hussey eventually levelled in the 4th despite scoring very heavily had a 23 dart leg. A 180 from Hussey in the deciding leg gave him a slight advantage that he nearly blew but he just held on for the opening game.
Gerry Owens produced one of the performances of the League to beat Pat Byrne 3-0 and give his side a 2-0 lead. Aided by heavy scoring, including a 180 Owens had winning legs of 20,16,and 17 darts with an scoring average of 103 but dropped to 85.08 after missing a couple of doubles. Gerry Ryan beat Tony Lyons in the third and Martin Kearney wrapped it up in the 4th as he got lucky to beat Mick Egan. Egan had winning legs of 17 and 18 darts. But Kearney matched him with 18 and 19 dart legs and a winning leg of 23 darts. A 113 checkout from Egan was highest of the day.
Martin Hannon presented all prizes and the Roscommon County Darts Shield to Flanagan's Noel Ryan and the Willie Tiernan Perpetual Cup to Spell's Frank Duffy and Seamus Duffy.
A total of 2046 legs were in the played League this year. Mick Egan topped the 180’s table for the League with 10- just ahead of McDermott’s Thomas Concannon on 9. Gerry Owens with a 156 effort topped the checkouts. Creaton’s Pat Reid had the quickest leg with a 12 darter. An archive of all results and stats can be viewed at www.rosdarts.com. Just follow the link to Roscommon Darts News. Thanks to each and every person who took part in the League in any way as a player or supporter. Thanks to Tommy Beirne who called the finalsThanks to all the publicans for their hospitality and refreshments all year. Thanks to Martin Hannon and the staff at Hannon’s Hotel in Roscommon for their generous sponsorship and use of their venue for our events throughout the year. Hope to do it all again next year.
Superb individual performances from Flanagan’s Gerry Owens and McDermott’s Gary Concannon were the highlight of Finals night of the Roscommon County Darts League held in Hannon’s Hotel Roscommon town on Saturday night. A large crowd were entertained by some great tussles- with Spell’s of Ballaghaderreen taking top honours in the League Cup Final with a 4-2 win over McDermott’s of Ballinaheglish. Flanagan’s of Castleplunkett took the Shield title with a 4-0 win over The Widow Pat’s, Knockcroghery. 49 legs on the night decided the destinations of both titles with 5 more 180’s and 3 more 100+ checkouts added to the League tally.
Spell’s, Ballaghaderreen 4 McDermott’s, Ballinaheglish 2. (18-13 on legs).
Spell’s last met McDermott’s in the Cup Final in 2008 with Spell’s winning at the death.
This time it was McDermott’s who made the better start with Thomas Concannon including the first Cup final 180 and checkouts of 56,100 and 60 on his way to a convincing 4-0 win over Jimmy Finn who started to slowly early on. Winning legs of 23,19,21 and 17 darts made it 1-0 to McDermott’s.
Joe Elliffe took over where Concannon left off in taking the first leg against Sean Fleming in 22 darts. But Fleming found his range and included winning legs of 24, 15, 21,and 26 darts to get his side on the scoreboard.
Game 3 proved very important for Spell’s as Denis Coffey took a deserved 4-2 win over David Concannon. Heavy scoring throughout from Coffey as well as efficient double hits made it difficult for Concannon to pass and take a win. Winning legs of 16,22,19 and 23 darts from Coffey. Game 4 seen Spell’s Patrick Tansey take a vital 4-2 win over Mark Finneran. Both players scored better than they finished with 19x 100+ scores between them but Tansey remained alot more consistent throughout. Despite this the end result could have been either way due to the odd missed double from both players.
Spell’s Sean Corcoran was next up and found himself with the first opportunity to take the title in game 5. But after Corcoran taking the opening leg in 20 darts Gary Concannon took over and produced a very memorable performance to take a deserved 4-2 win. Winning legs of 21,18,17,and 20 darts were achieved with free flowing high scoring and very good finishing sparking hopes of a revival from the large turnout of McDermott’s support. Gary- who had been struggling badly with his game for the past couple of years deserved this win fully and players from all sides were very pleased to see him play so well.
Game 6 was to prove to be the last- as Martin Fleming beat Michael Fallon 4-0 to seal Spell’s 3rd title in 5 years. Although not the most impressive of games Fleming done enough to take the win.
Shield Final.
Flanagan’s, Castleplunkett 4 The Widow Pat’s, Knockcroghery 0. (12-6 on legs). Despite the lopsided score line last years Cup Champions Flanagan’s took this year’s Shield title with a 4-0 win. Of the four games three were won on the deciding leg.
Francis Hussey who started with 3x100's scraped by 3-2 against Jimmy Reilly. Reilly had a 180 and 110 checkout in the 3rd leg to take a 2-1 lead. Hussey eventually levelled in the 4th despite scoring very heavily had a 23 dart leg. A 180 from Hussey in the deciding leg gave him a slight advantage that he nearly blew but he just held on for the opening game.
Gerry Owens produced one of the performances of the League to beat Pat Byrne 3-0 and give his side a 2-0 lead. Aided by heavy scoring, including a 180 Owens had winning legs of 20,16,and 17 darts with an scoring average of 103 but dropped to 85.08 after missing a couple of doubles. Gerry Ryan beat Tony Lyons in the third and Martin Kearney wrapped it up in the 4th as he got lucky to beat Mick Egan. Egan had winning legs of 17 and 18 darts. But Kearney matched him with 18 and 19 dart legs and a winning leg of 23 darts. A 113 checkout from Egan was highest of the day.
Martin Hannon presented all prizes and the Roscommon County Darts Shield to Flanagan's Noel Ryan and the Willie Tiernan Perpetual Cup to Spell's Frank Duffy and Seamus Duffy.
A total of 2046 legs were in the played League this year. Mick Egan topped the 180’s table for the League with 10- just ahead of McDermott’s Thomas Concannon on 9. Gerry Owens with a 156 effort topped the checkouts. Creaton’s Pat Reid had the quickest leg with a 12 darter. An archive of all results and stats can be viewed at www.rosdarts.com. Just follow the link to Roscommon Darts News. Thanks to each and every person who took part in the League in any way as a player or supporter. Thanks to Tommy Beirne who called the finalsThanks to all the publicans for their hospitality and refreshments all year. Thanks to Martin Hannon and the staff at Hannon’s Hotel in Roscommon for their generous sponsorship and use of their venue for our events throughout the year. Hope to do it all again next year.
