League Final's down for decider


April 14th 2012
Hannon's Hotel, Roscommon


Shield Final
Central Bar v Creaton's @ 6 p.m.


Cup Final
McDermott's v Widow Pat's @ 8 p.m.

Widow Pat's will defend their title against McDermott's, after overcoming a spirited Kate's effort. McDermott's will be looking to win their first title, after losing three finals. This will be the first time these teams have squared up on finals night, and a tight encounter is anticipated.
Creaton's and the Central Bar will meet in the Shield final, with last years runners-up Creaton's looking to go one better. The Central came through after a play-off win against the Hollywood, and will be full of confidence going into the final. Another tight game is anticipated.
A large crowd is expected to attend, and if previous years are anything to go by, an exciting evening lies ahead.

2011-12 League Finals 14th April 2012
Cup Final
McDermott's v Widow Pat's
Shield Final
Central Bar v Creaton's
Semi Final 1st leg results 23rd March 2012
Cup Semi-Finals
Kate's	2	Widow Pat's	5
Spell's	3	McDermott's	4
Shield semi-finals
Central Bar	4	Hollywood	3
Flanagan's	3	Creaton's	4
Semi Final 2nd leg results 30th March 2012
Cup Semi-Finals
McDermott's	4	Spell's	1
McDermott's win 8-4 on aggregate
Widow Pat's	3	Kate's	3
Widow Pat's win 8-5 on aggregate
Shield semi-finals
Creaton's	4	Flanagan's	2
Creaton's win 8-5 on aggregate
Hollywood	4	Central Bar	3
7-7 on aggregate. Central win play-off 3-0

League reaches semi final stage

Semi Final 1st leg fixtures 23rd March 2012
Cup Semi-Finals 
Kate's v Widow Pat's
Spell's v McDermott's

Shield Semi-Finals 
Central Bar v Hollywood
Flanagan's v Creaton's

Final league table

Team	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
Spell's	18	15	3	280	193	83
Widow Pat's	18	12	6	283	205	80
McDermott's	18	12	6	263	219	70
Kates	18	10	8	266	212	69
Creaton's	18	11	7	259	237	66
Hollywood	18	9	9	235	249	64
Flanagan's	18	10	8	245	232	61
Central Bar	18	8	10	224	246	61
Chariot	18	3	15	190	289	45
Village Inn	18	0	18	158	321	31

Egan Takes Third Kelly Cup Title 

An enjoyable day of darts saw the Martin Kelly Cup being played for in the Hollywood Bar, Roscommon on Sunday last.
Despite an large number of high quality outside entries, it was an all Roscommon final between McDermott’s David Concannon and Mick Egan from The Widow Pat’s.

Concannon had put in some impressive performances throuhout the day, and reached the final with an excellent 6-1 win over Sean McGowan (Sligo).
After defeating former champion Aodhagan O Neill (Cavan) 5-3 in the last 8, Egan struggled through with a final leg 6-5 win over Michael Healy (Sligo) in his semi final.

In the final, both players started well with the first four legs going with the throw, leaving the score at 2-2. An excellent fifth leg of darts went to Concannon. The standard of darts was emphasised by the fact that, despite hitting two scores of 100 as well as one of 137, Egan still lost out to Concannon who took out a 90 finish on the bull to hold his throw.

The even nature of the match continued until the ninth leg. The score was tied at 4-4 when Egan took the initiative by breaking the throw and holding his own to take a 6-4 lead. Concannon fought back though, holding his throw and breaking Egan in leg twelve to level the game, 6-6, and bring the match into a 13th and final leg.

Concannon had the throw and played steady darts (60,60,100,59,100) to leave 122, but Egan pressured the Concannon throw from the start (60,81,140,60,100) to leave 60. Concannon tried his best, but missed the bull for a 122 checkout, and Egan stepped up to take the 60 required, hitting double 10 to take the match on a 7-6 scoreline, and the Martin Kelly Cup for the third time.

A 160 checkout for Mark Devlin was the highest checkout of the day.

The results were as follows:
Last 16 (best of seven legs):
JP Feeney (Roscommon) 4, J Bosclaire 1 (Mayo);
G. Murphy (Roscommon) 1, D. Concannon 4 (Roscommon);
M. Murphy (Roscommon) 1, M. Heneghan 4 (Mayo);
M. Healy (Sligo) 4, B. McCormack 1 (Roscommon);
M. Devlin (Galway) 1, P. Carton 4 (Roscommon);
S. McGowan (Sligo) 4, D. McDonagh 1 (Roscommon);
J Crawley 2 (Roscommon), A. O’Neill 4 (Cavan);
M. Fleming 1 (Roscommon), M. Egan 4 (Roscommon).

Quarter-Finals (best of nine legs):
JP Feeney 2, D. Concannon 5;
M. Heneghan 2, M. Healy 5;
P. Carton 2, S. McGowan 5;
A. O’Neill 3, M. Egan 5.

Semi-Finals (best of 11 legs):
M. Egan 6, M. Healy 5;
D. Concannon 6, S. McGowan 1.

Final (best of 13 legs):
M. Egan 7, D. Concannon 6.


History Made as Roscommon Reach All-Ireland Semi Final

Roscommon’s mens darts team concluded their best Intercounty stint with a fully deserved run to the semi-final of the I.N.D.O. All Ireland Intercounty Darts Championships held at The Breaffy House Sports and Events Centre near Castlebar on February 4th/5th 2012.
Having been quarter finalists 3 times in the past 4 years similar or better was the ambition ahead of this years championships.

Following on from a successful run in the West Coast Challenge and a win in the Donlon Cup in previous weeks, Roscommon faced into the Inter Counties Competition on Saturday last in confident mood. The day started with Roscommon being drawn in a difficult group against Mayo, Kilkenny and Leitrim. Despite this, the team was confident of qualifing for a fourth quarter final in five years. The top team in the group gaining automatic qualification to the quarters with the second team facing a playoff.

Group Stages: SATURDAY
Roscommon 8 Kilkenny 4
Roscommon got off to an assured start in this game with captain Mick Egan winning his game 2-0. However this was not to last as four defeats on the trot for Thomas Concannon (0-2), Wayne Harris (1-2), Paul Carton (0-2) and Mick Kilroe (1-2) left Roscommon in need of some wins trailing 1-4. JP Feeney started the comeback required, taking out 103 in his last leg for a 2-1 win. Paddy Connaughton and Sean Fleming followed suit with 2-1 wins to level the game, while Joe Crawley brought cheers of approval from the Roscommon crowd with a 111 checkout on the bull for a 2-0 win to send Roscommon into a 5-4 lead. From here David Concannon and Mark Finneran led the way playing some excellent darts. Both players threw 180 with the first three darts in their individual games and both won 2-0. Manager Martin Fleming finished the game on a high with a 2-1 win leaving Roscommon 8-4 victors

Roscommon 10 Leitrim 2
This was without doubt one of Roscommon’s finest ever displays.  Not only was the result comprehensive, the quality was stunning. The team were to round off 10x 60+ checkouts in a well deserved win. Mick Egan started again for Roscommon and once again played some excellent darts, coming from 1-0 down to win 2-1, hitting a 180 in the second leg and successive scores of 100, 100 and 140 in the third. The game was then leveled at one a piece when Mick Kilroe was unfortunate to lose 0-2. From here however, Roscommon went on to dominate. Six successive 2-0 victories for Thomas Concannon, Wayne Harris, Paul Carton, Paddy Connaughton, JP Feeney and Sean Fleming put the game beyond doubt at 7-1. Highlights of these games included a 116 checkout for Thomas Concannon to win his game and a 180 and 99 checkout for JP Feeney. Lenny Docherty continued the run with a 2-1 victory while David Concannon took a 2-0 win hitting two 140s in his first leg to help towards an 18 dart leg. Next up Mark Finneran hit a 180 on his way to a 2-0 win and despite a 1-2 defeat for Joe Crawley in the final game, the 10-2 result was a huge confidence booster. Roscommon’s standard of play was put in perspective by the fact that over the 27 legs played Roscommon dropped 6.

Roscommon 4 Mayo 8:
Roscommon now had to repeat the previous performance in this game, but were dealt an early blow when Wayne Harris lost out 0-2. Thomas Concannon leveled the game with a 2-1 win checking out 112 in the first leg. From here on in though Roscommon lost their way as losses for Mick Egan, JP Feeney (both 1-2), Paddy Connaughton, Paul Carton (both 0-2), David Concannon (1-2) and Joe Crawley (0-2) left Roscommon facing a 7-1 deficit. This score line did not do justice to the game as a whole; a number of players were desperately unlucky, particularly David Concannon who played great darts hitting a 15 darter in his winning leg. With first place out of reach, second place needed to be guaranteed, and despite a 1-2 loss for Lenny Docherty, wins for Sean Fleming, Mark Finneran (both 2-0) and Patrick Tansey (2-1) left the final score line at 8-4. As a result the table read as: Mayo 24, Roscommon 22, Kilkenny 18 and Leitrim 8. Roscommon now faced the task of overcoming two teams in the playoffs before reaching the quarter finals, but hopes of success were high given their first two performances.

Playoffs:
Roscommon 7 Tipperary 6
From the off this game proved to be very much tit for tat, with both teams playing solid darts throughout. Mick Egan (2-0), Thomas Concannon (2-1) and Martin Fleming (2-0) each started with wins, but defeats for Wayne Harris, Paul Carton, Paddy Connaughton and Mark Finneran (all 0-2) left Roscommon facing a 4-3 deficit. However Sean Fleming, Gerry Owens and Paddy Connaughton won each of their games 2-1 to leave the game at 6-4 to Roscommon, who needed just one more game to clinch the win. With victory within their grasp, Roscommon were put on the back foot again with JP Feeney (0-2) and Patrick Tansey (1-2) losing out to leave the game at 6 a piece. The unenviable task of deciding the game fell to Lenny Docherty. However he was up to the task and despite the pressure, hit double twenty in the second leg to take a 2-0 win which brought the Roscommon support to their feet. Only Wicklow now stood in Roscommon’s way for a quarter final spot.

Roscommon 7 Wicklow 4
After the first four games this match was left finely balanced, as wins for Mick Egan and Thomas Concannon (both 2-0) were counteracted by defeats for Wayne Harris (1-2) and Martin Fleming (0-2). However, Roscommon went up an extra gear with four successive wins for Paddy Connaughton (2-0), David Concannon, Sean Fleming and Mark Finneran (all 2-1). Finneran in particular impressed hitting his third 180 of the day. This left Roscommon 6-2 up with only one more game required to seal the deal. Defeats for Gerry Owens and Paul Carton (both 0-2) gave Wicklow a glimmer of hope, but this was quickly snuffed out by JP Feeney who with his 2-0 win gave Roscommon a 7-4 victory. With Saturday’s play at a close, attention now turned to Sunday, with Roscommon facing a Quarter Final against near neighbors Westmeath.

Quarter Final: SUNDAY.
Roscommon 7 Westmeath 3
Captain Mick Egan started out this game, and set an example for his team with a 2-0 win. However, losses for Thomas Concannon and Paul Carton (both 1-2) left Roscommon in need of a win which was provided by JP Feeney (2-1) which included a 16 dart leg. Both teams traded games with Wayne Harris losing out 1-2 and David Concannon winning 2-1 to leave the game at 3 a piece. However, like against Wicklow, Roscommon found another gear firing off four wins in quick succession from Paddy Connaughton (2-1), Sean Fleming, Martin Fleming and Mark Finneran (all 2-0). Finneran in particular impressed hitting a 180 to take his tournament total to four. All this meant that Roscommon had made history by reaching an Inter Counties Semi-Final for the first time in the county’s history.

Semi-Final:
Roscommon 1 Wexford 7
Roscommon had went out to Wexford the past two years at playoff and Quarter final stage and would have to play very well to change that record. Early signs were not good, with losses for Mick Egan (0-2), Mick Kilroe (1-2) and Thomas Concannon (0-2). Martin Fleming stopped the rot with a 2-1 win hitting a 180 along the way to get the Roscommon supporters going. However from here on out, loses for Paddy Connaughton, JP Feeney (both 0-2), Wayne Harris and Sean Fleming (both 1-2) brought the contest to an end. A number of players were desperately unlucky on doubles and the score line in no way did justice to the darts played by the Roscommon team. Wexford proved worthy winners however as they almost became champions losing out on a narrow 7-6 scoreline in the final against defending champions Donegal

Overall, a historic three weeks and weekend for Roscommon Darts which will long be remembered by both players and supporters alike. Major progress has been made recently with many targets passed. Well done to player/ manager Martin Fleming and all players who put in huge effort and commitment not only this past weekend but over the last month in the run up to the competition. Roscommon Darts would like to thank Hannon’s Hotel, Roscommon for their sponsorship of the team as well as the use of their premises for practice. Special thanks also to the supporters who traveled in such good numbers on both days.

Roscommon retain Pete Donlon Cup

Sunday 29th January saw the annual Pete Donlon Cup being played between Roscommon and Long-ford in the Shannon Bar, Tarmonbarry.
Having defeated Longford the previous week on a semi-final run in the West Coast Challenge, defending cup champions Roscommon were in a confident mood. With the cup to be decided over 13 games, Longford drew first blood as Wayne Harris was unfortunate to be on the wrong end of a 2-0 result despite playing some excellent darts. Roscommon were not to be denied, however, and steadied the ship quick-ly with Thomas Concannon, Paul Carton and Joe Crawley all winning their games 2-0.
Then Longford pegged back the score to 3-2 when Paddy Connaughton was unlucky to be defeated on a 2-1 scoreline. Just when it looked like Longford were set to level the game, Sean Fleming took a vital 2-1 win in the next game, impressing under pressure to checkout 100 with his game tied at one leg apiece. Longford were not to be outdone, however, and were not left wanting when given a second opportunity to level the game. Despite good darts from both players, consecutive 2-0 defeats for Matthew Hynes and Patrick Tansey left the game tied at 4-4.
From here on in, however, Roscommon went up a gear. Despite losing the first leg of his game, David Concannon impressed with a 2-1 win, where he was aided by a 180 in his second leg and a 140 in his third. Lenny Docherty piled on the pressure further, hitting 125 and 140 on his way to winning his first leg and checking out 88 in the second leg to seal a 2-0 victory.
With the overall score at 6-4, Roscommon needed only one more game to seal their win. This task fell to Mark Finneran, who stepped up to the plate hitting scores of 100 and 140 on his way to a 2-0 win and a 7-4 win for Roscommon.
Despite the tie being a foregone conclusion, the remaining fixtures were played out. Rather than taking their feet off the pedal, however, the Roscommon players kept the pressure on as Mick Kilroe and Brian McCormack stormed to 2-0 wins. Kilroe, in particular, played excellent darts, hitting two 140s on his way to an 18-dart leg win.
As well as the 13 players who played competitively, three more Roscommon players played against their Longford counterparts on the day. All were victorious with wins for Gerry Owens (2-0), John Paul Feeney (2-1) and Sean Finan (2-1) to leave the overall score at 12-4. Feeney, in particular, played well, checking out with 114 in his win. Well done to manager Martin Fleming, captain Mick Egan and all the players on the day for the great darts and effort shown. Thanks also to all supporters who travelled as well as both the Shannon Bar and the Longford team for their hospitality on the day.
Attention now turns to this weekend as the INDO Inter-counties competition in the Breaffy House Hotel, Castlebar, County Mayo on February 4th and 5th. Last year saw a successful run for the men’s team. Wins over Offaly, Cavan and Clare saw Roscommon top their group and take their place in the quarter-finals. Unfortunately defeat to Wexford brought an end to the team’s involvement, but with a successful run at the West Coast Challenge as well as a Donlon Cup win, hopes will be high for a good run in this year’s competition.

West Coast Cool For Roscommon!
Sunday seen the start of a busy month’s darts for the Roscommon darts team, with the West Coast Challenge played in the Clayton Hotel Galway. Ten teams took part, with two groups of five drawn to play off. Roscommon avoided being drawn against favorites Donegal and Mayo, but still faced a difficult draw with games against home teams Galway ‘B’ and Galway ‘C’ as well as near neighbors Longford and highly fancied Limerick. Fifteen players in all traveled from Roscommon; Martin Fleming (Captain), Sean Fleming, Patrick Tansey (all Spell’s), Mick Egan, Paul Carton (both Widow Pat’s), Thomas Concannon, David Concannon (both McDermott’s), Wayne Harris, Paddy Connaughton, Lenny Docherty (all Kate’s), Gerry Owens, Brian McCormack (Flanagan’s), Mick Kilroe, John Paul Feeney (both Hollywood) and Sean Finan (Creaton’s). With each game decided over three legs, each of the twelve players who took part needed to hit the ground running. First up for Roscommon was Limerick.

Roscommon 4 Limerick 8
Despite an initial loss for Sean Fleming (0-2), Roscommon stormed back with Mick Egan, Thomas Concannon and Wayne Harris putting three 2-0 wins back to back. Concannon in particular impressed hitting a 180 in his win, while Harris also hit an excellent 110 checkout. Unfortunately these wins were followed by three straight losses with Paddy Connaughton (0-2), Paul Carton (1-2) and Gerry Owens (0-2) losing out. Mick Kilroe helped steady the ship with a 2-1 win to bring the game to 4 a piece overall. However Patrick Tansey (0-2), JP Feeney (0-2), Brian McCormack (0-2) and David Concannon (1-2), were unable to build on this, with this losing streak of four games in a row putting an end to Roscommon’s hopes of a winning start.

Roscommon 9 Galway ‘B’ 3
Roscommon quickly got into their rhythm in this game with Mick Egan, Wayne Harris and Thomas Concannon laying down markers with 2-0 wins. Despite Mick Kilroe losing out 0-2 in the fourth game, three more wins were fired off in quick succession by Paddy Connaughton (2-1), Martin Fleming (2-0) and Paul Carton (2-0). The impressive 6-1 lead that resulted was highlighted by an excellent 180 from Paddy Connaughton. Despite Gerry Owens (0-2) and Brian McCormack (1-2) narrowly losing out, confidence was now high in the Roscommon camp and wins for Lenny Docherty (2-0), David Concannon (2-1) and JP Feeney (2-0) sealed the deal.

Roscommon 9 Longford 3
Despite Wayne Harris losing out 0-2 in his opening game, Roscommon started where they left with five successive 2-0 wins from Mick Egan, Martin Fleming, Thomas Concannon, Paddy Connaughton and Brian McCormack to leave the score at 5-1. Despite loses for Paul Carton (1-2) and Gerry Owens (0-2), any hope Longford retained of a comeback was quickly removed with wins for JP Feeney (2-1), Patrick Tansey, Lenny Docherty and David Concannon (all 2-0)

Roscommon 8 Galway ‘C’ 4
Roscommon knew going into this game that five wins was a must if they were to qualify for the semi-finals. If there was pressure on the players going in, there were little signs of it, and a 2-1 win for Mick Egan in which he checked out 160 in the first leg was a sure sign of this. Despite Wayne Harris and Martin Fleming losing out in their games (both 0-2), Paddy Connaughton (2-1) and Thomas Concannon (2-0) helped leave the scoreline 3-2 in Roscommon’s favour. From here Roscommon went onto a comfortable win dropping only two games; Sean Finan (0-2), Paul Carton (2-0), JP Feeney (2-0), David Concannon (2-1), Brian McCormack (0-2), Patrick Tansey (2-0), Lenny Docherty (2-0). JP Feeney in particular impressed with a 130 checkout.

With all group games played the table now read as follows; Limerick (33), Roscommon (30), Longford (25), Galway ‘C’ (23) and Galway ‘B’ (9). With the top two qualifying, Roscommon now faced a difficult semi-final against the winners of the other group, Donegal. The Tír Conaill men were looking to add the title to back to back All Irelands won in 2010 and 2011.

Roscommon 2 Donegal 8
Roscommon were under no illusions over the task which faced them going into this game,  and this was emphasized with a 2-0 defeat for Mick Egan in the first game. Wayne Harris rallied with a 2-1 win, but narrow defeats for Thomas Concannon (1-2), Paul Carton (0-2), Paddy Connaughton (1-2) and Lenny Docherty (0-2) put Roscommon on the backfoot again. Despite an impressive win from David Concannon (2-0), three consecutive defeats for Martin Fleming, JP Feeney and Gerry Owens (all 0-2) put paid to Roscommon’s hopes of a final appearance.

Despite this defeat the event as a whole was a great success for the men’s team. The fact that Donegal went on to defeat Mayo 7-1 in the final put the defeat and Donegal’s strength in perspective. Also a number of players threw excellent darts and will only benefit from the experience, leaving hopes high for the Inter counties Competition in February.

Away from the men’s run in the competition, Roscommon Youth’s also had a successful event. Three teams in total entered on the day, with two groups being played off. Group 1 contained Roscommon B, Mayo A, Galway B, Clare A and Donegal. Group 2 consisted of Roscommon A, Roscommon C, Mayo B, Galway A and Clare B. Despite an excellent 5-0 win over Mayo B, Roscommon C were unfortunate to come up short in qualifying from their group. Likewise Roscommon B were desperately close to qualification; wins over Galway B (3-2) and Clare (4-1) were not enough as Roscommon B came up short by 4 points despite only losing narrowly to Mayo A and Donegal (both 2-3). Success in the group stages came for Roscommon A however. Having taken 12 points from their first three games, Roscommon A needed Mayo B to take two games against Clare. Their near neighbors did not let them down, and as a result, Roscommon A, like their senior counterparts had a semi-final date with Donegal. Despite a brave comeback from 2-0 to bring the game to 2-1, Roscommon A were unfortunate to lose 3-1. Needless to say the event will have benefited all involved coming up to the Youth Inter Counties in February. A full report on the youth’s involvement will follow in next week’s paper. On a successful day for Roscommon darts, special thanks goes to Youth managers Sean Fleming, Tommy Beirne and Noel MacDermott for their hard work both Sunday and throughout the year. Well done also to all players involved, both Youth and Men’s, for representing their county so well throughout the day. Thanks also to those who traveled to provide well appreciated support on the day. Next up, the coming weekend sees the annual Pete Donlon Cup being played between Roscommon and Longford. This year’s event will be held in the Shannon Bar, Tarmonbarry, Co Roscommon. Following last year’s success on a 7-5 scoreline, Roscommon will hope to retain the cup. However, following Sunday’s success, main focus will be on February 4th and 5th when the INDO Inter Counties competition takes places in the Breaffy House Hotel, Castlebar, Co. Mayo. The Roscommon Youths will also take part in their Inter Counties competition in February, taking stage in the West County Hotel, Ennis, Co. Clare on February 18th.

A1 start to New Year for Wayne Harris 

46 players took part in the A1 Roofing Singles in Spell’s, Ballaghaderreen on 7th January.

The ‘double in double out’ format seemed to bring the best out in a number of players. There were numerous 180s and high checkouts. The prize for highest checkout was held jointly between Sean Finan and David Concannon, with both players taking out 146. The highlight of the day, however, was the final between Wayne Harris and JP Feeney. Both players had played great darts throughout the day, and the best of 11 legs final promised to be a close encounter.

Harris took control early on, hitting two 140s and a 137 on his way to winning the first two legs. Starting off the third leg with a score of 100, Harris seemed to be in control. With 250 left, however, Feeney scored 180 and followed this up with a checkout of 70 to win the third leg. A 2-1 deficit quickly became an even game for Feeney with scores of 136, 134 and 100 in the next leg leaving the game at 2-2.

The high scoring nature of the game continued from here on in with both players determined to claim the title. The next six legs were evenly shared, leaving the scoreline at 5-5 going into the final leg.

Like the previous legs, this one also went down to the wire, but with scores of 134 and 125 along with some decisive finishing, Harris came out on top to win the title on a score line of 6-5.

Last 16 (best of five legs): 

D. O’Gara 1, J. Crawley 3; 

S. McHugh 0, W. Harris 3; 

J. Finn 1, P. Tansey 3; 

R. Lynch 1, S. Finan 3; 

M. Fleming 3, P. Carton 0; 

P. Connaughton 2, D. Concannon 3; 

J.P. Feeney 3, D. Coffey 1; 

B. McCormack 3, P. Reid 0. 

Last 8 (best of seven legs): 

J. Crawley 3, W. Harris 4; 

P. Tansey 4, S. Finan 2; 

M. Fleming 0, D. Concannon 4; 

J.P. Feeney 4, B. McCormack 0. 

Semi-Finals (best of nine legs): 

J.P. Feeney 5, P. Tansey 1; 

D. Concannon 3, W. Harris 5.
Final (best of 11 legs): 

J.P. Feeney 5, W. Harris 6.

Concannon takes Christmas Singles

David Concannon became the fifth winner of the Christmas Singles with a 6-2 win over Mick Egan in Sunday's final. Concannon had played well all day, and followed up good wins over Martin Murphy and Thomas Concannon, to beat Egan and take the title. Egan's luck finally ran out in the final, having used it all up in narrow wins over Brendan Harrington and Paul Carton.

There were 30 entries on the day, and a good standard of darts was played all day.

Many thanks go to Tommy Beirne for running the event again, and all who helped with the set up on the day and those who donated spot prizes.

Results:

Board Finals (last 8):

Thomas Concannon 4-1 Martin Fleming

Mick Egan 4-3 Brendan Harrington

David Concannon 4-0 Martin Murphy

Paul Carton 4-0 Jason Hoare

Semi-final:

David Concannon 5-3 Thomas Concannon

Mick Egan 5-4 Paul Carton

Final:

David Concannon 6-2 Mick Egan

McCormack takes Tommy Kenny Cup 

Brian McCormack won the 9th running of the Tommy Kenny Cup on Sunday.

With all of his matches going to last leg deciders, he did it the hard way, but played to a good standard all day to win out the competition, beating Jason Duffy, Noel McDermott, Paddy Connaughton, Marting Fleming and John Paul Feeney. Some excellent finishing by McCormack saw him through, hitting winning doubles many times with only one shot at them.

Feeney opened a 3-1 lead in the final, but McCormack dug deep and levelled at 3-3. With the match at 5-5, it looked like Feeney would take it, but after Feeney bent the wire for double 9, McCormack stepped up to hit double 8 for the win.

Results:
Semi Finals:
James McIntyre 0-5 John Paul Feeney
Brian McCormack 5-4 Martin Fleming 
Final:
John Paul Feeney 5-6 Brian McCormack
 

Tommy Kenny Cup 

December 4th 2011: 9th Annual Tommy Kenny Cup

Creaton's, Loughglynn, Co.Roscommon. 

Names in by 3.30 p.m. Games start at 4 p.m.

No sign of snow on the horizon this year, so it should be all systems go for the 9th running of the Tommy Kenny Cup.

	Winner	Runner-Up
2010	Mick Egan	Wayne Harris
2009	Sean Fleming	Martin Fleming
2008	David Concannon	Thomas Concannon
2007	Mick Egan	Sean Fleming
2006	Martin Fleming	Sean Fleming
2005	Sean Finan	Sean Fleming
2004	Sean Finan	Mick Egan
2003	Jimmy Reilly	James McIntyre

League updates

One third of the season gone, things are tight at the top.
Hard to pick a top 4 this season

Spell's	6	5	1	99	61	29
Hollywood	6	3	3	83	79	23
Central Bar	6	4	2	81	79	23
McDermott's	6	3	3	85	75	22
Flanagan's	6	4	2	82	71	22
Widow Pat's	5	4	1	78	61	22
Kates	6	3	3	85	73	21
Creaton's	5	2	3	64	74	15
Chariot	5	0	5	50	87	10
Village Inn	5	0	5	41	88	9

WORLD CUP UPDATES

Follow the latest updates at the WDFWorld Cup Page:

http://www.dartswdf.com/wdf-world-cup-2011/

Clink on the links under World Cup Brackets for Men's, Ladie's and Youth's match updates.

WDF World Cup in Castlebar Schedule of matches

Wednesday – 21st September (Lunch 13.00 – 14.00)
10.00 – Mens Team Event

(Round Robin and knockout matches up to and including Last 16)

10.00 – Womens Pairs Events

(Round Robin)

15.15 – Girls Singles Event

(Round Robin and knockout matches up to and including semi-finals)

Thursday – 22nd September (Lunch 13.00 – 14.00)
10.00 – Mens Singles Event

(Knockout matches up to and including semi-finals)

14.15 – Womens Pairs Event

(Last 16 matches up to and including semi-finals)

14.15 – Boys Singles Event

(Round Robin and knockout matches up to and including semi-finals)

Friday – 23rd September (Lunch 13.00 – 14.00)
10.00 – Mens Pairs Event

(Knockout matches up to and including semi-finals)

10.00 – Womens Singles Event

(Knockout matches up to and including semi-finals)

15.15 – Youth Mixed Pairs Event

(Round Robin and knockout matches up to and including semi-finals)

16.45 – Mens Team Event

(Quarter-finals and Semi-Finals)

Saturday – 24th September (Lunch 13.00 – 14.00)
10.30 – Girls Singles Final (11 legs) + presentations of all medal winners

11.10 – Boys Singles Final (11 legs) + presentations of all medal winners

11.50 – Women’s Pairs Final (11 legs) + presentations of all medal winners

12.30 – Men’s Pairs Final (11 legs) + presentations of all medal winners

13.15 – Lunch

14.30 – Youth Pairs Final (11 legs) + presentations of all medal winners

15.10 – Women’s Singles Final (13 legs) + presentations of all medal winners

15.50 – Men’s Singles Final (13 legs) + presentations of all medal winners

16.30 – Men’s Team Finals (17 legs) + presentations of all medal winners

18.00 – Presentation of “overall” cups and medals

Roscommon Darts AGM

Friday September 16th at 8:00pm

Hannon's Hotel, Roscommon

All ideas and suggestions for the season ahead are welcome.

All teams interested in enetering the legaue for the new season are asked to send at least one representative.

John Part Exhibition

3 time World Champion John Part was in the Coachman's Inn, Roscommon for an exhibition on Sunday 11th September.

John was an absolute gentleman, chatting to all who turned up, and opted for best of 3 501 challenges against his opponents initially, before switching to 701 challenges later on. A number of local players tried and failed to beat him, but a few took legs off of him.

He finally met his match when the A-team (above) took him out in a 701 leg.

A real shame that more didn't turn up to see and play against him, but very enjoyable for those that did.

News Round Up

A quiet summer on the road for Roscommon's darters, with few travelling this summer.

In May, Sean Fleming reached the Grand Prix Final and secured a trip to Hull for the Winmau World Masters and Lakeside Qualifiers.
Sean lost out in the final to Jacko Barry, but a place in the final 2 was good enough to secure a place in Hull.
Unfortunately, due to the late scheduling and short notice given about the Masters and Lakeside qualifiers this year, Sean could not travel due to other committments.

In June, the Grand Finals of the Ireland Players championship took place in Kilkenny. Mick Egan took his palce int he finals, but failed to get out of the group stages. Cork's Damian O'Driscoll won the mens competition. Unfortunately, due to cutbacks, there was no TV coverage this year by TG4.

In July, the finest collection of darting talent Roscommon has seen in years gathered in the Coachman's Inn for an Open singles tournament. A host of Internationals, laced with PDC regulars and other local talents, fought out some superb games throughout the day. Barry Copelands 4-3 win over Sean McGowan, Connie Finnan's 4-3 win over Martin Heneghan and Aodhagan O'Neill's 4-3 win over Mick Egan being three outstanding games. In the semi-finals, Barry Copeland threw well to beat a decent Terry McNulty effort, and John O'Shea overcame Connie Finnan 5-4 in the game of the day. In the final, Northern Ireland international and recent All-Ireland Open finalist Barry Copeland continued his good form, beating PDC regular John O'Shea 6-4 in a top class final.
Semi-finals:
John O'Shea 5 Connie Finnan 4;
Barry Copeland 5 Terry McNulty 2;
Final:
Barry Copeland 6 John O'Shea 4.

In September, Mick Egan and John Kelly travelled to Hull for the Winmau World Masters and Lakeside qualifiers.
Despite a lack of match practice Egan put in good performances both days of the Winmau World Masters and Lakeide Qualifiers.
In the World Masters, Egan lost to England's Pip Blackwell on a 3-2 scoreline. All sets went 2-1 in legs. In the final leg, Blackwell opened with scores of 140, 100 and 180 before finishing in 13 darts to take the win.
Raddie Szaganski from Limerick proved the best of the Irish, reaching the last 16 of the qualifiers, before losing out to Dutch player Christian Kist live on stage on ESPN.

A huge effort from Egan in Fridays Lakeside Qualifiers went unrewarded as he lost out to The Netherlands Christian Kist on a 2 sets to 1 scoreline. In a format where each set was best of five legs, the final set was decided 6-5 in a sudden death leg. With Egan having missed a dart for the chance of a 6-4 win in the final set, Kist hit back an took out a 107 finish for a 6-5 win in the final set.win the final leg. Kist progressed for a further 6 rounds to qualify for the Lakeside World Championships next January. Egan proved to run Kist much closer than many others with Kist not dropping another set until his final match where he beat Denmark's Vladamir Anderson 2-1.
Sean McGowan was the best of the Irish, reaching the last 8 before he too went down to Kist on a 2-0 scoreline.
Roscommon Youth and newcomer John Kelly was beaten 4-1 in the second round of The Winmau World Youth Masters having beaten Dutch opponent Lars Fransen 4-2 in the first round. Checkouts of 101 and 86 taking the final two legs of that contest.