Panel named for Pete Donnellon Cup.
Sunday 18th of January @ Hannon's Hotel Roscommon Town 3pm. The Pete Donnellon Cup between Roscommon and Longford. Singles Tournament takes place immediately afterwards. More details next week.
Mens Panel- Mick Kilroe, Gerry Murphy, Patrick Tansey, Denis Coffey, Jimmy Finn, Sean Fleming, Martin Fleming, Sean Finan, Padraig Kearney, Thomas Concannon, David Concannon, Mark Finneran, Paul Carton, Jimmy Reilly, Mick Egan, Matthew Hynes, Martin Murphy, Frank Duffy.

Confirmed Dates for early 2009.
January 9th- Resumption of games in the Hannon's Hotel Roscommon County Darts League. All held up games to be played before the 9th please.
January 18th- I.N.D.O. AGM at The West County Hotel in Ennis, Co.Clare. 12 noon start.
January 18th- The Annual Pete Donnellon Cup is to be held in Hannon's Hotel Roscommon Town between Roscommon and Longford. Mens and Youths. Singles competition takes place after.
January 25th- The Annual West Coast Challenge is to be held at The Breaffy House Hotel in Castlebar, Co.Mayo
February 7th/8th- The Annual I.N.D.O. All-Ireland Intercounty Darts Championships to be held at The Breaffy House Hotel in Castlebar in Co.Mayo.

Hannon's Hotel Christmas Singles.
Egan captures Christmas Singles.
Mick Egan and Jimmy Reilly played out an oustanding Final to decide the 2008 Hannon's Hotel Christmas Singles in Roscommon on Sunday. Egan who has darted over much of the country this year proved the stronger turning in a deserved 6-3 win. The were also a high number of big checkouts on the day, the highest being a 154 from runner-up Reilly in his 4-3 win over Sean Finan in the First Round.
Last years winner Gerry Murphy departed at the last 16 stage to Padraig Kearney. Last weeks winner of the Tommy Kenny Cup David Concannon was beaten by Mick Egan in a high scoring last 16 match. The losing Semi Finalists were Padraig Kearney and Martin Fleming. While Kearney did pose some threat to Egan in the first semi, Fleming was no match for Reilly.
Egan took the first leg of the Final in 17 darts. Reilly replied in 20 and 18 darts to take the next two, the 18 darter finished with a 120 checkout. Legs four, five and six went to Egan in 16, 18, and 14 darts as he gained a 4-2 lead. Reilly responded to that with a 16 darter of his own to make it 4-3 but Egan edged closer to the finish line with a sloppier 23 dart leg. But in the 9th and deciding leg Egan came good with yet another classy leg which he took in 15 darts. Scores of 60,81,100,and 140 set up a 120 checkout which he completed to take the title.
Hannon's Hotel Christmas Singles Results.
Last 16: M.Fleming 4 G.Concannon 1; J.Crawley 4 R.Dolan 0;M.Egan 4 D.Concannon 1; S.Fleming 4 D.Coffey 1;P.Carton 4 M.Costello 0;J.Reilly 4 T.Concannon 1;P.Kearney 4 G.Murphy 2; J.Finn 4 P.Byrne 2.

Last 8: M.Fleming (Spell's) 4 J.Crawley (Creaton's) 0;M.Egan (Claypipe) 4 S.Fleming (Spell's)3;J.Reilly (Claypipe) 4 P.Carton (Claypipe) 3; P.Kearney (Flanagan's) 4 J.Finn (Spell's) 3.

Semi-Finals: J.Reilly 5 M.Fleming 0; M.Egan 5 P.Kearney 2.

Final: M.Egan 6 J.Reilly 3.

Higher checkouts on the day were: Jimmy Reilly 154,120, 115, 113, 100. Mick Egan 120,109,101, Martin Fleming 112.

Family affair decides Kenny Cup.
Roscommon All Ireland Darts winning Youth David Concannon became the youngest winner of the Tommy Kenny Cup Darts Tournament on Sunday. A startling comeback from 3-0 down in the final ended in a 6-5 scoreline against his talanted younger cousin Thomas Concannon.
A total of 46 players took part on the day, with the draw throwing up all kinds of surprises early on. Twice winner Sean Finan was beaten in his preliminary round game to the eventual winner. As was 2006 winner Martin Fleming who was also beaten by David Concannon in the first round. Padraig Kearney put in steady displays but exited at the last 16 stage. Last years winner Mick Egan was also knocked out at the last 16 stage by an inform Jimmy Finn. Jimmy Reilly was the last of the previous winners to be knocked out as he was beaten 4-0 by the eventual runner-up in the first quarter final.. Jimmy Finn was very impressive in his quarter final win over three time Kenny Cup runner-up Sean Fleming. Finn capitalised on any mistake Fleming made and struck important scores and finishes when needed most. David Concannon took a 4-2 win over Patrick Tansey and Frank Duffy was sublime in his 4-3 struggle over Brian McCormack. The first Semi Final between Thomas Concannon and Jimmy Finn was easily the better of the two. Finn had checkouts of 50,52, and 64 but a superb match winning 90 checkout on the bull put the younger Concannon through to the final. In the second semi-final it was one way traffic as David Concannon destroyed Frank Duffy. All Concannon's legs were swift with Duffy not even getting on a finish. A 110 checkout in leg two set the winner on his way to a 5-0 win.
The Final started better for Thomas Concannon as he raced to a 3-0 lead with two 180's and three 140's in the first three legs. However David pulled it back to 3-3 before a 97 checkout in an 18 dart leg put Thomas 4-3 up. Legs were again swapped until it was 5-5. A crucial 140 in the final leg gave David that slight advantage and needed just one dart at doulbe to take the title with a 52 shot.
Highest checkouts on the day were David Concannon's 110,120 twice by Sean Fleming, a 122 by David Concannon and the highest on the day was a 135 effort by Mark Finneran. Lady of the Tournament was Kathy Fleming.
Presentations of The Tommy Kenny Cup and momentos was made by Sinead Kenny to all the winners.
Scores:
Last 16:-J.Finn 3 M.Egan 1;S.Fleming 3 G.Concannon 0;P.Tansey 3 M.Kearney 2;D.Concannon 3 P.Kearney 2;T.Concannon 3 M.Finneran 1;J.Reilly 3 M.Conroy 0;F.Duffy 3 J.Cullinane 0;B.McCormack 3 T.Concannon Snr 1.
Last 8:- J.Finn(Spell's) 4 S.Fleming (Spell's) 3; D,Concannon (McDermott's) 4 P.Tansey (Spell's) 2; T.Concannon (McDermott's) 4 J.Reilly (The Claypipe) 0; F.Duffy (Spell's) 4 B.McCormack (Flanagan's) 3.
Semi-Finals:- T.Concannon 5 J.Finn 4; D.Concannon 5 F.Duffy 0.
Final:- D.Concannon 6 T.Concannon 5.

Creaton's set for Tommy Kenny Cup.
The 6th annual Tommy Kenny Cup takes place in Creaton's Bar Loughlynn on Sunday the 14th of December, starting at 5pm.
It has been a well supported event in it's previous five runnings and has produced 4 different winners- visiting 3 different parts of the county. Knockcroghery's Jimmy Reilly was the first winner of The Kenny Cup in 2003. In 2004 and 2005 it was Loughlynn's Sean Finan who claimed the back to back title. In 2006 Finan's efforts for a three in a row were stopped by Ballaghaderreen's Martin Fleming who went on to win the Cup. Last year Knockcroghery player Mick Egan won the Cup after a top class final against the Kenny Cup ''nearly man'' Sean Fleming who has lost three Kenny Cup finals in a row. All 4 previous winners and a host of other players from across the county arer expected to take part. Details- Confined to players who live within Co.Roscommon;Names in by 4pm; First game at 5pm; Entry Fee €10 per player; Prizefund Money in/Money out Plus; Also mementos for Highest Checkout and Lady of Tournament. Further Details- 0876492651

Hannon's Hotel Christmas Singles.
Sunday 21st of December at Hannon's Hotel Roscommon Town.
Full details will appear here and in local papers this week.

Round 9 results- Friday, December 12th.
Spell's, Ballaghaderreen 4-3 McDermott's, Ballinaheglish (15-12)
Flanagan's, Castleplunkett 5-2 Church Street Station, Roscommon (19-10)
Claypipe, Knockcroghery 3-4 Creaton's, Loughlynn (15-15)
Murray's, Elphin v Kate's, Castlerea TBA
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The league will break for Christmas now.
The next round of fixtures will be on January 9th.

We would urge all teams with outstanding fixtures to please try and complete them over the next few weeks, as we have a tight schedule to keep to finish the league on time.

County Darts News
Winmau World Masters
Roscommon Youth Mark Finneran was beaten in the Last 16 of The Winmau World Youth Masters in England at the weekend. Mark narrowly missed out on a place in the Last 8. Mayo's Martin Heneghan finished in the same position. Both players were best of the Irish contingent that took part in the event.

Round 8 results- Friday, December 5th
Murray's, Elphin 4-3 The Claypipe, Knockcroghery (14-13)
Creaton's, Loughlynn 1-6 Flanagan's, Castleplunkett (6-19)
Church Street Station, Roscommon 3-4 McDermott's, Ballinaheglish (14-17)
Kate's, Castlerea 2-5 Spell's, Ballaghaderreen (9-18)

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County Darts News
Best of luck to McDermott's Mark Finneran who is off to Yorkshire, England for next weekends Winmau World Masters where he will represent Roscommon and Ireland in the world famous darting fest. Mark has been an outstanding Roscommon Youths darts player for the past four years and will become the fourth Roscommon player to feature in this tournament in the past five years, after Gavin Conway, Noel Tuohy, and Sean Fleming.
Coverage of the Finals of The Winmau World Masters will be on aired live on BBC TV next Saturday and Sunday. Check TV guides for times.

INDO Winter Festival, Mohill.
There was further good news for Roscommon Darts last weekend as the afore mentioned Mark Finneran and Thomas Concannon both finished in the Top 4 of the Irish National Darts Organisation's Youths Rankings after the final round of the year at Mohill, Co Leitrim at the weekend. They now qualify for the 4-a-side Irish Youths Darts team which will participate in the Europe Cup in Amsterdam next July. Thomas beat Mark 3-0 in Sunday's final with a 118 checkout in the first leg. Two 17-darters in the next two legs capped a perfect day. Mark's position prior to Mohill looked very good but Thomas needed results to go his way and to progress as far as he could-both of which happened. After a nervy game against David Coyne, Concannon beat Paddy Meaney 3-0 with a dominant display, restricting Meaney to just one shot a double in the 3 legs, before going on to beat Mark in the final. Gary Concannon's participation ended before the final stages. While Roscommon players dominated in the youths, Roscommon's mens representatives also done very well with Ballaghaderreen's Sean Fleming losing at the semi final stage. He is the first Roscommon player since Padraig Kearney in 2002 to achieve such a run in an I.N.D.O tournament. Wins over three Irish Internationals Eugene McArdle (4-3), Eddie Cull (4-0) and Steve McDonnell (4-2) earned a semi-spot where he was beaten 5-1 by eventual winner Connie Finnan. Having been 2-0 down in his quarter final to McDonnell his comeback included legs of 18,12 and 14 darts. Mick Egan could have progressed a lot further had Martin McCloskey not been the early opposition. Egan was 3-2 up but lost 4-3 having played very well and included two 180's in the first three legs. McCloskey made it to the semi-finals on the day, to top the I.N.D.O rankings for 2008. Martin Fleming had a 4-3 win over James Quigley, but was beaten 4-2 by Anto McCracken in the last 16.

Tommy Kenny Cup.
The 6th annual Tommy Kenny Cup will be held in Creaton's Bar Loughlynn on Sunday 14th of December. Full details later.

Hannon's Hotel Christmas Singles.
Sunday 21st of December at Hannon's Hotel Roscommon Town. Full details later.

Round 7 results - Friday 28th November 2008.
Church Street Station, Roscommon 3-4 Spell's, Ballaghaderreen (12-14)
Creatons, Loughlynn 3-4 McDermott's, Ballinaheglish (12-14)
Murray's, Elphin 2-5 Flanagan's,Castleplunket (11-17)
Claypipe, Knockcroghery 4-3 Kate's, Castlerea (15-14)

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County Darts News
Mens Trials.
Sunday's trials at Hannon's Hotel, Roscommon produced some quality darts as players from across the county battled it out for places on the Roscommon Intercounty darts team for 2009. The Claypipe's Mick Egan came out on top on the day with a 3-1 win in the final over McDermott's David Concannon. Checkouts of 167 by Egan, a 109 by Spell's Frank Duffy and a 102 from Spell's Martin Fleming were among the higher on the day with too many checkouts over 50 to mention. Over 10x180's were also recorded with David Concannon (4), Mick Egan (3), Martin Fleming (2), Matthew Hynes,and Thomas Concannon among the big hits.
Scores:
Last 8: T.Concannon bt G.Murphy;S.Fleming bt S.Finan;M.Egan bt J.Finn;D.Concannon bt M.Finneran.
Semi's: M.Egan 2 T.Concannon 0;D.Concannon 2 S.Fleming 0.
Final: M.Egan 3 D.Concannon 1.

Ireland Players Championship Round 2
Round 2 of the 2009 Ireland Players Championship took place in Abbeyleix on Saturday. 224 Men, women and youth players entered, the largest entry in the events history. Mick Egan was the sole Roscommon representative in the 150 strong entry for the Mens singles. After three good wins, he eventually lost out at the last 16 stage, losing 5-4 to Kerry's Sean Marshall in his board final. In the race for the grand finals next August, this gave him 4 points, 6 points overall, and tied for 10th place in the Men's rankings after two rounds. Three Youths travelled on the day to take their places in a field of 44 players. Gary Concannon lost out in the first round. Mark Finneran reached the last 8 before bowing out to Kilkenny's Paddy Meaney in his board final. Thomas Concannon performed the best on the day. After beating Mayo's Martin Heneghan 3-2 in his board final, with a good 90 checkout, he lost out at the semi final stage. Thomas and Mark now rise to 12 points each and joint 4th place in the Youth's rankings after two rounds. Gary remains on 4 points.

Round Two Men's results :
Final:
Sean Marshall 6-4 Martin Murphy
Semi-finals:
Sean Marshall 6-1 John Elder
Martin Murphy 6-4 Shane O'Connor
Quarter-finals:
Sean Marshall 5-0 Keith Geraghty
John Elder 5-2 Matt Leacy
Martin Murphy 5-3 Daryl Gurney
Shane O'Connor 5-3 Garrett Gray
9th. to 16th:
Sean Marshall 5-4 Mick Egan
Keith Geraghty 5-3 Mick McGowan
John Elder 5-2 Mervyn Robinson
Matt Leacy 5-2 John Edwards
Martin Murphy 5-2 Anto McCracken
Daryl Gurney 5-3 Michael Blair
Shane O'Connor 5-1 Aodhagan O'Neill
Garrett Gray 5-1 John Ward

Round 2 Youth's results:
Final:
Paddy Meaney 3-0 Dean Forde
Semi-finals:
Paddy Meaney 3-0 Ryan Maher
Dean Forde 3-2 Thomas Concannon
Quarter-finals:
Paddy Meaney bt Mark Finneran
Ryan Maher bt Dale McCarthy
Dean Forde bt Conor Walsh
Thomas Concannon bt Martin Heneghan

Round 6 Results- Friday 21st November 2008.
Flanagan's, Castleplunket 3-4 Clay Pipe, Knockcroghery(13-12) .
McDermott's, Ballinaheglish 3-4 Murray's, Elphin (14-14) .
Spell's, Ballaghaderreen 4-3 Creaton's, Loughglynn (16-11) .
Kate's, Castlerea 4-3 Church Street Station, Roscommon (16-10) .
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Round 5 Results- Friday 14th November 2008.
Creaton's, Loughglynn 4-3 Church Street Station, Roscommon (14-11) .
Murray's, Elphin 3-4 Spell's, Ballaghaderreen (11-13) .
Clay Pipe, Knockcroghery 5-2 McDermott's, Ballinaheglish (15-7) .
Flanagan's, Castleplunket 5-2 Kate's, Castlerea (16-10) .
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Round 4 Results- Friday 7th November 2008.
Spell's, Ballaghaderreen 6-1 Claypipe Bar, Knockcroghery (20-6).
Kate's, Castlerea 4-3 Creaton's, Loughglynn (13-12).
Church Street Station, Roscommon 3-4 Murray's, Elphin (11-14).
McDermott's, Ballinaheglish 3-4 Flanagan's, Castleplunket (11-16) .
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