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EAMOE'S
THURSDAY 2ND AUGUST
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OUR FIRST MID-LOUTH CHALLENGE OF THE YEAR. EAMOE'S, LOUTH VILLAGE PLAY THERE DARTS IN A LOCAL LEAGUE, THE GLYDE AND DISTRICT DART LEAGUE, SET UP 3 YEARS AGO IN THE MID LOUTH AREA IT HAS UP ON 8 TEAMS WITH 9+ PAST AND PRESENT COUNTY PLAYERS. EAMON O'NEILL TOOK OVER THE PUB LAST YEAR AND HAS A HUGH INTEREST IN DARTS, WITH ONE OF THE BEST THROWS IN THE COUNTY ON OFFER. EAMOE'S TEAM IS MADE UP OF LOCAL LADS THAT WILL SURLY PUT THE COUNTY TEAM UNDER PRESSURE.
WELL THATS NOT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED BUT READ ON AND SEE THE CRACK
LOUTH 1 - 0 EAMOE'S
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BACK WITH THE COUNTY AFTER A 4 YEAR ABSENCE WAS STEPHEN "JACK DAW" GIBNEY (A BIT OF A JACK DAW GIANT KILLER , AS YOU WILL SEE IN HIS PROFILE) WHO WAS PUT UP AGAINST SHANE KIERAN.THIS WAS A BIG TASK FOR SHANE AS STEPHEN HAS A COUPLE OF DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN WINNING MODE FOR CLUBS AND COUNTY. OFF THEY WENT AT A GOOD PACE BUT SHANE WAS SOON TO FALL BEHIND AND WITHIN 20 DARTS THE NEXT LEG WAS ON . THIS TOO PROVED TOO MUCH FOR SHANE, ALTHOUGH HE HAD BETTER LEG THAN THE FIRST ONE AND THE VETRAN WAS BACK.GOOD GAME, WELL DONE LADS
LOUTH 2 - 0 EAMOE'S
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THE FIRST COUNTY DEBUTANT OF THE NIGHT WAS JOHN PETER MULDOON WHO HAILS FROM CLOGHERHEAD. POSSIBLY THE FIRST CLOGHERHEAD MAN EVER TO PLAY DARTS FOR THE COUNTY (AM SURE WE'LL BE SET STRAIGHT IF THATS WRONG). J.P WAS UP AGAINST ONE OF THE MANY KINDLONS THAT MAKE UP THIS TEAM AND INDEED LOUTH VILLAGE, TOMMY. KNOWING TOMMY, THE STANDARD WAS GOING TO BE GOOD SO J.P HAD TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. AND THATS JUST WHAT HAPPENED. J.P TOOK IT IN 21 WITH TOMMY NIPPING AT HIS HEELS . THE SECOND WENT A SIMILAR WAY AND J.P.HAD HIS FIRST WIN. WELL DONE LADS. GOOD GAME.
LOUTH 3 - 0 EAMOE'S
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NEXT UP FOR LOUTH WAS STEADY MICKEY KELLY. PITCHED AGAINST THE LOCAL SHARK ANTO LOUGHRAN. THIS HAD ALL THE HALLMARKS OF AN EPIC BATTLE FOR THOSE OF US THAT KNEW THE 2 THROWERS, HOWEVER ANTO NEVER SHOWED UP THIS TIME AND WENT DOWN WITH LITTLE FIGHT. BUT DONT FEAR, THERE WAS MORE TO COME FROM ANTO LATER IN THE NIGHT. WELL DONE MICKEY.
LOUTH 4 - 0 EAMOE'S
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SECOND OF THE NIGHT AND LAST OF ALL THIS YEARS COUNTY DEBUTANTS WAS THE DROGHEDA MAN CLIVE FITZPATRICK. UP AGAINST LOCAL MAN, MARTIN LENNON, CLIVE WAS OUT TO PROVE HIMSELF. AND HE DID, BUT NOT WITHOUT A FIGHT FROM MARTIN. A COUPLE OF MISSED DOUBLES COULD HAVE SWUNG THIS ONE EITHER WAY BUT CLIVE CAME THROUGH TO TAKE THE HONOURS. GOOD GAME LADS.
LOUTH 5 - 0 EAMOE'S
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UP NEXT FOR HIS SECOND COUNTY CAP WAS ISAAC SMITH. NO EASY TASK AHEAD OF HIM IN DANNY KINDLON (ONE OF THE MANY). DANNY COULD STILL POSSIBLY QUALIFY FOR THE YOUTHS COUNTY PANEL FROM DROGHEDA. SO IT WAS HEAD DOWN FROM THE START FOR BOTH PLAYERS AND THIS PROVED ONE OF THE GREAT MATCHES OF THE NIGHT. ISAAC JUST COULDN'T SHAKE OFF DANNY AND HAD TO FINISH BIG TO TAKE THE FIRST. THE SECOND PROVED TO BE NO DIFFERENT WITH DANNY PUSHING THE 1ST YEAR COUNTY PLAYER HARD, BUT THE LEG HAD TO BE WON AND ISAAC TOOK THE HONOURS. GOOD GAME
LOUTH 6 - 0 EAMOE'S
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SKINNY ON A DIET WAS UP NEXT. SEAN CALLAGHAN (CALLO) SECOND TIME OUT FOR THE COUNTY AND RAZOR SHARP. UP AGAINST THE PUBLICAN HIMSELF, EAMON O'NEILL. TWAS A SAVAGE GAME WITH THE FIRST 2 LEGS BEING SHARED. EAMO PUT UP A GREAT GAME TO THE YOUNG DROGHEDA MAN , BUT SEAN WAS HAVING NONE OF IT AND FINISHED IT OFF FIRST GO AT THE DOUBLE. SUPER GAME LADS
LOUTH 7 - 0 EAMOE'S
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TAKE A LOOK TO THE LEFT THERE FOR A SECOND AND TAKE A GUESS AT WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. AN "IN FORM","WELL PRACTICED" JOHN DONNELLY REUNITED WITH HIS OLD, SUPER POWERED, FRESHLY POINTED DARTS(TAYLOR DOESN'T GET AN INTRO LIKE THAT), UP AGAINST SEAMUS MCGAHON. AND ALTHOUGH SEAMUS PLAYED VERY WELL , THE TASK AT HAND WAS JUST TOO GREAT AND DEFEAT WAS QUICK. GREAT GAME LADS
LOUTH 8 - 0 EAMOE'S
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CONOR MCARDLE , THE DUNDALK YOUTH ACADEMY PRINCIPAL, WAS UP NEXT AGAINST FELLOW DUNDALK PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYER AND LAST OF THE KINDLONS, AIDEN . NOTHING HERE WOULD BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED AS BOTH PLAYERS WERE IN THE COUNTY ROUND ROBINS AND QUALIFIED FOR THE PLAY-OFFS . CONOR STRUCK FIRST BLOOD ONLY TO RELINQUISH THE NEXT AND IT WAS DOWN TO THE LAST LEG. AIDEN GOT TO THE FINISH FIRST BUT CONOR TO THE DOUBLE .THE DOUBLES WERE HALFED AND WIRED UNDER THE PRESSURE OF THE FIRST MAN TO WIN FOR EAMOES OR THE FIRST MAN TO LOOSE FOR LOUTH, BUT THE COUNTY PLAYER CAME THROUGH FOR THE TEAM. SUPER GAME LADS.
LOUTH 9 - 0 EAMOE'S
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LAST UP IN THE OFFICIAL GAMES WERE CARL THOMAS FOR LOUTH AND DAVID MCCOY FOR EAMOE'S. TIGHT ALL THE WAY TO THE DOUBLE IN THE FIRST AND CARL SHOWED HIS EXPERIENCE WITH OUT MUCH TROUBLE WHEN IT CAME TO THE DOUBLE. THE SECOND SAW CARL IN HIS STRIDE WITH DAVID PUSHING HARD AND STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP, BUT THERE WAS ONLY GOING TO BE ONE OUTCOME HERE AND THE COUNTY WERE 9 - 0 UP. GOOD GAME LADS
ALTHOUGH 9 GAMES WERE DOWN, THE CRACK WAS GREAT AND IT WAS EARLY IN THE NIGHT, AND WITH 15 OF THE LOUTH TEAM IN ON THE PREMISES, EAMOE'S LADS WANTED A SECOND BITE AT THE APPLE . SO, THE COUNTY LADS WERE EAGER TO HELP OUT AND OFF WE WENT WITH THE COUNTY SUBS.
LOUTH 9 - 1 EAMOE'S
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SECOND TIME IN FOR THE COUNTY THIS YEAR WAS HAMILTON SMITH. AND HE WAS UP AGAINST SECOND TIME ROUND ANTO LOUGHRAN. ANTO WAS DETERMINED TO SHOW A GOOD ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF THIS TIME AND DID JUST THAT WITH A 135 AND 121 IN THE FIRST LEG , HAMILTON WAS STRECHED TO KEEP UP, BUT GOT A SHOT AT THE DOUBLE NONETHELESS. IT WAS ANTO HOWEVER THAT TOOK THE FIRST. AND WITH SIMILAR ENTHUSIASM IN THE SECOND, ANTO CAME AWAY WITH THE NIGHTS FIRST WIN FOR EAMOE'S
LOUTH 10 - 1 EAMOE'S
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IN FORM JOHN O'BRIEN WAS NEXT ON THE OCHE FOR THE COUNTY, AND TOMMY KINDLON WAS BACK FOR MORE. BUT THE IN FORM BIT GAVE IT AWAY, WITH A SCRAPPY FIRST LEG THAT COULD HAVE GONE EITHER WAY, JOHN PULLED IT FROM TOMMY'S GRASP. THE SECOND WASN'T SO TIMID FROM THE COUNTY TROWER, 16 DARTS AND JOHN O'BRIEN HAD PRODUCED THE BEST LEG OF THE NIGHT. WELL DONE LADS. CRACKING MATCH. AND THAT STILL WASN'T THE LAST OF THE KINDLONS
LOUTH 11 - 1 EAMOE'S
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EVER PRESENT AND EVER READY IS BRIAN FITZPATRICK. OUT TO REDEEM LAST WEEKS NARROW DEFEAT. HE WAS UP AGAINST MARTIN LENNON. AND THIS TIME MARTIN WAS PUTTING UP A BATTLE. BRIAN PUT AWAY A 19 DARTER IN THE FIRST ONLY TO PLAY AROUND WITH THE DOUBLES IN THE SECOND AND LET IT SLIP AWAY. THIRD GAME AND A BIT OF TENSION WAS JUST FINE BY THE ONLOOKERS . MARTIN, STEADY AND STRONG AWAY WAS SOON OVERTAKEN BY BRIAN IN A RACE TO THE DOUBLE, BUT ONCE AGAIN, THE ELUSIVE DOUBLE REFUSED TO BE TAKEN UNTIL BRIAN HAD ENOUGH . WELL DONE BRIAN. GREAT TENSION IN THAT GAME.
LOUTH 12 - 1 EAMOE'S
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GARY STEWART WAS BACK IN ACTION HERE FOR THE COUNTY, LOOKING TO GET HIS FIRST WIN, AND WHO DID HE GET ONLY ANTO LOUGHRAN. THE CAMERA JUST WOULDN'T TAKE THE PICTURE OF HIM AGAIN (WE FORGOT TO TAKE IT). SHAKEY AS IT WAS AT THE START OF THE FIRST, IT PICKED UP AND GARY GOT FIRST BLOOD, BUT ANTO WANTED NONE OF IT AND RACED TO THE DOUBLE FIRST ONLY TO GET STUCK ON THE DOUBLE. GARY DUTIFULLY KEPT THE HEAD DOWN AND FINISHED THE JOB AT HAND. FIRST WIN UNDER YOUR BELT. WELL DONE
LOUTH 13 - 1 EAMOE'S
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14 MAN IN FOR THE COUNTY WAS DAVID RATH. WITH 100% RECORD FOR THE COUNTY THIS YEAR, HE WANTED 3 IN A ROW. HE WAS UP AGAINST BREFFNI O'ROURKE. BREFFNI OWNS CHANNON ROCK HEATING AND PLUMBING SUPPLIES JUST OUTSIDE LOUTH VILLAGE AND HE ALSO SPONSORS THE LOCAL DARTS LEAGUE (GLYDE AND DISTRICT DARTS LEAGUE). A PURE GENTLEMAN WITH A GENUINE INTEREST IN DARTS,HE WAS ONLY THERE FOR THE CRACK, AND THERE WAS PLENTY. ANYWAY, MORE ABOUT THE GAME. FIRST LEG WAS THE LONGEST OF THE NIGHT WHICH BREFFNI HAD A CHANCE OF WINNING ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS , BUT ONE THINKS DAVID WAS LOOKING FOR HIS 3 LEGS AFTER WAITING FOR SO LONG. SECOND LEG, WAS GOOD STUFF FROM THE COUNTY MAN AND IT WAS OVER. GOOD CRACK LADS.
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THIS IS A DIFFICULT ONE TO COMMENTATE ON. LAST MAN IN FOR THE COUNTY WAS OWEN CAFFREY, WHO WAS IN AGAINST SMYTHS LOUTH ARMS TEAM MATE AIDAN KINDLON . WHEN THE 2 PLAYERS CONSULTED ABOUT THE RESULT AFTER THE GAME, ONE INSISTED THE GAME SCORE WAS RECORDED PROPERLY AND THE OTHER PROPOSED THE GAME WAS FORGOTTEN ABOUT. AND WITH AIDAN BEATING OWEN 2 - 1, WE ARE SURE YOU CAN WORK OUT FOR YOURSELF WHO WANTED WHAT. THE HAND SHAKE AT THE END LOOKED LIKE IT WAS AT GUN POINT (IT WAS VERY FUNNY). BUT IN DARTS, ITS THE DOUBLES THAT TELL THE STORY. WELL DONE AIDAN . F**KING SMASHING GAME OF DARTS.
THE SCORE IN THIS CHALLENGE CERTAINLY DID NOT DO JUSTICE TO THE DARTS THAT THE TEAM FROM EAMOE'S PRODUCED. THERE WERE LOTS OF LEGS THAT COULD HAVE WENT EITHER WAY WITH THE DOUBLES
THANKS A MILLION TO EAMON O'NEILL AND HIS TEAM . WE HAD A FANTASTIC NIGHT WITH EXCELLENT FOOD AND THE BEST OF WELL PRICED DRINKS.
THANKS FOR THE SPONSORSHIP AND SUPPORT OF THE COUNTY LOUTH DARTS TEAM 2012/13
C.L.D.O.
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