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FAYS
DRUMCONDRATH
27TH AUGUST
SUPER EVENT LAST YEAR AND LARRY JUMPED AT THE CHANCE TO TAKE US BACK THIS YEAR. GREAT BUNCH OF LADS AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THEM AGAIN.
EARLY ON IN THE DAY THE LOUTH LADS WERE ONLY 7 MEN STRONG BUT A LITTLE CALL FROM THE COMMITTEE AND THEY FLOCKED . GREAT TURN OUT AND A SUPER GAME. A COUPLE OF NAILBITERS AND A COUPLE OF GUT WRENCHERS. HERE WE GO.
FRESH FROM A HOME DEFEAT FOR HIS LOCAL TEAM IN SMYTHS LOUTH ARMS WAS OWEN CAFFREY. PLAYING STEADY STUFF FOR THE LAST WHILE, OWEN WANTED BACK ON A WINNING TEAM. AND IF THATS WHAT YOU WANT, THE LOUTH TEAM IS THE PLACE TO BE. LARRY FAY HIMSELF WAS TO BE THE OPPONENT FOR CAFFREY THIS WEEK AND OFF THEY WENT AT WILD PACE. LARRY IN FIRST STARTED SMALL AND THEN HIT TON 85 TON. CAFFREY STAYED CLOSE AND PUSHED FAY HARD, AND WITH A COUPLE OF 140'S HE MISSED A 12 DARTER AND (WITH THE DOUBLES MONSTER OUT EARLY TONIGHT) PUSHED IT OUT TO A 21. LARRY, BACK IN FOR THE NEXT LEG PRODUCED BETTER STUFF BUT THE JOB WAS TOO MUCH FOR HIM . 14 WAS ALL CAFFREY NEEDED TO GET THE COUNTY THE FIRST SCORE ON THE CHALLENGE BOARD. GOOD GAME LADS.
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LOOKING TO RETURN TO HIS WINNING WAYS WAS THE MAN UP NEXT FOR LOUTH. BRIAN FITZPATRICK, AFTER A HUGE GAME WITH OLLIE THOMPSON IN THE PUNT THAT COULD HAVE WENT EITHER WAY, WAS TAKING NO PRISONERS. THE OPPONENT WOULD BE MICK HUGHES , A VERY STRONG THROWER WHEN HE'S THROWING WELL . THE TYPE OF THROWER THAT THROWS WELL EVEN WHEN HE'S NOT ON FORM. IT COULD GO EITHER WAY, BUT ONE SURE THING , IT WAS GOING TO BE GOOD. MICK WENT AWAY LIKE A TRAIN WITH BRIAN HANGING ON HIS COATTAILS . DING DONG THE SCOREs WERE BEING TRADED. BRIAN MISSED A 160 CHECKOUT ONLY FOR MICK TO CAPITALISE. NEXT LEG WAS JUST AS EXCITING AS THE TWO MEN TRADED 140'S AND 3 TONS WITH BRIAN COMING OUT THE VICTOR. DOWN TO THE NERVE IN THE LAST AND AFTER A MISS AT A TWO DART FINISH, BRIAN LET MICK IN FOR A SECOND VISIT AT A DOUBLE. AND THATS ALL IT TOOK. IT WAS IN THE BAG FOR MICK BUT IT WAS A GREAT MATCH BY THEM BOTH. CHEERS LADS.
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THIS ONE WAS GOING TO BE "SAVAGE". IT WOULD MAKE THE HUNGER GAMES LOOK LIKE BARNEY THE DINOSAUR AT SUNDAY SCHOOL. JOHN "THE BULLET" O'BRIEN IN THE RED AND WHITE UP AGAINST ARGUABLE THE BEST DART THROWER IN A 9.2 MILE RADIUS, AND MAYBE A BIT MORE IN SOME DIRECTIONS. GRAHAM UNWIN HAS PLENTY OF LONG RUNS IN LOTS OF TOURNAMENTS TO PROVE HIS DARTING PEDIGREE . BOTH OF THESE LADS WERE IN FOR A RUDE AWAKENING. AND JUST AS PREDICTED , IS HOW IT HAPPENED . SHARING THE FIRST 2 LEGS THE LADS HAD ALREADY CLOCKED UP A 180, AND 2 X 140. AND A BOUNCE OUT OF DOUBLE 15 SEEN O'BRIEN HOLDING HIS HEAD WAITING FOR AN OOOOH OR AN AAAAH. AND UNWIN DIDN'T HOLD BACK. AFTER WHAT SEEMED TO BE AN ETERNAL 3 DARTS, THE LAST ONE DROPPED INTO THE DOUBLE 1 AND FAYS WERE AHEAD IN THE MATCH. GREAT GAME LADS.
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GOOD TEAM SELECTION WAS THE ORDER OF THE DAY HERE. BECAUSE IN THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF THE GHOSTBUSTERS SOUND TRACK "IF THERE'S SOMETHING BIG AND IT DON'T LOOK GOOD. WHO YA GONNA CALL ?". YES , YOU GOT IT IN ONE "DAFFY". HIS OPPONENT WAS ENORMOUS . DANIEL COULD HAVE USED A LENS OFF HIS GLASSES FOR ONE THE BUTTONS ON HIS SHIRT. UNREAL WAS THE WORD IN MIND. BUT THAT DIDN'T MATTER TO THE LOUTH VETERAN . BARNEY TAYLOR (UNRELATED TO PHIL) WAS A NEW MAN PLAYING FOR FAYS, AND BY GUM , HE WAS GOOD. THROWING DOWN INTO THE TREBLE 20, IT SEEMED HE HAD ALL THE ADVANTAGE AND COULDN'T MISS. BUT FOLKS , THIS IS DANIEL DUNN. WHEN "HE" MISSES , THE DARTS GO "INTO" THE TREBLE. FIRST LEG, BANG, 18 DARTS WITH BARNEY SITTING ON A SMALL FINISH. SECOND LEG, BA BANG 15 DARTS WITH A BULL FINISH FOR 84. WHAT A PAIR OF LEGS FROM SMOOCHIE'S MAN. THATS HOW TO GET A BIG MAN TO LOOK UP TO YOU. EXCELLENT GAME LADS.
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TWO NICER MEN YOU COULDN'T MEET IN THE NEXT GAME, ALTHOUGH THEY WOULDN'T BE NICE ON THE BOARD. THATS FOR SURE. MICKEY "MUTLEY" KELLY IN FOR THE COUNTY TEAM, WAS LOOKING TO RIGHT A LOSS AT THE BACK END OF THE SMYTHS CAMPAIGN . NO EASY TASK , CONSIDERING THE MAN HE WAS UP AGAINST. PETER HICKEY(GENTLEMAN) WAS ONLY A FEW DAYS OVER A 112 MILE CHARITY TRACTOR RUN IN AID OF THE CRUMLIN CHILDRENS HOSPITAL. HE DID IT ON A 35 AND IT WAS RAINING ALL THE TIME (WE ASSUME IT WAS SOMEWHERE IN IRELAND BASED ON THE WEATHER). ONCE AGAIN IT TURNED NASTY ON THE BOARD WITH THE 2 SHARING THE FIRST TWO LEGS. A BRACE OF 125'S FROM MUTLEY AND HE WAS THE FIRST TO TRY THE DOUBLE IN THE LAST LEG ,BUT THE TRIBE OF TONS THAT PETER HIT ON THE WAY TO THE FINISH , LEFT HIM WITH THE ADVANTAGE AND HE TOOK IT. FAYS WERE BACK IN FRONT.
3 X 125 AND 6 X 100 IN THAT MATCH GAVE GREAT ENTERTAINMENT ALL ROUND. VERY LITTLE MESSING ON THE DOUBLE. CLASS GAME LADS.
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3 X 125 AND 6 X 100 IN THAT MATCH GAVE GREAT ENTERTAINMENT ALL ROUND. VERY LITTLE MESSING ON THE DOUBLE. CLASS GAME LADS.
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SEAN CALLAGHAN "CALLO", "WHINJA NINJA", "SKINNY ON A DIET". DON'T KNOW WHICH STAGE NAME HE'S GOING TO TAKE ON , BUT ONE SURE THING IS, HE'S GOING TO NEED ONE. A GREAT THROWER IN HIS FIRST YEAR AT "REAL" DARTS. AND HE'S DOING GOOD. MAN OF THE MATCH FOR THE CHALLENGE IN EAMOE'S , THIS ONE WILL BE HERE FOR A WHILE. HIS OPPONENT THIS TIME WAS DANNY KANE. ANOTHER GENTLEMAN FROM THE CHALLENGERS. THERE WOULD BE NO RESPECT GIVEN HERE AND NONE WOULD BE EXPECTED AS THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE 2 MET. CALLO HAD A 140 AND A COUPLE OF 85'S , 94'S AND DANNY HAD A 140 , 123 AND SOME MORE SUB TON BIG SCORES. AND THAT WAS THE FIRST LEG. DANNY TOOK IT OUT BUT PAID THE PRICE FOR THEFT IN THE SECOND AS SEAN BULLIED HIS WAY THROUGH IT. THE THIRD WAS A CRACKER WITH SEAN HITTING A 180 AWAY AND FOLLOWED WITH 2 X 100. HOW COULD HE LOOSE. THE DOUBLES MONSTER,, THATS HOW. HANGING AROUND ON A FEW SMALL FINISHES , SEAN COULD DO NOTHING TO MAKE THIS GAME GO AWAY BUT WHEN DANNY GOT THERE HE RELIEVED THE PRESSURE OFF THE YOUNG SEAN WITH A 100 OUT. DICK TURPIN JOB , THAT ONE, AND FAYS WERE PUTTING SOME DISTANCE BETWEEN US
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SERIOUSLY FOLKS. IF YOU WERE 4-2 DOWN , WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO RELY ON TO GET YOU BACK IN THERE ???
YES , YOU GOT IT IN ONE " THE TEAM SELECTOR" ,BECAUSE THATS WHO PUT JOHN" DYNAMITE" DONNELLY IN NEXT. ITS HARD TO BE THE BEST , BUT THIS MAN IS WORKING HARD TO GET THERE. INDEED IN HIS 2 YEARS WITH THE COUNTY WE BELIEVE HE HAS ONLY 1 DEFEAT IN THE COUNTY COLOURS. AND THAT DOES EQUAL THE BEST OF THEM, SO TAKE NOTE BRENDAN HICKEY, TONIGHTS OPPONENT. FIRE SHALL RAIN DOWN UPON YOU IF YOU ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THIS GOD FROM THE TOP. AND HE WILL SMITE YOU DOWN.......NO NO NO NO NO , THATS NOT GOING TO WORK. IT WAS SCRAPPY ENOUGH ACTUALLY , WITH JOHN TAKING THE FIRST IN A RECORD LONG LEG AND BRENDAN TAKING THE NEXT IN A LEG AS LONG AS CATHRINE ZETA JONES'S. BUT THE THIRD LEG WAS OK , I ONLY READ HALF A CHAPTER OF THE BOOK IN THAT ONE AND IT WAS MR. DYNAMITE THAT TOOK THE VICTORY, BUT 2 NICER LADS YOU COULDN'T MEET. NICE GAME LADS AND GREAT SELECTION .
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YES , YOU GOT IT IN ONE " THE TEAM SELECTOR" ,BECAUSE THATS WHO PUT JOHN" DYNAMITE" DONNELLY IN NEXT. ITS HARD TO BE THE BEST , BUT THIS MAN IS WORKING HARD TO GET THERE. INDEED IN HIS 2 YEARS WITH THE COUNTY WE BELIEVE HE HAS ONLY 1 DEFEAT IN THE COUNTY COLOURS. AND THAT DOES EQUAL THE BEST OF THEM, SO TAKE NOTE BRENDAN HICKEY, TONIGHTS OPPONENT. FIRE SHALL RAIN DOWN UPON YOU IF YOU ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THIS GOD FROM THE TOP. AND HE WILL SMITE YOU DOWN.......NO NO NO NO NO , THATS NOT GOING TO WORK. IT WAS SCRAPPY ENOUGH ACTUALLY , WITH JOHN TAKING THE FIRST IN A RECORD LONG LEG AND BRENDAN TAKING THE NEXT IN A LEG AS LONG AS CATHRINE ZETA JONES'S. BUT THE THIRD LEG WAS OK , I ONLY READ HALF A CHAPTER OF THE BOOK IN THAT ONE AND IT WAS MR. DYNAMITE THAT TOOK THE VICTORY, BUT 2 NICER LADS YOU COULDN'T MEET. NICE GAME LADS AND GREAT SELECTION .
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THE NEXT GAME WAS GOING TO GIVE PRESSURE FROM TWO SIDES FOR THE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE . WE NEEDED THIS GAME TO GUARANTEE THE WIN AND PAT "SPIDER" NULTY WORKS WITH SOME OF THE LADS AROUND HERE, SO A LOOSE WAS UNACCEPTABLE IN HIS EYES. IMAGINE GOING INTO WORK THE NEXT DAY AND TRYING TO EXPLAIN A DEFEAT. NO NO, THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN. SPIDER'S OPPOSITION FOR TONIGHT WOULD BE THE VERY TALENTED PAT MALONE. PAT WHO SHOWED NO SIGN OF ANGST AT ALL TOOK THE FIRST LEG AFTER SPIDER MISSED A COUPLE AT THE DOUBLE, BUT THEY WERE SETTLED IN NOW AND SURLY SPIDER WOULD RECIPROCATE THE PLEASURE. YIP, THATS THE WAY IT WENT IN 18 DARTS, WHICH IS A GOOD LEG IN MY BOOKS. DOWN TO THE LAST AND SPIDER HAD CONFIDENCE ,BUT THEN ,SO DID PAT MALONE. AND SO IT WAS , UNDER TREMENDOUS PRESSURE , IT WAS THE COUNTY THROWER THAT TOOK THE HONOURS. GREAT STUFF LADS. NAILBITER.
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ONE OF THE VERY , VERY FEW UNBEATEN COUNTY THROWERS WAS UP NEXT FOR LOUTH. DAVID "SPLINTER" RATH CAN PUT IN SOME SCARY SCORES WHICH IS EVIDENT WITH HIS TRACK RECORD AND WHEN HE'S ON FORM , THE DOUBLE COULD BE A SCARY PLACE TO BE IF HE WANTED IT. WE ALL KNEW WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO , BUT WHAT ABOUT HIS OPPONENT ?
NICKY WATTERS WAS THE FORTUNATE ONE ABOUT TO GET THE LESSON . A LOVELY LAD WITH AN EASY THROW , BUT THATS ALL THE DRESSING I CAN GIVE IT. 2-0 TO DAVID. IT WAS NEVER GOING TO BE ANYTHING ELSE. GREAT GAME LADS
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NICKY WATTERS WAS THE FORTUNATE ONE ABOUT TO GET THE LESSON . A LOVELY LAD WITH AN EASY THROW , BUT THATS ALL THE DRESSING I CAN GIVE IT. 2-0 TO DAVID. IT WAS NEVER GOING TO BE ANYTHING ELSE. GREAT GAME LADS
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JUST TO PROVE THAT WE DO HAVE FUN OCCASIONALLY , WE DECIDED TO SHOW TWO PHOTOS OF THESE PLAYERS. AS YOU CAN SEE, IN THE FIRST PHOTO THE COUNTY THROWER NOW KNOWN AS THE "GINJA NINJA", A ONE MR. J.P. MULDOON, HAD IN FACT GOT MARBLES IN HIS MOUTH AND IN THE SECOND PHOTO , HE HAS OBVIOUSLY SPAT THEM OUT. TO WIT HIS OPPONENT , BRENDAN MURTAGH SHOWED GREAT MIRTH . BUT THATS WHERE IT ENDED UNTIL AFTER THE GAME. J.P. WAS FRESH FROM A DEFEAT IN SMYTHS LOUTH ARMS LAST WEEK AND WANTED REDEMPTION. ABLE TO SCORE LIKE BRAD PITT IN A BROTHEL, THIS YOUNG LOUTH STAR WAS GOING NOWHERE BUT THE VICTORY STEP. THATS THE WAY IT WENT FOLKS, AND ALTHOUGH BRENDAN WAS VERY STEADY WITH HIS SCORING IN BOTH LEGS, HE JUST WASN'T AVERAGING ENOUGH TO STAY WITH THE NINJA. 2-0 TO THE NINJA WITH A 180 IN THERE SOMEWHERE. SUPER SUPER DARTS LADS
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IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT THIS YOUNG RED HEAD HAS BEATEN DAVID RATH IN A LONG BATTLE ON THE BOARD IN HIS HOMETOWN ,CLOGHERHEAD. WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BIT OF T.V. FOOTAGE OF THAT PLEASE, BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT IT WILL HAPPEN IT THE FUTURE AS DAVID IS DUE TO GET VERY OLD SOON.
THANKS TO FAYS FOR THE CHALLENGE AND THE SUPPORT OF OUR COUNTY TEAM ( THERE NOT EVEN IN THE COUNTY). IT IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED AND LONG MAY IT CONTINUE. YE ARE ALL TRUE GENTLEMEN OVER THERE.
C.L.D.O.
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IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT THIS YOUNG RED HEAD HAS BEATEN DAVID RATH IN A LONG BATTLE ON THE BOARD IN HIS HOMETOWN ,CLOGHERHEAD. WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BIT OF T.V. FOOTAGE OF THAT PLEASE, BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT IT WILL HAPPEN IT THE FUTURE AS DAVID IS DUE TO GET VERY OLD SOON.
THANKS TO FAYS FOR THE CHALLENGE AND THE SUPPORT OF OUR COUNTY TEAM ( THERE NOT EVEN IN THE COUNTY). IT IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED AND LONG MAY IT CONTINUE. YE ARE ALL TRUE GENTLEMEN OVER THERE.
C.L.D.O.