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HARRISONS BLACKROCK
THURSDAY 9th AUGUST
THIS HAS ALL THE SIGNS OF AN EPIC NIGHT IN THE LOVELY SEASIDE VILLAGE OF BLACKROCK. BOXING GLOVES MAY HELP BUT ARE NOT MANDATORY .
DARTS ARE ESSENTIAL .
SO HERE IT IS, WE'VE BEEN WAITING A WEEK FOR THIS AND REST ASSURED THIS CHALLENGE PRODUCED LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS. SADNESS, HAPPINESS, LUCKINESS YES LOTS OF THAT, FOOD, DOUBLES, TREBLES LOTS OF THEM, SINGING, JEERING, LAUGHING, IT EVEN BROUGHT ONE MAN TO HIS KNEES TWICE.
WHAT WAS SNEERINGLY PITCHED AS A MAMMOTH BATTLE TURNED OUT TO BE A GATHERING OF SOCIALITES AND DART THROWERS ALIKE. ALTHOUGH THE COUNTY TEAM ALWAYS GOES OUT TO IMPRESS UPON ITS CHALLENGERS THAT WE ARE THE BEST AVAILABLE IN THE COUNTY AT THE MINUTE, THERE IS ALWAYS THE CHANCE WE WILL RUN INTO PEOPLE CALLED FRIENDS, AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT WHILST DOING THAT WHICH WE LOVE......PLAYING DARTS
WHEN I WALKED IN THE DOOR OF HARRISONS AT 8.45 THERE WAS A SEA OF RED AND WHITE SHIRTS 15 COUNTY PLAYERS TURNED UP, AND THIS WAS ONLY AN 8 MAN CHALLENGE. IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THE ENTHUSIASM AND COMMITMENT FROM THIS YEARS COUNTY TEAM, MOST OF WHICH TOLD THE SELECTOR THEY WERE ONLY THERE TO SUPPORT THE LADS AND GETTING A GAME DIDN'T MATTER THIS TIME.(SOMETHING THAT NEVER USED TO HAPPEN TOO OFTEN). GOBSMACKED WAS A FEELING THAT SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE LIST ABOVE.
MOST OF THE CHAT WAS ABOUT THE 8 MINUTES THAT CHANGED OUR WORLD EARLIER IN THE DAY WHEN THE 29 YEAR OLD KATIE TAYLOR ONCE AGAIN UNITED US AS A NATION AND SHE ALSO OVERTOOK CHUCK NORRIS TO BECOME THE HARDEST PERSON ON THE PLANET.
SAINTS AND SCHOLARS MY ARSE.....WE'RE THE FIGHTING IRISH
AND WE HAVE A GAME TO GET ON WITH....
THIS WEEK WE WON'T BE GIVING THE SCORES AS IT HAPPENS AS WE'VE BEEN TOLD IT TAKES FROM THE BUZZ OF READING THE SPREAD. WE'LL DRIP FEED THEM NOW AND THEN TO KEEP YOU INTERESTED.
WHAT WAS SNEERINGLY PITCHED AS A MAMMOTH BATTLE TURNED OUT TO BE A GATHERING OF SOCIALITES AND DART THROWERS ALIKE. ALTHOUGH THE COUNTY TEAM ALWAYS GOES OUT TO IMPRESS UPON ITS CHALLENGERS THAT WE ARE THE BEST AVAILABLE IN THE COUNTY AT THE MINUTE, THERE IS ALWAYS THE CHANCE WE WILL RUN INTO PEOPLE CALLED FRIENDS, AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT WHILST DOING THAT WHICH WE LOVE......PLAYING DARTS
WHEN I WALKED IN THE DOOR OF HARRISONS AT 8.45 THERE WAS A SEA OF RED AND WHITE SHIRTS 15 COUNTY PLAYERS TURNED UP, AND THIS WAS ONLY AN 8 MAN CHALLENGE. IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THE ENTHUSIASM AND COMMITMENT FROM THIS YEARS COUNTY TEAM, MOST OF WHICH TOLD THE SELECTOR THEY WERE ONLY THERE TO SUPPORT THE LADS AND GETTING A GAME DIDN'T MATTER THIS TIME.(SOMETHING THAT NEVER USED TO HAPPEN TOO OFTEN). GOBSMACKED WAS A FEELING THAT SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE LIST ABOVE.
MOST OF THE CHAT WAS ABOUT THE 8 MINUTES THAT CHANGED OUR WORLD EARLIER IN THE DAY WHEN THE 29 YEAR OLD KATIE TAYLOR ONCE AGAIN UNITED US AS A NATION AND SHE ALSO OVERTOOK CHUCK NORRIS TO BECOME THE HARDEST PERSON ON THE PLANET.
SAINTS AND SCHOLARS MY ARSE.....WE'RE THE FIGHTING IRISH
AND WE HAVE A GAME TO GET ON WITH....
THIS WEEK WE WON'T BE GIVING THE SCORES AS IT HAPPENS AS WE'VE BEEN TOLD IT TAKES FROM THE BUZZ OF READING THE SPREAD. WE'LL DRIP FEED THEM NOW AND THEN TO KEEP YOU INTERESTED.
LOUTH-----CONOR MCARDLE----- V -----WAYNE FRY-----HARRISONS
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FIRST UP FOR LOUTH THIS WEEK WAS THE DUNDALK YOUTH ACADAMY PRINCIPAL, CONOR MCARDLE. THIS IS CONOR'S SECOND YEAR ON THE COUNTY PANEL AND HE CERTAINLY IS PROVING HIS WORTH. VERY FEW STRAY DARTS AND A BIG TREBLE NEARLY EVERY TIME.
WAYNE FRY WAS HIS OPPONENT THIS WEEK AND IT WAS GOING TO BE NO PUSHOVER. WAYNE , HIMSELF TRIED OUT FOR THE COUNTY TRIALS THIS YEAR, BUT WAS UNABLE TO FINISH THE FIXTURES IN THE TIME ALLOTTED . WAYNE WENT AWAY WITH THE DARTS AND BANGED IN A 180 WITH THE FIRST 3 DARTS . ALL I COULD THINK OF WAS THE MUSIC FOR ROCKY IN THEM LONG BOUTS. BUT IT DIDN'T DETER CONOR AS HE PLUGGED AWAY AT THE RED BIT. BOTH OF THEM GOT A SHOT AT THE DOUBLE BUT IT WAS WAYNE THAT TOOK THE LEAD. UNDETERRED BY THE SCORELINE , CONOR POPED IN 3 TON'S IN THE NEXT LEG AND FINISHED OF TOPS WITH HIS FIRST DART. 1 ALL AND WAYNE SLIPPED IN A SOFT SCORE AND CONOR TOOK IMMEDIATE CONTROL OF THE LEG MOVING NEARLY A HUNDRED AHEAD AND STAYED IN FRONT UNTIL HE WAS ON A FINISH, ONLY TO SEE WAYNE BANG IN A COUPLE OF BIG ONES AND IT WAS A RACE TO THE END. BOTH HAD A CHANCE BUT IT WAS CONOR THAT CAME OUT WITH THE VICTORY.GREAT GAME LADS.
WAYNE FRY WAS HIS OPPONENT THIS WEEK AND IT WAS GOING TO BE NO PUSHOVER. WAYNE , HIMSELF TRIED OUT FOR THE COUNTY TRIALS THIS YEAR, BUT WAS UNABLE TO FINISH THE FIXTURES IN THE TIME ALLOTTED . WAYNE WENT AWAY WITH THE DARTS AND BANGED IN A 180 WITH THE FIRST 3 DARTS . ALL I COULD THINK OF WAS THE MUSIC FOR ROCKY IN THEM LONG BOUTS. BUT IT DIDN'T DETER CONOR AS HE PLUGGED AWAY AT THE RED BIT. BOTH OF THEM GOT A SHOT AT THE DOUBLE BUT IT WAS WAYNE THAT TOOK THE LEAD. UNDETERRED BY THE SCORELINE , CONOR POPED IN 3 TON'S IN THE NEXT LEG AND FINISHED OF TOPS WITH HIS FIRST DART. 1 ALL AND WAYNE SLIPPED IN A SOFT SCORE AND CONOR TOOK IMMEDIATE CONTROL OF THE LEG MOVING NEARLY A HUNDRED AHEAD AND STAYED IN FRONT UNTIL HE WAS ON A FINISH, ONLY TO SEE WAYNE BANG IN A COUPLE OF BIG ONES AND IT WAS A RACE TO THE END. BOTH HAD A CHANCE BUT IT WAS CONOR THAT CAME OUT WITH THE VICTORY.GREAT GAME LADS.
LOUTH-----MICKEY KELLY----- V -----PETER HALPENNY-----HARRISONS
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HEE..HEE..HEE..HEE..HEE, HERE COMES MUTLY. STEADY , STEADY MICKEY KELLY TOOK NEXT TO THE OCHE FOR LOUTH AND PETER HALPENNY WAS THE OPPONENT . KNOWING MICKEY, IT WAS PETER THAT HAD TO DO THE WORK AS MICKEY WAS GOING TO HIT STEADY 85'S AND TON'S AND FUNNILY ENOUGH THATS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED . MICKEY WAS STEADY AND PETER PUT IN THE PERFORMANCE. BOTH LADS BELTING IN TON'S , THEY ARRIVED AT THE FINISH AT THE SAME TIME BUT MICKEY HIT THE DOUBLE WITH THE FIRST DART. THEN ,OFFERING HIS OPPONENT THE DARTS IN THE SECOND LEG, MICKEY WENT BARRELING THROUGH THE REQUIRED 501 ONLY TO BE CAUGHT BY PETER AT THE BUSINESS END. BOTH HAD A FEW DARTS AT THE DOUBLE BUT IT WAS THE COUNTY PLAYER THAT ONCE AGAIN CAME THROUGH FOR THE SUPPORTERS. SUPER GAME LADS
LOUTH-----J.P. MULDOON----- V -----MICKEY MCMAHON-----HARRISONS
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THE GINJA NINJA OR JAFFA AS HE'S BETTER KNOWN WAS NEXT UP FOR THE RED AND WHITE'S. HE WAS UP AGAINST THE YOUNGEST OLDTIMER ON THE DUNDALK DARTS SCENE. MICKEY MCMAHON WAS THROWING DARTS FOR LOUTH 10 YEARS AGO OR MORE, AND TOOK A BREAK FROM IT THIS YEAR, BUT IS STILL THROWING WELL ENOUGH TO BE A COUNTY PLAYER. WE ALL KNEW WHAT MICKEY COULD DO, BUT WHAT COULD THE LOUTH ROOKIE , JOHN PETER MULDOON DO WITH THIS MAMMOTH TASK AHEAD OF HIM. MICKEY WAS OFF FIRST AND EASILY DROPPED IN A 180 WITH RAPTUROUS APPLAUSE FROM THE CROWD AND SUDDENLY JOHN PETER REALISED THE JOB THAT WAS REQUIRED OF HIM. 9 DARTS LATER MICKEY GOT HIS FIRST DART AT DOUBLE 16 BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL A FURTHER 9 DARTS HAD BEEN THROWN THAT JOHN PETER FINISHED THAT LEG. NEXT LEG WAS HIGH SCORING ON BOTH SIDES , BUT MICKEY POLISHED IT OFF AT THE FIRST ATTEMPT. MICKEY WENT AWAY IN THE FINAL LEG AND WAS HELD AT BAY BY THE CLOGHERHEAD MAN , AND WITH BOTH PLAYERS MISSING A DART AT DOUBLE TO GIVE THE OPPONENT A SHOT, IT WAS J.P., NO LONGER THE ROOKIE THAT TOOK THE HONOURS. 2 OUT OF 2 FOR J.P. GREAT GAME LADS.
LOUTH-----GAVIN HILLIARD----- V -----BRENDAN REENAN-----HARRISONS
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NEXT UP WAS GAVIN HILLIARD FOR LOUTH AND BRENDAN REENAN FOR HARRISONS. A BIT OF THE UNKNOWN HERE AS THIS IS GAVIN'S FIRST YEAR AND SECOND OUTING WITH THE COUNTY . WITH A 2--1 VICTORY IN THE MORNING STAR OVER THE VERY GOOD RON KNOWLES , SURELY GAVIN WAS THE FAVOURITE FOR THIS ONE, BUT THEN ITS BRENDAN REENAN THATS ON THE OCHE WITH HIM. NO WAY TO MAKE THE CALL BEFORE THE GAME SO THE SUSPENCE WAS BUILDING. OFF WENT BRENDAN STEADY AS A ROCK. TON 85, 95 LEFT HIMSELF ON 161 IN THE FIRST LEG . GAVIN WAS BUSY HIMSELF GETTING TO 68 AT THE SAME TIME. NOT A SOUND AS BRENDAN HIT THE TREBLE 20 , THEN THE TREBLE 17 AND GAVE THE WIRE OF THE BULL A LOUD CRACK BEFORE FINALY COMMING TO REST THE WRONG SIDE . THE OOOOHHH'S AND AAHHH'S WOULD GIVE THE UK MATCHPLAY A RUN FOR THE MONEY. GAVIN AS COOL AS YOU LIKE KICKED THE OCHE AND THREW TREBLE 20 AND DOUBLE 4 AS IF IT WAS PRACTICE. GAVIN STARTED THE NEXT AND CONTINUED ON FROM WHERE HE LEFT OFF. STEADY BIG SCORES THAT BRENDAN JUST COULDN'T OVERCOME AND ALTHOUGH BOTH WERE ON A FINISH AT THE SAME TIME, IT WAS GAVIN THAT TOOK THE GLORY. TWO NICE LADS , VERY GOOD GAME. WELL DONE
LOUTH-----DAVID RATH----- V -----SONNY GRIMES-----HARRISONS
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ANOTHER ONE TOO CLOSE TO CALL AT THE START, WAS LOUTH'S DAVID RATH UP AGAINST HARRISONS MASTER AND COMMANDER , SONNY GRIMES. BOTH LADS HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE MATUSALA HAD HIS GOAT, AND THAT MENT ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN. SONNY WENT OFF STEADY AS WAS EXPECTED AND DAVID JUST HELD ON IN THERE ONLY TO MISS A DOUBLE AND BE PUNISHED FOR IT. SONNY WAS IN COMMAND AND HAD THE MIND TO STAY THERE BUT DAVID WAS HAVING NONE OF IT AND LEVELLED IT UP WITH SONNY IN THE DISTANCE. INTO THE DECIDER AND THE TWO LADS FELT THE PINCH OF NERVES BUT PLAYED VERY WELL ALL THE SAME, UNTIL IT GOT TO THE DOUBLE WHERE SONNY LET SLIP WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST POINT FOR HARRISONS. WE WERE 5 UP AND HARRISONS NOW HAD A MOUNTAIN TO CLIME . GREAT GAME LADS .
LOUTH-----GERRY RICE----- V -----JAMES HALPENNY-----HARRISONS
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REMEMBER THAT MOUNTAIN I WAS ON ABOUT A MINUTE AGO ????. LOOK TO THE LEFT. ITS THE QUIET MAN, GERRY RICE, IN GOOD FORM AND READY TO ROCK. UP AGAINST HIM WAS YOUNG UP AND COMING LOUTH YOUTH PLAYER JAMES HALPENNY. FIRST TIME OUT AGAINST THE BIG GUNS , JAMES COULDN'T HAVE GOT IT MUCH TOUGHER THAN THIS. AND INDEED IT PROVED TO BE JUST AS IT SEEMED , IT WAS ALL GERRY, AND NO MATTER WHAT JAMES DID , THE TASK WAS JUST TOO GREAT. AFTER WHAT SEEMED TO BE THE BLINK OF AN EYE THE FIRST GAME WENT AS EXPECTED WITH THE COUNTY QUIET MAN. IN TRUE GENTLEMAN STYLE GERRY DIRECTED JAMES TO START THE SECOND LEG ALSO AND WAS SOON IN COMMAND OF THIS ONE SOON AFTER. LEAVING HIMSELF ON 156, GERRY GENTLY DROPPED 2 INTO THE TREBLE AND ONE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DOUBLE 18. HATS OFF TO JAMES, HE DID HIMSELF PROUD. AFTER THE FIRST LEG THE SCORES STARTED TO COME STEADY AND STAYED STEADY. LETS LOOK BACK AT THIS PHOTO IN THE YEARS TO COME AND SEE WHO'S GIVING AND WHO'S TAKING THE LESSONS. GENTLEMANS GAME LADS, WELL DONE.
LOUTH-----ALAN REENAN----- V -----_______ ______-----HARRISONS
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THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT GAME TO NARRATE FOR ANYBODY. ALAN "ICEMAN" REENAN WAS UP AGAINST A PERSON THAT DOESN'T WANT TO BE NAMED AND DOESN'T WANT THEIR PICTURE UP ON THE SITE, SO WE WILL OBLIDGE WITHOUT A PROBLEM.
NOW IT HAS ALSO COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE NARRATOR THAT WE ALWAYS GIVE ALAN REENAN THE BEST WRITE UP IN THE CHALLENGES " EVEN WHEN HE THROWS C**P " WERE THE WORDS. SO HERE IT IS , FOR A NORMAL WRITE UP ON A GOOD GAME OF DARTS WHERE THE 2 PLAYERS THREW WELL BUT THE WINNER BY 2-0 WAS THE COUNTY PLAYER, ALAN REENAN. WELL DONE LADS. (HOW'S THAT THEN)
NOW IT HAS ALSO COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE NARRATOR THAT WE ALWAYS GIVE ALAN REENAN THE BEST WRITE UP IN THE CHALLENGES " EVEN WHEN HE THROWS C**P " WERE THE WORDS. SO HERE IT IS , FOR A NORMAL WRITE UP ON A GOOD GAME OF DARTS WHERE THE 2 PLAYERS THREW WELL BUT THE WINNER BY 2-0 WAS THE COUNTY PLAYER, ALAN REENAN. WELL DONE LADS. (HOW'S THAT THEN)
LOUTH-----JOHN DONNELLY----- V -----NOEL CRONIN-----HARRISONS
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JOHN "DYNAMITE" DONNELLY AS HE IS NOW TO BE KNOWN (WE THINK), WAS NEXT UP FOR THE COUNTY AND HE WAS PITCHED AGAINST NOEL CRONIN, AN UNCONFESSED GOOD DART THROWER. THE INFORM JOHN FRESH FROM HIS TOURNAMENT WIN IN THE STAGS HEAD LAST WEEK WASN'T LONG TAKING CONTROL OF THE GAME, AND ALTHOUGH NOEL WAS HITTING THE TREBLE EVERY OTHER THROW, IT JUST WASN'T ENOUGH TO GET OVER THE TORRENTIAL SCORING ABILITY OF THE MAN FROM KNOCKBRIDGE . WITH FINESSE AND PRECISION JOHN PUT THE GAME OUT OF REACH OF MOST MORTAL MEN IN A VERY SHORT TIME. SUPER GAME LADS. A JOY TO WATCH.
LOUTH-----DANIEL DUNN----- V -----CHRISTOPHER REENAN-----HARRISONS
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YES YES YES YES FOLKS, IT IS THE ONE AND ONLY DANIEL "DAFFY" DUNN. FIRST GAME OUT FOR THE COUNTY SINCE HIS 3 OUT OF 3 SUCCESS IN THE IRISH INTERCOUNTIES . ONE OF THE HIGHEST SCORERS IN THE NORTHEAST OF IRELAND, AND PROVED SO WHEN HE HIT TWENTY EIGHT 180'S IN THE MILLION AND ONE IN TALLANSTOWN. DANIEL WAS UP AGAINST YOUNG BUT VERY LARGE CHRISTOPHER REENAN, THE THIRD OF 4 REENANS TO PLAY ON THE NIGHT. IT DIDN'T GO ALL TOO EASY FOR DANIEL AS CHRISTOPHER SHOWED GOOD ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF IN BOTH LEGS. BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR CHRISTOPHER, 2 LEGS IS ALL HE WOULD GET TO PLAY IN WITH THE DUNDALK ACE , AS DANIEL TOOK THE SPOILS FOR THE COUNTY AFTER MISSING THE BULL FOR 130 CHECKOUT . NICE GAME LADS . GOOD QUACK.
LOUTH-----CARL THOMAS----- V -----PAULINE REENAN-----HARRISONS
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NOW , DO YOU REMEMBER THE THING EARLIER ON ABOUT BRINGING A MAN TO HIS KNEES ? WELL CARL THOMAS IS THE MAN. A SEASONED VETERAN FOR THE COUNTY AND OBVIOUSLY PRACTISING THROWING WITH HIS YOUNG CHILD DOWN CLOSE TO THE GROUND. HE WAS PUT INTO BATTLE AGAINST THE FIRST LADY OF THE NIGHT(NO PUN INTENDED), PAULINE REENAN, LAST OF THE REENANS THIS NIGHT. THE OUTCOME WAS NEVER IN DOUBT UNTIL CARL GOT ONTO HIS KNEE TO THROW FOR THE DOUBLE IN THE FIRST LEG.NOW AT A TIME LIKE THIS,ITS CUSTOMARY FOR IRISH PEOPLE TO SAY "MISS IT YA COCKEY F****R", AND FUNNILY ENOUGH , SOME IN THE CROWD DID SAY THAT. BUT CARL WASN'T THERE TO PLEASE THE CROWD, HE WAS THERE TO SHOW OFF, AND THE LUCKY FECKER HIT THE DOUBLE TOP WITH HIS FIRST DART. THAT WAS ALL FINE AND WELL , AND THEN THE SECOND LEG GOT OFF, AND SOON ENOUGH CARL FOUND HIMSELF ON A DOUBLE AGAIN............AAAAAAAGH WHAT DID HE DO. BACK ON THE KNEE HE WENT. NOW IF HE HIT THE DOUBLE HE WOULD HAVE BEEN A LEGEND BUT IF HE MISSED IT . WELL HE HIT THE FIRST ONE DIDN'T HE. ANYWAY, HE MISSED IT WITH 6 DARTS ON THE KNEE AND THEN WITH A SORE KNEE , HE STOOD UP THE NEXT TIME AND PUT IT OUT. PAULINE DIDN'T GET MENTIONED MUCH THERE, BUT SHE DID THROW WELL AND YOU COULD TELL HER TRAINING FROM MICKEY MCMAHON IS PAYING OFF. GOOD GAME. VERY ENTERTAINING FOLKS.
LOUTH-----GARY STEWART----- V -----CIARAN GRIMES-----HARRISONS
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HERE'S A MAN THATS FAST MAKING A NAME FOR HIMSELF WITH THE COUNTY, ITS GARY STEWART. STANDS TO THE LEFT OF THE OCHE AND THROWS THE COOLEST THROW YOU'LL SEE. PITCHED IN AGAINST YOUNG CIARAN GRIMES (SONNY'S SON). THEY WERE UP FOR A GOOD GAME. CIARAN , WHO IS ONLY NEW TO THE GAME WAS NEVER GOING TO BE A MATCH FOR THE NEW COUNTY THROWER AND THIS PROVED TO BE THE CASE IN 2 QUICK LEGS. WITH AN 80 CHECKOUT IN THE FIRST LEG AND A 21 DART SECOND LEG. THE JOB NEEDED MORE TRAINING FOR THE YOUNG GRIMES MAN. CONGRATS ON YOUR NEW BABY CIARAN, AND WELL DONE ON A GOOD GAME LADS.
LOUTH-----BRIAN FITZPATRICK----- V -----TRIONA MCCABE-----HARRISONS
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AND HERE WE ARE , DOWN TO THE LAST OFFICIAL GAME OF THE NIGHT. BRIAN FITZPATRICK, FIRST YEAR WITH THE COUNTY, THIRD GAME SELECTED ONE AND ONE IN THE STATS, HE WANTED TO PROVE HIS ABILITY. HE WAS SELECTED AGAINST TRIONA MCCABE WHO INDICATED TO BE THERE TO MAKE UP NUMBERS BUT IN REALITY THIS GIRL COULD THROW...THE PROOF. 5 TONS IN 3 LEGS PLUS A HOST OF OTHER BIG TREBLE COMBINATIONS . BRIAN POWERED THROUGH THE FIRST LEG FINISHING OFF 99 WITHOUT ERR . SECOND LEG TRIONA HIT BIG 4 TIMES IN A ROW AND LEFT 60 WITH BRIAN BACK ON 126. TWO DARTS AND THE HARRISONS TEAM ERUPTED INTO THE JUBILANT TUNE OF "YOU'S ARE ALL VERY QUIET OVER THERE ", INDICATING THAT THE LOUTH TEAM WERE ON THE BACK FOOT. BUT WOMAN OR NO WOMAN, BRIAN HAD A JOB AT HAND AND KNEW WHAT HAD TO BE DONE. THE THIRD LEG ASSUMED THE PRESSURE OF A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL LEG AND IT WENT DING DONG ALL THE WAY TO THE DOUBLES. BUT IT WASN'T FOR TRIONA ON THE NIGHT AND LOUTH HAD THE CLEAN SWEEP
THE TWO CONNELLY TWINS ARRIVED IN LATE ENOUGH IN THE EVENING AND ASKED IF THEY COULD GET A GAME AT ANY STAGE. UNFORTUNATELY TIME WAS NOT ON OUR SIDE AND WE COULD ONLY MANAGE THE ONE LEG WITH EACH OF THEM. OWEN CAFFREY GOT TO THROW ROBBERT WHO RECENTLY QUALIFIED FOR THE LOUTH YOUTHS TEAM AND ISAAC SMITH GOT TO PLAY MARK CONNELLY WHO IS HIMSELF A SUB ON THE LOUTH YOUTH PANEL. TWO VERY GOOD THROWERS THEM CONNELLY BOYS AND THERE SURE TO BE A FORCE TO BE RECONED WITH IN THE YEARS TO COME. WELL DONE LADS.
JOHN O'BRIEN WAS THE OTHER COUNTY PLAYER IN THE HOUSE ON THE NIGHT.
JOHN O'BRIEN WAS THE OTHER COUNTY PLAYER IN THE HOUSE ON THE NIGHT.
ISAAC SMITH V MARK CONNELLY
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COUNTY LOUTH DARTS ORGANISATION WOULD LIKE TO THANK HARRISONS FOR AN INCREDIBLE NIGHT OF FUN AND DARTS. WE ARE PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH PUBS LIKE THIS TO PROMOTE OUR TEAM, FOOD WAS SECOND TO NONE AND WE HOPE TO BE BACK AGAIN NEXT YEAR.