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SARKS
MONDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER
HEADING INTO THE LAST OF THE SMALL CHALLENGES BEFORE NEWRY IN NOVEMBER , WE WERE AFTER STRECHING THE 24 MAN COUNTY TEAM PANEL A LITTLE BIT FAR. WE HAD LADS IN ENGLAND, LADS UNABLE TO COME ON MONDAYS DUE TO THE FACT THAT LEAGUE CHALLENGES HAD ALREADY BEGUN IN SOME LEAGUES ( DUNDALK, GLYDE, NEWRY AND DULEEK) AND THIS MENT THEY WOULD BE OUT ON THURSDAY ALSO. WE HAD SOME LADS WITH NO CARS THAT HAD NO USUAL LIFT DUE TO ILLNESS AND SO ON. BUT WHAT WE DID HAVE WAS A 6 MAN TEAM, A GREAT CRACK, UNBELIVEABLE GRUB (AS USUAL WITH THE PUBS IN KINDLONVILLE // SORRY LOUTH VILLAGE) AND SOME SUPER GAMES OF DARTS.
ATTENDING THE OCHE TONIGHT FOR THE WEE COUNTY WOULD BE ISAAC SMITH, HAMILTON SMITH, JOHN O'BRIEN, BRIAN FITZPATRICK, JOE FINNEGAN AND OWEN CAFFREY. FOR SARKS WE HAD EAMON MUCKIAN, J.P. LENNON, EUGENE DUFFY, MARIE KINDLON, AIDAN KINDLON AND CONOR RYAN.
SPEARHEADING THE ATTACK FOR THE COUNTY THIS TIME WAS AN INFORM OWEN CAFFREY . HE WAS UP AGAINST FELLOW SMYTHS LOUTH ARMS TEAM MATE AIDAN KINDLON. NOW AIDAN HAS ALREADY PLAYED AGAINST THE COUNTY 3 TIMES DURING THESE FRIENDLY CHALLENGES AND THIS WOULD BE HIS 4TH. THESE 2 LADS HAVE ALSO MET BEFORE IN THE LAST GAME OF THE CHALLENGE IN EAMOES EARLIER IN THE LOUTH CAMPAIGN . THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF THAT GAME ALTHOUGH KINDLON GOT THE POINT, SO CAFFREY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE AMENDS . OFF THEY WENT WITH KINDLON GOING FIRST AND SCORING PROPERLY THIS TIME ( HAD TO GET THAT IN). AIDAN SCORED WELL IN THE FIRST WITH A COUPLE OF TREBLES IN THE FIRST 6 DARTS, BUT CAFFREY WAS IN A HURRY WITH A COUPLE OF TREBLES IN EACH 3 DARTS THROWN. 13 DARTS LATER AND AIDAN WAS THROWING FOR AWAY AGAIN BUT TRAILING BY 1. ALTHOUGH AIDAN THREW BETTER IN THIS LEG , IT STILL WASN'T GOING TO STALL THE DIGGER IN CAFFREY. 17 AND IT WAS ALL OVER. THE 2 BOYS STILL COULDN'T AGREE ON THE PREVIOUS MATCH THEY PLAYED
GREAT CRACK IN THAT ONE LADS. WELL DONE
LOUTH 1
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GREAT CRACK IN THAT ONE LADS. WELL DONE
LOUTH 1
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UP NEXT FOR THE COUNTY WAS ISAAC SMITH. THIS WAS ISAAC'S 6TH TIME REPRESENTING THE COUNTY AND THE STATS WERE 3-2 IN FAVOUR OF THE DUNDALK MAN. HIS OPPONENT WAS CONOR RYAN OR RYANO AS THE PATRONS WERE SHOUTING. THESE 2 LADS WERE WELL MATCHED FOR TONIGHT AND ISAAC HAD HIS WORK CUT OUT STARTING FROM BEHIND. EVERY TIME ISAAC GOT CLOSE TO THE SARKS MAN , THE SARKS MAN WOULD OPEN THE GAP AGAIN . IT WAS CAT AND MOUSE STUFF AND TENSE TO BOOT . NO ONE COULD TELL WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AND WHEN CONOR GOT TO THE DOUBLE FIRST IT WAS NAIL BITING. WITH THE LADS IN THE PUB ROARING RYANO AND ISAAC JUST HOLDING ON IN THERE UNDER PRESSURE IT WAS THE COUNTY THROWER THAT CAME THROUGH IN FIRST PLACE. SECOND LEG AND RYANO WAS AT IT AGAIN FLAT OUT SCORING AND ISAAC SEEMED TO BE AT A LOSS, BUT THERES QUALITY IN THEM THERE COUNTY THROWERS AND HE JUST KEPT ON GOING. CONOR MISSED A VERY CLOSE DOUBLE AT THE 5TH ATTEMPT AND COVERED IT FOR THE 6TH. THAT WAS THE TIME FOR ISAAC TO SHINE AND THATS JUST WHAT HE DID. WHAT A MATCH LADS.
LOUTH 2
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LOUTH 2
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THE COUNTY WAS ON A ROLL AND THE NEXT MAN IN WAS AFTER HITTING FIVE 180'S IN PRACTICE . AND THAT WAS IN SARKS. BRIAN FITZPATRICK WAS BUZZING WITH SOMETHING THE WAY HE WAS HITTING TREBLES EARLIER ON. HE WAS GOING TO PLAY EUGENE DUFFY, HIMSELF ON A DIFFERENT BUZZ AFTER SLICING HIS HAND NEARLY IN TWO. BUT IT WASN'T THE THROWING HAND AND THAT MENT HE COULD PLAY DARTS ( THE REASON WE WERE HERE OF COURSE AND NOT THE DRINK). AWAY EUGENE WENT IN A FLURRY OF TREBLES BUT FITZPATRICK HAD THE ANSWERS FOR ANYTHING THAT WAS THROWN AT HIM. EUGENE COULDN'T MAINTAIN THE BARRAGE ,BUT BRIAN COULD AND AFTER 18 DARTS IN THE FIRST WE WERE CLEARING THE BOARD FOR THE SECOND LEG. EUGENE WAS UP FOR THIS AND A NEW DETERMINATION SHOWED AS HE POWERED THROUGH THE NEXT LEG. BRIAN DIDN'T ANSWER AS HARD THIS TIME BUT NEVERTHELESS THEY STAYED WITHIN 70 OR 80 POINTS OF EACH OTHER. 3 MISSED DARTS AT THE DOUBLE FROM EUGENE LEFT BRIAN WITH A GREAT CHANCE AND HE TOOK IT WITH OUT WORRY IN 24. ANOTHER FANTASTIC MATCH AND A GREAT WIN FOR BRIAN. WELL DONE LADS.
LOUTH 3
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LOUTH 3
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NEXT UP FOR THE COUNTY WAS JOHN O'BRIEN. FIRST YEAR ON BOARD THE COUNTY PANEL , HE HAS 8 CAPS AND STATS OF 6-2 IN FAVOUR. JOHN HAS HIT AT LEAST ONE 180 IN EVERY MATCH SO FAR AND WAS EXPECTED TO DO THE SAME TONIGHT. HIS OPPONENT WOULD BE J.P. LENNON , A SARKS PLAYER FOR 3 YEARS AND A PLAYER YOU COULDN'T TAKE FOR GRANTED . THE BULLET WOULD HAVE TO BE ON HIS GUARD. OFF THEY WENT AT A REASONABLE PACE BUT IT JUST WASN'T CLICKING FOR EITHER OF THE LADS. THE FIRST WAS A DECENT LEG WITH THE BULLET HITTING THE TARGET FIRST. BUT THE SECOND WAS A LITTLE LONGER. A BOLD SHOT AT THE BULL WITH TWO MORE DARTS IN HIS HAND RUINED A GOOD FINISH FOR O'BRIEN BUT HE EVENTUALLY TOOK IT OUT IN THE MAD HOUSE. 'TWAS A GOOD CRACK AND A NICE AND EASY GOING GAME. WELL DONE LADS
LOUTH 4
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LOUTH 4
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NEXT UP FOR THE COUNTY TONIGHT WAS THIS YEARS FIRST QUALIFIER OUTSIDE OF THE ROUND ROBINS. HAMILTON SMITH HAD ALREADY PLAYED 6 FOR THE COUNTY AND WANTED TO LEVEL UP HIS STATS WITH A WIN. IT WASN'T GOING TO BE EASY WITH EAMON MUCKIAN AS HIS OPPONENT . OFF THEY WENT AND EAMON TOOK AND HELD CONTROL OF THE FIRST ALL THE WAY WITH 3 X100 ON HIS WAY. HAMMILTON , JUST HOLDING ON IN THERE WAS STRUGGLING TO GET INTO THE GAME AND EAMON TOOK THAT AS A WEEKNESS AND TOOK THE FIRST IN 20. SECOND LEG HAMMILTON DIDN'T WANT THE SAME RESULT SO HE SETTLED A BIT QUICKER AND THEY TOO'D AND FRO'D UNTIL WE COULD LOOK NO MORE AND THEN HAMLITON FINALY HIT THE DOUBLE. OH THE THIRD COULD HAVE BEEN ANYONE'S AT THIS RATE. YOU COULD HEAR A PIN DROP IN THE LAST LEG WHICH WAS A GOOD BIT BETTER THAT THE PREVIOUS. AND THE COUNTY MAN FINALY CAME HOME WITH THE GOODIES AFTER 24. THATS OK BECAUSE IN DARTS ITS THE DOUBLE THAT COUNTS. AND THAT WAS ANOTHER WIN FOR THE COUNTY. WELL DONE LADS
LOUTH 5
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LOUTH 5
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JOE FINNEGAN WAS CALLED UP ONCE AGAIN FOR THE COUNTY HERE . JOE TOOK A REST THIS YEAR FROM COUNTY DARTS BUT WE COULDN'T DO WITHOUT HIM. AND SEEING AS NEARLY EVERY MAN IN THE COUNTY KNOWS AND FEARS HIM (ON THE DART BOARD). WHY WOULDN'T YOU USE HIM IF HE'S WILLING. ONLY PROBLEM WAS, HE WASN'T PLAYING A MAN,. HE WAS PLAYING A WOMAN, AND GUESS WHAT. THATS NOT EASY AT THE BEST OF TIMES, BUT THE LADY IN QUESTION HAS A COUPLE OF TITLES TO HER NAME . MARIE KINDLON, WHO HAS JUST WON HER FATHERS MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT FOR THE SECOND TIME IN SMYTHS ONLY A FEW WEEKS AGO , WAS READY FOR TO TAKE THE FIRST WIN OF THE NIGHT FOR SARKS. JOE WAS HAVING NONE OF IT AND GAVE NO QUARTER. 2 X 140 IN THE FIRST AND FINNEGAN WAS IN FULL COMMAND ALTHOUGH MARIE DID HIT A 121 AND THEN MISSED A 94 OUT AT THE END OF THE FIRST. THIS WAS A GOOD MATCH AND THE SECOND SHOWED AS MUCH PROMISE BUT IT WASN'T TO BE FOR MARIE. FINNEGAN FINISHED DOUBLE TOP AND DOUBLE 10 TO PU IT TO BED. BUT WHAT A GAME. SAVAGE
LOUTH 6
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LOUTH 6
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UP AGAIN FOR THE COUNTY TONIGHT WAS JOHN O'BRIEN AGAINST EUGENE DUFFY. I THINK THESE TWO LADS WERE GIVING EACH OTHER QUEAR LOOKS AND EGGING FOR A MATCH , SO THAT WORKED OUT GRAND. EUGENE TOOK THE FIRST IN 24. AND WAS UNLUCKY NOT TO TAKE THE SECOND AS THE BULLET BURSTED 9 THREE TIMES BUT STILL WON IT. THE THIRD WASN'T TOO BAD THOUGH. JOHN TOOK IT FOR THE COUNTY IN 21. GOOD GAME LADS. GREAT CRACK
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NO PHOTO FOR THIS ONE SO WE USED ONE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S BEST PICS
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NO PHOTO FOR THIS ONE SO WE USED ONE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S BEST PICS
LAST IN FOR THE COUNTY TONIGHT WAS HAMILTON SMITH AGAIN. HE WOULD HAVE THE PLEASURE OF THE NOW RECORD HOLDING (MOST GAMES PLAYED AGAINST ANY LOUTH TEAM EVER IN THE UNIVERSE(5)) AIDAN KINDLON. NOW HERE WE ARE AT THE BACK END OF THE NIGHT WITH AIDAN KINDLON IN LAST AGAIN. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED , IT WASN'T PRETTY . BUT IT WAS UP TO HAMILTON TO KEEP THINGS RIGHT. WHAT A MATCH THIS TURNED OUT TO BE. IT WAS LIKE LOOKING AT A MIRROR WITH THE SCORES AND THE DOUBLES WAS THE ONLY PLACE THEY DIFFERED. AIDAN TOOK THE FIRST WITH A 66 OUT AND HAMILTON TOOK THE SECOND .DOWN TO THE LAST LEG OF THE NIGHT AND THE MAN FROM KINDLONVILL!! I MEAN LOUTH VILLAGE TOOK THE FIRST GAME OF THE NIGHT FOR SARKS. CRACKING GOOD MATCH LADS . WELL DONE
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LOUTH 7
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