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SMYTHS LOUTH ARMS
TALLANSTOWN
20 AUGUST 2012
THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CHALLENGES LAST YEAR BUT DUE TO THE DEMAND OF THE LOUTH TEAM IN SO MANY PUBS, WE COULD ONLY MANAGE TO FIT IT IN NEAR THE END OF THE CHALLENGES. IT WASN'T A PROBLEM AS ANDREW AND CAROLINE SMYTH ARE VERY FLEXIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO DARTS AND A GOOD NIGHT FOR THE COUNTY AND THEIR DART TEAM WAS ALWAYS FIRST ON THERE AGENDA.
IT WAS AN 8 MAN EVENT BUT AS USUAL MORE OF THE COUNTY TEAM SHOWED UP TO SUPPORT AND MAYBE GET A GAME IF NEEDED.
SMYTHS WHO HAVE 2 COUNTY THROWERS, ONE EX-COUNTY(AND HOPEFULLY FUTURE) THROWER, ANOTHER THROWER THAT DID THE ROUND ROBINS AND 2 THAT SHOULD HAVE DONE THE TRIALS. THATS 6 LADS THAT WERE GOING TO GIVE A GOOD GAME TO ANY COUNTY THROWER OUT THERE. NOBODY WAS BROUGHT TO THERE KNEES THIS WEEK, BUT THERE WAS A FEW LADS WHO HELD THEIR HEAD IN DESPAIR AND ONE WOULD OR COULD ARGUE THAT ONE LAD HELD HIS HEAD HORROR. SO LETS GET ON WITH IT.
IT WAS AN 8 MAN EVENT BUT AS USUAL MORE OF THE COUNTY TEAM SHOWED UP TO SUPPORT AND MAYBE GET A GAME IF NEEDED.
SMYTHS WHO HAVE 2 COUNTY THROWERS, ONE EX-COUNTY(AND HOPEFULLY FUTURE) THROWER, ANOTHER THROWER THAT DID THE ROUND ROBINS AND 2 THAT SHOULD HAVE DONE THE TRIALS. THATS 6 LADS THAT WERE GOING TO GIVE A GOOD GAME TO ANY COUNTY THROWER OUT THERE. NOBODY WAS BROUGHT TO THERE KNEES THIS WEEK, BUT THERE WAS A FEW LADS WHO HELD THEIR HEAD IN DESPAIR AND ONE WOULD OR COULD ARGUE THAT ONE LAD HELD HIS HEAD HORROR. SO LETS GET ON WITH IT.
BACK FROM AN ILLNESS THAT KEPT HIM FROM CHASTISING SOME POOR UNFORTUNATE DART THROWER LAST THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE PUNT , IT WAS JOHN "DYNAMITE" DONNELLY (OR LUCKY AS SOME OF US REFER TO HIM). HE WAS SPEARHEADING THE ATTACK ON THE OPPOSITION THIS WEEK AGAINST THE ONE AND ONLY STEPHEN (SEAGAL) "EGG" CROSBY. NO QUARTER WOULD BE GIVEN HERE AS EGG RECENTLY BEAT A COUNTY THROWER TO GO THROUGH TO THE FINAL OF THE JOHN O'BRIEN MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT, AND AT THIS CHALLENGE LAST YEAR , THE VERY SAME EGG BEAT A CERTAIN ICE MAN . SO THE CARDS WERE DOWN AND THE PAST REMINDED, AND OFF THEY WENT WITH THE ONLY PRESSURE SITTING FIRMLY ON DONNELLY'S SHOULDERS.
WISH WE COULD TELL YOU THAT THE MATCH PRODUCED A SQUEEKY BUM MOMENT BUT THATS NOT THE WAY IT WENT. A 15 DARTER PUT THE COUNTY THROWER AHEAD AND THE NEXT GAME WASN'T MUCH DIFFERENT AS DONNELLY FINISHED TOPS TOPS TO WIN THE MATCH. HE HAD A TEAM PARTY IN HIS LOCAL THAT NIGHT BUT STILL CAME OVER TO REPRESENT THE COUNTY. IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THAT EGG WAS PLODDING AWAY WITH STEADY 60'S AND A COULPE OF TONS HERE AND THERE. GOOD GAME LADS
LOUTH - 1
SMYTHS- 0
WISH WE COULD TELL YOU THAT THE MATCH PRODUCED A SQUEEKY BUM MOMENT BUT THATS NOT THE WAY IT WENT. A 15 DARTER PUT THE COUNTY THROWER AHEAD AND THE NEXT GAME WASN'T MUCH DIFFERENT AS DONNELLY FINISHED TOPS TOPS TO WIN THE MATCH. HE HAD A TEAM PARTY IN HIS LOCAL THAT NIGHT BUT STILL CAME OVER TO REPRESENT THE COUNTY. IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THAT EGG WAS PLODDING AWAY WITH STEADY 60'S AND A COULPE OF TONS HERE AND THERE. GOOD GAME LADS
LOUTH - 1
SMYTHS- 0
NEXT UP FOR THE COUNTY WAS ISAAC SMITH, WANTING TO LEVEL UP HIS STATS FROM AN UNFORTUNATE LOSS IN THE PUNT LAST WEEK. HE WAS PRACTICED AND PREPARED FOR ANYTHING OR ANYONE. BUT YOU NEVER CAN TELL IN DARTS AND ISAAC COULD HAVE GOT IT EASIER. UP FOR SMYTHS WAS AIDAN KINDLON. AIDAN HIMSELF CLAIMING A BIG WIN OVER A COUNTY THROWER IN EAMOE'S A FEW WEEKS AGO, WAS IN THE ROUND ROBINS AND QUALIFIED FOR THE PLAYOFFS ONLY TO BE UNABLE TO ATTEND DUE TO OTHER COMMITMENTS . NEITHER OF THESE LADS HAD A HANDY OPPONENT AND THIS PROVED TO BE CORRECT WHEN THE MATCH GOT GOING. OFF WENT AIDAN AND HE FORGED AHEAD WITH ISAAC JUST HANGING ON IN THERE AND BY THE TIME AIDAN WAS ON THE DOUBLE , ISAAC WAS MORE THAN 3 DARTS BEHIND. HE JUST HADN'T SETTLED IN YET. HE NEEDED TO SETTLE IN QUICK BECAUSE AIDAN DIDN'T MESS ABOUT AND 2 DARTS AT THE DOUBLE WAS ALL IT TOOK FOR SMYTHS TO GET THERE FIRST LEG OF THE NIGHT. SECOND LEG WAS MUCH CLOSER AS THE 2 LADS TRADED TON'S AND TON PLUSES AND WITH BOTH AT THE DOUBLE AT THE SAME TIME, AIDAN MISSED A COUPLE AND ISAAC CAPITALISED AND TOOK THE LEG TO LEVEL UP. AIDAN WENT AWAY LIKE A TRAIN IN THE DECIDER AND ONCE AGAIN ISAAC FOUND HIMSELF TRYING TO HANG ON IN THERE AND WITH AIDAN ON 113 , ISAAC WAS ONLY HALF WAY THROUGH THE GAME. DOUBLE TOP, TREBLE 19.......BIG F*****G 16 AND AIDAN WAS HOLDING HIS HEAD FOR BURSTING THE FINISH. ISAAC HAMMERED IN A BIG ONE AND AIDAN WAS IN TO WIN BUT IT DIDN'T GO HIS WAY AND ISAAC STOLE IN AND TOOK THE GLORY. WHAT A MATCH . NO NAILS LEFT ON ANY FINGERS. WELL DONE LADS.
LOUTH - 2
SMYTHS - 0
LOUTH - 2
SMYTHS - 0
J.P.MULDOON HAS A LOT TO BE PROUD OF. FIRST YEAR IN TRIALS FOR THE COUNTY AND HE MAKES IT THROUGH. FIRST TIME OUT WITH THE RED AND WHITE SHIRT AND HE GETS A WIN, NEXT TIME OUT WITH THE LOUTH SHIRT ON AND HE GETS MICKEY MCMAHON . TALK ABOUT THE BAPTISM OF FIRE. HE WINS THAT ONE AND THEN AGAIN IN THE MIXED PUNT/LOUTH CHALLENGE LAST WEEK HE'S THROWING 180'S AND ANOTHER WIN. ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT, BUT NO. HE HAD TO SAY IT. (HARBOUR BAR, LATE LAST THURSDAY NIGHT AND HE BLURTS IT OUT " I WAS NEVER BET WITH THE LOUTH SHIRT ON"). IT WAS GOING TO TAKE A BIT OF MAGIC TO BEAT THIS "GINJA NINJA", SO SMYTHS PUT IN OWEN CAFFREY. 2-0 AND ANOTHER UNBEATEN RECORD GONE. YUM YUM. GREAT CRACK
LOUTH - 2
SMYTHS - 1
LOUTH - 2
SMYTHS - 1
DAVID RATH WAS UP NEXT FOR THE COUNTY AND HE ALSO HAS AN UNBEATEN RECORD WITH THE COUNTY(BUT HE DOESN'T COMMENT ON IT ). HE WAS UP AGAINST THE VERY STRONG MARTIN "CONNIE" O'CONNOR. WE KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO BE GOOD BUT HOLY CRAP IT WAS UNREAL. CONNIE , WHO HASN'T THROWN A DART IN 3 MONTHS WENT OFF LIKE A THING POSSESSED .DAVID KNOWING THAT ITS THE DOUBLE WHERE GAMES ARE WON AND LOST, HE JUST TIPPED ALONG STEADY STEADY. BUT CONNIE HAD THE DOUBLE IN HIM AND AFTER 2 ATTEMPTS HE HIT IT AND SMYTHS WERE IN COMMAND. NEXT LEG AND CONNIE WAS AT IT AGAIN BUT THIS TIME DAVID HAD ANSWERS AND BOTH LANDED ON A FINISH AT THE SAME TIME. NO MESSING THIS TIME AS DAVID LEVELLED THE SCORE . LAST LEG AND IT WAS ANYBODIES THE 2 LADS BATTERED EACH OTHERS SCORES AND IT WAS CONNIE THAT GOT TO THE DOUBLE FIRST AND THEN HE MISSED 3. THEN DAVID GOT TO A DOUBLE AND CONNIE MISSED ANOTHER 3. THAT WAS IT, DAVID DUG DEEP AND NAILED IT WITH THE LAST DART. EXCELLENT MATCH FROM TWO GENTLEMEN .WELL DONE LADS
LOUTH - 3
SMYTHS - 1
LOUTH - 3
SMYTHS - 1
AFTER THE RATH O'CONNOR MATCH, WE WEREN'T THINKING WE WOULD SEE THE LIKE AGAIN IN THE SAME NIGHT. BOY OH BOY WERE WE WRONG. UP FOR THE COUNTY WAS JOHN "THE BULLET" O'BRIEN IN CRACKING FORM. UP FOR SMYTHS WAS ALAN "ICE MAN" REENAN (HE'S CALLED ICE MAN BECAUSE OF ALL THE ICE IN THE VODKA. NOT BECAUSE HE'S COOL OR ANYTHING).
(THE OTHER LAD IS THE BULLET BECAUSE HE'S IN THE ARMY).
IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE GOOD, BUT NOT THIS......TON'S ,140'S, 135'S, 128'S. IT WAS LIKE A WISH LIST IN THE LOCAL LEAGUE.
NOW, NEITHER OF THE 2 COULD HIT A DOUBLE TO SAVE THERE LIVES, IN FACT IF MISSING DOUBLES WAS A JOB, THE 2 BOYS WERE ON OVERTIME. JOHN , SORRY "THE BULLET" GOT THE FIRST LEG ON HIS 3RD OR 4TH VISIT TO DOUBLE 1. MR."ICE MAN" HAD SIMILAR FORTUNE IN THE SECOND WITH DOUBLE 5. BUT THE THIRD LEG HAD TO BE WON AND AFTER WHAT SEEMED LIKE AN ETERNITY IT WAS JOHN THE TOOK THE HONOURS FOR THE COUNTY. AS UNLUCKY AS THE 2 WERE ON THE DOUBLES, IT WAS A VERY HIGH SCORING GAME. SO ON THAT NOTE WE SAY WELL DONE LADS.
LOUTH - 4
SMYTHE - 1
(THE OTHER LAD IS THE BULLET BECAUSE HE'S IN THE ARMY).
IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE GOOD, BUT NOT THIS......TON'S ,140'S, 135'S, 128'S. IT WAS LIKE A WISH LIST IN THE LOCAL LEAGUE.
NOW, NEITHER OF THE 2 COULD HIT A DOUBLE TO SAVE THERE LIVES, IN FACT IF MISSING DOUBLES WAS A JOB, THE 2 BOYS WERE ON OVERTIME. JOHN , SORRY "THE BULLET" GOT THE FIRST LEG ON HIS 3RD OR 4TH VISIT TO DOUBLE 1. MR."ICE MAN" HAD SIMILAR FORTUNE IN THE SECOND WITH DOUBLE 5. BUT THE THIRD LEG HAD TO BE WON AND AFTER WHAT SEEMED LIKE AN ETERNITY IT WAS JOHN THE TOOK THE HONOURS FOR THE COUNTY. AS UNLUCKY AS THE 2 WERE ON THE DOUBLES, IT WAS A VERY HIGH SCORING GAME. SO ON THAT NOTE WE SAY WELL DONE LADS.
LOUTH - 4
SMYTHE - 1
ONCE AGAIN , YOU WOULDN'T BE THINKING THAT 2 LADS WOULD CLICK AT THE SAME TIME TO GIVE A CRACKING MATCH. BUT IT HAPPENED AGAIN. HAMMILTON SMITH WAS IN NEXT FOR THE COUNTY AND HE IS IN FINE FORM LATELY . NOTHING BOTHERS HIM AND HE SCORES LIKE THE BEST OF THEM. PROBLEM WAS ,WHO HE WAS UP AGAINST, ONE OF THE LONGEST SERVING MEMBERS OF THE LOUTH DART TEAM, JOE FINNEGAN. NOW JOE TOOK A BREAK THIS YEAR DUE TO AN INJURY AND IS BACK THROWING WELL ALTHOUGH HE WON'T BE PLAYING FOR THE COUNTY. BUT SMYTHS WERE GLAD HE WAS THROWING FOR THEM, AS WOULD ANY TEAM. IT WAS JUST A GREAT GAME. IF THE 2 WERE THROWING DOUBLES TOGETHER, THE WORD SLAUGHTER WOULD COME TO MIND IF ONE WERE TO WRITE ABOUT OPPONENTS. 3 DARTS IS ALL THAT WAS THROWN AT DOUBLES IN THIS ONE AND JOE THREW THEM ALL WHICH GAVE HIM A 2-0 VICTORY . BUT YOU COULDN'T TAKE ANYTHING FROM HAMMILTON'S PERFORMANCE. IT TOO WAS VERY GOOD. WELL DONE LADS
LOUTH - 4
SMYTHS - 2
LOUTH - 4
SMYTHS - 2
ANOTHER TWO COUNTY THROWERS IN AGAINST EACH OTHER NOW, AND THIS TOO, PROMISED TO BE A GOOD MATCH. JUST THAT, WITH STEADY THROWERS, YOU GET A STEADY GAME. MICKEY KELLY WAS THE COUNTIES NEXT MARKSMAN OF THE NIGHT. UP AGAINST TALLANSTOWNS VERY OWN PAT NULTY (RECENTLY REWARDED THE ONLY EVER "I WAS BEATEN BY EGG" "AGAIN" LIGHTER). OFF THEY WENT WITH THE SAME URGENCY AS THE LAST TWO AND 18 DARTS LATER THE FIRST DART WAS MISSED AT A DOUBLE, BUT THATS ALL. PAT TOOK THE FIRST GAME WITH MICKEY JUST GETTING IT TOGETHER. MICKEY HAD THE SAME IDEA FOR THE NEXT GAME AND TOOK IT JUST AS QUICK.
THIRD LEG AND PAT WAS AWAY WITH A TON , MICKEY RESPONDED LIKEWISE AND THERE WAS A BATTLE AFOOT. PAT WAS THE FIRST TO ATTEMPT THE DOUBLE BUT IT WAS MICKEY THAT TOOK THE VICTORY. SUPER PLAY LADS.
LOUTH - 5
SMYTHS - 2
THIRD LEG AND PAT WAS AWAY WITH A TON , MICKEY RESPONDED LIKEWISE AND THERE WAS A BATTLE AFOOT. PAT WAS THE FIRST TO ATTEMPT THE DOUBLE BUT IT WAS MICKEY THAT TOOK THE VICTORY. SUPER PLAY LADS.
LOUTH - 5
SMYTHS - 2
THERE WAS ONLY ONE LADY ON THE SMYTHS TEAM SO WE DEDUCE THAT ONLY ONE LOUTH PLAYER WOULD HAVE TO PLAY THE SAID LADY. THIS JOB WAS LEFT TO THE NEW GUY , SEAN CALLAGHAN. NOT A ROOKIE ANY MORE, SEAN HAS 2 WINS FROM 2 STARTS. BUT WE ALL KNOW ITS VERY HARD TO WIN AGAINST THE ONLY WOMAN ON A TEAM. REMEMBER BRIAN FITZPATRICK IN HARRISONS (THE VALVE WAS TIGHTENED THERE). MARIE KINDLON , FRESH FROM COLLECTING THE EUGENE NULTY MEMORIAL PLAQUE ONLY A WEEK AGO WAS THE LADY IN QUESTION, AND I SAY ,SHE SURE CAN THROW. WITH A LIGHT HEART AND A SMILE , MARIE SET OFF IN SEARCH OF A WIN AGAINST THE YOUNG DROGHEDA MAN, BUT IT WASN'T TO BE IN THE FIRST LEG. SECOND LEG COULD HAVE BEEN A WEE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE WHEN MARIE WAS ON A DOUBLE, SEAN WASN'T. NOR WAS HE THE NEXT THROW. BUT AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT , THE DOUBLES MONSTER PAID MARIE THAT HATEFULL VISIT FOR A BIT TOO LONG AND SOON SEAN WAS RETRIEVING THE MATCH WINNING DART. BRILLIANT MATCH FROM BOTH PLAYERS . WELL DONE
LOUTH - 6
SMYTHS - 2
LOUTH - 6
SMYTHS - 2
COMING TO THE END OF THE NIGHT AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE OUR MAIN SPONSOR COME IN AND OFFER HIS SERVICES "TO THE OTHER TEAM". MINTY , AFTER A LONG NIGHT AT WORK, HAD HIS NAME ON THE SMYTHS PANEL TO TRY AND BEAT THE LADS HE HAS SPONSORED. HMMMMMMM!!. BUT AS HE SAID HIMSELF , HE PLAYS FOR SMYTHS , AND HE CAN PLAY.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR MINTY, HE WAS UP AGAINST A LOUTH VETERAN BY THE NAME OF CARL THOMAS. OOOOOOOOOH! HERE'S A LAD THAT HIT A DOUBLE FIRST GO WHILE DOWN ON ONE KNEE ONLY 3 WEEKS AGO. BUT IN USING ALL THAT OOOOH AND AAAAAH AND HMMM AND HA, WE MUST REMEMBER THAT CARL HAS ONLY 3 DARTS THE SAME AS MINTY. THANK F**K FOR THAT. BECAUSE CARL JUST MISSED A 12 DARTER IN THE FIRST AND DID AN 18 IN THE SECOND. POOR MINTY WOULD HAVE BEATEN A HOST OF OTHER PLAYERS WITH HIS TONS AND TON PLUSES , BUT IT WASN'T FOR HIM ON THE NIGHT. GOOD GAME LADS AND THANKS FOR THE SPONSORSHIP MINTY.
LOUTH - 7
SMYTHS - 2
UNFORTUNATELY FOR MINTY, HE WAS UP AGAINST A LOUTH VETERAN BY THE NAME OF CARL THOMAS. OOOOOOOOOH! HERE'S A LAD THAT HIT A DOUBLE FIRST GO WHILE DOWN ON ONE KNEE ONLY 3 WEEKS AGO. BUT IN USING ALL THAT OOOOH AND AAAAAH AND HMMM AND HA, WE MUST REMEMBER THAT CARL HAS ONLY 3 DARTS THE SAME AS MINTY. THANK F**K FOR THAT. BECAUSE CARL JUST MISSED A 12 DARTER IN THE FIRST AND DID AN 18 IN THE SECOND. POOR MINTY WOULD HAVE BEATEN A HOST OF OTHER PLAYERS WITH HIS TONS AND TON PLUSES , BUT IT WASN'T FOR HIM ON THE NIGHT. GOOD GAME LADS AND THANKS FOR THE SPONSORSHIP MINTY.
LOUTH - 7
SMYTHS - 2
MICKEY KELLY WAS BACK IN FOR THE LAST GAME OF THE NIGHT AGAINST SMYTHS NEWEST AND YOUNGEST PLAYER, DAMIEN MCALISTER . DAMIEN HAD HIS WORK CUT OUT FOR HIM , THERE WAS NO DOUBT. AND MICKEY GAVE NO QUARTER AND THERE AGAIN HE RECEIVED NONE EITHER. WHAT A DING DONG MATCH AND THE LADS FROM SMYTHS LOOKING ON IN ANTISIPATION AS MICKEY TOOK THE FIRST BUT DAMIEN TOOK THE SECOND. DOWN TO THE THIRD AND WE WERE IN THE THICK OF IT AND OUT OF THE BLUE THE YOUNG BUCK GOT A WIN OVER HIS FIRST EVER COUNTY OPPONENT. CLASS GAME OF DARTS LADS.
LOUTH - 7
SMYTHS - 3
LOUTH - 7
SMYTHS - 3
THANKS VERY MUCH TO SMYTHS FOR THEIR ONGOING SUPPORT OF THE LOUTH TEAM , THEY ALSO SPONSOR AN INDIVUAL ON THAT TEAM. ITS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO GO THERE AND ITS ALWAYS HARD TO LEAVE. THE GRUB WAS GREAT AND RIGHT ON TIME , WHEN FINNEGAN IS PLAYING AS USUALL. GREAT DRINK AT GOOD PRICES AND ALWAYS GREAT CRACK. THANKS FOLKS
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