CARL THOMAS
OUT FIRST FOR THE COUNTY IN 2013 WAS TRIAL WINNING QUALIFIER AND COUNTY VETERAN CARL THOMAS OR “ROBO” AS THE DROLL TROLL CALLS HIM. PITCHED IN AGAINST FELLOW TEAM MATE AND PART LEADER OF THE COUNTY, TREVOR MCGUIRK(no bad names for this lad. Too many repercussions) .
BOTH WANTING TO WIN FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE TEAMS STARTED OFF VERY WELL. WITH A 140 AND A FEW TONS IN THE FIRST LEG, THEY GOT TO THE DOUBLE AT A CANTER AT WHICH POINT CARL DELIVERED THE FIRST BLOW. CARL WITH THE DARTS IN THE SECOND LEG WENT OFF WITH 100, 85 IN THE NEXT LEAVING TREVOR SCRAPING OUT A SCORE ALL AROUND THE RED BIT. WHEN TREVOR EVENTUALLY DID CONNECT WITH THE TREBLE , A COUPLE OF TIMES, IT LOOKED OUT OF REACH, BUT CARL WAS WAITING FOR HIS TEAM MATE AND AFTER TREVOR GOT 1 DART AT THE DOUBLE , IT WOKEN CARL UP AND HE TOOK THE MATCH.
1-0 LOUTH
AND THE BANTER WAS ALREADY PIERCING.
BOTH WANTING TO WIN FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE TEAMS STARTED OFF VERY WELL. WITH A 140 AND A FEW TONS IN THE FIRST LEG, THEY GOT TO THE DOUBLE AT A CANTER AT WHICH POINT CARL DELIVERED THE FIRST BLOW. CARL WITH THE DARTS IN THE SECOND LEG WENT OFF WITH 100, 85 IN THE NEXT LEAVING TREVOR SCRAPING OUT A SCORE ALL AROUND THE RED BIT. WHEN TREVOR EVENTUALLY DID CONNECT WITH THE TREBLE , A COUPLE OF TIMES, IT LOOKED OUT OF REACH, BUT CARL WAS WAITING FOR HIS TEAM MATE AND AFTER TREVOR GOT 1 DART AT THE DOUBLE , IT WOKEN CARL UP AND HE TOOK THE MATCH.
1-0 LOUTH
AND THE BANTER WAS ALREADY PIERCING.
RAY HARTE
THE FIRST ROOKIE OF THE NIGHT FOR THE COUNTY WAS UP NEXT
RAY HARTE QUALIFIED THROUGH THE RANKINGS FROM THE TRIALS THIS YEAR AFTER ONLY ATTENDING 3 TRIALS. THAT WAS A TELLTALE SIGN OF HIS ABILITY AND BOY IS HE ABLE.
HE WAS PICKED OUT AGAINST WELL KNOWN AND VERY CAPABLE TULLYALLEN PLAYER STEPHEN KELLS. NO ONE KNEW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, AS STEPHEN HAS AGE AND EXPERIENCE UNDER HIS BELT WHILE RAY IS ONLY SERIOUS ABOUT DARTS A COUPLE OF YEARS. AWAY THEY WENT AND A TREBLE IN EVERY THROW WAS THE ORDER OF THINGS. STEPHEN HOLDING GROUND ALL THE WAY TO A FINISH AT WHICH POINT A 125 FROM RAY GAVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CRACK AT TOPS WITH 1 DART. STEPHEN WAS HAVING NONE OF IT AND NAILED IT HOME . 15 DARTS LATER RAY HAD A LEG OF HIS OWN AND THE YOUNG ROOKIE WAS CRUISING . STEPHEN WAS OFF FIRST IN THE THIRD BUT RAY HAD SEEN THE LIGHT BY NOW AND WAS TAKING NO PRISONERS. AT THAT POINT , THERE WAS NO HOPE FOR STEPHEN .
2-0 LOUTH
KEEP YOUR EYE ON THIS LAD.
ROOKIES 1-0
RAY HARTE QUALIFIED THROUGH THE RANKINGS FROM THE TRIALS THIS YEAR AFTER ONLY ATTENDING 3 TRIALS. THAT WAS A TELLTALE SIGN OF HIS ABILITY AND BOY IS HE ABLE.
HE WAS PICKED OUT AGAINST WELL KNOWN AND VERY CAPABLE TULLYALLEN PLAYER STEPHEN KELLS. NO ONE KNEW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, AS STEPHEN HAS AGE AND EXPERIENCE UNDER HIS BELT WHILE RAY IS ONLY SERIOUS ABOUT DARTS A COUPLE OF YEARS. AWAY THEY WENT AND A TREBLE IN EVERY THROW WAS THE ORDER OF THINGS. STEPHEN HOLDING GROUND ALL THE WAY TO A FINISH AT WHICH POINT A 125 FROM RAY GAVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CRACK AT TOPS WITH 1 DART. STEPHEN WAS HAVING NONE OF IT AND NAILED IT HOME . 15 DARTS LATER RAY HAD A LEG OF HIS OWN AND THE YOUNG ROOKIE WAS CRUISING . STEPHEN WAS OFF FIRST IN THE THIRD BUT RAY HAD SEEN THE LIGHT BY NOW AND WAS TAKING NO PRISONERS. AT THAT POINT , THERE WAS NO HOPE FOR STEPHEN .
2-0 LOUTH
KEEP YOUR EYE ON THIS LAD.
ROOKIES 1-0
DANIEL DUNN
WELL KNOWN TO ALL IN THE PUNT WERE THE NEXT 2 PLAYERS , AND THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT. NEIL BARRY WHO PLAYS FOR MEATH (because there’s no trials over there “or meath men” me thinks) AND THE ONE AND ONLY DANIEL “DAFFY “DUNN. NOTHING BUT HIGH SCORES WOULD TICKLE THE CROWD HERE , AND THAT’S WHAT THEY GOT (ONCE OR TWICE).
IT WAS THE TENSION, NO, IT WAS THE RESPECT, NO, IT WAS THE EHHH………. SHITTIEST MATCH YOU EVER DID SEE. TWO BLOODY BRILLIANT PLAYERS, LAY DOWN LIKE DOOR MATS IN FRONT OF EACH OTHER. I JUST COULDN’T WATCH. I DON’T EVEN KNOW IF EITHER OF THEM HIT THE DOUBLE, WE JUST MARKED NEIL BARRY DOWN FOR 2-0 AND JACKED UP THE SCORES TO IMPROVE THE AVERAGES. BUT THE TRUTH IS , WE STOPPED COUNTING WHEN THE DUSTER WORE OUT. AND THERE WAS WORSE TO COME.
MEAN WHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH
LOUTH 2-1
WELL DONE LADS . YE TOOK UP HALF THE FECKIN NIGHT
IT WAS THE TENSION, NO, IT WAS THE RESPECT, NO, IT WAS THE EHHH………. SHITTIEST MATCH YOU EVER DID SEE. TWO BLOODY BRILLIANT PLAYERS, LAY DOWN LIKE DOOR MATS IN FRONT OF EACH OTHER. I JUST COULDN’T WATCH. I DON’T EVEN KNOW IF EITHER OF THEM HIT THE DOUBLE, WE JUST MARKED NEIL BARRY DOWN FOR 2-0 AND JACKED UP THE SCORES TO IMPROVE THE AVERAGES. BUT THE TRUTH IS , WE STOPPED COUNTING WHEN THE DUSTER WORE OUT. AND THERE WAS WORSE TO COME.
MEAN WHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH
LOUTH 2-1
WELL DONE LADS . YE TOOK UP HALF THE FECKIN NIGHT
IAN ROONEY
ANOTHER ROOKIE TOOK TO THE OCHE FOR THE COUNTY THIS TIME
IAN ROONEY WAS HIS NAME. HE WAS TO PLAY KIETH(forgot his second name) .
ITS NEVER EASY FOR THE FIRST TIMERS AND FROM THE START OF THE FIRST, IT LOOKED LIKE IAN WAS GOING TO SUCCUMB TO THE PRESSURE OF THE RED AND WHITE SHIRT. BUT THAT’S NOT WHAT HAPPENED. KEITH MISSED A CHANCE TO WIN THE FIRST LEG AFTER A LOT OF DARTS, AND IAN CAPITALISED ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE ONE AHEAD, THEN WITH THE PRECISION OF A BUTCHER , HE PROCEEDED TO RIP A NEW BODILY ORIFICE(metaphorically speaking of course) IN HIS OPPONENT , LEAVING POOR KEITH ON 252. AWESOME WAS THE WORD UTTERED IN THE ROOM. PROPER ORDER
3-1 LOUTH
SAVAGE STUFF IAN, HARD LUCK KIETH
ROOKIES 2-0
IAN ROONEY WAS HIS NAME. HE WAS TO PLAY KIETH(forgot his second name) .
ITS NEVER EASY FOR THE FIRST TIMERS AND FROM THE START OF THE FIRST, IT LOOKED LIKE IAN WAS GOING TO SUCCUMB TO THE PRESSURE OF THE RED AND WHITE SHIRT. BUT THAT’S NOT WHAT HAPPENED. KEITH MISSED A CHANCE TO WIN THE FIRST LEG AFTER A LOT OF DARTS, AND IAN CAPITALISED ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE ONE AHEAD, THEN WITH THE PRECISION OF A BUTCHER , HE PROCEEDED TO RIP A NEW BODILY ORIFICE(metaphorically speaking of course) IN HIS OPPONENT , LEAVING POOR KEITH ON 252. AWESOME WAS THE WORD UTTERED IN THE ROOM. PROPER ORDER
3-1 LOUTH
SAVAGE STUFF IAN, HARD LUCK KIETH
ROOKIES 2-0
JUST ON A PASSING NOTE. WONDER WHY JIMMY REENAN DIDN’T SHOW UP. WAS HE AFRAID OF THE TRUTH, CAN HE NOT HANDLE THE TRUTH. DON’T BE AFRAID JIMMY, I’LL TAKE IT EASY ON YA.( I promise)
JOHN O'BRIEN
IN NUMBER 5 FOR THE COUNTY , HE GOT TO MORE SEMI-FINALS IN THE TRIALS THAN DUBLIN DID IN THE GAA.
MR. 180 HIMSELF, JOHN O’BRIEN, LIKES TO BE CALLED THE BULLET, SECOND YEAR IN THE RED AND WHITE AND AS CAPABLE AS ANY MAN OUT THERE. HE’S IN THE TOP 4 LOUTH MEN RANKED IN THE COUNTRY AND IT MUST GIVE HIM PRIDE THAT SOMEONE ELSE IS HIGHLIGHTING HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AND NOT HIMSELF.
JOHN WAS UP AGAINST FELLOW COUNTY THROWER ROBBIE SMITH AND THERE WAS AN AIR OF TENSION IN THE ROOM, GOD KNOWS WHY. AFTER 21 DARTS JOHN HAD MISSED AT LEAST ONE AT THE DOUBLE AND LET ROBBIE IN TO TAKE THE LEAD. 21 DARTS LATER ROBBIE RETURNED THE FAVOUR AND JOHN MADE IT EVEN. THE TENSION WAS BUILDING AND BUILDING INTO A CRESCENDO ,,,,,,,,,,, WELL, FOR AS LONG AS IT TOOK JOHN TO PUT OUT A 15 DARTER AND LEAVE ROBBIE ON 153.
4-1 LOUTH
WELL DONE BULLET. MAYBE A BIT MORE WARM UP NEXT TIME ROBBIE
MR. 180 HIMSELF, JOHN O’BRIEN, LIKES TO BE CALLED THE BULLET, SECOND YEAR IN THE RED AND WHITE AND AS CAPABLE AS ANY MAN OUT THERE. HE’S IN THE TOP 4 LOUTH MEN RANKED IN THE COUNTRY AND IT MUST GIVE HIM PRIDE THAT SOMEONE ELSE IS HIGHLIGHTING HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AND NOT HIMSELF.
JOHN WAS UP AGAINST FELLOW COUNTY THROWER ROBBIE SMITH AND THERE WAS AN AIR OF TENSION IN THE ROOM, GOD KNOWS WHY. AFTER 21 DARTS JOHN HAD MISSED AT LEAST ONE AT THE DOUBLE AND LET ROBBIE IN TO TAKE THE LEAD. 21 DARTS LATER ROBBIE RETURNED THE FAVOUR AND JOHN MADE IT EVEN. THE TENSION WAS BUILDING AND BUILDING INTO A CRESCENDO ,,,,,,,,,,, WELL, FOR AS LONG AS IT TOOK JOHN TO PUT OUT A 15 DARTER AND LEAVE ROBBIE ON 153.
4-1 LOUTH
WELL DONE BULLET. MAYBE A BIT MORE WARM UP NEXT TIME ROBBIE
THE NEXT BIT IS CENSORED….DON’T LET KIDS READ IT
GERRY RICE
THE QUIET MAN (GERRY RICE) WAS IN NEXT FOR THE COUNTY AND HE WAS UP AGAINST HIS PREVIOUS YEARS TEAM MATE, THE ONE AND ONLY
JOHN PETER “JAFFA” “JINGA NINJA” “FUCKIN MOUTH PIECE” MULDOON. LOVELY LAD.
TYPE OF LAD IF YOU SEEN ON FIRE, YOU’D GO OVER AND FAN THE FLAMES. YOU KNOW THEM BOYS.
ANYWAY, REMEMBER I SAID THERE WAS WORSE TO COME THAN IN A PREVIOUS GAME. WELL, HERE IT IS. GERRY STARTED OFF IN REVERSE AND JAFFA PASSED HIM OUT. BOTH OF THEM FANNIED(the american fanny) AROUND BETWEEN 501 AND 124 FOR AN OBSCENE AMOUNT OF TIME, AT WHICH POINT GERRY TOOK HIS HEAD OUT OF THE SAND AND FINISHED THE LEG. THERE WAS HOPE FOR A GAME OF DARTS YET.
MY ARSE THERE WAS . A PAIR OF TITMICE COULD HAVE NIBBLED A HOLE IN THE BOARD QUICKER ( WHILE THE TWO LADS WERE PLAYING THE GAME AND WOULD HAVE BEEN IN NO DANGER AT ALL).
THE WELL RESPECTED MR. MULDOON TOOK THE HONOURS IN THE NEXT 2 TO THE TUNE OF 28 JAWS HITTING THE GROUND.
4-2 LOUTH
WELL DONE WHOEVER WROTE THAT PIECE
JOHN PETER “JAFFA” “JINGA NINJA” “FUCKIN MOUTH PIECE” MULDOON. LOVELY LAD.
TYPE OF LAD IF YOU SEEN ON FIRE, YOU’D GO OVER AND FAN THE FLAMES. YOU KNOW THEM BOYS.
ANYWAY, REMEMBER I SAID THERE WAS WORSE TO COME THAN IN A PREVIOUS GAME. WELL, HERE IT IS. GERRY STARTED OFF IN REVERSE AND JAFFA PASSED HIM OUT. BOTH OF THEM FANNIED(the american fanny) AROUND BETWEEN 501 AND 124 FOR AN OBSCENE AMOUNT OF TIME, AT WHICH POINT GERRY TOOK HIS HEAD OUT OF THE SAND AND FINISHED THE LEG. THERE WAS HOPE FOR A GAME OF DARTS YET.
MY ARSE THERE WAS . A PAIR OF TITMICE COULD HAVE NIBBLED A HOLE IN THE BOARD QUICKER ( WHILE THE TWO LADS WERE PLAYING THE GAME AND WOULD HAVE BEEN IN NO DANGER AT ALL).
THE WELL RESPECTED MR. MULDOON TOOK THE HONOURS IN THE NEXT 2 TO THE TUNE OF 28 JAWS HITTING THE GROUND.
4-2 LOUTH
WELL DONE WHOEVER WROTE THAT PIECE
IT SORT OF CALMS DOWN NOW FOR A BIT BAR DYNAMITE
SO LETS MOVE ON
PAT NULTY
NUMBER 7 FOR THE COUNTY WAS PAT NULTY. PAT ASKED NOT TO BE PLAYED AS HE ONLY CAME TO SUPPORT……….. THAT’S UP TO THE SELECTORS PAT. YOU CAN HAVE THAT JOB AT THE NEXT A.G.M., BUT UNTIL THEN YOU JUST TIP IN THERE WHEREVER YOUR PUT, THANKS VERY MUCH.
HE WAS UP AGAINST FELLOW TEAM MATE DAVID RATH.
DAVID , WITH HIS 100% STRIKE RATE FOR THE COUNTY LAST YEAR IN THE TRIALS WAS LOOKING TO FOLLOW THROUGH TO THIS YEAR, BUT HE WAS PLAYING FOR THE PUNT HERE SO PAT COULD HAVE THE WIN,,,,,,,,WE THOUGHT,,,,EHHHHHH! NO. PAT WAS RIGHT. HE DROVE DOWN TO SUPPORT AND DIDN’T TAKE A DRINK , SO DIDN’T PUT UP A HUGE FIGHT AND NOT TO PUT TOO FINE A POINT ON IT(THREW SHIT). MIND YOU, PAT WAS ON A SMALL FINISH WHEN DAVID PUT OUT BOTH OF THE LEGS.
LOUTH 4-3
THAT WAS THE CALM BIT. WELL DONE DAVID AND HARD LUCK PAT
HE WAS UP AGAINST FELLOW TEAM MATE DAVID RATH.
DAVID , WITH HIS 100% STRIKE RATE FOR THE COUNTY LAST YEAR IN THE TRIALS WAS LOOKING TO FOLLOW THROUGH TO THIS YEAR, BUT HE WAS PLAYING FOR THE PUNT HERE SO PAT COULD HAVE THE WIN,,,,,,,,WE THOUGHT,,,,EHHHHHH! NO. PAT WAS RIGHT. HE DROVE DOWN TO SUPPORT AND DIDN’T TAKE A DRINK , SO DIDN’T PUT UP A HUGE FIGHT AND NOT TO PUT TOO FINE A POINT ON IT(THREW SHIT). MIND YOU, PAT WAS ON A SMALL FINISH WHEN DAVID PUT OUT BOTH OF THE LEGS.
LOUTH 4-3
THAT WAS THE CALM BIT. WELL DONE DAVID AND HARD LUCK PAT
JOHN DONNELLY
NOW WE’RE AT THE MIDDLE OF THE CONTEST AND JUST BY A STROKE OF LUCK IT’S THE TWO STARS THAT HIT EACH OTHER. IN THE RED AND WHITE CORNER, PLAYING FOR LOUTH. THE HIGEST RANKED LOUTH MAN IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND .
TWO WEEKS AFTER HITTING HIS FIRST 9 DARTER..
IRISH SINGLES FINALIST
ITS JOHHHHHHHHN, DY-NA-MIIIIITE DONNNNNNNNNNELLY
AND FOR THE PUNT
40 YEARS PLAYING DARTS
FIRST MAJOR TITLE LAST YEAR. RECENTLY SWITCHED FROM LOUTH TO AREA 7 N.I. AFTER OVER 20 YEARS ON THE LOUTH TEAM
ITS OLLIE THOMMMMSOOOOON
THIS WAS GOING TO BE EPIC( not the cartoon) . SINCE OLLIE SWITCHED TO AREA 7 HE HAS RECORDED THE HIGHEST AVERAGES ON HIS NEW TEAM. WE CERTAINLY WISH YOU ALL THE BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR NEW ENDEAVOUR .
MEANWHILE, JOHN HAD THE DARTS AND STRUGGLED TO PUT THE HIGH SCORES TOGETHER, WHILE OLLIE DID WHAT OLLIE DOES AND WENT STEADY STEADY ALL THE WAY. JOHN WAS THE FIRST ON THE DOUBLE AFTER 15 AND PUT OUT THE HIGHEST FINISH OF THE NIGHT WITH A 156, LEAVING OLLIE ON A TWO DART FINISH.
NEXT LEG WENT SOMETHING SIMILAR EXCEPT IT WAS OLLIE THAT HIT THE DOUBLE AFTER JOHN GAVE A COUPLE OF CHANCES. AND THEN THERE WAS A DECIDER AND ONCE AGAIN JOHN WHISTLED AROUND THE DOUBLE UNTIL OLLIE CAME AND TOOK THE SPOILS.
4-4 DRAW
IT WAS A DECENT AULD GAME LADS BUT FAR BELOW BOTH OF YOUR ABILITIES.
TWO WEEKS AFTER HITTING HIS FIRST 9 DARTER..
IRISH SINGLES FINALIST
ITS JOHHHHHHHHN, DY-NA-MIIIIITE DONNNNNNNNNNELLY
AND FOR THE PUNT
40 YEARS PLAYING DARTS
FIRST MAJOR TITLE LAST YEAR. RECENTLY SWITCHED FROM LOUTH TO AREA 7 N.I. AFTER OVER 20 YEARS ON THE LOUTH TEAM
ITS OLLIE THOMMMMSOOOOON
THIS WAS GOING TO BE EPIC( not the cartoon) . SINCE OLLIE SWITCHED TO AREA 7 HE HAS RECORDED THE HIGHEST AVERAGES ON HIS NEW TEAM. WE CERTAINLY WISH YOU ALL THE BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR NEW ENDEAVOUR .
MEANWHILE, JOHN HAD THE DARTS AND STRUGGLED TO PUT THE HIGH SCORES TOGETHER, WHILE OLLIE DID WHAT OLLIE DOES AND WENT STEADY STEADY ALL THE WAY. JOHN WAS THE FIRST ON THE DOUBLE AFTER 15 AND PUT OUT THE HIGHEST FINISH OF THE NIGHT WITH A 156, LEAVING OLLIE ON A TWO DART FINISH.
NEXT LEG WENT SOMETHING SIMILAR EXCEPT IT WAS OLLIE THAT HIT THE DOUBLE AFTER JOHN GAVE A COUPLE OF CHANCES. AND THEN THERE WAS A DECIDER AND ONCE AGAIN JOHN WHISTLED AROUND THE DOUBLE UNTIL OLLIE CAME AND TOOK THE SPOILS.
4-4 DRAW
IT WAS A DECENT AULD GAME LADS BUT FAR BELOW BOTH OF YOUR ABILITIES.
COLM BOYLE
NEXT UP FOR LOUTH WAS COLM BOYLE. ANOTHER ROOKIE AND HURTING FROM A SORE FOOT AFTER AN ACCIDENT A FEW WEEKS AGO. COLM WAS PLAYING FORMER COUNTY THROWER OLLIE SMITH. WE ALL KNOW THAT OLLIE CAN DO ANYTHING ON THE DART BOARD AND IS USUALLY CONSISTENT . AND AWAY THEY WENT WITH STEADY SCORES THROUGHOUT, BOTH KEEPING THE OTHER CLOSE. IT WAS OLLIE THAT SLIPPED UP FIRST AND LET COLM IN TO GET HIS FIRST LEG FOR THE COUNTY. NEXT LEG WAS A CLOSE CALL ALSO WITH BOTH LADS HAVING A STAB AT THE DOUBLE BEFORE OLLIE FINALLY TOOK IT OUT. SO IT WAS 1-1 AND THE ROOKIE HAD IT ALL TO PROVE, EVEN ON THE SORE FRONT LEG, AND HE DID. HE BANGED IN A COUPLE OF BIG ONES AT THE START AND IT WAS A STRUGGLE FOR OLLIE TO MAINTAIN THE CHASE. WITH GOOD DETERMINATION, COLM WAS THE THIRD ROOKIE TO WIN TONIGHT, LEAVING OLLIE ON A 2 DARTER.
LOUTH 5-4
CONGRATS ON YOUR FIRST COUNTY WIN COLM AND AM SURE WE’LL SEE YOU SOON OLLIE
ROOKIES 3-0
LOUTH 5-4
CONGRATS ON YOUR FIRST COUNTY WIN COLM AND AM SURE WE’LL SEE YOU SOON OLLIE
ROOKIES 3-0
(photo to come) ANOTHER ROOKIE FOR THE COUNTY HERE, BUT THIS LAD HAS BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE SOME TIME. JOEY ENGLISHBY FROM DUNLEER IMPRESSED ALL AT THE TRIALS AND NOTHING BUT GOOD FORM WAS GOING TO BE EXPECTED.
UP AGAINST MICK FAULKNER FROM THE PUNT, IT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE AS MICK CAN PLAY A SUPER GAME OF DARTS.
JOEY WAS HAVING NO NERVES, HE WAS JUST GETTING ON WITH THE JOB AND AFTER 17 DARTS HE HAD HALF THE JOB DONE. MICK HAD A FIGHT BACK AND TOOK THE NEXT AFTER JOEY FAILED TO CAPITALISE ON 3 AT DOUBLE 8. SO IT WAS GOING ALL THE WAY, AND BOTH LADS HAD THE GUTS FOR THE WIN BUT THIS TIME IT WAS MICK THAT FAILED TO CAPITALISE AND JOEY TOOK THE WIN. CLOSE CALL THERE .
LOUTH 6-4
GREAT GAME LADS, GUTSY PERFORMANCE FROM BOTH OF YOU.
ROOKIES 4-0
UP AGAINST MICK FAULKNER FROM THE PUNT, IT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE AS MICK CAN PLAY A SUPER GAME OF DARTS.
JOEY WAS HAVING NO NERVES, HE WAS JUST GETTING ON WITH THE JOB AND AFTER 17 DARTS HE HAD HALF THE JOB DONE. MICK HAD A FIGHT BACK AND TOOK THE NEXT AFTER JOEY FAILED TO CAPITALISE ON 3 AT DOUBLE 8. SO IT WAS GOING ALL THE WAY, AND BOTH LADS HAD THE GUTS FOR THE WIN BUT THIS TIME IT WAS MICK THAT FAILED TO CAPITALISE AND JOEY TOOK THE WIN. CLOSE CALL THERE .
LOUTH 6-4
GREAT GAME LADS, GUTSY PERFORMANCE FROM BOTH OF YOU.
ROOKIES 4-0
JOE FINNEGAN
THE DROLL TROLL WAS IN NEXT FOR THE COUNTY , THE ONE AND ONLY MR. JOE FINNEGAN. WE IN LOUTH ARE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE THE SLOWEST TALKING COMEDIAN IN IRELAND. WE JUST COULDN’T FUNCTION WITHOUT HIM.
JOE WAS GOING TO BE PLAYING MICK FROM DUBLIN AND THE THINKING WAS THAT THE SCORE ON THE COUNTY SIDE WOULD GO UP.
OFF THEY WENT AND JOE GRAFTED OUT A FAIR GAME WITH MICK MATCHING SCORE FOR SCORE. DOWN AT THE DOUBLE IT WAS MICK THAT MISSED FIRST BUT THE STEADY HAND OF THE VETERAN PULLED IT OUT OF THE BAG. 1-0 AND JOE DECIDED HE HAD ENOUGH OF THAT AND JUST UPPED THE GEAR, POWER ON AND A MINUTE AND A HALF LATER WE WERE CHANGING THE SCORES.
LOUTH7-4
THAT’S JOE FOR YA, AND HARD LUCK MICK
JOE WAS GOING TO BE PLAYING MICK FROM DUBLIN AND THE THINKING WAS THAT THE SCORE ON THE COUNTY SIDE WOULD GO UP.
OFF THEY WENT AND JOE GRAFTED OUT A FAIR GAME WITH MICK MATCHING SCORE FOR SCORE. DOWN AT THE DOUBLE IT WAS MICK THAT MISSED FIRST BUT THE STEADY HAND OF THE VETERAN PULLED IT OUT OF THE BAG. 1-0 AND JOE DECIDED HE HAD ENOUGH OF THAT AND JUST UPPED THE GEAR, POWER ON AND A MINUTE AND A HALF LATER WE WERE CHANGING THE SCORES.
LOUTH7-4
THAT’S JOE FOR YA, AND HARD LUCK MICK
HAMILTON SMITH
HAMILTON SMITH WAS NEXT UP FOR LOUTH WITH THE SON OF THE NEXT ROOKIE BEING HIS OPPONENT. DAMIEN MCALESTER ONLY PLAYING 2 YEARS WAS LOOKING FOR THE BUZZ OF THE COUNTY TEAM. ONLY PROBLEM IS , A COUNTY PLAYER IS GOOD AND HAMMY IS REALLY GOOD, SO EXPERIENCE WAS ALL DAMIEN WAS GOING TO GET.
CAN’T DO ANYTHING TO THIS ONE PEOPLE EXCEPT TO SAY HAMMY TOOK IT EASY AND LET DAMIEN GET TO RESPECTABLE NUMBERS BEFORE PINNING THE DOUBLES REQUIRED.
8-4
WELL DONE HAMMY AND KEEP COMING BACK DAMIEN YOU’RE A GREAT CRACK
CAN’T DO ANYTHING TO THIS ONE PEOPLE EXCEPT TO SAY HAMMY TOOK IT EASY AND LET DAMIEN GET TO RESPECTABLE NUMBERS BEFORE PINNING THE DOUBLES REQUIRED.
8-4
WELL DONE HAMMY AND KEEP COMING BACK DAMIEN YOU’RE A GREAT CRACK
BRENDAN "MINTY" MCALESTER
ROOKIE NUMBER 5 AND THE OLDEST IN THE ROOM(maybe) BAR OLLIE THOMPSON.
BRENDAN MCALESTER ONLY PLAYED THE LAST FEW TRIALS AND GOT HIMSELF ONTO THE COUNTY TEAM. WHEN HE HIT’S THE TREBLE, YOU BETTER LOOK OUT. UP AGAINST NOEL NUGENT FROM THE PUNT, MINTY(AS BRENDAN IS KNOWN) WOULD HAVE TO BE ON HIS GAME.
A SLOW START FROM BOTH PLAYERS LEFT A SCRAPPY FIRST LEG THAT BOTH PLAYERS HAD CHANCES IN , BUT THE NEW COUNTY PLAYER DID THE DEED AND TOOK IT. SECOND LEG HE THREW OFF THE NERVES AND POWERED ON TO THE DOUBLE AT WHICH POINT HE PRODUCED HIS ONE DART .COM MEMBERSHIP CARD AND JOINED THE RANKS OF THE WINNING ROOKIES
LOUTH 9-4
GOOD STUFF MINTY. WE ALWAYS HAD FAITH IN YA. HARD LUCK NOEL
ROOKIES 5-0
BRENDAN MCALESTER ONLY PLAYED THE LAST FEW TRIALS AND GOT HIMSELF ONTO THE COUNTY TEAM. WHEN HE HIT’S THE TREBLE, YOU BETTER LOOK OUT. UP AGAINST NOEL NUGENT FROM THE PUNT, MINTY(AS BRENDAN IS KNOWN) WOULD HAVE TO BE ON HIS GAME.
A SLOW START FROM BOTH PLAYERS LEFT A SCRAPPY FIRST LEG THAT BOTH PLAYERS HAD CHANCES IN , BUT THE NEW COUNTY PLAYER DID THE DEED AND TOOK IT. SECOND LEG HE THREW OFF THE NERVES AND POWERED ON TO THE DOUBLE AT WHICH POINT HE PRODUCED HIS ONE DART .COM MEMBERSHIP CARD AND JOINED THE RANKS OF THE WINNING ROOKIES
LOUTH 9-4
GOOD STUFF MINTY. WE ALWAYS HAD FAITH IN YA. HARD LUCK NOEL
ROOKIES 5-0
SEAN "MAXI" KAVANAGH
ANOTHER ROOKIE HERE AT THE BACK OF THE PACK AND SEAN MAXI KAVANAGH HAD THE HARDEST ROUTE TO THE PANEL THIS YEAR, BUT HE GOT THERE IN THE END AND THE COUNTY ARE DELIGHTED FOR IT. HE WAS UP AGAINST LOUTHS VERY OWN STEPHEN “JACKDAW” GIBNEY, WHO SINGS A VERY FINE RENDITION OF ORVILLE WHO IS YOUR VERY BEST FRIEND WHEN ON TOUR WITH THE COUNTY.
IT WAS A BAPTISM OF FIRE FOR THE UNFORTUNATE MAXI AND HE WOULD NEED A LOT OF GUTS TO PULL THIS ONE OFF. THERE WERE SIGNS OF CLASS THROUGHOUT BOTH LEGS BUT THE FIRE POWER OF THE 15 YEAR VETERAN WAS JUST SLIGHTLY TOO STRONG ON THE NIGHT. (THAT’S NOT TO SAY IT COULD WELL BE A DIFFERENT STORY ON ANOTHER NIGHT)
LOUTH 9-5
GOOD DARTS MAXI, YOU DID YOURSELF PROUD AND WELL DONE STEPHEN
ROOKIES 5-1
IT WAS A BAPTISM OF FIRE FOR THE UNFORTUNATE MAXI AND HE WOULD NEED A LOT OF GUTS TO PULL THIS ONE OFF. THERE WERE SIGNS OF CLASS THROUGHOUT BOTH LEGS BUT THE FIRE POWER OF THE 15 YEAR VETERAN WAS JUST SLIGHTLY TOO STRONG ON THE NIGHT. (THAT’S NOT TO SAY IT COULD WELL BE A DIFFERENT STORY ON ANOTHER NIGHT)
LOUTH 9-5
GOOD DARTS MAXI, YOU DID YOURSELF PROUD AND WELL DONE STEPHEN
ROOKIES 5-1
BRIAN FITZPATRICK
THE NEXT GAME BEING THE LAST GAME WAS TO SEE BRIAN “FITZY” FITZPATRICK FOR THE COUNTY UP AGAINST OWEN CAFFREY WHO WOULD PLAY FOR THE PUNT TO ROUND OFF THE NUMBERS, AND THE RUMOUR OF THE GAME THAT NEVER WAS , WAS UTTERED AROUND THE ROOM ( FROM THE CHALLENGE CAFFREY RAN FROM IN THE STAR 2 YEARS AGO, OR SO ITS SAID)
NOW AS IT HAPPENED , ANOTHER LAD CAME INTO THE ROOM JUST BEFORE THE END AND HE PLAYED INSTEAD OF CAFFREY AT WHICH POINT THE WHISPERS STARTED AGAIN. CATCH A GRIP LADS, ITS ONLY A GAME AND CAFFREY’S NOT AFRAID OF FITZY(OR IS HE?)
ANYWAY , BACK TO THE GAME AT HAND. THE OPPONENT FOR FITTZY WAS CARL TROY AND CARL COULD THROW . A RIGHT GOOD DING DONG BATTLE ENSUED AND TENSION WAS IN THE AIR FOR THE FINAL MATCH OF THE NIGHT AND IT WAS THE LOCAL LAD THAT TOOK THE FIRST LEG, BUT NOT WITHOUT 4 DARTS MISSED BY THE COUNTY MAN. NEXT GAME AND FITTZY WAS CRUISING BUT THEM DOUBLES JUST WEREN’T GOING IN AND CARL ONCE AGAIN TOOK HIS CHANCES TO DEFEAT THE COUNTY MAN
LOUTH 9-6
WELL DONE CARL, GREAT BATTLE. HARD LUCK FITTZY, THEM FECKIN DOUBLES BUD.
THAT WAS IT FROM THE PUNT THIS YEAR FOLKS, BUT A FEW THINGS TO MENTION .
WE HAD A GREAT CRACK AND AS ALWAYS THERE WAS DETERMINATION FROM BOTH SIDES TO WIN THE MATCH. THE FOOD ON THE NIGHT WAS SECOND TO NONE AND THE STAFF WERE , AS ALWAYS, VERY HELPFUL.
ANYTHING THAT IS WRITTEN ABOUT IN THESE REPORTS IS DESIGNED TO GET THE ATTENTION OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT READ THE LOUTH DARTS WEB PAGE AND A BIT OF CRACK IS NECESSARY TO KEEP THE PLAYERS AND NON PLAYERS ALIKE COMING BACK TO READ, SO ON THAT NOTE, WE DON’T WANT ANYONE TO BE OFFENDED BY ANYTHING WRITTEN . IF YOU GOT A GOOD REPORT, IT HAS PROBABLY BEEN EXAGGERATED SLIGHTLY, AND IF YOU GOT A BAD REPORT , ITS GUARANTEED TO BE GROSSLY OVER EXAGGERATED. THE FUN IN THE REPORTS IS WHO IS THE ONE THAT’S GOING TO GET A BAD WRITE UP THIS WEEK. TOUGH LUCK THIS TIME DANIEL, GERRY AND PAT , BUT REALLY AND HONESTLY, JAFFA DID DESERVE THAT.
CHAO UNTIL THE WATERS REPORT
WE HAD A GREAT CRACK AND AS ALWAYS THERE WAS DETERMINATION FROM BOTH SIDES TO WIN THE MATCH. THE FOOD ON THE NIGHT WAS SECOND TO NONE AND THE STAFF WERE , AS ALWAYS, VERY HELPFUL.
ANYTHING THAT IS WRITTEN ABOUT IN THESE REPORTS IS DESIGNED TO GET THE ATTENTION OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT READ THE LOUTH DARTS WEB PAGE AND A BIT OF CRACK IS NECESSARY TO KEEP THE PLAYERS AND NON PLAYERS ALIKE COMING BACK TO READ, SO ON THAT NOTE, WE DON’T WANT ANYONE TO BE OFFENDED BY ANYTHING WRITTEN . IF YOU GOT A GOOD REPORT, IT HAS PROBABLY BEEN EXAGGERATED SLIGHTLY, AND IF YOU GOT A BAD REPORT , ITS GUARANTEED TO BE GROSSLY OVER EXAGGERATED. THE FUN IN THE REPORTS IS WHO IS THE ONE THAT’S GOING TO GET A BAD WRITE UP THIS WEEK. TOUGH LUCK THIS TIME DANIEL, GERRY AND PAT , BUT REALLY AND HONESTLY, JAFFA DID DESERVE THAT.
CHAO UNTIL THE WATERS REPORT