Darts League back with a bang
BEFORE a good crowd in the Clan Na Gael hall last Tuesday night the agm for the Dundalk and District Dart League took place.
The Chairman Sean Kavanagh opened proceedings with his speech which was warmly welcomed by everyone present.
The Secretary, Niamh Brady and the treasurer, Peter Neary both gave their reports on what was a great season for the DDDL.
The floor was then opened to all present for questions before the election of the new committee took place.
The newly elected committee for the coming season are: Chairman - Brendan O Rourke; Vice Chairman - Paddy Taaffe; Secretary - Niam Brady; Asst Secreatry - Mickey Kelly; PRO - James Callan; Asst PRO - Shane McArdle; Tresurer: Peter Neary; Committe Members - Gerry Conway and Ciaran McNamee.
The incoming chairman addressed those present before the committee got down to business with the proposals for the forthcoming season read out and voted on.
All proposals passed will be added to either the Rules or Constitution of the league which will be given to each team before the season starts.
The registration forms for the forthcoming season have been left in each premises that had teams in the league last season.
Any new team looking to join the league can contact any committee member or if needed, any of the following numbers: Brendan O’Rourke 0872477717; Niamh Brady 0877690247; James Callan 0872146272.
All registration forms & fees are to be returned to the Commercial Club, Earl Street by Thursday 6th of October.
Meanwhile, The Stag’s Head recently launched its Champions League Of Darts. It’s a new concept for both Dundalk and a wider area and incorporates at least eight different cup competitions played over 10 months with points being awarded to those who reach the quarter-finals or better.
fter the final competition has been played the top 12 players on points will automatically qualify for the finals and the next eight players will play off for the final four places.
With a minimum prize pot of €1,000 guaranteed for the finals night there’s sure to be a lot of interest in the Qualifiers.
Also, all entrance money paid into each event will be paid out at each competition also.
The cup competitions are a mixture of either singles, doubles, 3-a-side or mixed 3-a-side. All competitions are open to throwers.
On Thursday last the first of the qualifiers was run for the Michael Quigley Cup. With a good crowd in attendance the level of darts was unsurprisingly at a very high standard.
The shout of a ‘180’ being hit was a regular occurrence over the course of the night. With the ‘Alan Quigley Award For Highest Checkout’ also up for grabs the attempts at big checkouts were being tried in most games.
At the business end of things it was Alan Reenan and John Donnelly who took on Thomas McCartney and Raymie Carroll in the final.
Even though the game was best of nine, due to the quality of darts being thrown each game was over in a few minutes with Alan and John winning 5-2 in a brilliant match. all