UP TO 600 DARTS FANS DESCEND ON DROGHEDA THEATRE FOR UNIQUE
BARNEY ARMY ON TOUR AT MAGNIFICENT TLT
to laugh and share the craic and put on a show for men, women and children.
A meet and greet with the pair set you back €70, a picture later €25, while the chance to player either one up to €160 if you won the auction.
The show made thousands for the visiting promoters, who packed up afterwards and headed for a show in Monaghan, having spent the previous night in Cork Opera House.
But George Noble, who runs the show, was very positive in his view of Drogheda and shows like this.
‘People can come and meet the players and get your picture taken with them.
‘ That does not happen with professional footballers.’ he stated.
He likens the modern day darts world to the old wrestling days when Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks packed them in.
Suddenly, Vince McMahon arrived and the wrestling went global and big money. Darts is the same.
Van Gerwen, who made about €2m on the circuit last year, joked with those who challenged him to one leg, and he was downed twice, by a young lad called Robbie - hitting double 15 to win - and ‘ The Living Legend, Joe Murphy.
Cormac Murtagh didn’t have so much luck, while Cedarfield’s finest, ‘Dangerous’ Darren Reynolds was beaten by Barney.
Others got the chance to play the pair too, but perhaps the highlight was the moment when both men, during their walk on, made straight for one fan in a wheelchair and made him the happiest person in the world - with a mighty high five.
You just can’t beat a bit of bully! real