Darting night to honour Jillian

Special Olympics group in Drogheda to benefit from a great event at the Thatch

IT was probably pretty appropriate that the Special Olympics in Drogheda were the ones to benefit from a charity darts event held in the Thatch recently.

It was the second Jillian Thornton Memorial Darts tournament and was organised to honour the memory of a much loved and missed young lady.

Jillian from Halpin’s Terrace was tragically killed in a car accident in May 2016.

She was in her 21st year and to hoour her memory, sister Elaine and family and friends decided to organise a darts tournament for charity in her memory.

She was a big fan of the sport and the Thatch was packed out with players for this year’s event.

Right: Finalists Mark Clinton and Jamie Heavey in the Jillian Thornton Memorial darts tournament.

Ollie Thompson, Elaine Thornton, Sarah Thompson and Tricia Johnson organisers of the Jillian Thornton Memorial darts tournament present €1300 raised to the Drogheda branch of the Special Olympics

Ollie Thompson, Elaine Thornton, Sarah Thompson and Tricia Johnson organisers of the Jillian Thornton Memorial darts tournament with Jillians family held in the Thatch