Cracking night at Dundalk's Summer Series of Darts

Some cracking darts were thrown last night at the Ralph/Gore Family Cup, Series Four of the Dundalk Summer Series of Darts in the Northend Bar.

It was a great turnout for a Friday night. An unusual format was tried, where the winner stayed on after each game, and their opponents were only drawn out after each game was over.

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Hughie Shields started the ball rolling with the 180's - Board One winners were Padraic O'Rourke and Hughie Shields, Board Two winners were Conor Mc Ardle and Cian Roddy, Board Three winners were Simon Wykes and Jordan McInerney, and Board Four winners were Ray Harte and Davy Gonnelly.

Conor and Cian beat Hughie and Padraic in one semi-final, and Ray and Davy beat Simon and Jordan in the other.

Conor and Cian went one up in the final, in the next game with Ray waiting to come in to hit a double, Conor took out a 72 checkout finishing on the Bull.

This seemed to put Conor and Cian in pole position, but then Ray and Davy came back superbly, winning three on the trot. Cian and Conor levelled things up, and then it was onto the decider.

Brilliant darts were thrown by both teams, but Ray hit the winning double to win the Ralph/Gore Family Cup with Davey Gonnelly.

Big thanks to all our sponsors, especially Mullens Takeaway, and Roden Place for supplying the food for last night and to Dermot Ralph and the family for allowing us to play for the Cup.

Tonight, Friday, 18th July, sees the Thomas and Richard Callan Memorial Shield being played for in the Northend Bar.

Also, we are doing a bit of fundraising over the next number of months with a "Coppers For Charity" appeal, would appreciate it if you could give it a bit of advertising, a poster attached for it.