Dundalk darts | The mighty Quinn does it again
Dundalk and District Darts League round-up
At the time of his death 26 years ago, Tommy was regarded as the finest left-handed dart thrower in the country at the time of his sudden passing, and his family and his darts family lost a gentleman and one of the finest throwers of his generation.
On Saturday last, 64 of some of the finest local throwers competed to win the Cup named after him.
Hosted by The Northend Bar and The Bodhran Bar, 32 players competed in groups at 2pm and 32 more competed at 5pm.
There were a few hard luck stories to be told in the group stages, with a good few groups going to the wire to decide who progressed to the knockout stages.
Group winners eliminated at the last 16 were Jack McKenna, Aidan Conroy, Brian Keenan, Ciaran Markey, Greg Rozada, Peter Grennan, Gerry Rice and Conor Dunn (narrowly lost 3-2 to Dylan Quinn).
Players eliminated in the quarter-finals were Michael Maxi Mc Alester, Paul Monahan, Lee Smyth and Simon Wykes. Unlucky to lose in the semifinals were Conor Mc Ardle and Evan Tuite (narrowly lost 5-4 in the semifinal to Damien Grimes).
So, onto the Final and Dylan Quinn is now the back-to-back Tommy Dunn Cup winner. Damien Grimes was unfortunate to come up against Dylan in the Final, but Damo threw super darts all day. Standard at times was scary.
There are some cracking young throwers about, not afraid to compete against some of the best throwers in this part of the country.
Lee Smyth, Callum McCrave, Colin Taaffe and Thomas O'Shaughnessy all represented Dundalk Youth Darts today, and all gave a good account of themselves, and Evan Tuite showed that he's an up-and-coming powerhouse in youth darts in Ireland, unlucky to be beaten in the semi-final in the deciding game.
Big thanks to the Northend Bar and The Bodhrán for hosting today's competition. Next up is Event Eight of the Summer Series of Darts, the Mickey Martin Cup, on Thursday 13th August with games due to start at 9pm.