The Drumgor Cup was up for grabs last night in the Craigavon District darts league and it had a new format to go alongside it with it being a Double in Double Out competition and with it proving popular it will hopefully be a regular occurrence on the season calendar . The hosts Drumgor got a bye into the semi finals with the disappointing news that Clann Eireann would be unable to field a team but the other 6 teams taking to the oche trying to secure one of the final 3 spots there was still plenty of drama and action to be had. Quarter Finals The Stables went head to head with the Trojans and it was the Stables who progressed with a 5-2 victory. Wins from Michael Lamb , Chris Lewsley and Pat Curran put them into a 3-0 lead but the Trojans fought back with Stuart Matchett and Rab Lewis to leave the minimum between the sides. It was left to Peter Morris and Shane Tallon to win it for the stables though and send them into the last 4 . The last match was played out with Davy Vaughan jr keeping up his good form beating Dee McConville In another tight encounter Eire Og got the better of league leaders the Vintage 5-3 . Sam Frazer and John Cinnamon both won to share the first 2 legs before Micky Dunwoodie made it 2-1 with a win over another of the leagues excellent up and coming youth players Ryan Blaney. Mark McLernon made it 3-1 before Mo Campbell and Dee Blaney levelled the match and now pretty much made the tie a best of 3. Chris Cinnamond beat Peter Doran and it was a relieved Dermot McStay who finnally hit his winning double over an unlucky Kevin McNiece to finish the game and send the Ogs into the next round. The last match of the quarter finals ended early as the Celtic only had 6 men and with the draw unfortunately going against them two quick wins for Lee Culbert over Gerard Crewe and Seamy Tallon over Adrian Hutchinson ended the tie as a contest with the Forresters progressing on a 5-0 score line . The last four games were played out in great spirit and entertainment with nothing on the line and were shared 2 each with Andy McConnon and Martin Haddock winning for the Celtic and Paddy Magill and Martin Murray sr winning for the INF Semi Finals The first Semi Final seen the Stables play Drumgor and with the the stables only having 8 men it meant 4 wins would be enough to send Drumgor through. Matt Gilpin got the first of those with a win over Chris Lewsley which was followed by Michael Lamb to take a leg back with a win over George Chambers . Clive Hanna put 2 in it again beating Peter Morris but back came the Stables again with Shane Tallon getting past former team mate Gareth Bunting to leave it 3-2 to Drumgor . It was Stephen Duff and Marty Craig who took the next two matches though to finish the tie and send Drumgor into the final by 5 games to 2 The second semi final was without a doubt the game of the night with the INF and Eire Og meeting . A tight match was expected as always but a surprising start occurred with the INF racing into a 4-0 lead with wins from Marty Crossan, Marty Murray jr , Vincey Culbert and Seamy Tallon putting them in grasp of the final. A missed dart at double top by Lee Culbert to complete the whitewash was punished by Chris cinnamond and the Ogs never quit attitude kicked into gear as the quickly turned the 4-0 into 4-4 with Hugh Heaney, Sam Frazer and Micky Dunwoodie levelling the match. In the final game missed doubles at the start by Paddy Magill let Micky Campbell get up and going and indeed Micky looked in control of the game but when he missed 3 darts at his doubles Paddy was the calmest man in the bar as he hit 25 ,Treble 20 , Double 20 for a superb 125 out shot and the win much to delight of his team mates and to set up a clash against the hosts. Final With the drama of the previous semi final barely calmed down the final took place and it was Paddy Magill who was called to the butts first and again he took the win beating Gareth Bunting . Marty Murray sr made it 2-0 with a win over Matt Gilpin whose missed doubles at the end cost him. Joe Duff and Vincey Culbert rolled back the years as despite an opening score of 116 by Vincey it still wasnt enough as Joe finished the leg in 15 darts to pull Drumgor back into it. Wins for Clive Hanna over Seamy Tallon and for Eamon Duff over Terry Morrow completely turned the tie around in Drumgors advantage to help them lead 3-2 . Despite Roy white getting off early at his doubles , Shane Lennon had too much in what was his first game of the night as he increased the lead to put them one away from the title. It was George Chambers who took the honours of hitting the final 2 doubles of the night though as got the better of Marty Crossan to leave the final score Drumgor 5 INF 2 and earn the host team a well deserved victory and cap off another great nights darts in the Craigavon District darts league.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 09:49:42 +0000
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