Thatch Cup darts success for Stayers

LAST Friday was the conclusion of the Thatch Cup on the local darts scene with four teams in attendance hoping to claim honours.

The draw was made for the semi finals and saw Stayers take on Thatch Inn leaving Pattons and the Buffs to face off for the places in the final.

Semi final 1 went to Stayers quite comfortably and Buffs booked their spot after a much closer affair in semi final 2.

It was Stayers played the better darts in the final taking the Thatch Cup to go with their Charity Cup win earlier in the season.

Results from Friday 9th December

Thatch Cup

Semi Final 1

Thatch Inn ....................1

Stayers ......................... 5

Stayers got off to a great start and were 3 up with some great legs off darts before Josh Rock took a game for the Broughshane side.

His win was to be all Stayers were willing to let Thatch have as they closed the game out without having to go into pairs.

Wins for Thatch Inn: Singles - Josh Rock

Wins for Stayers: Singles - Ben Gilmore, Frank McDowell, Ashley Rainey, Justin Cushenan, Shane HIllis.

Semi Final 2

Pattons ....................... 1

Buffs ...........................5

Although this game had the same scoreline as the other semi final it was a much tighter match with most games going down to the last leg.

Pattons got off with a win from David Steele but Buffs were first to the doubles from then on winning the next five matches.

Wins for Pattons: Singles- David Steele

Wins for Buffs: SIngles- Alan Service, Chris Hazlett, Rodney McCartney, Graham McCartney, Paul McDonald.

Final

Stayers .........................5

Buffs............................. 2

This was to be the only match on the evening which had a pairs game as Buffs got away to a great start and going 2-0 up.

Stayers then got back on track winning the next 4 singles and wasting no time in claiming victory within one pairs game.

Wins for Stayers: Singles - Frank McDowell, David McFall, Ben Gilmore, Shane Hillis. Pairs - Geoff McIlveen & Ashley Rainey.

Wins for Buffs: Paul McDonald, Chris Hazlett.

Rearranged league match

Redz .......................... 1

Drifters .......................8

Drifters were into the last singles game before dropping a leg in this match and only for a last leg pairs win for Shane Carlin and Declan McDonagh it would have been a 9-0 for the Coach based Drifters.

Wins for Redz: Pairs - Shane Carlin & Declan McDonagh

Wins for Drifters - Singles- Peter Stewart, Darnell McCrory, Sean Kearns, Geoff Wylie, Ryan Gault, Ryan Richmond. Pairs - Geoff Wylie & Peter Stewart, Darnell McCrory & Ryan Richmond.

Lowest legs of the week:

15- Josh Rock.

16- Ben Gilmore, David McFall, Paul McDonald, Darnell McCrory.

17- Ben Gilmore.

18- Ashley Rainey, Graham McCartney, Ryan Richmond.

19- Frank McDowell, Roy Gilchrist, Darnell McCrory.

20- David McFall x2, Frank McDowell, Shane Hillis, Josh Rock, Paul McDonald, Ryan Richmond.

High Checkouts:

114- Josh Rock. 102- Ben Gilmore, Roy Gilchrist. 100- Peter Stewart, Geoff Wylie.

180s:

David McFall x3, Chris Hazlett, Josh Rock, Justin Cushenan, Shane Hillis.

Fixtures for Friday 16th December:

League week 7

BT/PO V Redz

Diamond V Thatch Blues

Drifters V Pattons

Thatch Inn V Stayers

Buffs V BYE

Jason Mooney Memorial

The Jason Mooney memorial darts and pool competitions will be held in the Coach Bar Ballymena on January 1st 2023.

Entry is £10 with a prize fund of £500+ for the darts with the pool prize announced on the day.

Funds raised on the day will go to Beyond the Battlefield charity.

Register up until 12:30 for a 1pm start. Anyone wishing to donate a prize for the raffle should call into the Coach Bar and speak with a staff member.