Whitehall Colmcille Darts Summer League

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*The Best Darts Summer League in Dublin — Week 7*

There was a stretch of the Northside last night where you couldn't swing a set of Unicorns without clattering off a scoreboard. Kilmardinny had their Summer Cup on. Astro had their Summer League on. And Whitehall Colmcille GAA Club had the Best Darts Summer League in Dublin on. Two of those three were lovely nights out. The other one was this.
30 players through the door.

A word on your author. Paul Fagan did not show up. Again. Three nights out of seven, three points to his name, 3 weeks left. 3% chance of qualifying for finals night. So the duties fall once more to Paul fAIgan, who has never thrown a dart, has no shoulder to injure, and is always available on a Wednesday.
Also missing: Mossy, off having his tan lines calibrated, and the Lawler brothers, who stayed away on a rumour that Arsenal were in the Aviva and Paulie was waiting on the call to start. He's class, don't ya know. Arteta's phone must be broken. Again.

*Last 32*
Last years champion's defence started nervously: Seona McKeonala got past DoC 2-0, though 65.3 to 63.1 is less Vatican viper, more Vatican garden snake. Dani DiTofano made a very welcome return from a summer of dominating Irish Pitch and Putt and arrived swinging — 85.9 to see off Razor Ennis. Straight down the middle, pin high, tap in.
Dado Migic arrived late, as is tradition, then threw 85.9 to dismiss Aidan Cuffe 2-0. Aido's own scoring system captured every dart of it in perfect detail, which is a thing a man only really appreciates in hindsight. Cheers Dado.

While Aido headed back to the laptop: Joe Byrne saw off Jamie Heavey, Terry Meehan put out Statler Eamonn (Pat watching from the far end of the bar, unable to look), "What" Murphy turned hearing aid off to drown out Eamonn’s heckling and turned Waldorf Pat over, and the Iceman held off a spirited Kyle Keegan 2-1. Adam Coates beat Gary Griffin 2-0 in a match that can be only considered as value for money for darts thrown.
Shock of the round: Killian McCormack 0-2 to AK47. Grecian 2000 doing the business, and the Magic Hands couldn’t pull this rabbit out of the hat.

*Last 16*
PADDY MANN 103.7. Against Joe Byrne. 2-0. Herr Mann threw a hundred plus three-dart average in a Whitehall last 16 on a Wednesday in August, which is not a sentence anyone had drafted in advance. That's not Luke Littler. That's the other lad who dominated Germany.
The 2025 champion is gone — Dani beat Seona 2-1 despite averaging less, 75.6 to 77.4, which is the single most Whitehall thing that happened all night. Birdie.
Terry Meehan dispatched Dado 2-0 at 81.2 (Dado turned into a Dodo), the Iceman froze Taylor Jenkins out with 83.5, Ger Scully hit 83.5 of his own to see off Alan Collins, and Rex Lewis got by Adam Coates. Kevin McGrail edged AK47 2-1 by three tenths of an average point — a photo finish at that altitude.
And Robyn Byrne was on Board 2. Dreaming of Board 4 but threw 75.2 and beat Phil Murphy 2-0 with one arm doing most of the work.

🎯 THE ROLLOVER 🎯
€200 PER TREBLE. Say it out loud. Three darts in the right bed and you walk out of Whitehall Colmcille with SIX HUNDRED EURO. The oooohs went round that room like a Mexican wave. Grown men put their pints down.

The name out of the dip: DAVID O'CONNELL. DoC. WHITEHALL COLMCILLE.

That is SEVEN FROM SEVEN. Seven Rollovers this summer, seven Whitehall Colmcille players. The committee wishes it noted that the tickets are folded by hand, the bag is shaken vigorously, and that this is simply what probability looks like when it's having a laugh. The Bell have questions. Johns 8 have questions. The Kilmardinny and Astro both said they’ll run a non Whitehall rollover is anyone is interested. A man from Swords was overheard using the word "inquiry.”.

Official committee position: no comment, and also how dare you, and also here's your twenty euro.

DoC took his 9 practice darts with the calm of a man who does this for a living, which he doesn't. Ball out of the bag: 16.

Dart one — the Doc's diagnosis was wrong. Sailed into the single 8, a full bed and a half away, and the room made the noise a room makes when €200 evaporates mid-flight.
Dart two — composure regained, and a genuinely lovely dart. Dropped a whisker under the wire into the treble 7. Right line, wrong side of a piece of metal roughly the thickness of a beer mat.
Dart three — followed the second like it was on a rail and nestled in beside it partially deflected into the single 16. We’re sure DoC got excited because he looked ready to celebrate but not to be this day. DoC takes the standard €20 for having a go — about €6.66 a dart, a number that feels appropriate given the state of that first one.

*Last 8*
Paddy Mann 2-0 Dani DiTofano — Dani averaged 75.7 to Herr Mann's 73.3 and still went out, the second man of the night to win the averages and lose the match. This is also where Paddy took out 112, which we'll come back to.
Terry Meehan 2-1 Lewis Ireland — Mighty Blighty out-averaged him and lost anyway. Very Meehan. The Sasanach has now been Radar'd, and there's no appeal process.
Kevin McGrail 2-0 Niall Sheridan — the years rolled back so far you'd want to check a birth cert. Two nights all summer, and he threw like a man who'd been at it every week.
Ger Scully 2-0 Robyn Byrne — the shoulder finally said enough, the average dropped to 54, and Scully Bully was in no mood to be charitable. A quarter final on one wing is a better night than most people in that room had on two.

*Semi Finals*
Terry Meehan 3-2 Paddy Mann. The tie of the night, a deciding leg, and the whole room in around the board. The German's hundred-average heroics had long since drained away, and Terry — quieter and better with every round — simply refused to go home.
Ger Scully 3-1 Kevin McGrail. 73.0 to 61.4. Kevin's tank ran dry at the worst possible moment.

*The Final: TERRY MEEHAN 3-0 GER SCULLY*
Both men averaged 86.7. Identical. To the decimal point. And it finished three-nil.
Ger Scully matched the champion blow for blow across the whole match and could not get a single door open. That is the cruellest scoreline in the history of this competition, and Elsie Tanner herself could not have complained about it any better than Ger did afterwards — with, in fairness, complete justification.
And here's the thing. 173.4 combined is the highest of the entire summer. Misé went back through all seven weeks to check it, and nothing comes close:

Joe Byrne v Anthony Caldwell - 161.6
Killian McCormack v Derek Barry - 168.7
Joe Byrne v Killian McCormack - 141.9
Terry Meehan v Derek Barry - 164.7
Robyn Byrne v Joe Byrne - 159.9
Ger Scully v Cian Fitzpatrick - 163.9
Terry Meehan v Ger Scully - 173.4

Best match of the summer, and it was the final, and both men hit the same number. Week 1's decider was 129.3 combined. We have come a long way.
Terry Meehan finishes five wins from five, 76.8 for the tournament with a first-nine of 87.6. Whatever he was wearing — and reports from Board 3 suggest it was a decision — it worked.

*The Numbers*
11 maximums. Ger Scully hit 3 of them, more than anyone, and went home with nothing but an identical average to the champion. There is no justice.

Highest average (2+ games): Daniele DiTofano, 78.4, with a first-nine of 93.7, best in the building by a distance. Came back for one night, topped the averages, then looked at the rankings and found himself marked Out. Welcome home, Dani.
Next best: Paddy Mann 77.1, Terry Meehan 76.8, Niall Sheridan 75.6.

Tournament average 63.16, with 40 x 140+ and 132 x 100+ — and all 31 matches done in 2 hours 28 minutes. Everyone home and in the bed at a fair hour with work in the morning.

Top 3 matches by combined average: the Final (173.4), Paddy Mann v Joe Byrne (163.9), Dado Migic v Aidan Cuffe (155.8).
💰 HIGH CHECKOUT — PADDY MANN, 112 💰
Herr Mann pockets €60. A hundred-plus average and the checkout money. Somebody find out what he had for his dinner and put the rest of us on it.
Honourable mentions: Kevin McGrail (99 and 91 — throwing checkouts like he'd found a stash of them), Niall Sheridan (83), Joe Byrne (80).

*Rankings — 3 Weeks Left*
Killian McCormack leads on 34 having gone out in the last 32, and he leads by exactly one point from Cian "Mossy" Fitzpatrick on 33 — a man who spent last night on a sun lounger turning himself the colour of a treble 20. Killian's league lead was built entirely out of factor 30 and a jug of sangria. Mossy has played five nights to Killian's seven and still needs one more to be eligible, so there is a very real chance this thing gets decided by a lilo.
Joe Byrne is level on 33 in third, Robyn Byrne fourth on 32 (seven from seven, injured, still climbing), Paddy Mann fifth, Ger Scully sixth and needing one more night.
66 unique players have thrown in this summer.
On the bubble — must play all three remaining Wednesdays: Kyle Keegan, Andy Kennedy, Andy Flood, Paulie Lawler, Philip Talbot, Anthony Mullen and — say it with me — Paul Fagan. Miss one and he can spend Finals Night reading a report written by a laptop about a competition he didn't qualify for.
Another 14 need one or two more nights to lock in. Three Wednesdays left. If you're reading this wondering whether you're in — you're not, and you need to be there next week.

Next Wednesday. 8pm. Whitehall Colmcille GAA Club. Three weeks left, seven men on the bubble, one sunburnt man in second, and a Rollover bag that has some explaining to do.
Slán go fóill, and Paul — the boards are the round things on the wall.
— Paul fAIgan

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Week 4 of The Best Darts Summer League in Dublin was played out in Argentina last night, with a zephyr of Buenos Aires blowing through the Home of Darts on the Northside and the majority (everybody but one) realising how close we felt to Admiral Brown and Alec MacAllister, a few games of Darts needed to be played.
Feeling like 34 degrees it was that number that entered the comp. A couple of prelims would see Dave o Connell and Al Burke depart.
L32
On board 3 it would be Brian Colgan outlasting the masterbater, Aido on his blow when eventually overcoming Mikey Mac, Niall getting a tough draw and a beating from Robyn, a Swords duel would see the potato picker Paulie put poor Eamonn onto the tablet. Gawds gift sitting last week's beaten finalist Joe down, Terry being very Meehan when getting past misé. Seona too good for The Joker, Ross brushing Andy Flood aside. In a mini shock, Kyros was deservedly beaten by DoC. Another Whitehall match up saw Phil who was throwing well and throwing plenty of hugs too when dispatching Paddy Mann. Ray Ennis was on fire beating Hutch who would be back later. Also advancing were James Connolly, Taylor, Lewis, Killian and Mossy. The vanquished were, AK47, Shane o Halloran, Philly, Alan Collins and The rubberbandit Mick Creedon.
L16
With whoever Argentina were playing looking likely to have a match on Sunday and The Hall a bit glum, we rolled on, Aido having borrowed Aidie Lewis arm (88.4ave) Brian Colgan was marking. Robyn continued on her merry way with Paulie the latest vic. Delboy downed by Terry in a high scoring game, a Phibsboro House (till Sean signs for the hall) saw Ross finish 2nd. DoC was hoarse at this stage after bending the ears off everyone about his win over Kyros, didn't know that Phil turned off the aids and eased into last 8. Razor doing enough to beat Shane. Lewis playing Taylor but only hearing ArgetIrisha cheers as the equaliser went in, Lewis would win 2:1 as would our Celtic cousins ArgentIrisha. 🇦🇷😪. Completing the L8 lineup was Mossy when beating Mighty Motor.
ROLLOVER
€100 PER TREBLE. AND WITH EVERYONE KNOWING A WHCC PLAYER WOULD BE SUMMONED WE HAD DONNA UP TO ENSURE FAIR PLAY...AND OUT COMES HUTCH😬😬. 9 PRACTICE DARTS LATER AND UIMHER A TRÍ WAS THE TREBLE. NO LUCK FOR NOEL.
L8
A top notch L8 with quality everywhere. Unfortunately Aido would run into Robyn who chose The Hall over a trip to Vegas and Robyn would guarantee herself 6pts.
Phibs beat Phibs when Terry (a really nice shirt on this week) beating the Vatican kid. In a battle of the cueballs Phil would pocket Razor 2:1.. After the disappointment of the match there was more for Lewis when going dn to Mossy.
L4
Result wise it looked like comfortable wins for Robyn and Mossy both winning 3:0, but the matches were much closer. A fantastic 14 dart leg for Robyn to see Terry off, while 2 legs of 18 darts helped Mossy beat Phil.
FINAL
With no leg taking more than 22 darts and all 5 legs played (19, 22, 19, 19, 20) it would be Mossy winning his 2nd week of this years Summer League, congratulations Mossy, well done Robyn. Thanks to our sponsors .com . James and Gavin behind the bar, Mikey, Jon, Ray, Aido and all the players.
Till next week.
"¡Felicidades, Argentina! Mala suerte, Inglaterra. ¡Adiós! Hasta la próxima semana."

A brilliant start to our Summer League last Wednesday and as can be seen from the brilliant and extensive stats that .com provides we can cater for any number of players!
A week one entry of 38 (including a rollover) was done and dusted in 2½ hrs.
WEEK 2 THIS WEDNESDAY 1st JULY.
DOORS OPEN 7PM
DRAW 8PM
DARTS AWAY NO LATER THAN 8:15.
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€20 to the person who shows up in a JERSEY/TOP(country/club) that nobody else wears.
Looking forward to seeing yez all...
Is it coming home????

Well, well well, or should it swell, swell, swell as in sweltering🥵🥵..with the temperature nearly matching the entries 38!! Week 1 of The Best Darts Summer League in Dublin returned to Whitehall Colmcille GAA Club last night.
Some quality players on the premises for the night, and a few of them were not on the oche as long. One who should've been on the premises may regret it😬, more later!
With a new scoring system and app in use .com and it's creator in attendance we had the deaw at 8pm. Six prelims or round of 64, would see Adam Whelan (only in the door) fall to Killian, Joe would cream the masterbater although Pat had his chances. Sam would be DoC 1st victim ( a starter b4 his main course)😉. A clash of titans would see Nurse Keogh leave Terry answering questions as to where he got that shirt from! The Hutch fell to The Rec that is Razor Ennis and newbie Gary Griffin was pummelled by defending champion Seona.
LAST 32
Killian marched on beating the man named after 2 dart players Taylor Jenkins. NCDL Singles Champion Ger beat teammate Anto Mullen. Paulies brudder trumped forty Coates Adam. The Migic man did his abracadabra on Brian Colgan. Another Dublin 1st team clash saw Joe down Anto Caldwell who probably thought his night couldn't get any worse ( eh it could)! Hungry for his main course, which came in the shape of Dublin 1st team player Alan Richards🤩DoC advanced in 3 legs. It was noted by some that he was emailing Marty Morrissey to get a mention on the Sunday game for this achievement!! JP would be beaten by Al Burke (happy birthday Al). Gawds gift Delboy beat debutant Rory Clarke. Ross the Boss sent JK packing. Eamonn beat Shane. While Lewis sent Alan Collins to the tablet. Phil dispatched Aido which was a great help to the organisers. Rec Razor had Jon Hoban wishing if only in hit that double! Paddy Mann would send Aidan Keogh to the sidelines in 3 legs. Seona not tested in a 2:0 win over Dave o Donnell, and finishing this round Robyn would be through beating yours truly...
LAST 16
Killian marched on when beating the NCDL number 1 Ger, but Ger would be in the moolah later. Dado still conjuring beat his Swords teammate Will who sees his own future on the golf course. Joe would see off birthday boy Al (always a party pooper). There would be no dessert for DoC unless ya call a tablet dessert, beaten by Farmer Barry. Ross showing no respect for the aged sent Eamonn crying into the loving arms of Pat. Lewis also progressed when beating the Halls Phil. New Hall signing Herr Mann proved too good for old Hall player Ray, ( we would reward Paddy later)🤣. Completing the last 8 would be Robyn when beating NCDL number 2 (who cares) Seona😅..
ROLLOVER
With a very tidy week 1 rollover pot of €290, despite Mossys antics last finals night, we had Yvonne up to draw the winning ticket, which as it happened turned into a losing ticket🤭. Name drawn out Anto Caldwell who had done an Elvis and left the building🫣. So as befitting the committee decided to really welcome Paddy on board and reward him for signing!!! Players take note😅😅. Lucky number 17 was drawn and 3 darts later Paddy was€90 richer ( not a bad signing on bonus!💶💶💶
LAST 8
BELL ENDS SWORDS HOPES, Killian used his Magic Hands to bamboozle The Migic Man and Joe sorted the wheat from the chaff when grounding Delboy. Robyn would make it 3 Bells tinkling into the last 4 taking care of the Rollover winner, she was to be joined by Ross who ensured it wouldn't be a final 4 from The Bell as he overcame Lewis.
SEMI FINALS
In a best of 5 semi finals it would be Killian and Robyn to be our week 1 finalists, both winning on 3-1 scorelines.
FINAL
What was always gonna be a ding-dong battle ( I'll get me coat), it would be Motor Mouth winning on a 3-1 scoreline. Well done Killian and hard luck Robyn 👏.
Massive thanks to our sponsors , , (Glen Murphy) tiling (Mark Fitzpatrick) and our scoring system .com, which stood up admirably well,(Aido Cuffe). High checkout went to Ger Scully.
Huge thanks to Jon, Ray, Aido and the barstaff legends, James and Gavin. Hopefully see ye all and more next week. This wouldn't be what it is without ye The Players 🎯🎯🎯🎯

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