Players championship round 2 this saturday

Jaysoose

Anybody else entered this bad boy?

Whats the standard like?

dionsiseire

I'll be down at it, its my first player championship

if its anything like the tournaments ive entered so far its quite a high standard

The last tournament i was in, the dublin open 2008 in the whitehouse had Anto McCracken, Gareth Gray, Jack McKenna, Mick Barry, Damien O Connor, Shane O Connor, Keith Rooney

Thats 7 of the biggest names i know of in irish darts, Jacko barry more than likely would have played had he not been in Germany on the PDC circuit.

I Managed to get to the last 32, A bye in the first round, A win in the next and a 4-1 loss to Damien O Connor, had i managed to win that i would have faced shane o connor next. It was all a bit ominous

Rented Mule

Where is this taking place at ?

Jaysoose

dionsiseire wrote: »

I'll be down at it, its my first player championship

if its anything like the tournaments ive entered so far its quite a high standard

The last tournament i was in, the dublin open 2008 in the whitehouse had Anto McCracken, Gareth Gray, Jack McKenna, Mick Barry, Damien O Connor, Shane O Connor, Keith Rooney

Thats 7 of the biggest names i know of in irish darts, Jacko barry more than likely would have played had he not been in Germany on the PDC circuit.

I Managed to get to the last 32, A bye in the first round, A win in the next and a 4-1 loss to Damien O Connor, had i managed to win that i would have faced shane o connor next. It was all a bit ominous

Sounds good, its my first players aswell so looking forward to this and the have herselfs head wrecked practising after putting the board up in the apartment living room . My buddy is coming down for the run so it will look like i have a bodyguard as he a rather large chap.

Anyway good luck dude, hope you do well again.

Jaysoose

Rented Mule wrote: »

Where is this taking place at ?

Its in abbeyleix this saturday heres a link.

http://www.dartsinireland.com/Ireland_Champs/AA-IRELAND/Ireland_Champs%202008-9/Index.htm

dionsiseire

Aye but registration is closed as of wednesday so you might have trouble getting in now

dionsiseire

out practicing now, throwing decently, going round the clock on doubles and trebles, going round pretty fast, hopefully i can play well tommorrow, good account of myself

Carrickman

From the Irish darts forum:

dartgod wrote:

Fantastic entry for Abbeyleix - - - 148 players for the Men's Championship.

Ladies' and Youths' entries will be accepted on the day.

dionsiseire

Let myself down today, got beaton 5-3 in a game i most definitely should have won, i was ahead in most games and was shocking on my doubles, pure nerves of a first championship

i'll be back!

Kingp35

dionsiseire wrote: »

Let myself down today, got beaton 5-3 in a game i most definitely should have won, i was ahead in most games and was shocking on my doubles, pure nerves of a first championship

i'll be back!

Fair play for entering it, i don't have the nerve to enter something like this yet incase i embarrass myself but I suppose it's all about experience and it can only do you good! Keep at it!

dionsiseire

Cheers

Aye it was nerves that wrecked me, but the 2 legs i played best in i lost

in one leg i hit 4 tons and lost

just couldnt hit a double in the end and that cost me dear, snatching at darts to close out a leg, just complete nerves and inexperience

Carrickman

Round Two Men's results :-

Final:
Sean Marshall 6-4 Martin Murphy

Semi-finals:
Sean Marshall 6-1 John Elder
Martin Murphy 6-4 Shane O'Connor

Quarter-finals:
Sean Marshall 5-0 Keith Geraghty
John Elder 5-2 Matt Leacy
Martin Murphy 5-3 Daryl Gurney
Shane O'Connor 5-3 Garrett Gray

9th. to 16th.:
Sean Marshall 5-4 Mick Egan
Keith Geraghty 5-3 Mick McGowan
John Elder 5-2 Mervyn Robinson
Matt Leacy 5-2 John Edwards
Martin Murphy 5-2 Anto McCracken
Daryl Gurney 5-3 Michael Blair
Shane O'Connor 5-1 Aodhagan O'Neill
Garrett Gray 5-1 John Ward

Ladies:
Final:
Sharon O'Brien 4-0 Maeve O'Connor

Semi-finals:
Sharon O'Brien bt Caroline Breen
Maeve O'Connor bt Kathleen Doherty

Quarter-finals:
Sharon O'Brien bt Teresa Maher
Caroline Breen bt Susan McKenna
Maeve O'Connor bt Kelly McGivern
Kathleen Doherty bt Tricia Quinlan

Youths:
Final:
Paddy Meaney 3-0 Dean Forde

Semi-finals:
Paddy Meaney 3-0 Ryan Maher
Dean Forde 3-2 Thomas Concannon

Quarter-finals:
Paddy Meaney bt Mark Finneran
Ryan Maher bt Dale McCarthy
Dean Forde bt Conor Walsh
Thomas Concannon bt Martin Heneghan

Jaysoose

Got beat 5-1 myself, very nervous for some reason and threw a mixture of 140's and 26's. Need more practice, did you feel it was a bit slow? i was the bottom game on my board and didnt play until 4.00 and to be honest was losing interest at one stage.

dionsiseire

Yeah it was awful slow to be fair, but i had other interests to watch on the day

2 Youths and 1 Senior from my club were playing so i was following them

Dylan Rutledge and Kian Barker were playing in the youths section so i was watching their 2 games (both won the first lost the second)

I was also following Mick Barry's Games, first one was a walkover and the second one was played while i marked the game after i lost (tis the most humiliating thing really, anyone marking has quite clearly lost and half the time you wanna dive off and have a pint but you have to stay and mark for your troubles )

So i had some other interests, and i also had a mate there for support so i had some company so i was ok with the length but i only played 1 game and marked and then left, i left at 4.30 so i have to wonder what time the final took place at

The Next one is in Tramore, i would definitely say to other boardsies, the level is half and half, i thought that 50% of the players on the boards i was looking at were very very average throwers and 50% were far better, consistant and clinical than myself (even my practice board game) so i know i have to leap in standard and get rid of the nerves

but definitely its an experience and from the sounds of a lot of you in practice threads seem to be about as consistant or high scoring as i could manage and i didnt feel out of depth in the first round and i think i could have handled most of the players on my boards had i not been so nervous

Rented Mule

I am curious as to how this works. There are multiple rounds listed. Can you just register for any one of them along the way ?

dionsiseire

Yes each round is listed as an individual tournament

The whole thing is geared towards qualification for the one in kilkenny which is broadcast on Tv on TnaG

You need to play in 3 tournaments and finish in the top 32 of the rankings to qualify for kilkenny

You register the wednesday before the round coming up with joe coyne (you can print off the form and you send a money order for €30 i believe)

On the day there is a draw on the board, Men divided into 8 boards (yes that was 148 men, 8 boards) you must win your board to progress to the quarter finals

Rented Mule

I may have to take my act on the road.

This sounds like a great day out (although it is going to turn into a weekend lol)

dionsiseire

Aye well the next one is in tramore, and the lads in my club want to stay in the hotel the night before and night of the tournament, i dunno if i'll be able to afford the 160 quid to stay in a hotel for 2 nights, plus the 30 quid entry, plus food and petrol to play in the tournament

If i find a hotel nearby at a bargain i might do that, but otherwise i think driving 2 and back or train or bus service 2 and back