2009 Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay Championship

Dartgod · 21-06-2009 7:25pm #1

The 2009 Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay Championship will take place at the Green Isle Hotel, Newland's Cross, Dublin, on Sunday, August 23rd., at 12 noon.
The Championship is open to all Irish residents aged 16years and over and the winner will be invited to compete in the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship in Alexandra Palace, London, next December.
The winner will be guaranteed a minimum of Stg. £ 2,500 when he/she competes in London and will also receive € 1,000 towards hotel and travelling expenses.

Dartgod · 24-06-2009 12:02am

Entry forms are now available on www.dartsinireland.com

paulcorr · 24-06-2009 12:17am

Dartgod wrote: »

Entry forms are now available on www.dartsinireland.com

theres no entry form on this site

Dartgod · 24-06-2009 12:35am

Click on Latest News and there it is !

paulcorr · 24-06-2009 1:06am

Dartgod wrote: »

Click on Latest News and there it is !

found it thanks alot

MBC · 24-06-2009 11:43am

Will still a notice up in the farmhouse about this........hopefully get a few to go.
Cheers

dionsiseire · 24-06-2009 7:47pm

Wow the 23rd of august is gonna be a busy day

Irish Matchplay
Irish Masters
Tom Kirby Memorial

Dartgod · 24-06-2009 8:04pm

Irish Matchplay and Tom Kirby Memorial - - - same event.

Irish Masters - - - deliberate clash by INDO !

dionsiseire · 24-06-2009 11:47pm

Awesome

i'll be at the Tom Kirby

Jay.cymru · 25-06-2009 11:44am

anyone from the farmhouse gonna go to this??

MBC · 25-06-2009 11:58am

Jay.cymru wrote: »

anyone from the farmhouse gonna go to this??

Howya Jay........yeah i'll stick a notice up a about it on monday.........im sure we will get a good few to go.

Jay.cymru · 25-06-2009 12:07pm

sound ill go out to it sure what have ya to loose except pride and i lost that years ago

ClondalkinClive · 10-07-2009 2:54am

Dartgod wrote: »

The 2009 Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay Championship will take place at the Green Isle Hotel, Newland's Cross, Dublin, on Sunday, August 23rd., at 12 noon.
The Championship is open to all Irish residents aged 16years and over and the winner will be invited to compete in the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship in Alexandra Palace, London, next December.
The winner will be guaranteed a minimum of Stg. £ 2,500 when he/she competes in London and will also receive € 1,000 towards hotel and travelling expenses.

Great thanks. Looking forward to it

finnerz1 · 10-07-2009 4:47am

[Championship will take place at the Green Isle Hotel, Newland's Cross, Dublin, on Sunday, August 23rd., at 12 noon.
The Championship is open to all Irish residents aged 16years and over and the winner will be invited to compete in the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship in Alexandra Palace, London, next December.
The winner will be guaranteed a minimum of Stg. £ 2,500 when he/she competes in London and will also receive € 1,000 towards hotel and travelling expenses.[/quote]

how much is entry?

dionsiseire · 10-07-2009 10:16am

Probably 30 euro Finnerz

finnerz1 · 10-07-2009 3:26pm

thanks

Dartgod · 20-07-2009 5:16pm

Entry forms are now available for downloading on the Home page of www.dartsinireland.com.

Dartgod · 04-08-2009 4:24pm

The PDC/ PDPA have announced today that Irish PDPA members are ineligible to compete in the 2009 Irish Matchplay Championship.

ciarraibhoy · 04-08-2009 4:40pm

Dartgod wrote: »

The PDC/ PDPA have announced today that Irish PDPA members are ineligible to compete in the 2009 Irish Matchplay Championship.

How is the seeding going to work now, & what players does this ruling effect?

dionsiseire · 04-08-2009 4:41pm

So no professional can take part (in the theory that joining the PDPA means your pro)

so shane o connor cannot enter for example?

Dartgod · 04-08-2009 5:04pm

No seeding now - - - an OPEN draw for all players.

The competition is open to all Irish residents {male and female} over sixteen years of age EXCEPT PDPA members.

ciarraibhoy · 04-08-2009 5:37pm

Dartgod wrote: »

No seeding now - - - an OPEN draw for all players.

The competition is open to all Irish residents {male and female} over sixteen years of age EXCEPT PDPA members.

How many PDPA members are there here, and who are they? I know of Shane O'Connor and Mick MacGowan, are there others?

dionsiseire · 04-08-2009 5:38pm

i think Jacko Barry may still be technically a PDPA player but that wont be for much longer, not sure when his membership expires

iseethelight · 04-08-2009 7:10pm

Dartgod wrote: »

The PDC/ PDPA have announced today that Irish PDPA members are ineligible to compete in the 2009 Irish Matchplay Championship.

Seems slightly odd that the best players are excluded from the Irish world championship qualifier.

Spose they'll qualify through their ranking anyway?

padr81 · 04-08-2009 8:36pm

rules out alot actually jacko barry, mick mcgowan, mick barry, felix mc brearty, shane oconnor think i seen a few more on the order of merit too.

padr81 · 04-08-2009 8:37pm

iseethelight wrote: »

Seems slightly odd that the best players are excluded from the Irish world championship qualifier.
Spose they'll qualify through their ranking anyway?

don't think so, last year we had shane o connor and jon mcgowan can't remember Mick Mcgowan or Jacko being in it.

Dartgod · 04-08-2009 8:40pm

At the last count nine Irish players are in or around the Top 200 on the PDC Order of Merit and most of them are playing regularly on the PDC circuit.

Mick McGowan
Brendan Dolan
Jacko Barry
John Magowan
Felix McBrearty
James Keogh
Ray Farrell
Shane O'Connor
Geoff Wylie

The PDPA do not issue a list of it's paid-up members.

iseethelight · 04-08-2009 8:52pm

Does anyone know the rationale of excluding paid up members from competing in this? It seems stupid not to have the best Irish players able to qualify for the world championship.

Dartgod · 04-08-2009 8:53pm

Last year Irish PDPA members had a choice of qualifying competitions - either the Irish Matchplay or the PDC Qualifiers in Wolverhampton.

There are no PDC Qualifiers this year and PDPA members qualify through the Orders of Merit.

iseethelight · 04-08-2009 8:57pm

Looking from the outside it seems as if their making the worlds a tournament for the top 32 and a handfull of mickey mouse qualifiers. Can't see the point in having no PDC qualifiers, its going to seriously detract from the standard imo.

Dartgod · 04-08-2009 9:22pm

Qualification criteria for the Ladbrokes.com World Championship as per PDPA website :-

2009/10 Ladbrokes.com PDC World Darts Championship
Cut-off date: December 3 2009
Seeds: Top 32 in Order of Merit

Qualifying Players: Top 32 in Order of Merit
Top 16 in Players Championship Order of Merit not otherwise qualified
Top 4 in European Order of Merit not otherwise qualified
Top 3 in North American Order of Merit not otherwise qualified
Up to 15 further international invitations at the PDC’s discretion

2009 Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay Championship

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