For the first time in 14 months we have new leaders of the Craigavon district darts league as the INF claimed their 4th consecutive win to move one point clear of previous leaders and reigning champions the Vintage when they had an impressive 5-3 win over their hosts .But there is only one place to start this week and that is the Shore road as Clann Eireann recorded their first victory in 5 years as they beat the Trojans 5-3 on the night . On many occasions the men in orange have been close to causing upsets when holding the more experienced teams to draws but were never able to get that fifth win needed on the night to claim both points,until last night. Joe McGahan continued his recent fine form with a 2-1 win over Andrew Colhoun before Michael Scullion doubled their lead winning 2-0 against Stuart Matchett . Paul Beattie pulled one back winning both legs against David Beale but Joe McCabes last leg win over Paul Lewis restored the 2 game advantage. JohnMcDowell again brought the Trojans back into it beating Kevin OLoan but the Clann Eireann men werent letting this one get away from them . Mark Magees 2-0 win over Liz McLoughlin put them 4-2 up with two to play. Johnny McAtamney was unable to seal the win as he lost a last leg decider to Davy Vaughan Sr so it was left to Neil McCluskey to take the plaudits as he won both legs against Andy Fairbain to win it and claim that much sought after win that will now surely help them go from strength to strength now they have that so called monkey off their back . The INF went into their match against the Vintage knowing defeat would leave them 3 points behind the reigning champions and make it very hard for them in their search for title honours.The match started off well with Terry Morrow coming up against Keith Beale with both players having not dropped a leg so far this season winning all their previous five matches on a 2-0 scoreline and it was Terry who kept his record in tact taking both legs in 24 and 21 darts to put the visitors one nil up. Oliver Toland had a 19 dart leg as levelled the match beating Lee Culbert 2-0. A 97 Checkout for an 18 dart second leg helped John Cinnamond increase his winning streak to an incredible 28 games as the Vintage went 2-1 up on the night . Game four seen Jamesy Bolton and Dave McCusker share the opening 2 legs and when Jamesy hit a 140 and another 100 in his opening couple of throws in the deciding leg it looked as if the Vintage were pulling away as Dave couldnt find a treble. But with almost 250 points behind Dave found his top gear as a 140 followed by a 180 and taking out 53 on his next throw completely turned the game his way to level the match at two games each. Back to back 140s by Dee Blaney at the start of game 5 seen him take early control against Seamy Tallon and even though he missed double tops for a 14 dart leg he eventually won it in 20 darts to go one up. There was never much in it in the next two legs though and it was Seamy he hit those all important doubles to put the INF 3-2 up. Conor Mallon Levelled matters again though in the next match as he beat Marty Crossan in both legs played. Paddy Magill had too much experience for Kevin Magill as he won 2-0 to put the INF back in front on the night and bring it to the last game of the evening between Marty Murray and Dee McCready . Big scoring by Dee put him out in front, only for him to leave that dreaded double 1 and Marty took advantage as he was able to hit double 16 to take the opening leg. The double must have got to Dees head as he wasnt able to repeat the big scores in leg 2 as Marty pulled in front and again had no trouble hitting his double to record a great win for the visitors and put a new name at the top of table . Eire Og and the Stables went into their match level on points in the league and a close match expected but it was Eire Og who showed their true capabilities as they ran away with victory winning the first 7 matches of the night. The opening match of the night set the standard as Chris Cinnamond and Gareth Bunting exchanged 180s but it was a 14 dart leg by Chris that helped him to a 2-0 win. Micky Campbell took both legs against Hugh Campbell to double the lead and when Mark McLernon won a last leg decider against Peter Morris it put the Eire Og men in total control of the tie, Paul Callaghan kept the momentum going as he too took a last decider against Michael Lamb to make it 4-0 on the night and when Micky Dunwoodie won 2-0 against Cherie Toland the points were in the bag. Dermot McStay made it 6-0 on the night with victory over Rab Lewis and when Paul McGahan beat Stables captain Shane Tallon 2-0 the whitewash was on the cards .It was left to reigning pairs champion Pat Curran to stop the whitewash though as he won a last leg decider against Northern Ireland Youth player Nathan McCabe to finish off what was a disappointing night for the Stables team. Results Clann Eireann 5-3 Trojans Joe Mcgahan 2-1 Andrew Colhoun Michael Scullion 2-0 Stuart Matchett David Beale 0-2 Paul Beattie Joe McCabe 2-1 Paul Lewis Kevin Oloan 1-2 John Mc Dowell Mark Magee 2-0 Liz McLaughlin Jonathan McAtamney 1-2 Davy Vaughan Neil Mc Cluskey 2-0 Andrew Fairbairn Vintage 3-5 INF Keith Beale 0-2 Terry Morrow Oliver Toland 2-0 Lee Culbert John Cinnamond 2-0 Vincey Culbert Jamesy Bolton 1-2 Dave Bap Darts Mc Cusker Dee Blaney 1-2 Seamy Tallon Conor Mallon 2-0 Martin Crossan Kevin Magill 0-2 Paddy Magill Dee Mccready 0-2 Martin Murray Eire Og 7-1 Stables Chris Cinnamond 2-0 Gareth Bunting Micky Campbell 2-0 Hugh Campbell Mark McLernon 2-1 Peter Morris Paul Callaghan 2-1 Michael Stokie Lamb Micky Dunwoodie 2-0 Cherie Toland Dermie McStay 2-1 Rab Lewis Paul Martin Mcgahan 2-0 Shane Tallon Nathan Mccabe 1-2 Pat Curran League Table after week 6 ............ ..P W D L PTS INF .........6 4 1 1 9 Vintage ...6 3 2 1 8 Drumgor .5 3 2 0 8 Celtic ..... 5 2 3 0 7 Eire Og . .5 2 2 1 6 Stables....6 2 0 4 4 Clann Eir.5 1 0 4 2 Trojans ...6 0 0 6 0
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 10:54:39 +0000
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