Eire Og trio pull out all the stops
From the start there was plenty of big draws, none more so than league leaders the Vintage A team going head to head against Drumgor A with Drumgor scraping through in the end 3-2 after a tight match.
Drumgor then lost out to the INF A in the last eight, who had beating the Stables A in the previous round, despite the Stables missing three darts for the match.
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Hide AdThe rest of the quarter-final draw was intriguing stuff with the Celtic A and B teams battling head to head with the B team getting the bragging rights winning 3-2 on the night.
Eire Og A also came up against their B team in the last eight with the champions getting through 3-1. It was a family affair in the last quarter final when Vincey Culbert Snr and his INF B team lost out to his two sons who were playing as part of the INF C team in a nail biting last leg played in great spirit.
In the semi finals the two victors had surprising easy paths to the final with Eire Og beating the Celtic B team 3-0 and the INF trio of Terry Morrow, Marty Crossan and Dave McCusker winning the three single matches also to progress. Eire Og A continued their impressive form all night in the final when after the singles matches they led 2-1 and a second 180 of the night by Chris Cinnamond in the following pairs game helped Mark hit the winning double to claim the title for deserving champions.