Declan Cunningham rolled back the years to lift the Pat Rawdon cup for the second time last weekend.
This bridged a 14 year gap from his last win following an epic final victory over the inform Dean Gallagher in a match that rounded off a fantastic day of darts in The Bay View, Killybegs. Declan (main pic) also had a big win in the semis where he beat defending champion Ciaran McGeady 5-4 while Dean beat Sam Wray 5-3 in his semi-final. While the quarters involved all top names in darts and all four matches were of the highest standard. Highest checkout of the day was a 156 by James Byrne.
Rawdon Runner Up Dean Gallagher.
Shield
In the shield completion which involved the first round of the Pat Rawdon Cup losers it was young Conor Hogg from Fermanagh who rounded of his remarkable day by clinching the shield following on from his youth competition win earlier, he played 10 matches over all his only defeat was to Adrian Byrne and dropped only seven legs in the three competitions a record and achievement that will be hard to beat. In the final he defeated Martin McMenemin, while in the semis Conor beat Danny Doohan 4-1 while Martin beat local favourite Irwin Muirhead also 4-1.
Rawdon Sheild Winner Conor Hogg.
Youths
In the youth tournament sponsored by The Fleet Inn it was Conor Hogg from Fermanagh who came out on top and without dropping a leg in his five matches and he had a 108 check out in his final win over Shay Murray, we had 21 youths in total and it’s great to see so many young people playing darts again!
Rawdon Youth Runner up, Shay Murray.
Thanks to all who helped with setting up the board, sound etc to all checkers and markers and to Michael Curran for calling the finals, special thanks to Seamus and the staff of The Bayview, to The Fleet Inn for sponsoring the youths shield and big thanks to all the players who supported the events we hope you enjoyed the day. 2025 Pat Rawdon Sponsors: Heineken Ireland, Auto Glo Valeting & Detailing, SRM Car Sales, Reggies Sales and Service, Rory’s Auto Parts, Mooney Boats, Marren Oil Services, GCM Painting, Serene, James Byrne Media Services, The Bayview Hotel, Catcha Coffee Cork, Pelagia Feeds Ireland Limited and The Fleet Inn.
Results
The Pat Rawdon Cup
Final
Declan Cunningham 6-5 Dean Gallagher
Semi Finals
Dean Gallagher 5-3 Sam Wray
Declan Cunningham 5-4 Ciaran McGeady
Quarter Finals
Declan Cunningham 4-2 Cartha Boyle
Ciaran McGeady 4-2 Liam Gallagher
Sam Wray 4-3 Des McGettigan
Dean Gallagher 4-3 John Meencha
John Con McGinley 4-2 James Byrne
The Bay View Shield Final
Conor Hogg 5-2 Martin McMenamin
Semi Finals
Martin McMenamin 4-1 Irwin Muirhead 1
Conor Hogg 4-1 Danny Doohan 1
Quarter Finals
Irwin Muirhead 3-0 Shay Murray
Martin McMeninamin 3-1 LJ McShane
Danny Doohan 3-0 Kayson Maron
Conor Hogg 3-0 Ronan Kennedy
The Fleet Inn Youths Shield Final
Conor Hogg 2-0 Shay Murray (108 c/o Conor)
Semi Finals
Conor Hogg 2-0 Conal Hegarty
Shay Murray 2-1 Lewis McNelis
Quarter Finals
Conor Hogg 2-0 Kayson Moran
Conal Hegarty 2-0 Darragh Melly
Shay Murray 2-1 Ronan Hogg
Lewis McNelis 2-0 Ciaran Boyle (113 c/o Lewis)
Full list of results on the donegaldarts.com website
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