Watson on song with 11 darter

THE Eglinton & District darts league continues tomorrow (Thursday) night with Drummond Hotel taking on Rising Sun B; Macons host Longfield B; Rising Sun A entertain Eglinton CC A; Longfield A face Donaghys A; Donaghys B take on The Vale; The Depot come up against John Ts and Eglinton CC B have home advantage over Happy Landing, while Calablanca have a bye this week.
By The Newsroom
Published 19th Sep 2012, 15:17 BST

The next meeting is on Monday, October 1, in the Longfield Inn, at 8.30pm sharp and all teams must have at least

representative in attendance this season or fines or point deductions will be incurred.

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There will be matters up for discussion at this meeting such as registration of teams and players fees which is the deadline date for payment this year.

For further league updates also see Facebook under the Darts Eglinton page.

Last Thursday night saw Conrad Watson (Rising Sun A) stole the show with a superb individual performance with an 11 dart leg after a 16 dart leg to get him into the groove.

After a 13 dart leg in the opening week from his team mate Sean McKinney many were predicting it would be difficult

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to beat but already two games into the season Conrad Watson has done that and set the huge target of an 11 darter to beat to claim least darts this season. This will definitely take something really special.

There were also good recorded legs of darts from Brian Murray (The Depot) 18 darts; Mickey Moore (20 darts);

Raymond Kilkey (Donaghys) 21 darts; Marius O’Reilly (John Ts) 20 darts; Austin Thompson (Calablanca) 21 darts.

There was one maximum score of 180 recorded from Conrad Watson (Rising Sun A).

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The highest checkout of the week was a super 122 checkout on the bullseye from Gerry McCormick (Donaghys A).

This was closely followed by another great finish from his team-mate Raymond Kilkey (Donaghys A) 120 and 72; Conrad Watson (Rising Sun A) 96; Mickey Moore (The Depot) 78; Steven Doherty (Rising Sun A) 76; Marius O’Reilly (John Ts) 76; Dermott McGuinness (Donaghys A) 68; Martin McGonigle (Calablanca) 66; Austin Thompson (Calablanca) 58; Keith Diver (The Depot) 56; Peter Burke (Calablanca) 52.

Week 2 Results: The Depot 4-2 The Vale (The Depot) Gerard Curley 100; Brian Murray 2 x 100, 105, 2 x 140, (18 darts);

Mickey Moore 2 x 100, 125, 140, 78 finish (20 darts); Eamon Duffy 122, 140; Paul Donnelly 131, 140; Keith Diver 56 finish.

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(The Vale) Mickey McGinnis 100, 121; Niall O’Connor 2 x 100, 140; Dolan King 100, 101; Brian Fahey 101, 121, 125, 140.

Eglinton CC A 5-1 Drummond Hotel 1.

Donaghys A 4-2 Macons (Donaghys A) Paddy McGinnis 100; Brendan McGinnis 2 x 100; Gerry McCormick 100, 122 finish; Dermott McGuinness 3 x 100, 68 finish; Raymond Kilkey 2 x 100, 121,(21 darts); 72 and 120 finishes. (Macons) Eric Ming 140; Keith Darby 134; Brian Harkin 100; Niall Logue 2 x 100.

The Happy Landing 0-6 Rising Sun A (The Happy Landing) Anthony Curran 100. (Rising Sun A) Conrad Watson 2 x 100, 2 x 140, 180 max, 96 finish, (11 and 16 darts); Michael McCloskey 3 x 100; Sean Logue 2 x 100; Sean McKinney 3 x 100; Brian Anderson 3 x 100; Steven Doherty 2 x 100, 76 finish.

John Ts 5-1 Eglinton CC B (John Ts) Marius O’Reilly 100, 120, 140, 76 finish, (20 darts); Padraig O’Reilly 2 x 100, 140; Dean McAleese 5 x 100; Raymond Millar 100, 2 x 140. (Eglinton CC B) Lee Ritchie 136; John McCready 2 x 100.

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Longfield B 2-4 Longfield A (Longfield B) Lee McCallion 2 x 100; Marty McCormick 100, 121;Deane Connolly 101, 105; Sean O’Kane 121, 125. (Longfield A) Eddie Connolly 2 x 100; Deane Pyper 100, 130; Simon Mullan 100; Jim Mullan 2 x 100; Noel Pyper 2 x 100, 121, 140.

Rising Sun B 0-6 Calablanca (Rising Sun B) Tony Murray (Snr) 100, 108; Jordan Moore 2 x 100. (Calablanca) Mark Thompson 100,140; Peter Burke 4 x 100, 120, 52 finish; Martin McGonigle 2 x 100, 118, 140, 66 finish; James Bonham 100, 140; Terence O’Hara 139; Austin Thompson 2 x 140, 58 finish, (21 darts).