On a wet windy night 49 players braved the weather to try and earn points in the race to make the Kildare players pool......

9 boards of five and a board of four was the order of play and we seen some very tasty boards.

Two hours of play and 220 legs of darts that featured 12 180's and 11 80+ checkouts and plenty of close games.

Top two of each board and we set of with our knockouts.

Game of the knockouts been Fran leavy vs Anthony Whyte, both player in fine form and this game certainly didn't disappoint.

Both players matched each other throw for throw in the first leg with Fran sitting on tops Anthony take out double 2.

Leg 2 started the slow but both players scored big towards the end with Fran finishing a sublime 109 to take the leg.

Leg 3 and all to play for again seen both played scor high and on a repeat of leg one Anthony takes out double 2 to win and book a spot in the semis.

Our semi final lineup seen experience vs youth in Mathew Clifford vs Anthony Whyte and Kieran keogh vs alex booth.

Two cracking games but it was out young guns who prevailed and booked a all youth final.

Alex Booth vs Matthew Clifford two of Kildare finest young darters served up a cracking final.

Both players showed their ability and took a leg each before Mathew took the 3rd leg in style hitting 180,94,100 then taking out 16 to win his second ranking event.

Thanks to Paul Ferguson for setting up the venue and to jack Higgins for the smooth running and calling the final.

Back next week with our final ranking event...

Still plenty to play for in the race to qualify....

Kildare Mens Ranking events continued last Friday night the 26th of September in Townhouse Naas with 57 players turning up to the oche.

Ranking event 10 sponsored by Keith Ryan

There was 3 groups of four and 9 groups of five in the round robin stage..

Some great darts thrown in group stages and some unbelievable finishes..

In the last 32 the great darts continued and some really close games...

into our semi finals and double in/double out now in play we saw Daithi Whelan beat òran Devine and Richie Jacob beat David Casey.

Our final seen Richie continue his great form to pick up the win on his third attempt beating Daithi Whelan 2-0.

Thanks to all who came out to play and massive thanks to Jack Higgins for help running the night.

Thanks to Keith Ryan for sponsoring the event.

we were back at it at Ranking event 9 on friday night , wet & windy outside but that didnt stop 58 players showing up all looking to increase their chances of gaining a spot on the kildare panels

12 boards in play and alot of tasty group stage matches

the group stages featured some great games, high averages and some great ton plus checkouts.

Top two came off the board alond with the top 8 3rd place wwith highest average to make it 32.

last 32 kicked off with some great games and very close ones.

last 16 and Quarter Finals served up some great games with top class darts thrown,

Semi Finals and double in/Double out seen mark turner beat joe mcdonagh in a great match and oran devine beat Matthew Clifford in a stellar game showcasing the future of kildare darts is in good hands.

onto our final and both players looking to earn their first ranking event win. Oran shot out the traps early with Mark failing in two attempts to get on the board but made up with a sublime 160 start but Oran cleaned up on double 10 after missing tops for 110 checkout. A much better start from Mark seen him take leg 2 in 18 darts.

leg 3 and oran showed some real class under pressure to take his first ranking event win. mark unlucky again in a great final.

thanks to everyone who turned up. thanks to all who marked game and thanbks to janet,jonny,joe and paul for setting up the venue.

we are back next friday 26th september with ranking event 10 sponsored by Keith Ryan.

Ranking Event 8 sponsored by Quattra Civils.....

56 players, 12 boards and some cracking darts...

Round robin format and a couple of tough boards, some really great games and a few tense ones to see who made it into knockouts....

Leg difference again been a defining factor in the group stages... Top 2 of each board and the 8 best 3 places on averages.....

Some great games on the last 32&16 we were down to our final 8..

Eric Iver's Vs John McKenna sr Sean Bern's Vs Dave Doyle Anthony Donohue Vs Eddie Tyrell Richie Jacob Vs Joe McDonagh

With game of the quarter been Sean Bern's Vs the destroyer Dave Doyle. Dave shot out the traps in fierce form with a ton, 134 and 140 to set up to take the leg in 17 darts, Sean fought back with a 16 dart leg of his own including a 180 to take it to a nervy 3rd leg. Both players started slow but picked it up and with Sean sitting on tops, the destroyer takes out double 16 for the win and booked his place in the semis.

The semi final line up now set and ilthe introduction of the dreaded double in/double out...

Dave Doyle took on Richie Jacob and Anthony Donohue took on Eric Iver's who shown great form to make the semis.

Dave Vs Richie was as close a game as you could get with both players missing crucial doubles to win but it was Richie who took the spoils and booked his place in his second ranking final.

Eric couldn't bring his form form previous rounds into this game against Anthony who's experience at crucialoments got him over the line and booked his spot on another ranking finals and a repeat of our event 3 Final.

Both players got off to good starts and a missed double in both legs by Richie meant Anthony picked up his 3rd ranking event win.

Thanks to everyone who came out, marked games and kept the night moving smoothly.

Ranking table will be updated later and available to view on www.kildarecountydarts.com.

Thanks to our sponsors Quattra Civils

Ranking Event 7 Sponsored by Darts Raffles Éire.

46 players on the night (great numbers on E.P Weekend). Ten boards in play and round robin the format....

5 boards of five and 5 boards of four we seen some great games and a few very close ones, top two of each board and a few came down to leg difference to decide our last 20.

top 10 and 2 best 2nd automatically qualified for the last 16 and we had four pre lims to make our final 4 for last 16.

four cracking games but one leg in particular was leg f the night, ray haydan vs Dave Doyle both matched each other score for score and with ray sitting on 106 after 12 Dave swept in to take to 62 for a 12 darts leg and a leg avg of 125.25. ray having lost the leg on 98.25 avg. Awesome darts from both players (I had to add the picture of the leg).

the last 16 and quarters served up some great games and some close ones at that.

our final four consisted of mark turner vs Niall Orr and Daithi Whelan vs Matthew Clifford.

Double in/Double out came into play and after two good games we had our final.....

Daithi whelan vs Mark Turner who finally overcame his quarter final hoodoo.

a good final where both players played well but it was Daithi who hit the winning double to take his 2nd ranking title.

thanks to all who marked games and kept the boards running smoothly.

Ranking Table will be updated over the weekend...

we are back 5th September with ranking event 8 sponsored by Quattra Civils

Well where to start, another cracking night of darts at Kildare ranking Event 6 sponsored by Roche Recoverys...

65 players, 14 boards and we set off....

No easy boards and some quality darts, no less than 11 ton plus finishes and 10 180's across the group stages.

Top 2 off each board and top 4 highest 3 places on averages into the knockouts stage.

32 players in the knockouts and some close games I. Both the last 32 and 16 we came down to eight and each of our quarter finals games going 2-1, with game of the quarters been Sean Bern's Vs Oran Devine both players AVG 70 plus it took a 17 darts leg and AVG of 88 for Sean to beat Oran.

Our last 4 set where we seen Paul irving Vs Anthony Donohue and Sean Bern's Vs Matthew Clifford

Double in double now on play and we were treated to two cracking games where Sean and Anthony dug deep to book their places in the finals.

Sean Bern's Vs Anthony Donohue in the final was set.

Anthony looking for his 3rd event win where Sean was looking for his 2nd. Both got off the mark and hit some big scores but missed doubles by Anthony allowed Sean to clean up in 19 darts, the second leg seen Sean fail to get off the board but a big 180 and 1 dart at double 16 seen him win his second ranking event.

Tanks to Dylan and Craig Roche from Roche Recoverys for the sponsorship.

Thanks to all who marked games.

We are back next Friday 29th August with Ranking Event 7 sponsored by Darts Raffles Éire.

Same darts place...Same darts time

See you all there......

Friday nights means one thing....Kildare Darts Rankings...

Ranking Event 5 was up against Oasis, the return of the premier league and the scorching weather ...we still got a cracking turnout of 54 players.

10 boards in play and round robin the format the games came thick and fast, no easy boards and some very tasty matches. 3 hours of play and some top notch darts Inc no less than 12 ton plus check outs and high averages of 70+ we had our final 24.

Top 2 off each board and some surprising fallers in the group stages we set out for our knockouts phase...

The last 16 seen some exceptionally good games as did the last 8 and boom we had our final 4...

The dreaded double in/double out came into play and we had another two good games where we saw....

Anthony Donohue beat Dave Doyle and Fran Leavy beat Kieran Keogh...

Our final two and what a game it was Fran stormed into a one nil lead with a fantastic 16 darter and after a slow start in leg 2 a missed darts at double 20 left Anthony 42 to clean up and he did.

Game level and both players shot out the traps but the quality of Anthony was on display with a ton followed by 140 and and another ton put him into the driving seat but a missed double made for a nervy end but again Anthony's experience showed and took out double four to claim his 2nd event win...

Thanks again to everyone who showed up, thanks to the committee for help in running the event.

Thanks to all who marked games...

Thanks to our sponsors Firestone Pizza....

We're back Friday 22nd August with Ranking Event 6 sponsored by Roches Recovery's

Ranking table will be updated over the weekend and posted in the what's app group and on www.kildarecountydarts.com

See you all there

Another great turnout for Kildare County darts Ranking event 4 kindly sponsored by Briqo Catering.....

65 players on the night, 12 boards and high quality darts was on the menu. with 7 boards of 5 and 5 boards of 6 we set off for an action packed night of darts.

no easy groups and some very tasty matches made the group stages a must watch. game of the group stages had to be Daithi Whelan vs David Doyle after an impressive 11 dart leg featuring two 180's and averaging 136.64 faiths narrowly mssed double 10 for a 14 darter in the 2nd leg. eventually cleaning up on double 2 and a watch average of 96.97. Dave not doing a whole lot wrong just came up against and inspired Daithi.

after almost 3 hours we were down to our final 24 and onto knockouts we went...

after some hard fought games we had our final four Brendan donnelly vs Matthew Clifford and Joe Kirwin vs Oran Devine was the draw and with the added factor of Double in/Double out now in play we were treated to some more top quality darts.

Matthew got the better of Brendan how rued a missed double or two and after a cracking game where Joe and oran traded 14 and fifteen dart legs, Joe prevailed cleaning up on double 8 after previously wiring the bull for 12.

Matthew and Joe played a great final and a few missed darts to get off the board the deciding factor our week 4 ranking vent winner was Matthew Clifford.

4 events and 4 different winners and 4 weeks of top class darts, great turnouts and absolutely super atmospere.

thanks again to our sponsors Briqo Catering.

thanks to all the lads who marked games.

thanks to the townhouse for the great Hospitality as usual.

we are back next Friday the 15th August.. same dart place same dart time...see you all there.

"WOW" "Amazing" "outstanding"

Just some of the words used to describe our Ranking Event 3. Another cracking turnout of 65 players and after a quick shuffle and adding an additional 2 boards we set off......

12 boards in play and round robin the format we set up for a great night of darts, 7 boards of 5 and 5 boards of 6 was the order and no easy boards as the saying goes....

After almost 3 hours of darts and some cracking games we had our 24 for the knockout stages....

With the top 8 group winners with the highest average automatically placed into the last 16, we had some tasty preliminary games to make up the remaining eight..

After some back and forth games we had our last 16 and some more tasty games to look forward to, with the tie of the round being Anthony Donohoe against Daithi whelan, Daithi narrowly missed tops for a 111 checkout to level the tie and Anthony showing his class checks out 150 to win and book his spot in the semi finals.

Joining Anthony in the last 4 was Oràn Devine along with John McKenna Jr and Sean Berns.

Double in double out comes into play from the semi finals.

Two quality semi final matches and we had our final...

Sean Berns vs John McKenna Jr and what a game it was after a slow start by John saw Sean win the first leg but a storming 2nd leg saw John kick off with 157 followed by back to back 140 and wraps the 2nd leg up in 15 darts. Both players produced some quality darts in the last leg and John missed the bull for a 135 which allows Sean the chance at 60 which he takes and earns his first ranking event win.

Thanks to all the players for the great turn out for getting the games moving quickly and marking boards when called upon.

Thanks to Jonny and Janet Meenahan for setting up the venue for us.

Another cracking night of darts at the Kildare county men's ranking event 2.....

We opened up the night with a powerful minute silence for our friend Greener Murphy R.I.P....

With the strong numbers last week we added two new boards to the townhouse setup and we're definitely needed as another strong 53 players turned out on the night. It was great to see some more new faces.

Format was a round robin with 3 boards of 6 and 7 boards of five and some tasty games on each board...

Again the standard of darts was top notch with a total of 15 ton plus finishes across the groups and the highest been from another new kid on the block Matthew Clifford who beat Mark Turner with an awesome 170 C/O.

After some close boards we had our 20 going the knockouts where double in double out came into play and after some great games our semi finals lineup was Sean Berns vs Richie Jacob and Anthony Donohoe vs Matthew Clifford. After Two really good games Richie and Anthony set up our final of event 2.

Richie and Anthony matched each other leg for leg but the experience and class of Anthony prevailed in the end.

Thanks again to everyone for showing up (even in the scorching weather).

Thanks to the lads on the committee for making sure with all rand smoothly, thanks to everyone who marked games.

We have a break next week and we're back then on 25th July for Ranking event 3. Hope to see you all there...