11/09/2025
Whitehall Colmcille GAA Club was the place to be as the Best Darts Summer League in Dublin concluded gor 2025. Some fantastic darts on show, some fantastic chorus line from the Phibsboro house also on show..some bulging pockets heading out the door at nights end, heading South of the Liffey but some staying on the best side.
The night started with a 3 way playoff for 2 seats at the grand(😉💶) dining table. The hungriest of the trio was Kyros who threw superb darts to qualify and leave it to a battle between Ger and Mossy for our 16th diner. It was far from a battle as Mossy turned into Mushy and headed to Ennis Corner to lick his wounds.
CUP LAST 16.
SEONA v GER
Top seed and in many eyes the favourite Seona would play Ger in a best of 5 but would only need the 3 legs, as an 83 average with 19, 18, 17 darters he would sit the Bully down.
LEWIS v PAULIE
Lewis and Paulie was also a one sided affair, with a similar scoreline, in fairness to Paulie he left at least 2000 excuses for Paddy to use....
PADDY v DEREK.
Paddy kindly pointed out my error in the preview on Monday that he was never a league teammate of Delboys (only for Dublin). Derek having left for pastures anew when Paddy signed for Swords, well 3 swipes of HerrManns Sword and Delboy was marking.
MISÉ v ROSS
Well what can I say but congratulations to Ross, the picture he painted was like Edvard Munch "The Scream" but that wad only his support crew. Having gone 2:1 down and dodged a match dart Roller would be the victor and advance paint another picture.
KILLIAN v ANDY
After both sunseekers decided that the sun didn't bleach Andys horses mane and that Killian took the sun better, both non Caucasians took to the oche...10 minutes later and another envelope was passed, this time Andy pocketed it, another 3:0 result.
DADO v ROBYN
Probably one of the hardest to call, Dado excelling every week that he bothered to turn up and Robyn a little off mainly due to B4 calls. A fantastic game that went all the way and saw Robyn over the line, Dado can be immensely proud of his run and will be a force in the league.
JOE v KYROS
Having watched the playoff Joe was impressed with Kyros darts and would get to see them up close in last 16. A 16 and 20 dart legs would put Kyros on the ledge, but amazingly he fought back to level it! A nervy last leg, a miss count, missed doubles and in a huge shock, it would be Joe marking!!!
TERRY v PAT
Terry quite sedately dressed down for the night played Pat, who was supported by Eamonn (ko'd in the shield 🙄) while the whole if Phibsboro only saw Terrys darts. Pat 1 leg up (like a dog pi***ng) would go 2:1 dn and have a great chance to make it to a 5th leg but missed his double. Terry marched on..
SHIELD UPDATE.
20 players with 4 prelims, some lads that would've fancied themselves to be at the top table, we're schooled in Ennis Corner, Andy Flood gave Pat a supporter when dispatching Eamonn (sure I won it before)! The biggest Loser Mossy very lucky to better Aido, Dani bowing out to Ray Ennis, congrats on the addition of to the app store Dani. Peter Ryan beating another shield champion when drowning out Andy. Alan Collins putting Philly into the corner. The quarter finals would see Kevin McGrail, Mossy, Ray Ennis and Phil advance at the respective wins over Peter, Migraine, Alan Collins and Jamie.
CUP QUARTERS
KYROS v PADDY
Kyros playing like his hero from the old country John Michael "Deadly Rose" and starting to look like him was too good for Germann who had absolutely no excuses🤣 for this defeat. Well done 🇬🇷 hard luck🇩🇪.
LEWIS v ROSS
A great 100 average 1st leg from Ross would be a wake up call for Lewis, and wake up he did to level it, then 2:1 down, with Ross going outside the lines with his brush and Lewis staying steady it would be the Phibsboro man to mark on a 3:2 loss.
TERRY v KILLIAN
Two class players and a really tough one to call, nervy opener went the way of Terry, then 2 legs traded in 15 darts, a 20 darter would see parity restored before Terry turned on the after burners and 18 darter would see a former champ bow out.
SEMI FINALS SHIELD
Kevin "I'll mark next week" McGrail took on the ex WHCC legend Razor and advanced, a current WHCC match up would see Mossy into a bit of dosh as he proved too good for Phil. Speaking of dosh....
ROLLOVER.
A MASSIVE €1125 IN THE KITTY WE WERE HOPING TO BE IN WITH A LONG NIGHT OF WINNERS. UP STEPPED ALAN TYRRELL TO DRAW THE NAME FROM THE DRUM AND THE FIRST LOSER OF THE NIGHT TURNED FROM A PUMPKIN INTO A PRINCESS! (YA KNOW WHAT I MEAN). THE BALL FROM THE DIP WAS 9. €375 PER TREBLE
DART 1 €375
DART 2 €375
DART 3 €375
CONGRATULATIONS MOSSY A BRILLIANT END (ONLY IT WASNT THE END) TO YOUR NIGHT.
CUP SEMI FINALS
SEONA v LEWIS
Both players playing great darts all night, the first leg was terrible a 23 dart slog to Lewis. Then the Vatican viper, enforced himself on proceedings, Reeling off the next 4 legs in 15, 17, 15 and 16 darts to reach his 1st WHITEHALL COLMCILLE DARTS SUMMER LEAGUE FINAL.
Who would be joing him???
KYROS v TERRY
A Phibsboro House final??? Kyros drinking the lager like it was going to run out took on Terry and well Kyros just kept marching on, some great scoring, very few treble less visits, clinical finishing allied with an iffy Terry performance resulted in a 4:0 win for the Whitehall man.
SHIELD FINAL
Pockets bulging and zipped closed like Scrooge. Mossy convinced himself that the seams wouldn't burst if another envelope was skived. Kevin on the other hand wasn't just happy not to be marking, but as the last man to lose he'll be marking the 1st game next summer league. A brilliant 2nd leg 14 darter would see Mossy crowned Shield Champion 2025 and as Eamonn would say "Wear it like a Millstone". 😀😂.
SUMMER LEAGUE FINAL.
With Kyros looking around and trying to believe that he IS in the final, we had Lewis to call our best of 9 final. Some brilliant scoring, Kyros storming into a 3:1 lead, but don't poke the bear!!! A step up in performance from Sean with a notable drop off from Kyros after a long and brilliant effort all night. Sean would reel off the next 4 legs and on a 5:3 scoreline our 2025 SUMMER LEAGUE CHAMPION IS SEAN MCKEON. A VERY POPULAR AND WORTHY WINNER.🙌🙌👏👏🎯. HIGHEST CHECKOUT went to Killian with a 120. League high checkout went to John Migraine. A special award was presented on the night, this will be a yearly memorial to a great man of Dublin darts, John Power who we lost a year ago. The award is to given to the person the Summer League committee feels that he plays the game the way JP did, with honestly, integrity and team and individual spirit. The recipient this year was Eamonn Redmond. Keep doing what you're doing Eamonn👏🙌.
THANKS AS ALWAYS TO JAMES AND THE BARSTAFF, YOU DO AN AMAZING JOB EVERY DARTS NIGHT. OUR SPONSORS .
Best of luck to all teams in the NCDL and hopefully see ye all next year for another brilliant Summer League!🎯🎯🎯. My finger is broken!!
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