Tom Kirby Irish Matchplay : World Champs Qualifiers

Tom Kirby Irish Matchplay : World Champs Qualifiers

Well today we had the qualifiers for the PDC World Championships, The Tom Kirby Irish Matchplay, named after the late great Tom Kirby.

I got drawn against John Burke, and despite him not being in top form i just couldnt hit a thing, john easily brushed me aside 5-1, too easy really, i need to sort my form out, its up and down like a yoyo, the dream was over :)

Results Below

Board Finals
{1} William O’Connor 5 – 3 Christy Fisher
{2} Mark Willis 5 – 4 James English
{3} Sean Marshall 5 – 4 John Burke
{4} John Paul Kinsella 5 – 3 Joe Collins
{5} Mark Kinsella 5 – 1 Martin Murphy
{6} Mervyn Robinson 5 – 4 T.J. Dixon
{7} Benny Grace 5 – 4 Mike O’Sullivan
{8} Andrew Coulter 5 – 3 Harry Strahan
{9} Brendan Dunne 5 – 3 Anto McCracken
{10} Stephen Andrews 5 – 3 Keith Rooney
{11} Sean McArdle 5 – 1 Christopher O’Connor
{12} Jamie Shearer 5 – 1 Colin Maxwell
{13} Terry Meehan 5 – 1 Brian Murphy
{14} Aodhagan O’Neill 5 – 0 Keith Byrne
{15} Michael Mansell 5 – 3 Eugene McArdle
{16} Jason Cullen 5 – 3 Neil Murtagh

Last 16:
William O’Connor 5 – 0 Mark Willis
Sean Marshall 5 – 4 John Paul Kinsella
Mark Kinsella 2 – 5 Mervyn Robinson
Benny Grace 5 – 4 Andrew Coulter
Brendan Dunne 5 – 3 Stephen Andrews
Sean McArdle 5 – 4 Jamie Shearer
Terry Meehan 3 – 5 Aodhagan O’Neill
Michael Mansell 4 – 5 Jason Cullen

Quarter-finals:
William O’Connor 5 – 3 Sean Marshall
Mervyn Robinson 2 – 5 Benny Grace
Brendan Dunne 3 – 5 Sean McArdle
Aodhagan O’Neill 5 – 3 Jason Cullen

Semi-finals:
William O’Connor 6 – 4 Benny Grace
Sean McArdle 2 – 6 Aodhagan O’Neill

Final:
William O’Connor 3 – 7 Aodhagan O’Neill


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