Declan Cunningham lifts the Pat Rawdon Cup, Conor Hogg takes Shield double

Declan Cunningham rolled back the years to lift the Pat Rawdon cup for the second time bridging a 14 year gap from this last win (he defeated Philip Gallagher in the first Pat Rawdon) 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 on May Bank Holiday Sunday.

Declan also had a big win in the semi-final, where he beat defending champion Ciaran McGeady 5-4. 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. The highest checkout of the day was a 156 by James Byrne.

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 achivment 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.

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!

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)