The main focus of attention in this week’s Fonacab League programme was the climax of the Andy Kearney Pairs competition in the O’Donnell’s club on the Whiterock Road.
The current Hunky Dory’s North Belfast Dart League champions the CB Archers were given a stern work out by last season’s runners up McGrath’s Bar in the second round of fixtures.
The North Belfast and Central Dart Leagues were out in force for the third qualifying round of the North Belfast Open last Saturday. But CB Archers’ hotshot Marty Currie proved to be untouchable.
AFTER a summer of slumber the Hunky Dory’s North Belfast Dart League returned for the season opening Charity Shield in the St Malachy’s Old Boys club on the Antrim Road with all monies raised on the night going to the PIPS Charity.
THE severe artic conditions of last winter prompted organisers to start this year’s North Belfast Open a month earlier and Ligoniel man Keith Beale ensured he ended the summer as a winner when he won a topsy-turvy final against Gerry McCormick.
This second running of the North Belfast Open will take place in the Shamrock Social club in Ardoyne this Saturday and will run for nine weeks of qualifiers for the Grand Finals in early November.
With the first round of fixtures underway and some pretty tasty draws it will be interesting to see if last season’s winners the Avoca can go on and make it a double in the Delta Cabs Pierce Jordan Cup.