2025 Pat Rawdon Cup

Declan Cunningham rolls back the years to lift the Pat Rawdon

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 semis where he beat defending champion Ciaran McGeady 5-4 while 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. Highest checkout of the day was a 156 by James Byrne.

Conor Hogg reciving the shield from Darren Rawdon

Shield

In the shield completion which involved the first round of the Pat Rawdon Cup losers young Conor Hogg from Fermanagh rounded of a 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 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.

Gavin Doherty from The Fleet Inn presenting Conor Hogg with the Youths shield

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 sheild 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

Last 16

Declan Cunningham 4-0 Darren Rawdon

Richie Cunningham 4-1 Dylan Martin

Cartha Boyle 4-0 James Boyle

Padraig Sharkey Bye

Ciaran McGeady Bye

Ronan Meehan 4-0 David McGettigan

Liam Gallagher 4-0 Shane McLoone

Paidi Cunningham 4-2 Patrick McDywer

Sam Wray Bye

Conor McKiverigan 4-2 Keelan McGuire

Des McGettigan 4-0 Lewis McNelis

Dermot McGuire 4-0 Ronan Hogg

Dean Gallagher 4-0 Keith Murray

Michael Curran 4-2 David Gallagher

John Meencha 4-0 Adrian Byrne

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

Last 16

Irwin Muirhead 3-1 Keith Carr

Kieran Carr 3-1 Ciaran Boyle

Conal Hegarty 3-0 Zoe Torrence

Ryan McGinley 3-2 Wilfie Milsop

LJ McShane 3-1 Ernan Cassidy

John Burke 3-1 Noah McGuire

Terence Byrne 3-1 Darragh Melly

Kayson Maron 3-0 Alison Murray

Dylan Gillespie 3-2 Joe Lyons

Conor Hogg 3-0 Majella Torrents

Brian McCabe 3-2 Charlie McLaughlin

Ronan Kennedy 3-0 Jason O’Sullivan

Liam Melly 3-0 Jake Torrents

Round One (Winners into the cup losers into the Shield)

Ciaran McGeady 4-0 Martin McMenamin

Richie Cunningham 4-3 Kieran Carr

James Byrne 4-0 Brian McCabe 0 (156 c/o James)

Shane McLoone 4-0 Noah McGuire

Ronan Meehan 4-2 Wilfie Milsop (110 c/o Ronan)

David McGettigan 4-3 Ryan McGinley

Dermot McGuire 4-0 Kayson Moran

Dylan Martin 4-0 Ciaran Boyle

John Con McGinley 4-1 Charlie McLaughlin

Sam Wray 4-0 Danny Doohan

Padraig Sharkey 4-2 Shay Murray

Adrian Byrne 4-2 Conor Hogg

Lewis McNelis 4-1 Dylan Gillespie

Darren Rawdon 4-2 Keith Carr

Declan Cunningham 4-2 Irwin Muirhead

Dean Gallagher 4-0 Jason O’Sullivan

Conor McKiverigan 4-1 Terence Byrne

John Meencha 4-0 Majella Torrence

Kelan McGuire 4-1 Darragh Melly

David Gallagher 4-0 Jake Torrence

Paidi Cunningham 4-2 LJ McShane

Cartha Boyle 4-0 Zoe Torrence

Liam Gallagher 4-0 John Burke

James Boyle 4-3 Conal Hegarty

Michael Curran 4-3 Liam Melly

Patrick McDyre 4-1 Ernan Cassidy

Ronan Hogg 4-1 Alison Murray

Keith Murray 4-1 Ronan Kennedy

Des McGettigan 4-0 Joe Lyons (14 dart leg Des)

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)

First Round

Conor Hogg 2-0 Jason O’Sullivan

Kayson Moran 2-1 LJ McShane

Conal Hegarty 2-1 Morgan Mooney

Darragh Melly 2-0 Jake Torrents

Shay Murray 2-0 Keelan McGuire

Ronan Hogg 2-0 Shane McLoone

Lewis McNelis 2-1 Noah McGuire

Ciaran Boyle 2-1 Dylan Gillespie

Preliminary Round

Conor Hogg 2-0 Ryan McGinley

Jason O’Sullivan 2-0 Zoe Torrents

Ciaran Boyle 2-1 Keith Carr

Keelan McGuire 2-0 Patrick McDywer

Shay Murray 2-1 Ronan Meehan (180 Ronan)

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)

Cup Runner up Dean Gallagher

Cup semi final Sam Wray

Cup Semi Ciaran McGeady

Cup Quarters Cartha Boyle

Cup Quarters Des McGettigan

Sheild Runner up Martin McMenemin

Youth Runner up Shay Murray