FINNS lifted the Section Two Cup with victory over Coronation in the final last Friday night.
The semi-finals had seen Coronation defeat Imperial whilst Finns had got the better of hosts Cooleys. In the final Coronation went one up with another wi
n for Joey Allen.
Gary Keys then levelled the match up for Finns. Steven Collins again put Coronation into the lead but Richard McKeown hit right back for Finns to levels the scores again.
The impressive Willie Laverty then gave Coronation a 3-2 lead but a 17 leg game from Lee Stirling couldn't prevent Andrew Quinn from levelling things up again at 3-3.
Super darts from Richard McMullan put Finns in the lead for the first time and a win for Chris Greer secured the trophy for the Bushmills side.
Results: Coronation 7 (H. Stirling, L. Stirling, G. Watton, S. Collins, J. Allen, W. Laverty. W. Stirling) Imperial 2 (R. Miskimmons, R. O'Kane), Finns 7 (R. McKeown, G. Keys, R. McMullan, R. Kane, J. Elliott, S. Grerer, A. Quinn) Cooleys 2 (E. Anderson, E. Doherty) Coronation 3 (J. Allen, S. Collins, W. Laverty) Finns 6 (G. Keys, R. McKeown, A. Quinn, R. McMullan, C. Greer, J. Elliott)
One league game took place in Section One with Thatch defeating Villa Swifts 5-3. Danny O'Neill hit his sixth 180 of the campaign for the home side whilst two 19 dart legs from the ever reliable Joe Donnelly in the last game secured both points for Thatch.
Result Thatch 5 (D. O'Neill, R. McGuinness, D. O'Hara, H. Wislon, J. Donnelly) Villa Swifts 3 (D. Norton, D. Toner, J. Hardy)
Fixtures: Friday, March 20: Section One, Hecklers v Villa, Railway Arms v Thatch, Villa Swifts v Berthas. Section Two, Coronation v Cooleys, Imperial v Finns, Kellys Inn v Temple, Scotts v Tavern.
Players are reminded that the Inter League play off will take place in the Villa Club, Coleraine, on Monday, March 23 with an 8:30pm start. The 15 players selected will then play in Limavady Cricket Club on Saturday, March 28.
