Irish Junior Darts team beaten in world semi-finals

The team with managers Brian Doherty and Thomas Keane.

The Irish Junior darts team in the DartAsylum JDC World Cup were beaten 4-1 by Holland in their semi-final this afternoon in Gibraltar, and the Dutch team subsequently lost their final to England, writes Brian Byrne. It meant the Irish team are out of the medals this year, after winning a silver in their first ever final in 2023. 

Yesterday the Irish team had beaten Greece, Slovakia and Australia in the first day of the team event. This morning they beat Gibraltar and Northern Ireland to reach the semi-finals. "So a great week comes to an end," Derek Courtney told the Diary this afternoon. Derek and Marian's son Jack was a member of the 4-strong team with Aidan O'Hara (Tipperary), Shay Feeney (Tipperary) and Jayden Fitzgerald (Cork).

In the individuals earlier in the week, Jack made the last 16 of the Winmau Open, and topped his group in the knockout stages only to be eliminated in the later stages. This year's performance was a step up over his 2023 achievement where he reached the last 32 of some 250 competitors.

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