Darts legend Eric Bristow to play exhibition game in city next month
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Darts legend Eric Bristow will headline a darts exhibition in aid of GMIT Darts Club at the Library Bar, Kingsvalley Hotel (Merlin Park) on Thursday, February 16.
Bristow is regarded as one of the greatest darts players of all time and is credited with pioneering the game’s move from the pub on to the TV screen.
The February event at Kingsvalley Hotel will get underway at 7.30pm.Meanwhile the Galway County Darts will host the West Coast Classic Darts Challenge XI – featuring men’s, ladies’ and youths’ championships – at the Clayton Hotel, Ballybrit this Sunday.
Registration on the day will take place at 10.30am, with the start time for competition scheduled for 11.30am sharp. In all, eight counties will participate in the men’s event, with Galway fielding ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ teams.
The other counties involved are Clare, Donegal, Limerick, Longford, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo.
In the ladies event, Galway will compete against Leitrim, Clare, Donegal and Mayo, with the latter fielding three teams.Donegal and Mayo will also feature in the youth section, where Galway, Clare and Roscommon will present two teams each, ‘A’ and ‘B’.
Food will be available at the venue throughout the day.Also in the Clayton Hotel on the previous evening (Saturday), a blind draw pairs event will take place.
Registration is at 6pm with the action getting underway at 7pm. Entry €20.