Jackson Timoney became one of the youngest players ever to win one the south west “majors” when he defeated county player Derek Quinn in the 2026 Pat Rawdon cup final in The Bayview Killybegs on Saturday September 26.
The 15-year-old Abbey Vocational school student who already had the youth title wrapped up was immense in the final winning 6-0 including a 156 checkout to round of a great display by this young darts player in this the 15th holding of this event. In the semi-final he defeated defending champion Declan Cunningham while Derek overcame county team mate Cartha Boyle.
There was a total of 62 throwers for the first big tournament held locally in the month of September so with the success of the event it will be held from now on in late September.
Full list of results are on the Donegal Darts website with so many great games from beginning to end it would take a long report to go over everything. In the shield it was county player Jordan Boyce who defeated Conor O’Donoghue who’s back throwing darts after a few years off the local darts scene 5-1, in the semi-finals Jordan defeated youth thrower LJ McShane while Conor had a good win over Martin McMenamin.
Thanks to Seamus and the staff of The Bayview for hosting and their hospitality, to all the players, those who helped keep things running as it’s not easy with two tournaments running side by side and of course we had the youth event to start the day off at 2pm, thanks to our sponsors Auto Glo Valeting & Detailing, GCM Painting, James Byrne Media Services, Precise Books, The Bayview Hotel, Catcha Coffee Cork, Pelagia Feeds Ireland Limited, The Fleet Inn, John Byrne and family, Ernan Cassidy, Ronan Kennedy and Ernan Cassidy for supplying the stands and boards and to anyone who supported this in any way.
2026 Pat Rawdon Cup
Final
Jackson Timoney 6-0 Derek Quinn
Semi Finals
Jackson Timoney 5-1 Declan Cunningham
Derek Quinn 5-2 Cartha Boyle
Quarter Finals
Jackson Timoney 4-3 Alan Hegarty
Declan Cunningham 4-2 Des McGettigan
Derek Quinn 4-0 John Con McGinley
Cartha Boyle 4-2 John Meencha (13 dart leg John)
Second Round
Jackson Timoney 4-2 Aaron Rogers
Alan Hegarty 4-1 Gareth Porter
Declan Cunningham 4-0 David Spot Gallagher
Des McGettigan 4-3 Andrew Gillespie
Derek Quinn 4-0 John McHugh
John Con McGinley 4-0 Kealan McGuire
Cartha Boyle 4-0 Ronan Gillespie
John Meencha 4-2 Adrian Devine
Pat Rawdon Shield
Final
Jordan Boyce 5-1 Conor O’Donoghue
Semi Finals
Jordan Boyce 4-0 LJ McShane
Conor O’Donoghue 4-2 Martin McMenamin
Quarter Finals
Jordan Boyce 3-0 Liam McShane (12 dart leg Jordan)
LJ McShane 3-2 Keith Murray
Conor O’Donoghue 3-1 Lewis McNelis
Martin McMenamin 3-2 Alan Laird
Full list of results on donegaldarts.com
Fleet Inn Youths Shield
Twenty-two youths entered the 2026 Fleet Inn Shield tournament at the Pat Rawdon darts in the Bayview on Saturday, with holder Conor Hogg unable to attend (Conor also won the shield last year) it was a chance for one of the lads to get there name on the shield and after a fantastic afternoon of darts (and thanks to the player for keeping things moving by marking games) it was 15 year old Jackson Timoney from Donegal Town who came out on top defeating Lewis McNelis in the final.
In the semis Jackson beat LJ McShane and Lewis overcame Conor Gallagher while in the quarters it was Kealan McGuire who came closest to defeating Jackson with the winner scraping trough 3-2, Lewis also had a tough battle in his 3-2 win against Patrick McDyre. Special mention to Darragh Melly who had a 139 check out in the first round a target that was not beaten until the second last match in the Pat Rawdon Final. Thanks to all youth who entered, with such a good turnout we will start this event earlier next year so we can have best of 5 matches from the start, time restrictions meant this was not possible this year.
Final
Jackson Timoney 3-1 Lewis McNelis
Semi Finals
Jackson Timoney 3-0 LJ McShane
Lewis McNelis 3-0 Conor Gallagher
Quarter Finals
Jackson Timoney 3-2 Kealan McGuire
LJ McShane 3-1 Darragh Melly
Lewis McNelis 3-2 Patrick McDyre
Conor Gallagher 3-2 Shea Deane
The South West Donegal Darts League is back
After a gap of over 2700 days the South West Donegal Darts league makes a return on Friday October 9 after a very successful meeting last week, this along with the Glencolmcille singles league means there’s plenty of darts in the area over the winter months! There are six confirmed teams with the possibility of one more to be confirmed so once that’s done the fixtures will be released. Evelyn’s x 2, Sliabh Liag, O’Donnell’s, John Joes and The Blue Haven are confirmed. To start of the season the 2026 Grand Prix takes place in Kilcar House on Friday October 2.