The Cork Darts Organisation men’s Cork City individual championship will be held on Friday March 16 at St, Vincent’s Hurling and Football club Pavilion.
This will be the 70th, staging of this long running singles competition that began it’s life back in 1949 and it was commonly know by it’s sponsors name, the Murphy individual championship through it’s sponsor Murphy’s Stout who sponsored the championship up until 2007 with the first ever winner of the singles title Tim Carey who represented the Corner House.
One Father and son pairing has the honour of winning the title with Paddy Cotter who won it while playing for the Sportsman’s Rest on Dominick Street in 1967 being followed 33 years later by his son Martin Cotter as he won it while playing for the Island Tavern in 2000.
Damien O’Driscoll has won the championship on 5 occasions, 2007/09/10/11/13 while two players have won it on 4 occasions, Matt O’Sullivan in 1968/75/79/81 and Chris O’Neill in 1991/92/98/99 while John O’Shea has three wins under his belt, 2002/03 and 2008
However the honour of delivering the most wins goes to the living legend himself, Stephen Coveney who has been champion on no fewer that 9 times.
Coveney’s winning years were 1986,89/90/93/95/96/97/ 2005 and 2006.
He was attached to Con O’Donovan’s in 86/89 and 1990, CIE club in 93/95/96 and 97 and he played with the Watercourse Inn as he won it in 2005 and 2006.
Below is the full list of winners since first played for back in season 1949/50
1949/50- Tim Carey*** Corner House
1950/51 – Dan Browne***Stags Head
1951/52 – Paddy Maher***Stags Head
1952/53 -Tim Hurley***Stags Head
1953/54 -Martin Mahony***Joe’s Place
1954/55 -Steve Murray***Raven
1955/56- Dan Browne***Stags Head
1956/57- Sil Manning***Raven
1957/58- Dan O’Donovan***Steeple
1958/59- John O’Shea***Coughlan’s
1959/60- Pat Mulcair***Raven
1960/61-John Daly***Chimes
1961/62-Pat Looney***Coughlan’s
1962/63-Sean Kelly***Coughlan’s
1963/64-Paddy Cotter***Sportsmans Rest
1964/65-Jack Forde***Steeple
1965/66-Mick O’Keefe***Molly Macs
1966/67-John Flynn***Dew Drop Inn
1967/68-Paddy Cotter***Sportsmans Rest
1968/69-Matt O’Sullivan***Riverview Inn
1969/70-Sonny Leonard***Sportsmans
1970/71-Denis McGrath***Collins Bks,
1971/72-Barry Greaney***Con O’Donovans
1972/73-Frank Murphy***Glenryan
1973/74-John Buckley***Refinery Club
1974/75-Liam Guiney***Shandon View
1975/76-Matt O’Sullivan***Black Swan
1976/77-Noel Fowley***Fowley’s
1977/78-Joe Spillane***Ardmanning
1978/79-Jerome Good***Refinery Club
1979/80-Tom Elliffe***Fowley’s
1980/81-Matt O’Sullivan-Oval
1981/82-Gerald Sheehan-Whitnells
1982/83-Matt O’Sullivan***Oval
1983/84-John Buckley***Handlebars
1984/85-John Hadlow***Boothouse
1985/86-Stephen Coveney***Con O’Donovan’s
1986/87-Denis McCarthy***Sportsmans Rest
1987/88-Ted O’Mahony***Con O’Donovan’s
1988/89-Stephen Coveney***Con O’Donovan;s
1989/90-Stephen Coveney***Con O’Donovan’s
1990/91-Chris O’Neill***CIE Club
1991/92-Chris O’Neill***CIE Club
1992/93-Stephen Coveney***CIE Club
1993/94-James Corcoran***CIE Club
1994/95-Stephen Coveney***CIE Club
1995/96-Stephen Coveney***CIE Club
1996/97-Stephen Coveney***CIE Club
1997/98-Chris O’Neill***CIE Club
1998/99-Chris O’Neill***CIE Club
1999/2000-Martin Cotter***Island Tavern
2000/01-Stephen O’Connor***St, Vincent’s
2001/02-John O’Shea***St, Vincent’s
2002/03-John O’Shea***Island Tavern
2003/04-Stephen O’Connor***Watercourse Inn
2004/05-Stephen Coveney***Watercourse Inn
2005/06-Stephen Coveney***Watercourse Inn
2006/07-Damien O’Driscoll***Watercourse Inn
2007/08-John O’Shea***Gerald Griffin
2008/09-Damien O’Driscoll***Brian Dillon’s
2009/10-Damien O’Driscoll***Brian Dillon’s
2010-/11-Damien O’Driscoll***Brian Dillon’s
2011/12-John “Dinny Bob’s” McCarthy***Tower Bar
2012/13-Damien O’Driscoll***Joshua Tree
2013/14-Martin Dineen***Anglers
2014/15-John Kiely***Tower Bar
2015/16-Radek Szaganski***Harp
2016/17-Robbie O’Donovan***Groves
2017/18-Dean Forde***Groves