DUBLIN darts star Scott Doyle said it's a dream come true for him to have finished Ireland's number one at the end of the INDO Boys ranking season.
It means Scott will now captain a talented Republic of Ireland team for this summer's WDF Europe Cup in Limerick.
And he has confidently predicted that the Ireland team, also containing Mayo's Eddie Sweeney, Wexford's Tyler O'Connor and Monaghan Evan Tuite, have what it takes to win the tournament outright.
Speaking to Darts In Ireland following the final two ranking events in the Ard Ri House Hotel in Tuam on Sunday, Scott said making it onto the Ireland team was his big goal for the past year.
He said: "It was great to finish number one in the rankings as I wasn't expecting that to be honest.
"I just wanted to get on the Ireland team first and then look towards getting top and thankfully both have happened."
Scott said it will be a special moment for him to pull on the Ireland top at the Europe Cup in July.
He added: "It's very special. This is the team I was looking forward to playing on one day for years, so I'm just happy to be there and can't wait to play for Ireland."
He also praised the other three players who managed to make the Ireland team during a nail-biting final day on Sunday.
With Scott almost assured of his spot on the team, it came down to the final few games of the final event, the INDO Boys Irish Trophy, before the other three spots were confirmed.
The quality of players who just missed out, including Carlow's World Cup Youth Pairs winner, Jack Courtney, Waterford's Jack Caulfield, Meath's Charlie O'Connor and Kerry's INDO Boys Irish Classic winner Evan Keogh, shows just what an achievement it was for the four who did make it.
Scott said: "It was very tough, with a number of players just unlucky to be pipped at the end."
But he reckons this will stand to the Irish team at the Europe Cup.
He said: "Hopefully we can get a decent run going at it and go on and win it."
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