| Kevin Mc Dine Becomes 10th Winner
Kevin McDine 2008 West Tyrone Open Champion receiving his prize from
local girl Gena Mc Cusker. Also in the photo is Kevin Painter (runner-up),
Joe Mahon (mahon's Hotel), Ronnie Boyle (tournament-organiser)
Young PDC darts player Kevin Mc Dine was
crowned 2008 champion at the 10th annual West Tyrone Open Darts
Classic and picked up the £2,000 first prize with a dazzling display throughout
the tournament including the 7-4 defeat of Kevin Painter in the final where
he recorded seven 180’s to the Artist two.
Mc Dine has now joined the prestigious roll
of honours list of the West Tyrone Open Classic which includes Shane Burgess,
John Part and Colin Lloyd all twice winners along with Peter Manley, Chris
Mason and Lionel Sams.
The tournament seen the event limited to
64 players playing in 16 groups of four in a round robin format with the top
two players in each group progressing to the knockout stages before joining
the 32 seeded players on the final day.
On route to victory Kevin defeated a host
of top Irish and PDC players starting it all off from the last-64 over Shane
Lennon (Armagh), two times Irish open champion Felix Mc Brearty (Tyrone, 5-2),
Peter Evison (5-4), Steve Beaton (5-3) and Chris Mason in the semi-finals
6-3 before overcoming the challenge of Kevin Painter 7-4 in the final.
Highlights:
The current 2007 Tyrone Individual Darts
Champion Mickey Mansell who hails from Clonoe in Co. Tyrone put in one of
the finest displays by any local player at the 10th annual West
Tyrone Open Darts Festival to reach the semi-finals of the main West Tyrone
Open Darts Classic event.
Mickey was in tremendous form right from
the start playing fantastic darts topping his group with three wins out of
three in the Saturday nights open qualifiers played in a round robin format
to progress to the last-64 knockout stages on the Sunday where he would be
joined by the other 31 qualifiers and the 32 seeded players.
With play starting at 1pm on Sunday afternoon
the current Tyrone Individual Champion was out of the blocks right from the
off defeating World PDC players round by round to make-it into the semi-finals
with performances that any professional would be proud of.
On route to the semi-finals Mickey defeated
the following PDC players from the last-64 Brian Cathcart (last-64, 5-3),
Jamie Harvey (last-32, 5-1), Tony Eccles (last-16, 5-3) and the current West
Tyrone Champion 12 months ago Lionel Sams in the ¼-finals on a 5-4 score-line
before losing 6-1 to the inform Kevin Painter.
This was a tremendous display as you can
see from the Clonoe player defeating all these top class PDC players along
the way in reaching the semi-finals in a major tournament which can only
give him great confidents for the 2008 Tyrone Individual Darts Championship
when Mickey will be trying to defend his title he won 12 months ago on Saturday
22nd March 2008 taking place in the Village Inn Killyclogher.
Mickey also came through a top class field
of over 80 Irish players on Friday afternoon to reach the ¼- finals of the
Irish Open “Kevin McGrath Memorial” only to be defeated by
Irish Open:
The 10th annual Irish open which
was renamed the Kevin McGrath memorial and only open to Irish based players
seen a good turnout of Irish PDC members including the 2008 champion Brendan
Dolan who retained his title he won 12 months ago with a 5-4 score-line over
Tyrone’s Paul Mein in a cracking final.
West Tyrone Open Doubles:
The 10th annul open doubles event
seen four PDC players contest the final when they put on a good display with
Peter Evison & Brian Catcart emerging as champions.
West Tyrone 3-Aside Pro-am:
The 3-aside Pro-Am seen some fantastic displays
from all teams in this popular pro-am event with the winners being Michael
Blair, Shane O’ Connor, Campbell Jackson who defeated Cliff Lazarenko, Aodhagan
O’Neill, Eamon Mc Govern in a great final.
Open
Doubles:
The 2008 West Tyrone Open Doubles Champions Brian Cathcart (Belfast)
and Peter Evison (Professional darts Player)
3-Aside
Pro-Am:
The 2008 3-aside Pro-Am champions Michael Blair, Shane O' Connor, Campbell
Jackson
Junior
Open:
Joe Mahon (Mahon's Hotel) presenting the junior open winner Mark Mc Curdy
(Antrim, winner)
and runner-up Justin Bradley (Dungannon, runner-up) with there prizes.
Kevin
Mc Grath Memorial:
Brendan Dolan (Fermanagh, winner) and Paul Mein (Dungannon, runner-up)
in the 2008 Irish Open "Kevin McGrath Memorial receiving there prizes
from Joe Mahon (mahon's Hotel) and Ronnie Boyle (tournament organiser).
Ladies
Open:
Denise Cassidy receiving the annual George Mc Govern Memorial Cup from George's
wife.
West Tyrone Open Results:
Last-32:
Steve Beaton 5-3 Justin Mc Guigan
John Magowan 5-2 Michael Blair
Peter Evison 5-2 Geoff Wylie
Kevin Mc Dine 5-2 Felix McBrearty
Paul Dillon 5-4 Graeme Stoddart
John Joe Dolan 5-4 Sam Mein
Grant Mc Farland 5-3 Eamon Mc Govern
Chris Mason 5-0 Andy Martin
Kevin Painter 5-3 Aodhagan O’ Neill
Brendan Dolan 5-2 Jack Murphy
Paul Mein 5-1 Terry Muirhead
Campbell Jackson 5-0 Cliff Lazarenko
Terry Eccles 5-1 Shane O’ Connor
Mickey Mansell 5-1 Jamie Harvey
Robbie Green 5-0 Andrew Coulter
Lionel Sams 5-2 Peter Waters
Last-16:
Steve Beaton 5-4 John Magowan
Kevin Mc Dine 5-4 Peter Evison
John Joe Dolan 5-4 Paul Dillon
Chris Mason 5-1 Grant Mc Farland
Kevin Painter 5-2 Brendan Dolan
Campbell Jackson 5-1 Paul Mein
Mickey Mansell 5-3 Tony Eccles
Lionel Sams 5-4 Robbie Green
¼-Finals:
Kevin Mc Dine 5-3 Steve Beaton
Chris Mason 5-4 John Joe Dolan
Kevin Painter 5-3 Campbell Jackson
Mickey Mansell 5-4 Lionel Sams
Semi-Finals:
Kevin Mc Dine 6-3 Chris Mason
Kevin Painter 6-1 Mickey Mansell
Final:
Kevin Mc Dine 7-4 Kevin Painter
West Tyrone Open Classic:
Winner: Kevin Mc Dine
Runner-up: Kevin Painter
Irish Open “Kevin McGrath Memorial:
Winner: Brendan Dolan (Fermanagh)
Runner-up: Paul Mein (Tyrone)
West Tyrone Open Doubles:
Winners: Peter Evison & Brian Cathcart
Runner-ups: Paul Dillon & Colin McGarry
West Tyrone 3-Aside Pro-am:
Winners: Michael Blair, Shane O’ Connor,
Campbell Jackson
Runner-ups: Cliff Lazarenko, Aodhagan O’Neill,
Eamon Mc Govern
Ladies Open “ George Mc Govern Memorial
Cup”
Winner: Denise Cassidy
Runner-up: Elaine McGarry
Junior Open:
Winner: Mark McCurdy
Runner-up: Justin Bradley
Note:
Photo’s from the 10th annual 2008
West Tyrone Open Darts Classic can be viewed by clicking on the photo gallery
link on the main page at www.rballsports.com |
