The Dromore Dart machine Felix McBrearty added another Tyrone championship title to his impressive CV and picked up the £500 first prize for his efforts.

All roads led to the Village Inn in Killyclogher outside Omagh for the grand-finals of the 5^th annual Tyrone Individual Darts Championship with players representing almost every town throughout the Tyrone county in this prestigious local darts event which seen the Dromore machine Felix McBrearty add another Tyrone championship title to his impressive CV picking up the £500 first prize for his efforts defeating Strabane's Darting Legend Danny McCallan in the final on a 6-2 score-line.

Felix McBrearty (Dromore) 2008 Tyrone Individual Darts Champion.

The Dromore player was in fantastic form right from the start overcoming the challenge of player after player, round after round hitting big scores and checking out on high finishes along the way with one being a classic 161 checkout before he faced defeat in the 1/4-finals against this years N. Ireland Open Runner-up Shane Pearson (Cookstown) who missed three darts at double ten to knockout the Dromore machine but up steps Felix to make it 4-4 before shooting out on a 119 checkout in the deciding game to reach another semi-final on a 5-4 victory.

The four semi-finals LtoR: Aidey Patton (Strabane), Felix McBrearty (Dromore, winner),
Danny McCallan (Strabane, runner-up) and Paul Mein (Dungannon).

On route to Felix’s 3^rd tournament victory seen the Dromore player defeated Kevin Kilday (Stranbane, 4-0) in the last-64 with a impressive performance and then recorded further wins over Jim Ward (Ballygawley, last-32, 4-0), Mark Summerville (Clogher, last-16, 4-0), Shane Pearson (Cookstown, ¼-finals, 5-4), Aidey Patton (Strabane, semi-finals, 5-2) and Strabane’s darting legend Danny McCallan in the final to be crowned the 2008 Tyrone Individual Darts Champion and add his name to the title for the third time in the five year history of the event which sees these Tyrone darts championship going from strength to strength year after year and that was proved with the largest entry to date with more or less every town and village represented throughout the county.

Pictured after 2008 Tyrone Individual Darts Championship final
Felix Mc Brearty (Dromore, winner), and Danny McCallan (Strabane, runner-up).

This was a another great achievement once again from the Dromore player and without doubt remains the best darts player throughout Tyrone and further a field after the amazing display he put in to record his third title from the biggest and strongest field of Tyrone players ever in the history of these great championship.

The organisers would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every player, all the venues who staged the qualifiers throughout the year for making this event what it is today and not forgetting a big thank-you to all the local Tyrone newspapers for there support advertising this local and prestigious event.

We can’t forget to thank Kieran McGinn and his hard working, and friendly staff from the Village Inn for providing everyone with amazing venue for these Tyrone championship with each and every player having very high praises for the beautiful venue.

Tournament Highlights:
The tournament highlight must go to Dungannon's Stephen Mc Donagh who played outstanding darts to defeat last years champion Mickey Mansell (Coalisland) on a 4-2 score-line and reached the 1/4-finals at his first attempt.


Past Champions:
2004: Colin Strong (Clabby)
2005: Felix McBrearty (Dromore)
2006: Felix McBrearty (Dromore)
2007: Mickey Mansell (Coalisland)
2008: Felix Mc Brearty (Dromore)

Listed below is the results from the last-32 and the town they come from in the Tyrone County.

Last-32:

Mark Summerville (Clogher)  4-0   Daryl Mc Neill (Augher) 

Felix McBrearty (Dromore)  4-0   Jim Ward (Ballygawley)

Ronan McMahon (Carrickmore)  4-1  Bertie Monaghan (Omagh)

Shane Pearson (Pomeroy)  4-2  Gerald Maguire (Strabane)

Justin McGuigan (Tattyreagh)  4-2  Frankie Breen (Drumquinn)

Aidey Patton (Strabane)  4-1  Paul Mayse (Newtownstewart)

Mickey Mansell (Coalisland)  4-2  Eddie Jones (Sixmilecross)

Stephen McDonough (Dungannon)  4-3  Aiden Rocks (Cookstown)

Paul Mein (Dungannon)  4-0  Sandy Hughes (Coalisland)

Luke Mc Bride (Dungannon)  4-2  Christy Fisher (Killyclogher)

Campbell Jackson (Strabane)  4-1  Mark Brady (Cookstown)

Simon Collins (Strabane)  4-2  Gareth McKeown (Augher)

Danny Mc Callan (Strabane)  4-0  Justin Shields (Strabane)

Kieran Pearson (Pomeroy)  4-3  Gary Mayse (Newtownstewart)

Sean Gallagher (Fintona)  4-0  Seamus Woods (Eskra)

Colin Maxwell (Castlederg)  4-3  Sam Mein (Dungannon)

Last-16:

Felix McBrearty  4-0  Mark Summerville

Shane Pearson  4-1  Ronan Mc Mahon

Aidey Patton  4-2  Justin McGuigan

Stephen McDonagh  4-2  Mickey Mansell

Paul Mein  4-3  Luke McBride

Campbell Jackson  4-2  Simon Collins

Danny McCallan  4-3  Kieran Pearson

Colin Maxwell  4-2  Sean Gallagher

¼-Finals:
Felix Mc Brearty 5-4 Shane Pearson
Aidey Patton 5-1 Stephen McDonagh
Paul Mein 5-2 Campbell Jackson
Danny Mc Callan 5-1 Colin Maxwell

Semi-Finals:
Felix Mc Brearty 5-2 Aidey Patton
Danny Mc Callan 5-3 Paul Mein

Final:
Felix Mc Brearty 6-2 Danny McCallan