Dromore Dart Machine
Wins World Ranking Tournament
Felix McBrearty became a local
hero in his home town as well as being world recognised when he defeated a
host of top World PDC Professionals at the Dromore Leisure Complex to claim
the 8th annual Ireland’s Open Darts Classic event in fantastic
style which puts him on the roll of honours list with some of the world’s
greatest players Roland Scholten (Holland, 2001), John Part (Canada,
2002), Mark Dudbridge (England, 2003), Phil Taylor (England,
2004 & 2005), Mick McGowan (Ireland, 2006), Dennis Ovens
(England, 2007) and now the three times Tyrone Individual Champion Felix
Mc Brearty (Tyrone) is added to that impressive list after he defeated
Chris Mason to lift the title.
Tournament organiser Ronnie Boyle makes a presentation to
Felix Mc Brearty 2008 Ireland's Open Darts Classic champion.
The Dromore player came through
a qualifier just to win a place in the £20,000 main PDC Pro Tour event on
Friday night, but swept through the field to claim the £5,000 first prize.
He overcame Tony
Ayres, Kevin McDine, Colin Osborne and Michael van Gerwen to reach the quarter-finals
of the tournament, before defeating Andy Hamilton 3-2.
Cheered on by the 200 plus home crowd he then defeated Colin Lloyd who is
ranked number nine in the order of merit in straight sets, with all three
sets ending 2-1.
The four players that contested the Ulster Open Doubles Championship from
LtoR:
Co Stompe, Andy Smith (winner), Mick Mc Gowan (winner), Tony Eccles.
The Dromore star who entered the
tournament as a rank outsider finished off the tournament with another fantastic
performance taking six successive legs defeating Chris Mason 3-1 to be crowned
2008 Ireland’s Open Darts Classic champion receiving £5,000 for his efforts
and going alongside some great champions of this event including 13 times
World Champion Phil “THE POWER” Taylor who is a twice winner.
Tournament organiser
Ronnie Boyle stated, "I have seen Felix play in many tournaments down through the years
against top players both Irish and overseas professionals and always new he
was fantastic player, but in the manner he went about it, and also the way
he conducted himself throughout this World PDC Ranking Event was amazing with
two words describing his victory.“WORLD CLASS”.
Ivan Job (Lough Erne Hotel) presents Brendan Dolan (winner) and Ronnie Baxter
(runner-up)
with there prizes after the 2008 Ulster Open Darts Championship.
Felix was going for back to back tournament
victories over the weekend playing fantastic darts in Sunday’s Ulster Open
Championship which seen him record a 10 darter in his early round match but
lost in the semi-finals to Ronnie Baxter who also recorded a 10 darter.
PDC Member:
After Felix’s great achievement the Dromore darts machine has now officially
joined the World PDC Darts Circuit getting ready to play in there official
ranking tournaments which takes place around the world and hopefully he might
secure a place in a major TV event after his wonderful achievement .
Prelim Round:
Dave Honey 3-1 Campbell Jackson
Roy Baillie 3-1 Paul Mein
Jamie Caven 3-0 Sean McMurray
Andy Howarth 3-0 Steve Cusick
Paul Dillon 3-1 James Deery
Martyn Turner 3-0 Justin McGuigan
Shane Lennon 3-0 Mark Summerville
Andrew Davies 3-1 Daryl Gurney
Felix McBrearty 3-2 Tony Ayres
Ian Jopling 3-0 JR Docherty
John Quantock 3-2 Brian Cathcart
Gary Welding 3-0 Brendan Dolan
Owen Caffrey 3-2 Dave Ladley
Peter Wright 3-0 Ian Branks
Last-64:
Denis Ovens 3-0 Declan Cunningham
Chris Thompson 3-0 Eamonn McGovern
Mark Walsh 3-1 Alan Caves
Dave Honey 3-2 Adrian Gray
Jacko Barry 3-2 Kevin Painter
Tony Eccles 3-0 Roy Baillie
Mervyn King 3-0 Jon Archer
Matt Clark 3-0 Jamie Caven
Alan Tabern 3-1 Ben Burton
Steve Maish 3-1 Andy Howarth
Chris Mason 3-0 Geoff Wylie
Wes Newton 3-0 Paul Dillon
Aodhean O'Neill 3-1 Roland Scholten
Colin Monk 3-2 Martyn Turner
Co Stompe 3-0 Andy Jenkins
Alex Roy 3-0 Shane Lennon
Andy Hamilton 3-1 Ray Farrell
Steve Brown 3-2 Martin Burchell
Andy Smith 3-0 Francis Mellor
Wayne Jones 3-0 Andrew Davies
Colin Osborne 3-0 Brendan Scullion
Felix McBrearty 3-1 Kevin McDine
Mark Dudbridge 3-1 Darren Johnson
Michael van Gerwen 3-1 Ian Jopling
Ronnie Baxter 3-0 Ricky Dunlop
John Quantock Bye (Alan Warriner-Little)
Robert Thornton 3-1 Vincent van der Voort
Gary Welding 3-2 Steve Beaton
Colin Lloyd 3-0 Nigel Peden
Owen Caffrey 3-2 Lionel Sams
Barrie Bates 3-0 Robert Watson-Lang
Mick McGowan 3-0 Peter Wright
Losers £75
Last-32:
Denis Ovens 3-2 Chris Thompson
Mark Walsh 3-2 Dave Honey
Tony Eccles 3-2 Jacko Barry
Mervyn King 3-2 Matt Clark
Alan Tabern 3-0 Steve Maish
Chris Mason 3-2 Wes Newton
Aodhean O'Neill 3-1 Colin Monk
Alex Roy 3-0 Co Stompe
Andy Hamilton 3-1 Steve Brown
Wayne Jones 3-1 Andy Smith
Felix McBrearty 3-2 Colin Osborne
Michael van Gerwen 3-2 Mark Dudbridge
Ronnie Baxter 3-1 John Quantock
Robert Thornton 3-1 Gary Welding
Colin Lloyd 3-0 Owen Caffrey
Mick McGowan 3-0 Barrie Bates
Losers £150
Last-16:
Mark Walsh 3-1 Denis Ovens
Mervyn King 3-1 Tony Eccles
Chris Mason 3-2 Alan Tabern
Alex Roy 3-1 Aodhean O'Neill
Andy Hamilton 3-2 Wayne Jones
Felix McBrearty 3-2 Michael van Gerwen
Robert Thornton 3-1 Ronnie Baxter
Colin Lloyd 3-2 Mick McGowan
Losers £300
¼ -Finals
Mark Walsh 3-0 Mervyn King
Chris Mason 3-1 Alex Roy
Felix McBrearty 3-2 Andy Hamilton
Colin Lloyd 3-2 Robert Thornton
Losers £600
Semi-Finals
Chris Mason 3-2 Mark Walsh (2-1, 1-2, 0-2, 2-0, 2-0)
Felix McBrearty 3-0 Colin Lloyd (2-1, 2-1, 2-1)
Losers £1,250
Final
Felix McBrearty 3-1 Chris Mason (0-2, 2-0, 2-0, 2-0)
Winner £5,000
Runner-Up £2,500
Ulster Open Darts Championship:
Brendan Dolan who hails from Co. Fermanagh and who his a PDC member defeated
his fellow professional Ronnie Baxter in the final on a 6-3 score-line to
be crowned 2008 Ulster Open Darts Champion played alongside Ireland’s Open
Classic.
The tournament was played in a Double Elimination format with Brendan going
into the knockout stages as the group winner.
The Co. Fermanagh player was in tremendous form throughout the tournament
battling his way through a top class field of players starting his victories
over his Brother John Joe in the last-32 which went right down to the wire
with Brendan just getting over the line on a 5-4 score-line and followed that
up with wins over Darren Gurney (last-16,5-2), Andy Jenkins (¼-finals, 5-1),
Dennis Ovens (semi-finals, 5-4) and then Ronnie Baxter 6-3 in a fantastic
final to be crowned champion.
Felix Mc Brearty was going for back to back tournament victories playing
fantastic darts which seen him record a 10 darter in his early round match
but lost in the semi-finals to Ronnie Baxter who also recorded a 10 darter.
¼ -Finals:
Felix Mc Brearty 5-0 Steve Cusick
Ronnie Baxter 5-2 Andy Smith
Brendan Dolan 5-1 Andy Jenkins
Dennis Ovens 5-0 Tony Eccles
Semi-Finals:
Ronnie Baxter 5-2 Felix Mc Brearty
Brendan Dolan 5-4 Dennis Ovens
Final:
Brendan Dolan 6-3 Ronnie Baxter
Open Doubles:
Mick McGowan who hails from Balbriggan Dublin
and his fellow PDC professional Andy Smith came through Avery strong field
of players to be crowned 2008 Ulster Open Doubles Champions played at the
Lough Erne Hotel, Kesh, Co. Fermanagh defeating another fantastic PDC pairing
of Co Stompe and Tony Eccles in the final on a 5-2 score-line.
There other victories came over John Joe Dolan & James Deery, Roy Bailie
& Brian Cathcart, Campbell Jackson & Andy Howarth, Steve Beaton &
Jon Archer and then Co Stompe & Tony Eccles in the final.
¼ -Finals:
Andy Smith / Mick McGowan beat Campbell Jackson /
Andy Howarth
Steve Beaton / Jon Archer beat Ronnie Baxter
/ Steve Cusick
Co Stompe / Tony Eccles beat Steve Maish /
Daryl Gurney
Andy Hamilton / Colin Osbourne beat Andy Jenkins / Colin
Monk
Semi-Finals:
Smith / McGowan 5-4 Beaton / Archer
Stompe / Eccles 5-3 Hamilton / Osbourne
Final:
Smith / McGowan 5-2 Stompe / Eccles
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