Tyrone Individual Darts Championship 2007

Mickey Mansell 2007  Tyrone Individual  Champion

Mickey Mansell (Cloneo) 2007 Champion

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ickey Mansell defeated Paul Mein (Dungannon) 5-2 in the final to take the 4^th annual Tyrone Individual Darts Championship title on Saturday evening when the Clonoe player was crowned champion for the first time in the four year history. 

Over 60 Tyrone based players made there way to the Coach Inn Omagh for the fourth staging of Tyrone individual darts championship with players representing pub and club venues throughout the county from Strabane, Newtownstewart, Omagh, Tattyreagh, Fintona, Eskra, Dromore, Clogher, Augher, Dungannon, Coalisland all trying to be crowned champion as well as trying to defeat the current champion Felix Mc Brearty who has hell the title for the past two years and who was in tremendous form leading up to this years event. 

Throughout the day the Clonoe player Mickey Mansell was in brilliant form recording big finishes, a lot of 180’s as well as checking out on 11, 13 and 15 dart games which can only be describe as TV standard.

Mickey started his title victory campaign with a 4-0 win over Gareth Mc Gonigle (Omagh) in the last-64, followed that up with a superb 4-1 victory over the 2004 champion Colin Strong (Clabby) in the last-32.  

Mickey’s toughest game came in the last-16 when the Clonoe player was pushed all the way right down to the wire by a real Tyrone dart legend Danny Mc Callion (Strabane) who just missed the bull-eyes for a 130 checkout for victory but up steps Mickey who finished and fall over the line on this occasion on a 4-3 score-line. 

The ¼-finals and semi-finals once again seen Mickey produce brilliant darts to move into his second final in the prestigious event of the Tyrone individual darts championship by recording fantastic wins over Davy Harris (Dungannon, 4-1) and great 4-0 win over Strabane’s Joe Lynsie in the semi-finals… 

In the final Mickey would come up against another East Tyrone player and former N. Ireland international Paul Mein from Dungannon who also played superb darts throughout the tournament to reach his first Tyrone Individual Darts Championship final also recording great results along the way which included a 4-2 victory over the current champion Felix Mc Brearty in the semi-finals….. 

The final seen Mickey Mansell get out of the blocks early to race into a four nil lead only to see Paul pull the next two back before Mickey claimed victory in the next game to run out a 5-2 winner in front of the large crowd to be crowned the 2007 Tyrone Individual Darts Championship champion for the first time in the four year history of the event and receive the £500 winners cheque and the perpetual crystal trophy for his efforts…. 

The organisers would like to take this opportunity in thanking each and every venue for hosting qualifying heats in there own venues throughout the year, to all the players and board markers who where tremendous in there approach and support in this years event, to all the sports editors from newspapers throughout the county for there help in promoting this fantastic event week in, week out  and last but no way least to Connor Quinn the manager and his staff of the Coach Inn venue for the warm welcome they give to each and every player and spectators who made these championships a great success.   

The organisers also stated at the presentation they would still like to see and will be trying to get  the towns and villages that wasn’t represented in this championships to come forward next year to get involved. We would like to see venues come forward and take part from Castlederg, Drumquinn, Cookstown, Moortown, Beragh, Ballygawley, Fivemiletown, Stewartstown just to mention a few….

  

Results:

 

Final:

 

Paul Mein (Dungannon, runner-up) and Mickey Mansell (Cloneo, winner)

 

Mickey Mansell  5-2  Paul Mein

 

Semi-Finals:

 

The two beaton semi-finalists Felix Mc Brearty (Dromore) and Joe Lynsie (Strabane)...

 

 

Mickey Mansell 4-0 Joe Lynsie

Paul Mein 4-2  Felix Mc Brearty

 

¼-Finals:

 

The four 1/4-finals LtoR: Mark Summerville (Clogher), Justin Mc Guigan (Tattyreagh), Sean Gallagher (Fintona) and Davy Harris (Dungannon

 

 

Joe Lynsie 4-0 Justin Mc Guigan

Mickey Mansell 4-3 Danny Mc Callion

Paul Mein 4-1 Mark Summerville

Felix Mc Brearty 4-3  Sean Gallagher

 

Last-16:

Joe Lysine (Strabane)  4-2  Mark Colton (Omagh)

Justin Mc Guigan (Tattyreagh) 4-2  Alan Henderson (Strabane)

Mickey Mansell (Clonoe) 4-3 Danny Mc Callion (Strabane)

Davy Harris (Dungannon) 4-1 Peter Mc Dermott (Newtownstewart)

Paul Mein (Dungannon) 4-0 Paul Mayse (Newtownstewart)

Mark Summerville (Clogher) 4-1 Stephen Foley (Strabane)

Sean Gallagher (Fintona) 4-1 Kevin Kildea (Strabane)

Felix Mc Brearty (Dromore) 4-0 Eddie Jones (Sixmilecross)