Northern Ireland Open (darts) explained

Tournament Name:	Northern Ireland Open
Venue:	Bellini's
Location:	Newry
Establishment:	2003
Organisation:	WDF
Format:	Legs
Current Champion:	Kyle McKinstry (men's) Kirsty Hutchinson (women's)

The Northern Ireland Open ^[1] is a darts tournament that has been held since 2003.

List of tournaments

Men's

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Total Prize Money	Champion	Runner-up
2003		beat	Darryl Fitton	£3,400	£1,200	£600
2004		beat		£3,400	£1,200	£600
2005		2 – 0	Tony Eccles	£3,400	£1,200	£600
2006	Mark Webster	beat	Darryl Fitton	£3,400	£1,200	£600
2007	(2)	2 – 1	Darryl Fitton	£3,500	£1,500	£700
2008		2 – 0	Darryl Fitton	£3,650	£1,600	£750
2009	Martin Atkins	2 – 0	Willy van de Wiel	£3,650	£1,600	£750
2010	Robbie Green	2 – 0	Ewan Hyslop	£3,650	£1,600	£750
2011	Tony O'Shea	2 – 1	Martin McCloskey	£3,600	£1,600	£700
2012		2 – 0	Willy van de Wiel	£3,600	£1,600	£700
2013		6 – 5	Glenn Spearing	£3,600	£1,600	£700
2014	(2)	6 – 2	Martin Phillips	£3,600	£1,600	£700
2015	Colin McGarry	6 – 2	Mick McGowan	£3,650	£1,600	£750
2016	Keith Rooney	7 – 3	Kyle McKinstry	£3,650	£1,600	£750
2017	Kyle McKinstry	6 – 4	Dave Parletti	£5,000	£1,800	£800
2018		6 – 0	Francis Carragher	£5,000	£2,000	£800
2019	(2)	6 – 5		£5,000	£2,000	£800

Women's

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Total Prize Money	Champion	Runner-up
2003	Carina Ekberg	beat	Crissy Manley
2004	Jan Robbins	beat	Dee Bateman
2005	Trina Gulliver	beat	Francis Hoenselaar
2006	Julie Gore	beat	Francis Hoenselaar
2007	Denise Cassidy	beat	Trina Gulliver
2008	Francis Hoenselaar	5 – 2	Trina Gulliver
2009	Karen Lawman	beat	Denise Cassidy
2010	Denise Cassidy	5 – 4	Dawn Campbell
2011	Sarah Thornbury	5 – 4	Anastasia Dobromyslova
2012	Deta Hedman	bt.	Fallon Sherrock
2013	Deta Hedman	bt.	Rachel Brooks
2014	Paula Jacklin	5–1	Kayleigh O'Neill
2015	Deta Hedman	5–2	Trina Gulliver
2016	Deta Hedman	5–3	Anastasia Dobromyslova
2017	Anastasia Dobromyslova	5–0	Paula Jacklin
2018	Lorraine Winstanley	5–2	Anastasia Dobromyslova	£1,325	£650	£275
2019		5–0		£1,325	£650	£275

Boys

Year	Champion		Score	Runner-Up		Prize Money			Venue
						Total
2012	Jason McConnell	align=center	n/a	align=center	beat	Mark Connolly	align=center	n/a	align=center	—	align=center	—	align=center	—	Bellini's, Newry
2014		align=center	n/a	align=center	beat	Mark Connolly	align=center	n/a	align=center	—	align=center	—	align=center	—
2015	(2)	align=center	n/a	align=center	beat		align=center	n/a	align=center	—	align=center	—	align=center	—
2016		align=center	n/a	align=center	beat	Gareth Kilgallon	align=center	n/a	align=center	—	align=center	—	align=center	—
2022		align=center		align=center			align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center

Girls

Year	Champion		Score	Runner-Up		Prize Money			Venue
						Total
2012	Kayleigh O'Neill	align=center	n/a	align=center	beat	Emma Smith	align=center	n/a	align=center	—	align=center	—	align=center	—	Bellini's, Newry
2015	Jamie O'Connor	align=center	n/a	align=center	beat	Hanna Balmer	align=center	n/a	align=center	—	align=center	—	align=center	—
2022		align=center		align=center			align=center		align=center		align=center		align=center

Tournament records

• Most wins 3: Fred McMullan.
• Most Finals 4: Darryl Fitton.
• Most Semi Finals 4: Darryl Fitton, Gary Robson.
• Most Quarter Finals 4: Darryl Fitton, Gary Anderson, Gary Robson.
• Most Appearances 6: Martin Atkins.
• Most Prize Money won £3,200: Glen Durrant.
• Best winning average (.) : v's,, .
• Youngest Winner age 16: Michael van Gerwen.
• Oldest Winner age 50: Tony O'Shea.

See also

• List of BDO ranked tournaments
• List of WDF tournaments

Notes and References

1. Web site: Events Dairy-2016. bdodarts.com. British Darts Organisation. 12 January 2016.