Michael Mansell | |||
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Personal information | |||
Nickname | Clonoe Cyclone | ||
Born |
Northern Ireland |
31 August 1973 ||
Home town |
Clonoe Northern Ireland |
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Darts information | |||
Laterality | Left-handed | ||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
BDO | 2006–2010 | ||
PDC | 2010– | ||
Current world ranking | 67 | ||
BDO majors - best performances | |||
World Masters | Last 128: 2006 | ||
PDC premier events - best performances | |||
World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2013, 2015 | ||
World Grand Prix | Last 16: 2014 | ||
UK Open | Last 32: 2013 | ||
Players Ch'ship Finals | Last 64: 2016 | ||
Other tournament wins | |||
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Michael "Mickey" Mansell (born 31 August 1973) is an Irish darts player from County Tyrone who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.
In October 2010, Mansell reached the semi-finals of a Players Championship in Dublin. A week later, he qualified for the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship after defeating Stephen Byrne to win the Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay. He was beaten 0–4 in the preliminary round by New Zealand's Preston Ridd.
Mansell qualified for the 2011 PDC Pro Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the third day of the Pro Tour's Q School.
On 2 May 2011, Mansell won his place in the UK Open in June. He finished inside the top 96 after the 8 UK Open qualifiers were held. At the tournament he lost in the last 64 to James Wade 2–9.
He represented Northern Ireland with Brendan Dolan in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and together they reached the quarter-finals, where they were defeated by the Netherlands 0–4, having beaten Denmark in the second round. Mansell had a good season in the new European Tour events by qualifying for three of the five tournaments. He lost in the last 32 of the European Darts Open, and in the last 16 of both the German Darts Championship (beat Jamie Caven and Dean Winstanley, before losing to Wes Newton) and the German Darts Masters (beat Mervyn King and Paul Nicholson, before losing to Adrian Lewis). Mansell played in his first World Grand Prix in October as he was one of the two Irish qualifiers. He was beaten by Paul Nicholson 0–2 in sets, averaging just 64.48 in the event where a double must be hit to start and end every leg.