Mick McGowan

Mick McGowan
Personal information
Nickname	The Magnet
Born	February 1, 1973 Duleek, County Meath, Ireland
Home town	Balbriggan, Dublin Ireland
Darts information
Darts	26g Tungsten
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	One Way or Another by Blondie
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2004 - present
Current world ranking	73
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship	2nd Round 2007, 2008
World Matchplay	1st Round 2007
World Grand Prix	1st Round 2008, 2010
Ch'ship League	Initial groups, 8th, 2008
Desert Classic	2nd Round 2006
UK Open	3rd Round 2006
US Open/WSoD	5th Round 2007
Other tournament wins
Tournament	Years
Ireland Open Classic JR & Vauxhall Motors Classic	2006 2006

Mick McGowan (born February 1, 1973 in Duleek, County Meath) is an Irish darts player. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation events, where he is Ireland's top ranked player. Mick picked up the 2006 Ireland Open Classic title with a 7-0 (sets) win over Kevin Painter in the final in Castlebar, County Mayo.

It marked a successful 12 months for Mick, who reached the final of the PDPA Players Championship in Scotland in November 2005 before qualifying for the Las Vegas Desert Classic the following June. He knocked out America's Ray Carver 6-3 in the first round before losing to Wes Newton at the last 16 stage. The Irishman went down 8-7 to Mark Walsh in the third round at the 2006 UK Open Darts finals, but bounced back in Las Vegas to come through the qualifiers.

In the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship he reached the second round before losing to Phil Taylor 4-1 despite averaging an amazing 101.82. He lost in the same round the next year, this time to Kirk Shepherd, who reached the final. In the US Open Darts in 2007 he reached the 5th round before being stopped by John Part.

In the 2008 Las Vegas Desert Classic, Mick qualified with a magnificent display of darts, he played Terry Jenkins in the first round and went down 6-4 in a tight game. He has also qualified for World Grand Prix finishing Ireland's number 1 player in the order of merit. He drew Jenkins yet again and was beaten 2-0 in sets.

McGowan began sliding down the world rankings in 2009 after a run of bad form led by illness where he was diagnosed with hemochromatosis, where he had too much iron in his blood, 2500 ferritins which was way over the average of 50 ferritins. He had to go to hospital every week from January to have a pint of blood taken out to thin the iron which affected his practise due to chronic fatigue. McGowan was given the all-clear on the eve of the 2009 World Grand Prix.^[1]

In 2010 Mick was defeated by the struggling Wanyne Mardle in the UK Open by 6 legs to 3.

References

1. ^ Magnet Receives All-Clear

External links

• Profile and stats on Darts Database

Persondata
Name	Macgowan, Mick
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Date of birth	February 1, 1973
Place of birth	Duleek, County Meath, Ireland
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