Barrie Bates
Encyclopedia
Barrie Bates is a darts
player currently residing in Bedlinog
, Mid-Glamorgan. He plays in the Professional Darts Corporation
and is a regular on the circuit. His nickname is "Batesy".
Bates made his PDC televised debut at the 2003 UK Open
reaching the third round. In 2005 he narrowly lost a last-32 match to Lionel Sams
at the UK Open and made a superb run to the final in 2006 before losing to Raymond van Barneveld
.
He made a great impression on the circuit in 2006, winning the John Smiths Singles in February and May's Le Skratch Sarantos Retsinas Memorial event in Montreal. He also reached two Regional Finals of the UK Open in March (losing to Chris Mason
and to van Barneveld in November. He reached two PDPA Players Championship finals in 2006 losing to Colin Lloyd
in the Isle of Wight in June, but beat Phil Taylor to take his biggest title to date in the Netherlands event in November.
He made his World Championship debut in 2007 as the number 17 seed, but suffered a surprise first round defeat to Canadian Brian Cyr
. In the 2008 World Championship, Bates got to the third round only to lose to Kirk Shepherd
. In the 2009 tournament, Bates defeated Northern Ireland
's Felix McBrearty
and American
Bill Davis
to reach the third round again, this time meeting Mark Dudbridge
, winning 4-0 with checkout percentage of 60% to reach the quarter finals for the very first time. He lost in the quarters however, falling to twelfth seed Mervyn King by five sets to two.
His success at events away from the television cameras during 2006 helped him to win the award of "Best Floor Player" at the first PDC Awards dinner. It refers to the non-televised events which feature many boards alongside each other on a smaller arena floor.
Darts
Darts is a form of throwing game where darts are thrown at a circular target fixed to a wall. Though various boards and games have been used in the past, the term "darts" usually now refers to a standardised game involving a specific board design and set of rules...
player currently residing in Bedlinog
Bedlinog
Bedlinog is a small village located in the Taff Bargoed Valley 10 km north of Pontypridd, 10 km west of Caerphilly and 10 km south east of Merthyr Tydfil in south-east Wales...
, Mid-Glamorgan. He plays in the Professional Darts Corporation
Professional Darts Corporation
The Professional Darts Corporation is a professional darts organization, established in the United Kingdom during 1992, when a group of leading professional players split from the British Darts Organisation to form what was initially called the World Darts Council...
and is a regular on the circuit. His nickname is "Batesy".
Bates made his PDC televised debut at the 2003 UK Open
2003 UK Open Darts
The 2003 UK Open was the first edition of the UK Open darts tournament organised by the PDC. The tournament was won by Phil Taylor who defeated Shayne Burgess in the final with 18-8.-Preliminary Round: best of 9 legs...
reaching the third round. In 2005 he narrowly lost a last-32 match to Lionel Sams
Lionel Sams
Lionel Jeffrey Sams is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments. He uses the nickname The Lion for his matches....
at the UK Open and made a superb run to the final in 2006 before losing to Raymond van Barneveld
Raymond van Barneveld
Raymond van Barneveld , nickname Barney is a professional darts player. He is a five time World Darts Champion, and two time UK Open Champion. From January to June 2008, he was the PDC world number one ranked player...
.
He made a great impression on the circuit in 2006, winning the John Smiths Singles in February and May's Le Skratch Sarantos Retsinas Memorial event in Montreal. He also reached two Regional Finals of the UK Open in March (losing to Chris Mason
Chris Mason (darts player)
Christopher John Mason is an English darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He uses the nickname Mace the Ace for his matches.- BDO and first PDC spell :...
and to van Barneveld in November. He reached two PDPA Players Championship finals in 2006 losing to Colin Lloyd
Colin Lloyd
Colin Lloyd , nicknamed Jaws, is an English professional darts player on the Professional Darts Corporation circuit. He is a former world number one ranked player and he has won two major television titles in the PDC - the 2004 World Grand Prix and 2005 World Matchplay...
in the Isle of Wight in June, but beat Phil Taylor to take his biggest title to date in the Netherlands event in November.
He made his World Championship debut in 2007 as the number 17 seed, but suffered a surprise first round defeat to Canadian Brian Cyr
Brian Cyr
Brian Cyr is a Canadian darts player who represented Canada in the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship. He beat Barrie Bates to reach the second round losing to Rico Vonck. He is a two-time winner of the Canadian National Championship in 1999 and 2006, the latter title earned him a spot in the PDC...
. In the 2008 World Championship, Bates got to the third round only to lose to Kirk Shepherd
Kirk Shepherd
Kirk Shepherd is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events, and lives in Birmingham, England. He is the youngest player ever to reach a final of the World Professional Darts Championship...
. In the 2009 tournament, Bates defeated Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
's Felix McBrearty
Felix McBrearty
Felix McBrearty is a Northern Irish darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation.McBrearty began playing in PDC ranked event in 2004, playing mainly in Irish tournaments...
and American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Bill Davis
Bill Davis (darts player)
Bill Davis is an American darts player who plays for the Professional Darts Corporation.Davis made his televised debut in the States, taking part in the World Series of Darts in 2006, losing in the first round to Denis Ovens in a tight game...
to reach the third round again, this time meeting Mark Dudbridge
Mark Dudbridge
Mark Daniel Dudbridge is an English professional darts player.-Darts career:He started playing in his very early teens, citing Dennis Priestley as one of his heroes...
, winning 4-0 with checkout percentage of 60% to reach the quarter finals for the very first time. He lost in the quarters however, falling to twelfth seed Mervyn King by five sets to two.
His success at events away from the television cameras during 2006 helped him to win the award of "Best Floor Player" at the first PDC Awards dinner. It refers to the non-televised events which feature many boards alongside each other on a smaller arena floor.