25/09/11- Top world darts players to compete in Campbeltown!

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25/09/11- Top world darts players to compete in Campbeltown!

Postby Kintyre Forum News » Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:02 am

Sunday 25th September 2011
Victoria Hall, Campbeltown
Doors Open - 7pm - Starts 8pm Sharp.


Campbeltown will play host to some of the top darts players in the world during September weekend as Raymond Van Barnaveld, James Wade, Simon Whitlock and Gary Robson all travel to Campbeltown to compete in an exhibtion match organised by local company Scotia Events.

The event will be all seated with tables and will certainly feel like the real thing with big TV screens, entrance music and MC Pro. As well as the professional dart players playing each other they will play 21 local dart players which is sure to add to the entertainment!

Tickets are £25 and available from AP TAylors in the town's Main Street.

Raymond van Barneveld (born 20 April 1967 in The Hague, Netherlands), nickname Barney and The Man, 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. In total he has won 11 BDO Majors (4 World Championships, 2 World Masters, 3 World Darts Trophies and 2 International Darts league titles) as well as 4 PDC Premier Events (1 World Championship, 2 UK Opens, and 1 Las Vegas Desert Classic)

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James Wade (born James Martin Wade on 6 April 1983 in Aldershot, Hampshire) is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He became the youngest player ever to win a major PDC title at the World Matchplay in July 2007. He has since won the 2007 World Grand Prix, the 2008 and 2011 UK Opens, the 2009 Premier League, the 2010 World Grand Prix and 2010 Championship League Darts, and has been at a career-high ranking of second in the PDC Order of Merit. James Wade is officially the second most successful player in PDC history, after Phil Taylor.

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Simon Whitlock (born 3 March 1969 in Australia, is an Australian darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, although he did have a spell playing in the rival organisation, the British Darts Organisation. He uses the nickname The Wizard for his matches. His walk-on music is Down Under by Men At Work.

His greatest career achievement to date was finishing runner-up to Phil Taylor at the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship having successfully made the switch from the BDO. He claimed that the prize money gained from the tournament which included money for the highest checkout (joint with Taylor) will allow him to move over to the UK from Australia and compete on the PDC tour.

His defeat also made him the first, and so far only, player to have never won a World Championship after reaching both the BDO and PDC World Championship Final.

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Gary "Big Robbo" Robson (born 19 June 1967) is a professional darts player from Cramlington, Northumberland, who is currently playing in British Darts Organisation events.

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