Dennis Harbour

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Dennis Harbour
Personal information
NicknameThe Harbour Master
Born (1961-06-28) 28 June 1961 (age 62)
Peterborough, England
Home town Peterborough
Darts information
Playing darts since1979
Darts20 gram Unicorn
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music Eye of the Tiger by Survivor
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 1985–2003, 2005–2020
PDC 2003–2004
WDF 1985–2003, 2005–
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Quarter Final: 2016
World Masters Last 32: 1989, 1994, 2014, 2015
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open Last 32: 2004
WSDT major events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 16: 2023
Other tournament wins
Cambridgeshire Open 2014
Isle of Man Open 2015
Latvia Open 2014
Scottish Open 2015

Dennis Harbour (born 28 June 1961) is a former English darts player. His nickname was The Harbour Master.

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Career

Harbour played in the 1989 Winmau World Masters and lost in the first round to Dave Whitcombe. He returned to the Masters in 1994, again losing in the first round to Mike Gregory. After many years in the circuit, Harbour finally qualified for the BDO World Darts Championship in 2003, defeating James Wade in the first round before losing to Mervyn King. Harbour then played in the PDC in UK Open regionals and a last 16 place in the Welsh Regional Final helped him qualify for the 2004 UK Open, beating the only lady on the field Deta Hedman in the first round and then defeated Wayne Atwood and Adrian Lewis to reach the last 32 stage where he lost to Wayne Mardle. Harbour qualified for Lakeside a second time, doing so in 2006. On this occasion, he was drawn against another qualifier Jelle Klaasen of the Netherlands. Harbour took a 2–0 lead before Klaasen mounted a comeback and went on to win the match 3–2 and eventually became the youngest ever World Champion in history. Harbour appeared as a contestant on the popular darts quiz show Bullseye and managed to win a car. [1] Harbour has qualified for the 2016 BDO World Championships, this was a result of a fine performance in 2015 winning the Scottish Open and Isle of Man Open beating Glen Durrant in both finals. Dennis also owns the world record for most 180s in a row without winning a set with 7.

World Championship results

BDO

WSDT

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