Glenn Spearing

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Glenn Spearing
Personal information
NicknameThe Honey Monster
Born (1985-06-01) 1 June 1985 (age 39)
Republic of Ireland
Home town Neilstown, Dublin
Darts information
Playing darts since2005
Darts21 Gram Kongs
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music The Archies: Sugar, Sugar
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2010-2014
PDC 2014–2015
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters Last 48: 2012
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open Last 128: 2014
Other tournament wins
INDO Galway 2013
INDO Kilkenny 2013
INDO Mayo 2013
INDO Rathkeale 2013
Ireland National Championships 2013
Ireland Players Championship 2012, 2013, 2013

Glenn Spearing (born 1 June 1985) is a former Irish professional darts player. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.

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Career

Spearing was a prolific winner of Irish darts tournaments in 2012 and 2013 as he picked up eight titles during that time. In 2014, he entered Qualifying School in an attempt to join the PDC circuit full-time, coming closest on the final day when he lost in the last 32 to Joe Murnan. [1] For competing he earned PDPA associate member status which gave him entry into UK Open and European Tour qualifiers. [2] Spearing qualified for the German Darts Championship and beat Magnus Caris 6–2, before being whitewashed 6–0 by Gary Anderson in the last 32 which represents his deepest run in a PDC event to date. [3] Spearing also qualified for the UK Open for the time, but lost 5–2 to Antonio Alcinas in the first round. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "2014 PDC Tour Card Qualifying School Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "2014 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "2014 PDC German Darts Championship Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Coral UK Open - Friday Afternoon". PDC. 7 March 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2014.


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