Kyle McKinstry

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Kyle McKinstry
Personal information
Nickname"The Village Man"
Born (1986-08-26) 26 August 1986 (age 37)
Tandragee, Northern Ireland
Home town Moygashel, Northern Ireland
Darts information
Playing darts since2004
Darts24 Gram
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Penny Arcade" by Roy Orbison
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2014–2019
PDC 2020
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Quarter Finals: 2019
World Masters Last 32: 2015
World Trophy Quarter Finals: 2018
Finder Masters Last 24 Group: 2017
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open Last 16: 2020
Other tournament wins
England Open 2018
Hal Masters 2017
Northern Ireland Open 2017, 2019
PDC Challenge Tour 2019

Kyle McKinstry (born 26 August 1986) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who is currently serving an eight-year ban from the sport [1] after admitting to match fixing in 2020. [2]

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Career

In 2017, McKinstry won the Hal Masters and the Northern Ireland Open. He qualified for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship as number 17 in the BDO rankings, but he lost 3–2 to Richard Veenstra in the first round. The following year, he qualified for the tournament once again, and has beaten Chris Landman 3–2 in the first round, David Cameron 4–3 in the second round and losing to Glen Durrant 5–2 in the Quarter Finals.

In 2020, McKinstry debut of the 2020 UK Open has beaten Fallon Sherrock in the first round, Jason Heaver in the second round, Stephen Burton in the third round, Bradley Brooks in the forth round, Martin Schindler in the fifth round and losing to Dimitri Van den Bergh 10–8 in the Sixth Round. In August 2020, McKinstry and Wessel Nijman were suspended for match-fixing during Modus Live League games. [2] [3] McKinstry was eventually served with an eight-year ban from the sport following the DRA inquiry. [1]

World Championship results

BDO

Performance timeline

Tournament201520162017201820192020
BDO World Championship DNQ 1R QF DNQ
BDO World Trophy DNQ QF 1R NH
Winmau World Masters L32 L48 L48 DNPNH
Zuiderduin Masters DNQ RR DNQNot held
UK Open Did not qualify 6R
Performance Table Legend
DNPDid not play at the eventDNQDid not qualify for the eventNYFNot yet founded#Rlost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QFlost in the quarter-finalsSFlost in the semi-finalsRUlost in the finalWwon the tournament

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References

  1. 1 2 "MCKINSTRY BANNED FROM DARTS FOR EIGHT YEARS DUE TO MATCH FIXING". DartsNews. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Wessel Nijman and Kyle McKinstry suspended with match-fixing cases to answer". Sky Sports . 18 August 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Kyle McKinstry & Wessel Nijman suspended over match-fixing claims". BBC . 18 August 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
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