Rachel Brooks

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Rachel Brooks
Personal information
Born (1963-09-30) 30 September 1963 (age 59)
Doncaster, England
Home town Wroot
Darts information
Playing darts since2008
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Rockin' All Over the World" by Status Quo
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2012–2017
PDC 2017-
WDF Platinum – best performances
World Ch'ship Quarter Final: 2015
World Masters Runner Up: 2013
World Trophy Quarter Final: 2015, 2017
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
Czech Open
Finnish Open
Turkish Open
2012
2013
2013

Rachel Brooks (born 30 September 1963, from Wroot) is an English darts player.

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Career

Brooks started playing darts when she was 45, and now competes on the international level. In 2012, she won her first tournament, the Czech Open, and in 2013 she won the World Masters. She had many other good results that year, and qualified for the Women's World Championship in 2014 as the number five seed. [1] Brooks lost her first-round game against Ann-Louise Peters. [2] Brooks has now joined the PDC organisation and will be competing against men

World Championship Results

BDO

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References

  1. "Darts: BDO ace Brooks closes in on Lakeside target". South Yorkshire Times. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 "BDO World Darts Championships 2014: Results". BBC. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  3. "BDO World Darts Championships 2015: Full results". BBC. Retrieved 11 February 2015.