Shane McGuirk

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Shane McGuirk
Personal information
Nickname"The Arrow"
Born (1995-05-09) 9 May 1995 (age 29) [1]
Castleblayney, County Monaghan, Ireland
Home townCastleblayney, County Monaghan, Ireland [2]
Darts information
Playing darts since2018
Darts23g Target
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"We Will Rock You" by Queen
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2018–2020
PDC 2020–
WDF 2018–
Current world ranking 26 New black yellow.svg (8 December 2024) [3] (WDF)
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Winner (1): 2024
World Masters Last 32: 2018
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open Last 160: 2020, 2021
Other tournament wins
Irish Open 2023
FCD Anniversary Open 2022

Youth events

PDC Development Tour 2019

Shane McGuirk (born 9 May 1995) is an Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He is the reigning WDF World Champion after winning the 2024 WDF World Darts Championship, becoming the first world darts champion from the Republic of Ireland. He is also a former Irish Open and FCD Anniversary Open champion. McGuirk won a title on PDC Development Tour in 2019.

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Career

2018–2021

McGuirk reached the Last 16 of the 2018 World Masters, losing to 2015 BDO World Champion Scott Mitchell 3–1 in sets. [4]

He had success on the PDC Development Tour in 2019, reaching two finals before winning his first Development Tour title in Event 13, defeating Keane Barry 5–4 in the final. [5] [6]

McGuirk attended UK Qualifying School (Q-School) in 2021, where he achieved a nine-dart finish but missed out on a PDC Tour Card by one point. [7] [8]

2022–2023

McGuirk won his first WDF title after beating Andy Baetens 5–4 in the final of the 2022 FCD Anniversary Open. [9] He followed this by winning the 2023 Irish Open which granted him a spot at the 2024 WDF World Darts Championship. [10]

2024

After finishing 35th on the UK Q-School Order of Merit, McGuirk competed in the 2024 PDC Challenge Tour series, averaging 100 in 5–2 victories over Max Hopp and Ryan O'Connor on his way to the quarter-finals at Challenge Tour 7 (CT7), where he lost to Dennie Olde Kalter 5–4 in a last-leg decider. [11] He reached the semi-finals at CT8, losing to Andy Boulton 5–2. [12] He reached another quarter-final at CT21, losing there to Dragutin Horvat 5–1. [13] In his first round match at CT21, he averaged 119.29 in a 5–0 whitewash victory against Stefaan Henderyck. [14]

McGuirk received call–ups for 2024 PDC Players Championship series events 9, 10, and 22 filling in as a reserve for an absent tour card holder virtue of his ranking on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit. McGuirk lost to Mario Vandenbogaerde 6–5 in a deciding leg in the first round of Players Championship 9 (PC9). At PC10 McGuirk defeated Nick Kenny 6–1 before losing to Ryan Joyce 6–2 in the second round. At PC22, he whitewashed Owen Roelofs 6–0 and won 6–2 against Vincent van der Voort, but was defeated by Mike De Decker, who averaged 101.42, 6–3 in the last 32.

At the 2024 WDF World Darts Championship, McGuirk entered the competition in the first round, where he defeated Mark Barilli 2–0. [15] He then beat Edwin Torbjörnsson 3–0 without missing a dart at double. [16] With 3–0, 4–0 and 5–0 wins over Brandon Weening, Peter Machin and François Schweyen respectively, McGuirk reached the final without losing a set. In the final, where he faced Paul Lim, McGuirk raced into a 4–0 lead against the Singaporean veteran. Lim brought it back to 4–1, which was McGuirk's first set lost in the tournament. McGuirk went 5–1 up, one set away from the title, before Lim won the next two sets to close the gap to 5–3. In the end, McGuirk won the final 6–3, whitewashing Lim 3–0 in the final set. He became the first player from the Republic of Ireland to win a senior darts world championship. [17] [18] [19]

Personal life

Outside of darts, McGuirk was a former underage player with Aughnamullen GAA. [20]

World Championship results

WDF

Career finals

WDF major finals: (1 title)

Legend
World Championship (1–0)
OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore [N 1]
Winner1. 2024 World Darts Championship Flag of Singapore.svg   Paul Lim 6–3 (s)
  1. ↑ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

Performance timeline

Tournament2018201920202021202220232024
PDC Ranked televised events
UK Open DNQ 1R 1R DNQ
PDC Non-ranked televised events
PDC World Youth Championship RR RR Did not play
BDO/WDF Ranked televised events
WDF World Championship Did not play W
Irish Open Did not play W 6R
Winmau World Masters 6R DNPNHDNPNHDNP
Career statistics
Year-end ranking (PDC)---186--159
Performance Table Legend
WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R
RR
L#		Lost in # round
Round-robin
Last # stage		DQDisqualified
DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded

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