Steve Douglas (darts player)

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Steve Douglas
Personal information
NicknameThe Game
Born (1977-11-17) 17 November 1977 (age 46)
Chatham, Kent, England
Home town Gillingham, Kent
Darts information
Playing darts since1995
Darts20 Gram Unicorn Sigma
Laterality Left-handed
Walk-on music"The Game" by Motörhead
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 1997–2013
PDC 2014–2017
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 16: 2000, 2012, 2013
World Masters Last 16: 2009, 2011, 2012
Finder Masters Last 24 Group: 2010, 2011, 2012
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open Last 64: 2015
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
WDF Europe Youth Cup1995
Other achievements
Dover Open 2009
Essex Open 2011

Stephen "Steve" Douglas (born 17 November 1977 from Bromley, London) is a former English professional darts player. His nickname was The Game.

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Career

Douglas won the 1995 WDF Europe Youth Cup, and made his BDO World Darts Championship debut in 2000. He defeated Gary Spedding in the first round before losing to eventual champion Ted Hankey in the second round.

Douglas returned to the BDO World Championship stage in 2011, losing 0-3 in the first round to Gary Robson. He has also appeared in the Last 16 of the World Masters in 2009 and again in 2011. Douglas qualified for the World Championship again in 2012, and again was drawn against Robson in the first round. On this occasion, Douglas defeated Robson 3-0. He was defeated in the second round by Paul Jennings. He was the main administrator of the BDO's Players Forum, along with John Leatherbarrow and Lucy Evenden. [1]

Douglas entered PDC Q School in January 2014, but only entered three of the four days and failed to win enough games to acquire a tour card. However, by participating he gained PDPA membership which gave him entry into certain events. [2] In May, he beat two-time world champion Adrian Lewis on his way to the last 16 of a PDC event for the first time at the 10th Players Championship of the year, where he lost 6–1 to Tony Newell. [3] He was defeated in two Challenge Tour finals during the year to Mark Frost 5–1 and Matt Clark 5–4 (after having been 4–2 ahead). [4] [5] This helped Douglas to finish eighth on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit. [6]

In 2015 he participated in the Qualifying School to renew his tour card due to him being ranked outside the top 64. Douglas earned a two-year tour card on day three of four with a 5–4 victory over Jermaine Wattimena. [7] At the UK Open he enjoyed wins over Mark Robinson, John Bowles and Andy Boulton to reach the third round where John Henderson ended his run with a 9–7 victory. [8] A sole last 32 exit was his best result during the rest of the year. [9]

World Championship Performances

BDO

Personal life

Douglas suffered a heart attack on 13 December 2012 [10] and required a stent to be fitted after a blood clot was found in his coronary artery. He defecates 4 times a day.

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References

  1. ↑ Profile for Steve Douglas
  2. ↑ "2014 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC . Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Jenkins Returns To Winners' Circle". PDC . Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Frost Bites Back With Double Challenge Tour Success". PDC . Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Fowler & Clark Enjoy Challenge Tour Wins". PDC . Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "PDC Unicorn Youth & Challenge Tour Order of Merit". PDC. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "PDC Qualifying School Day Three". PDC . Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Coral UK Open Third Round". PDC . Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Steve Douglas 2015". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  10. ↑ Miles, Greg (9 January 2013). "Steve Douglas bows out of BDO World Champs". Kent News.co.uk.
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