Jamie Harvey

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Jamie Harvey (born August 15, 1955 in Glasgow) is a Scottish darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation. He currenly resides in Barrhead. Harvey uses the the nickname Bravedart for his matches- a play on the lead character from the film Braveheart. As darts began to introduce entrance tunes for its players during the 1990s, Harvey used to come to stage whilst the tune The Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond was played. It was one of the longest and most entertaining entrances in the game at the time.

He was one of the players who started the Professional Darts Corporation (then known as the World Darts Council, WDC) in 1993 and played at every World Championship between 1994 and 2006. His ranking has slipped in the past few years and he started 2007 ranked 48 in the world, but failed to qualify for the 2007 World Championship.

His best performance came in 1996 at Circus Tavern, when he reached the World Championship semi-finals but lost 1-5 to Dennis Priestley. He never made the final of any of the major PDC tournaments, but has won the Antwerp Open and also the Scottish Masters in his home country. He remained one of the most popular players on the circuit throughout his career.