Shayne Burgess
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| Shayne Burgess | ||
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| Personal information | ||
| Nickname | The Bulldog | |
| Date of birth | June 01, 1964 (age 42) | |
| Place of birth | Hastings,  |
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| Home town | Hastings, |
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| Darts information | ||
| Playing darts since | 1992 | |
| Darts | 19gms Elven | |
| Organisation | ||
| BDO | 1992 to 1994; 2007 to present | |
| PDC | 1995 to 2007 | |
| Current World Ranking | unranked | |
| BDO Grand Slam Events - Best Performances | ||
| World Ch'ship | 1st round 1994 | |
| PDC Televised Events - Best Performances | ||
| World Ch'ship | SF 1999 | |
| World Matchplay | SF 1994 | |
| World Grand Prix | RU 1999, 2000 | |
| UK Open | RU 2003 | |
Shayne Burgess (born June 1, 1964 in Hastings) is an English darts player who is one of the few examples of players that has switched from the British Darts Organisation to the Professional Darts Corporation and then later back again. He uses the nickname The Bulldog for his matches.
Burgess reached the quarter finals of the British Open in 1992 and later made his television debut at the 1994 Embassy World Darts Championship but suffered a 0-3 first round defeat to Steve McCollum. He promptly switched to the PDC (then known as the WDC), which was still in its early days. He appeared at the first World Matchplay Championship in the summer of 1994, losing in the semi-fianls to Larry Butler.
[edit] PDC World Championship performances
He made his PDC World Championship debut in 1995, but lost bost of his group matches and it wasn't until he beat Cliff Lazarenko at the 1996 PDC World Championship that he managed to notch his first victory in the event. It still wasn't enough to see him qualify for the quarter-finals. He finally made it through the group stages in the 1998 World Championship, but lost his quarter-final 0-4 to Phil Taylor.
In 1999, Burgess enjoyed his best run in the PDC World Championship by reaching the semi-final beating Rod Harrington on the way. He lost narrowly 4-5 to Peter Manley for a place in the world final. Dennis Priestley then edged Burgess out 5-4 at the quarter-final stage in 2000.
Burgess was seeded third for the 2001 World Championship, but went out 0-3 in the first round to Roland Scholten and Phil Taylor put him out in the second round in 2002. Another first round defeat to Scholten in 2003 was his last appearance at the Circus Tavern as he failed to qualify for the tournament in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
[edit] Other PDC events
Burgess has an excellent record in the major PDC tournaments. He reached the semi-finals of the first ever World Matchplay in 1994. He later reached three major finals, the World Grand Prix in 1999 and 2000 and the UK Open in 2003 - losing to Phil Taylor on all three occasions.
He also picked up the 1998 Boston Witch City Open (all three events), 1998 Yorkshire Classic Open, 1999 Omagh Invitational Charity Tournament and the 2000 German Open titles.
He also made a semi-final appearance at the 1998 World Grand Prix and the quarter-finals of the 1999 World Matchplay. But his form did deteriorate dramatically, and he suffered one of the rare 10-0 whitewashes at the 2002 World Matchplay to Phil Taylor and other than his resurgant performance at the 2003 UK Open, he has failed to maintain his impact on the PDC circuit. His world ranking, which once reached number two in the world fell outside the top 100 and in January 2007, it was confirmed that he had rejoined the BDO circuit [1].
[edit] External links
- GFCUK - Shayne Burgess' sponsor Profile
