Brian Woods (darts player)

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Brian Woods

Personal information
Nickname	Pecker
Date of birth	November 9, 1966 (1966-11-09) (age 41)
Place of birth	, England
Home town	Egremont, England
Darts information
Playing darts since
Darts	18g Slim Knurled Dart
Walk-on music	Don't Stop Me Now by Queen
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2003 to present
Current World Ranking	14 (BDO) 17 (WDF) 8 (IDPA)
BDO Grand Slam Events - Best Performances
World Ch'ship	Semi-Final 2008
World Masters	Quarter Final 2005, 2006
Other Tournament Wins
Tournament	Years
England National Singles Isle of Man Open IDPA Lakeside Classic IDPA White Rose Classic Pontins May Day Festival	2003 2005 2007 2008 2008

Brian Woods (born November 9, 1966) is an English darts player who competes in events organised by the British Darts Organisation. He lives in Egremont, Cumbria and uses the nickname Pecker for his matches. His best career achievement to date was reaching the semi-finals of the 2008 BDO World Darts Championship

Woods has competed on the BDO/WDF circuit for several years. Winning the National Singles title 2003 and the Isle of Man Open title in 2005 and reaching the semi-finals of the English Open in 2003, the Welsh Masters in 2007 and the British Open in 2007. He has also made it to the quarter-finals of the Scottish Open in 2005 and the televised Winmau World Masters in 2005 and 2006.

He made his World Championship debut in 2006, losing a first round match to Mervyn King 0-3. The following year, he also went out in the first round to Niels de Ruiter 0-3. Woods then produced his best run of his career so far at the 2008 World Championship beating Paul Hanvidge, Co Stompe and Scott Waites, the number three seed, before losing 3-6 to Simon Whitlock in the semi-finals.

He has continued his good form from Lakeside in 2008 by gain ranking points in most of the events he has entered and won the Pontins May Day Festival Singles Title, 2008, and the mixed Doubles Title, 2008, with doubles partner and English International Trisha Wright.

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Woods is a fan of martial arts, especially karate and is a supporter of Liverpool F.C.