Paul Hanvidge

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Paul Hanvidge (born June 15, 1961) is a Scottish darts player who lives in Barrhead, Glasgow. His best achievement is twice reaching the quarter finals of the Lakeside World Championship.

Hanvidge was the 2005 German Open Champion and made his World Championship debut in 2004, losing a first round match to Jarkko Komula. He missed out on qualification for the event in 2005, but returned in 2006 and beat Co Stompe and Simon Whitlock before losing 3-5 to Shaun Greatbatch in the last eight.

He made the quarter-finals again in 2007, beating Martin Phillips and Albertino Essers before losing to 50-year old qualifier, Phil Nixon in the quarter-finals. His appearance at Lakeside was tinged with sadness - he wore a black armband in memory of his mother, who died on Christmas Day.

In 2008, he suffered a first-round exit, losing to Brian Woods, whose average of 96.51 was the highest of the first round.