Russell Stewart

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Russell Stewart
Personal information
Nickname	Rusty
Date of birth	October 9, 1960 (1960-10-09) (age 47)
Place of birth	,  Australia
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	Since 1983
Current World Ranking	49 (WDF)
BDO Grand Slam Events - Best Performances
World Ch'ship	Last 16 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1995
World Masters	Quarter Finals 1985, 1988
Other Tournament Wins
Tournament	Years
Scottish Open Australian Masters Australian Grand Masters Central Coast Australian Classic Shoalhavens Viva Las Vegas DPA Australian Matchplay	1983 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 2001 2007 2008 2008
Infobox last updated on: April 5, 2008.

Russell Stewart (born October 9, 1960 in Canberra) is an Australian darts player. He used the nickname Rusty for his matches.

He made his World Championship debut in 1984, but lost in the first round to Peter Locke. He competed eleven times at the BDO World Championship, but failed to progress beyond the last sixteen. Between 1985 and 1991, he suffered defeats to some of the best players of the era including to Bob Anderson in 1988 and Phil Taylor in 1990 during their world title runs.

After eight successive appearances in the world championships, he missed out in 1992 and 1993 but returned to the event in 1994 following the loss of many top players who left to form the World Darts Council . He went out to Bobby George in the first round in 1994 and to Richie Burnett in the second round in 1995 - Burnett went on to take the title.

Stewart only managed to qualify for the World Championship on one further occasion - when he suffered a first round defeat to Mervyn King in 2002.

Stewart still competes in darts tournaments in his native country and came within one match of actually qualifying for the 2006 PDC World Darts Championship when he lost in the final of the Oceanic Masters to Warren Parry. [1] He also narrowly lost in the semi-finals of the same event to 15 year-old Mitchell Clegg to miss out on qualification for the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship. [2]

[edit] World Championship Results

• 1984: First Round (lost to Peter Locke 0-2)
• 1985: Second Round (lost to Jocky Wilson 1-3)
• 1986: First Round (lost to Malcolm Davis 1-3)
• 1987: First Round (lost to Cliff Lazarenko 2-3)
• 1988: Second Round (lost to Bob Anderson 0-3)
• 1989: Second Round (lost to Dennis Hickling 0-3)
• 1990: First Round (lost to Phil Taylor 1-3)
• 1991: Second Round (lost to Bob Anderson 2-3)
• 1994: First Round (lost to Bobby George 0-3)
• 1995: Second Round (lost to Richie Burnett 1-3)
• 2002: First Round (lost to Mervyn King 1-3)

[edit] Outside darts

Stewart earns his living as a courier driver [3]