Terry Jenkins
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| Terry Jenkins | ||
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| Personal information | ||
| Nickname | The Bull | |
| Date of birth | September 26, 1963 | |
| Place of birth | Ledbury, Herefordshire,  |
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| Home town | Ledbury, Herefordshire, |
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| Darts information | ||
| Playing darts since | 2003 | |
| Darts | 21g own make | |
| Walk-on music | Wooly Bully (1965) by Sam the Sham & The Pharoahs | |
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| PDC | since 2003 | |
| Current World Ranking | 5 | |
| PDC Majors - Best Performances | ||
| World Ch'ship | QF 2007 | |
| World Matchplay | Runner-up 2007 | |
| World Grand Prix | Runner-up 2006, 2007 | |
| UK Open | QF 2007 | |
| Desert Classic | Runner-up 2007 | |
| Other Televised PDC events - Best Performances | ||
| Grand Slam | QF 2007 | |
| Premier League | Runner-up 2007 | |
| Other Tournament Wins | ||
| Tournament | Years | |
| Primus Masters Open Hotel Zwartewater |
2005 2005, 2006 |
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Infobox last updated on: February 17, 2008. |
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Terry Jenkins (born 26 September 1963) is a professional English darts player who was born in Ledbury, Herefordshire and is nicknamed The Bull, having previously used the nickname "Tucker" for his matches. He has reached number four in the world rankings having been runner-up in five major PDC televised finals in twelve months (the 2006 & 2007 Grand Prix, 2007 Premier League, 2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic and 2007 World Matchplay) - but he has yet to win a major title.
[edit] Darts career
Jenkins began to climb up the Professional Darts Corporation world rankings during 2005 by producing good performances in the tour events, which are played away from the television cameras. He won the Primus Masters in 2005 and added the Antwerp Open and the Open Hotel Zwartwater titles in 2006. In October 2006, he started to reproduce this form in front of the cameras by reaching the quarter finals of the 2006 Las Vegas Desert Classic and the final of the 2006 World Grand Prix in Dublin. Despite losing the final to Phil Taylor, he had just managed to achieve enough ranking points to reach sixth place in the world rankings and secured a place in the lucrative 2007 Premier League. He beat world champion Raymond van Barneveld in the semi-final of the Premier League before losing to Phil Taylor in the final - but he received his biggest career cheque of £40,000 for his run.
[edit] World Championship performances
Jenkins made his PDC World Darts Championship debut in 2005, losing his opening game to Ronnie Baxter. In 2006, he was seeded 15 and won his first match against Jimmy Mann before falling in the last 32 to Andy Hamilton, who also ended Jenkins hopes in the 2007 World Championship, this time at the quarter-final stage by 5 sets to 4. In 2008, Jenkins fell at the first hurdle to 21-year old qualifier Kirk Shepherd who went on to reach the final of the competition, losing to John Part.
[edit] Current form
He has continued to perform well away from the cameras by winning two PDPA Players Championships in 2007 - the Antwerp Darts Trophy in April (along with a successful defence of his Antwerp Darts Open the same weekend) and the Isle Wight Players Championship at Hayling Island. He also reached the final of the Las Vegas Players Championship, losing to Raymond van Barneveld. Then less than a week later he lost to Raymond in the Final of the Las Vegas Desert Classic 16-6 in legs. Terry's good form continued into the World Matchplay where he reached the final after beating eight-time Matchplay champion and 13-time World Champion Phil Taylor in a superb display of clinical finishing, before falling at the final hurdle to James Wade, in an 18 - 7 defeat.
