Wayne Mardle
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| Personal information | ||
| Nickname | Hawaii 5-0-1 | |
| Date of birth | May 10, 1973 | |
| Place of birth | Dagenham,  |
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| Home town | Romford, |
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| Darts information | ||
| Playing darts since | 1986 | |
| Darts | 22g Harrows | |
| Walk-on music | Hawaii 5-0 theme | |
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| BDO | 1993 to 2002 | |
| PDC | since 2002 | |
| Current World Ranking | 9 | |
| BDO Grand Slam Events - Best Performances | ||
| World Ch'ship | Semi-Final 2001 | |
| World Masters | Last 16, 2001 | |
| World Darts Trophy | Last 32 2002, 2007 | |
| Int. Darts League | Last 16 2007 | |
| PDC Majors - Best Performances | ||
| World Ch'ship | Semi-Final 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 | |
| World Matchplay | Runner-Up 2003 | |
| World Grand Prix | Quarter-Final 2005 | |
| UK Open | Last 16 2004 | |
| Desert Classic | Runner-Up 2004, 2005 | |
| Other Televised PDC events - Best Performances | ||
| Premier League | 7th 2005, 2006 | |
| US Open | Last 16 2007 | |
| Other Tournament Wins | ||
| Tournament | Years | |
| Dutch Open Denmark Open |
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Infobox last updated on: December 29, 2007. |
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Wayne Mardle (born in Dagenham, England on May 10, 1973) is a darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, and former player in the BDO. He now lives in Romford. Before turning professional, he worked for The Association of Accounting Technicians.
He has been known as "Hawaii 501" since 2000, due to the Hawaiian shirts he started wearing in 1998 for a bet, and 501 being the start score of a leg of darts. The name is also a play on the title of the popular TV show, Hawaii 5-0. This dress sense coupled with his crowd-pleasing onstage activity (such as dancing to the interval music) has seen him become a favourite with the fans.
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[edit] Darts History
Wayne started playing darts at the age of 11, when he practised with his dad. His first 180 came two weeks after he started playing. He soon became better than his dad, and his first competition win was in a pub called the 'Double Top' on his 13th birthday in 1986.
His Lakeside debut came in 2000 where he lost to Matt Clark in the first round. In 2001 he reached the Semi Finals, beating Co Stompe and Ronnie Baxter before losing to eventual winner John Walton. His attempt in 2002 saw him fall in the Last Eight to Colin Monk.
[edit] PDC Career
Wayne joined the Professional Darts Corporation in time for the 2003 World Championship. His first appearance at the Circus Tavern saw him lose in the Second Round to Phil Taylor. His debut at Blackpool's Winter Gardens in the World Matchplay was much better, beating World Champion John Part, Alan Warriner and Colin Lloyd to reach the final, where he again lost to Taylor.
Wayne has played in every Premier League except for 2007 due to poor form and disappointing results. 2005 and 2006 did not go well, and Wayne finished bottom of the table in both years. (Players who come bottom of the League are said to have won the "Mardle Cup," named in honour of him.)
Despite a poor 2006 and 2007, he found his form at the 2008 World Championship, ending Phil Taylor's record of reaching every PDC World Darts Championship final on Saturday 29th December 2007, by defeating him 5 sets to 4 in a quarter-final match. Following his victory, he showed great emotion at finally defeating "The Power" on TV. Mardle was then beaten in the semi-finals for the fourth time in his PDC career by 21 year old qualifier Kirk Shepherd.
In January 2008 Mardle was confirmed as the Sky Sports wildcard entry to the 2008 PDC Darts Premier League following his impressive performance at the World Championships. Whilst this decision was questioned by some, Mardle proved the doubters wrong with a steady campaign which saw him finish in fifth place, missing out on the Play-Offs by just two legs to Adrian Lewis.
Whilst he has reached 5th in the World Rankings and performed consistently well in the World Championship (reaching the semi-final in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008), he has not yet won a major tournament as a member of the PDC. He has always seemed to suffer from what Sid Waddell calls the "Mardle Drift", which sees his Darts continually land in 5 and Treble 5 instead of the 20/Treble 20. However, this seems to be less of a problem for him currently.
[edit] Outside Darts
He married his wife Donna on July 2, 2002, who also plays darts, but not at a competitive level.
In 2006, Mardle had a book published (co-authored with Ian Spragg) entitled "Hawaii 501 - Life As A Darts Pro". It chronicles the ups and downs of his life as a professional darts player during 2005.
If Wayne wasn't playing darts, he says his profession of choice would be a television presenter, claiming, "I can talk crap like them all".
