| Alan Norris | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | Chuck |
| Born | February 21, 1972 Yeovil, Somerset, England |
| Home town | Bo'ness, Scotland |
| Darts information | |
| Darts | - |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | Sandstorm by Darude |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 2006 to present |
| Current world ranking | 16 (BDO) 16 (WDF) |
| BDO majors - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Second Round 2009 and 2011 |
| World Masters | Last 40 2007 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| Sweden National Championships | 2007 |
Alan Norris (born February 21, 1972 in Yeovil) is an English darts player who plays within the British Darts Organisation. Norris moved to Spain to work for a Swedish-based company but was eventually sent to Sweden in 2000 and represented Sweden until 2009 when he returned to England and began representing his home country once more. He currently resides in Scotland.
Norris won the 2007 Sweden National Championships, beating Daniel Larsson in the final. He had earlier reached the semi-finals of the Finnish Open. Norris then narrowly missed out qualifying for the last 16 of the 2007 Winmau World Masters, having beaten Michael Rosenauer, Mitchell Crooks and Daniel Brouwer before losing to Jordy Terburg. A quarter final place in the 2007 Swedish Open followed.
Norris made his televised debut by reaching the quarter finals of the 2008 Welsh Open, which was shown live on Setanta Sports. He defeated Martin Adams in the earlier rounds and then went on to beat Ian Jones in the quarter finals before losing to eventual winner Gary Anderson in the semi finals. He then reached quarter finals of the Norway Open, Denmark Open and the Zuiderduin Masters and also reached the semi finals of the Welsh Classic and the Swedish Open.
Norris qualified for the 2009 BDO World Darts Championship, taking one of the automatic non-seeded spots. He defeated 13th seed Steve West 3-0 in the first round but lost 4-0 to 4th seed Scott Waites in the second round.
Returning as 8th seed, Norris lost 3-2 to Robert Wagner in the first round at the 2010 BDO World Darts Championship, but stayed at the Lakeside as a commentator for which he was praised.
He has had a mixed 2010 season he won the French Open Beating Kim Huybrechts He also got to the semi finals of the European Open in Airdrie. He also tried to quailfy for the 2010 UK Open Darts but failed in the Last 64 of the Qualifying to Ryan Murray
Norris played in the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship. In the first round he beat seventh seed Ross Montgomery 3-1, but was beaten in the second round by 10th seed Garry Thompson.