| Garry Thompson | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | The Cougar |
| Born | 9 January 1965 England |
| Home town | Silsden England |
| Darts information | |
| Darts | - |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | Glory Glory Garry Thompson, specially recorded by Geoffrey Oi!Cott |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 2004 to present |
| Current world ranking | 43 (WDF) 23 (BDO) |
| BDO majors - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Quarter Final 2010, 2011 |
| World Masters | Last 40 2008 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| Scottish Open Welsh Classic |
2008 2008 |
| Other achievements | |
Garry Thompson (born 9 January 1965) is an English darts player who plays in British Darts Organisation tournaments.
Thompson reached the quarter finals of the 2004 British Open, beating Tony David and Darryl Fitton before losing to Phill Nixon. He then reached the quarter finals of the 2007 Belgium Open, again beating Fitton along the way. He lost to Robbie Turner.
On 17 February 2008 Thompson caused a major surprise by winning the 2008 Scottish Open, with notable wins against Steve Coote, World Masters champion Robert Thornton and former World Champion Martin Adams before beating Shaun Greatbatch in the final. He received £2,000 for his efforts and as a result, he shot up the BDO and WDF rankings. Thompson then won the unranked Welsh Classic, beating Holland's Joey ten Berge in the final.
Thompson earned automatic qualification for the 2009 BDO World Championship, entering the tournament as the number 14 seed. He was drawn against Northern Ireland's Daryl Gurney in the first round but lost 3-1.
In 2009, Thompson reached the quarter final stage in the German Open, IDPA Lakeside Classic and the Denmark Open but his defense of the Scottish Open ended in the early stages of the competition.
2010 saw Garry reach the quarter-finals of the World Championship. He defeated Ross Montgomery, the sixth seed, in the decided set after Montgomery missed six darts to win the match. He then swept aside the previously impressive Martin McCloskey 4-1 with some much-improved finishing. In the quarter-final he took two sets off the eventual champion Martin Adams but was ultimately outplayed.
Thompson was seeded 10th for the 2011 BDO World Championship, and once again reached the quarter-final stage. He beat German teenager Arno Merk 3-1 in the first round, and Alan Norris 4-2 in the second round, but in the quarter-final he lost 5-4 to Jan Dekker having led 3-0 and 4-2 in sets and missing nine darts at doubles to win the match. Had Thompson won the match and gone on to win his semi-final as well, he would have played the final on his 46th birthday.
Thompson has qualified for the 2012 BDO World Championship, where he will meet débutante Paul Jennings in the first round.[1]