Steve Gittins | |
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Personal information | |
Born | England |
Home town | England |
Organisation (see split in darts) | |
BDO | 1985 to 1990 |
PDC | 2005 |
Current world ranking | N/A |
BDO majors - best performances | |
World Ch'ship | Last 16 1989, 1990 |
World Masters | Quarter Finals 1985 |
PDC premier events - best performances | |
UK Open | Last 190 2005 |
Other tournament wins | |
Tournament | Years |
Welsh Open Swedish Open Finnish Open |
1988 1988 1989 |
Updated on June 18, 2008. |
Steve Gittins is a former darts player from England.
Gittins played twice at the BDO World Darts Championship. In 1989, he beat Finland's Kexi Heinäharju in the first round but lost in the second round to five-time World Champion Eric Bristow. He returned to the Lakeside a year later and again reached the second round, beating Australian Wayne Weening in round one, but again lost in the second round to Bristow.
Gittins also played twice at the Winmau World Masters, reaching the quarter-finals in 1985. Gittins also won three open tournaments, winning the Welsh Open and Swedish Open in 1988 and then the Finnish Open in 1989.
Gittins disappeared from the scene after the 1990 BDO World Darts Championship but briefly made a comeback at the 2005 PDC UK Open. Winning through the preliminaries he lost in the first round and hasn't played in any tournaments since.