Bradley Brooks
Bradley Brooks (born 20 February 2000) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He won the 2020 PDC World Youth Championship.
Bradley Brooks | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Nickname | Bam Bam[1] | ||||
Born | [2] Blackburn, Lancashire, England | 20 February 2000||||
Home town | Blackburn, Lancashire | ||||
Darts information | |||||
Playing darts since | 2016 | ||||
Darts | Target 24g | ||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||
Walk-on music | "Booyah" by Showtek | ||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||
PDC | 2016– | ||||
Current world ranking | 103 9 (3 January 2021)[3] | ||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||
World Ch'ship | Last 96: 2021 | ||||
Grand Slam | Group Stage: 2021 | ||||
UK Open | Last 64: 2020 | ||||
Other tournament wins | |||||
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Career
In 2017, Brooks won the Junior Darts Corporation European Open title, defeating Jarred Cole 6–5 in the final.[4]
Brooks entered UK Q School in 2018, winning a two-year Tour Card on the fourth & final day, by defeating John Goldie 5–1 in the final round.[5]
His first major run in professional darts came in late June 2018, when he made the quarter-finals of Players Championship 16 in Barnsley, only to be knocked out by eventual winner Ian White.[6]
After losing his two-year Tour Card at the end of 2019, he won it straight back on 17 January 2020 by beating Damon Heta 5–3 in the play-off match at Q School.[7] Brooks reached the final of the 2020 PDC World Youth Championship;[8] where took on Joe Davis on 29 November 2020, and won the match in a last-leg decider, qualifying him for the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship.[9][10]
World Championship results
PDC
- 2021: First round (lost to Dirk van Duijvenbode 2–3)
References
- "Bradley Brooks". Target Darts. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- https://www.mastercaller.com/players/bradley-brooks
- "PDC Order of Merit". PDC.tv. 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- Allen, Dave. "Rodriguez & Roelofs Reach JDC Final". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- "2018 Qualifying School Day Four". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- "Players Championship 16". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- Tinniswood, Steve. "Blackburn's Bradley Brooks wins back place on PDC tour". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- Allen, Dave. "Brooks & Davis reach Unicorn World Youth Championship final". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- Tinniswood, Steve. "Blackburn Rovers fan Bradley Brooks crowned world youth darts champion". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- "Players Championship Finals 2020: Michael van Gerwen wins sixth title". Sky Sports. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
External links
- Player profile on Bradley Brooks from Dartsdatabase