Jim McQuillan (darts player)

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Jim McQuillan
Personal information
Full name	James McQuillan
Born	(1940-12-03) 3 December 1940 (age 81) Ireland
Home town	Dundalk, County Louth
Darts information
Playing darts since	1963
Darts	25g Elkadart
Laterality	Right-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1974–1980
BDO majors – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 16: 1979
World Masters	Last 16: 1975

James "Jim" McQuillan (born 3 December 1940 from Dundalk, County Louth) is an professional Irish former international darts player who currently members in British Darts Organisation of the 1970s to 1980s.

Darts career[]

In 1974 Jim McQuillan became Ireland's first ever News of the World Darts Championship Divisional Champion, playing out of the Vine Inn, Dundalk where he represented Ireland with distinction when he defeated 2–0 and was beaten 2–1 in the semifinal by eventual winner in a close match, He repeated the feat in 1978 where he finished joint 5th place. McQuillan played in the 1975 World Masters, losing in the first round to Alan Evans who went on to win the tournament. He then played in the 1979 BDO World Darts Championship, defeating in the first round before losing in the second round to Jocky Wilson.

In 1978, McQuillan team Republic of Ireland on the BDO Nations Cup are and .

World Championship results[]

BDO[]

• 1979: 2nd Round (lost to Jocky Wilson 1–2) (sets)

External links[]

• Profile and stats on Darts Database
• 1975 world masters
• 1979 world championship

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