Keane Barry

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Keane Barry
Personal information
Full nameKeane Neill Barry
Nickname"Dynamite"
Born (2002-06-25) 25 June 2002 (age 19)
Drogheda, Ireland
Home townDuleek, Ireland
Darts information
Playing darts since2006
Darts24g Target Signature
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"TNT" by AC/DC
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2016–2020
PDC2020–
Current world ranking85 Increase 1 (28 November 2021)[1]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 64: 2022
European Ch'shipLast 32: 2021
UK OpenLast 96: 2021
Players Ch'ship FinalsLast 64: 2021
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour 2020
PDC Development Tour 2020 (x2)
Zuiderduin Youth Masters 2018
BDO World Youth Masters 2019
JDC International Open 2019
Northern Ireland Matchplay 2019
Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay 2019
JDC World Darts Championships 2019/20
BDO World Youth Championship 2020

Keane Neill Barry[2] (born 25 June 2002) is an Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and Youth Development Tour events. He also plays in British Darts Organisation (BDO) Youth Tour events, and is the current World Masters Youth Champion and BDO World Youth Champion.

Career[]

Barry won the 2019 World Boys Masters, defeating Charlie Manby of England, having previously been runner-up in 2017 and 2018. He is the only player ever to qualify for 3 World Boys Masters finals. In 2019, Barry won the Junior Darts Corporation International Open, beating Nathan Girvan[3] and won the final of the Tom Kirby Irish Matchplay, beating . He qualified for the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship.[4] He defeated Adam Gawlas in the 2019 JDC World Championship final.[5] He beat Leighton Bennett 3–0 in the 2020 BDO World Youth Championships final.[6]

Barry made the semi-finals of the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship, where he lost 6–2 to Luke Humphries.[7]

He beat Adam Gawlas to become the 2020 Junior Darts Corporation World Champions.

PDC[]

In January 2020, Barry went to PDC UK Q-School. On the fourth day, he reached the final where he played two-time BDO World Champion Scott Waites for a tour card, which Keane lost 5–0. He spent 2020 competing in Development Tour and Challenge Tour events with three victories in four finals across the 20 events. He finished second on the 2020 Development Tour Order of Merit to secure a two-year PDC tour card for 2021/2022.[8]

World Championship results[]

PDC[]

BDO Youth[]

JDC[]

Performance timeline[]

Tournament 2020 2021 2022
PDC World Championship 1R 1R 2R
UK Open 1R 3R
European Championship DNQ 1R
Players Championship Finals DNQ 1R
Performance timeline legend
DNP Did not play in the event #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(RR = Round robin) 		QF lost in the quarter-finals
SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDC. 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Keane Barry Player Profile". www.dartsdatabase.co.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  3. ^ Allen, Dave. "Netherlands & Barry share JDC wins". pdc.tv. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  4. ^ Allen, Dave. "2019 BoyleSports World Grand Prix Final". pdc.tv. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  5. ^ https://dartsnews.com/barry-wins-jdc-world-youth-championship-defeating-gawlas-in-final/[bare URL]
  6. ^ https://dartsnews.com/barry-defeats-bennett-to-claim-2020-bdo-world-youth-championship-title/[bare URL]
  7. ^ "2019 Unicorn World Youth Championship Last 96".
  8. ^ "Barry & Berry win Tour Cards as Development Tour concludes".


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