Keane Barry
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.
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Keane Neill Barry | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Dynamite" | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 June 2002 Drogheda, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Duleek, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 24g Target Signature | ||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "TNT" by AC/DC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2016–2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2020– | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | 95  33 (3 January 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| World Ch'ship | Last 96: 2020, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 160: 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Barry won the 2019 World Boys Masters, having 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,[3] and won the final of the Tom Kirby Irish Matchplay, qualifying 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 now competes in Development Tour and Challenge Tour events. He qualified for a two-year PDC tour card via the 2020 Development Tour.[8]
World Championship results
PDC
- 2020: First Round (lost to Vincent van der Voort 0–3)
- 2021: First Round (lost to Jeff Smith 1–3)
BDO
- 2020: Winner (beat Leighton Bennett 3–0) (Youth)
JDC
- 2020: Winner (beat Adam Gawlas 5–3)
Performance timeline
PDC
| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 |
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| PDC World Championship | 1R | 1R |
| UK Open | 1R | |
BDO
| Tournament | 2020 |
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| BDO World Youth Championship | W |
| Performance timeline legend | |||||
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| 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 |
References
- "PDC Order of Merit". PDC.tv. 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- "Keane Barry Player Profile". www.dartsdatabase.co.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- Allen, Dave. "Netherlands & Barry share JDC wins". pdc.tv. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- Allen, Dave. "2019 BoyleSports World Grand Prix Final". pdc.tv. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- https://dartsnews.com/barry-wins-jdc-world-youth-championship-defeating-gawlas-in-final/
- https://dartsnews.com/barry-defeats-bennett-to-claim-2020-bdo-world-youth-championship-title/
- https://www.pdc.tv/news/2019/11/04/2019-unicorn-world-youth-championship-last-96
- https://www.pdc.tv/news/2020/09/27/barry-berry-win-tour-cards-development-tour-concludes