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.

Keane Barry
Personal information
Full nameKeane Neill Barry
Nickname"Dynamite"
Born (2002-06-25) 25 June 2002
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 ranking95 33 (3 January 2021)[1]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 96: 2020, 2021
UK OpenLast 160: 2020
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

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

BDO

JDC

Performance timeline

PDC

Tournament20202021
PDC World Championship 1R 1R
UK Open 1R

BDO

Tournament2020
BDO World Youth Championship W
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

References


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