Graham Filby Explained

Graham Filby
Fullname:Graham John Filby
Nickname:The Detornator
Birth Date:29 May 1970
Birth Place:Beaufort West, South Africa
Hometown:Bellville
Homecountry:South Africa
Since:1999
Darts:C3 Target Carrera
Laterality:Right-handed
Music:"I Gotta Feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas
Pdc:2013–2016

Graham John Filby (born 29 May 1970) is a South African professional darts player.

Career

Filby won three matches in reaching the final of the South African qualifier for the 2014 PDC World Championship, where he lost 9–3 against Devon Petersen.[1] In June 2014, Filby and Petersen teamed up to represent South Africa at the World Cup of Darts. They averaged 97.40 in a doubles match 5–3 win over Germany in the first round and then beat Singapore to face the number one seeds of Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis in the quarter-finals.[2] Petersen lost 4–3 to Taylor, meaning Filby had to win his match against Lewis to send the tie into a deciding doubles contest, but he was beaten 4–2.[3]

Filby entered PDC Qualifying School in 2015 and, despite reaching the last 32 on the first day, he could not advance past the last 128 in the last three days to fall short of earning a tour card.[4] At the World Cup, Filby and Petersen survived a match dart from Finland to win 5–4 before losing their singles matches against Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld of the Netherlands in the second round.[5] In the 2016 event they were defeated 5–1 by Singapore.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2013 PDC World South Africa Qualifying Event Results . Darts Database . 20 June 2014.
  2. Web site: bwin World Cup of Darts First Round . . 20 June 2014 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043925/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/13ot1jnntsvt21nv34y1z7tv3u/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-first-round . dead .
  3. Web site: bwin World Cup of Darts Quarter-Finals . . 20 June 2014 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033614/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/yvjfw38kn26i1pf4gr3nyjaqn/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-quarter-finals . dead .
  4. Web site: PDC Qualifying School Day Four . . 24 January 2015 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063943/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/5dqfp9koc28a1ru8uxnk4j6q5/title/pdc-qualifying-school-day-four . dead .
  5. Web site: bwin World Cup of Darts Day Two . . 20 June 2015 . 15 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150715151616/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/rjv0onelm17g1nkud1m6pz07w/title/bwin-world-cup-of-darts-day-two . dead .
  6. Web site: 2016 PDC World Cup of Darts Results. Darts Database. 30 December 2016.