Keane Barry Explained

Keane Barry
Fullname:Keane Neill Barry
Nickname:"Dynamite"
Birth Date:2002 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Duleek, County Meath, Ireland
Hometown:Duleek, Ireland
Since:2006
Darts:24g Target
Laterality:Right-handed
Music:"TNT" by AC/DC
Bdo:2016–2020
Pdc:2020–
(Tour Card: 2021-)
Pdc World:Last 64: 2022, 2024
European:Last 32: 2021, 2023
Uk Open:Semi-final: 2022
Pc Finals:Last 16: 2022
Results:Youth events

Keane Neill Barry[1] (born 25 June 2002) is an Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and Youth Development Tour events. He was the 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[2] and won the final of the Tom Kirby Irish Matchplay, beating Liam Gallagher. He qualified for the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship.[3] He defeated Adam Gawlas in the 2019 JDC World Championship final.[4] He beat Leighton Bennett 3–0 in the 2020 BDO World Youth Championships final.[5]

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

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 0–5. 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.[7]

In the 2022 UK Open Barry beat defending champion James Wade 10–4 in the quarter-finals. Barry lost in the semi-final 6–11 to Michael Smith.

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
PDC Major televised events
PDC World Championship1R1R2R1R2R
UK Open1R3RSF4R6R
European ChampionshipDNQ1RDNQ1R
Players Championship FinalsDNQ1R3RDNQ
PDC Non-major televised events
PDC World Cup of DartsDNQRR
Career statistics
Year-end ranking118724541

PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2021HDT
3R
GDT
1R
2022IDO
2R
GDC
DNQ
GDG
3R
ADO
DNQ
EDO
1R
CDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
HDT
DNQ
GDO
1R
BDO
2R
GDT
1R
2023BSD
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
GDG
QF
ADO
DNQ
DDC
QF
BDO
2R
CDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
EDM
2R
GDO
DNQ
HDT
2R
GDC
DNQ
2024BDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDG
2R
ADO
DNQ
BSD
DNQ
DDC
EDO
GDC
FDT
HDT
SDT
CDO
Performance timeline legend
DNPDid not play in the event
  1. R
lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(RR = Round robin)
QFlost in the quarter-finals
SFlost in the semi-finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament

References

  1. Web site: Keane Barry Player Profile. www.dartsdatabase.co.uk. 2019-09-01.
  2. Web site: Allen . Dave . Netherlands & Barry share JDC wins . . 26 September 2019.
  3. Web site: Allen . Dave . 2019 BoyleSports World Grand Prix Final. . 12 October 2019.
  4. Web site: Barry wins JDC World Youth Championship defeating Gawlas in final - Darts News. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200112210551/https://dartsnews.com/barry-wins-jdc-world-youth-championship-defeating-gawlas-in-final/. 2020-01-12.
  5. Web site: Barry defeats Bennett to claim 2020 BDO World Youth Championship title - Darts News . 12 January 2020 . 12 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200112210836/https://dartsnews.com/barry-defeats-bennett-to-claim-2020-bdo-world-youth-championship-title/ . dead .
  6. Web site: 2019 Unicorn World Youth Championship Last 96.
  7. Web site: Barry & Berry win Tour Cards as Development Tour concludes.