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Daryl Gurney (born 22 March 1986) is a Northern Irish darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. ==Darts career== Gurney reached the quarter finals of the 2008 Scottish Open, beating Andy Boulton and Alan Soutar before losing to Shaun Greatbatch. He then reached the final of the 2008 WDF Europe Cup, beating Stig Jorgensen in the quarter finals and then beat Fabian Roosenbrand 4–0 in the semi-finals before losing to defending champion Mark Webster 4–0 in the final. Gurney qualified for the 2009 BDO World Championships, beating former World Masters finalist Jarkko Komula before defeating Belgium's Kim Huybrechts to become the first Northern Irish player to qualify for Lakeside since Mitchell Crooks in 2001. He defeated 14th seed Garry Thompson in the first round to set up a second round encounter with 2007 champion and reigning Masters champion Martin Adams. Gurney put up a brave fight, levelling the match at one set all and then two sets all before Adams' experience paid off as he took the next two sets for a 4–2 win. The following year, Gurney qualified again, and once more played the 14th seed in the first round, this time the debuting Scott Mitchell. Gurney won the first two sets before Mitchell levelled the match and took a 2–0 lead in the decider, hitting nine out of twelve darts at double. But Gurney eventually prevailed 4–2 with consistent scoring. He once again played Adams in the second round, and once again was defeated. Adams went on to win the title. In June 2012, Gurney won the England Masters, Northern Ireland Open and the Tom Kirby Memorial Trophy. In winning the latter he earned a spot in the preliminary round of the 2013 PDC World Championship, where he edged out Robert Marijanović 4–3 in legs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2013 PDC World Championship Qualifiers )〕 Gurney then beat Andy Smith 3–1 in sets in the first round.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Ladbrokes WDC Day Two )〕 He lost each of the first three sets in a deciding leg in the second round against Dave Chisnall and outscored him in the 180 count, but was beaten 4–1.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Ladbrokes WDC Day Eight )〕 In January 2013, Gurney entered Q School in an attempt to win a two-year PDC tour card and was successful on the second day by winning six matches, concluding with a 6–2 victory over Paul Amos. His best result in his debut year on the tour came at the German Darts Championship, where Gurney defeated Colin Lloyd, Ronnie Baxter and Simon Whitlock in reaching the quarter-finals, but his run came to an end when he lost 6–2 against Peter Wright.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2013 PDC German Darts Championship Results )〕 Gurney's second quarter-final appearance in the PDC was at a UK Open Qualifier in February 2014 which he reached by eliminating world number one Michael van Gerwen 6–5 with a 146 checkout. He was beaten 6–4 by Andrew Gilding but the performance ensured he qualified for the UK Open itself for the first time and lost 5–4 to Ian White in the second round.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Bunting Wins First Pro Tour Title )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/9fh9esorrn8y19s5sogecwcqf/title/coral-uk-open---friday-afternoon )〕 Later in the year, Gurney made his debut in the World Grand Prix which he qualified for by being the second highest non-exempt Irish player on the Pro Tour Order of Merit.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2014 World Grand Prix Qualifiers )〕 He came agonosingly close to recording an upset in the first round against Adrian Lewis as in the deciding leg of the final set he missed the bull for a 170 finish and two further darts at double eight to be beaten 3–2 in sets.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=partypoker.com WGP Day One )〕 However, he bounced back later in the week when he won the Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay title by defeating Radek Szaganski in the final.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Mighty Mike Seals Dublin Double )〕 Gurney's Irish Matchplay title earned him a place in the preliminary round of the 2015 World Championship and Scott MacKenzie missed one dart to eliminate him 4–0.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=William Hill World Championship Draw )〕 Instead, Gurney levelled at 3–3 before MacKenzie missed a dart at double 11 to complete a 142 finish which allowed him to step in and seal a 4–3 win. Gurney then lost 3–1 against Ronnie Baxter in the first round.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=William Hill World Championship Day Three )〕 From the last 32 stage of the fifth UK Open Qualifier, Gurney beat Alan Norris, Peter Wright and Dave Chisnall to reach his first PDC semi-final where he was defeated 6–2 by Michael Smith.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Super Smith Seals Wigan Win )〕 The performance helped him to enter the UK Open at the third round stage and he thrashed Kevin McDine 9–1 to play John Henderson in the fourth round.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Coral UK Open Third Round )〕 Gurney won five legs in a row between 13 and 15 darts to surge 8–7 ahead, before Henderson sent the tie into a deciding leg which we won.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Coral UK Open Fourth Round )〕 His second semi-final came at the 10th Players Championship event and he was eliminated 6–3 by Joe Murnan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Debut PDC Title For Super Murnan )〕 Before each match he eats three raw kidneys for good luck. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daryl Gurney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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