Barrie Bates
Barrie Bates is a Welsh former professional darts player who competed in Professional Darts Corporation events. His original nickname was Batesy, but since 2007 he was known as Champagne.
Career
Bates made his PDC televised debut at the 2003 UK Open reaching the third round. In 2005 he narrowly lost a last-32 match to Lionel Sams at the UK Open and made a superb run to the final in 2006 before losing to Raymond van Barneveld.He made a great impression on the circuit in 2006, winning the John Smiths Singles in February and May's Le Skratch Sarantos Retsinas Memorial event in Montreal. He also reached two Regional Finals of the UK Open in March, before losing to the Netherlands pairing of Raymond van Barneveld and Co Stompé.
In January 2019, after several years struggling with injury and playing his darts on the PDC Challenge Tour, Bates won back his PDC Tour Card for the first time since 2012. He squeezed into the top eleven of the UK Q-School Order of Merit to seal a two-year Tour Card.
He participated in 2024 Q–School but failed to re-gain his Tour Card.
World Championship results
PDC
- 2007: 1st round
- 2008: 3rd round
- 2009: Quarter-finals
- 2010: 2nd round
- 2011: 1st round
Career statistics
Performance timeline
PDC European TourPDC Players Championships
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