Jamie Harvey


Jamie Harvey was a Scottish professional darts player, who competed in Professional Darts Corporation and British Darts Organisation tournaments. Originally nicknamed “the Tartan Terror” he later used the nickname Bravedart for his matches – a play on the lead character from the film Braveheart. As darts began to introduce entrance tunes for its players during the 1990s, Harvey used to come to stage whilst the tune "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond" was played.

Career

Having made his World Championship debut in 1992, Harvey was one of the players who started the Professional Darts Corporation in 1993 and played at every PDC World Championship between 1994 and 2006.
His best performance came in 1996 at the Circus Tavern, when he reached the semi-finals but lost 1–5 to Dennis Priestley. Later that year he also reached the semi-finals of the World Matchplay – losing 9–13 to eventual champion Peter Evison. He never made the final of any of the major PDC tournaments, but has won the Antwerp Open and also the Scottish Masters in his home country. He remained one of the most popular players on the circuit throughout his career.
Although he reached the quarter-finals of the 2001 World Championship and the quarter-finals of the 2004 World Matchplay his ranking began to decline in the followihg years. He started 2007 ranked 48 in the world, but failed to qualify for the World Championship for the first time that year. In the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship qualifiers, he won four matches before falling at the final hurdle to Jacko Barry and he slipped to 73rd in the PDC Order of Merit. He still competed at nine PDC Pro Tour events in 2007, but collected only £300 in prize money with a last 32 performance being his best. Harvey dropped to 129th on the PDC Order of Merit.
His final televised match was at the 2008 UK Open, where he reached the fourth round. Phil Taylor defeated him 9–1, hitting a nine-dart finish along the way.
Having been diagnosed with throat cancer, Harvey underwent surgery in September 2009 to remove a cancerous growth in his throat and also had his voice box removed.
In 2011, Harvey returned to the BDO, competing only in Scottish events.

Death

Harvey died at his home in Barrhead, on the morning of 4 September 2025, at the age of 70.

World Championship results

BDO

  • 1992: 2nd round
  • 1993: 1st round

    PDC

  • 1994: Group stage &
  • 1995: Quarter-final
  • 1996: Semi-final
  • 1997: Quarter-final
  • 1998: Group stage &
  • 1999: 2nd round
  • 2000: 2nd round
  • 2001: Quarter-final
  • 2002: 1st round
  • 2003: 3rd round
  • 2004: 3rd round
  • 2005: 3rd round
  • 2006: 1st round

    Performance timeline

BDO
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