Gary Blades
Gary "Razor" Blades (born 16 November 1980) is an English professional darts player from Lincoln, who competes in the Professional Darts Corporation events.
| Gary Blades | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Gary Blades |
| Nickname | Razor |
| Born | 16 November 1980[1] Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England |
| Home town | Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 1993 |
| Darts | 22g Target |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| PDC | 2005–2010, 2019– |
| Current world ranking | 129  6 (3 January 2021)[2] |
| PDC premier events – best performances | |
| UK Open | Last 160: 2005, 2007, 2020 |
Career
Blades has played in the UK Open three times. He lost 4–3 in the 1st Round to Gary Flynn in 2005. In 2007, he beat Justin Henshaw 8–6 in the Preliminary Round, before losing 8–6 to Simon Craven in the 1st Round. And in 2020, he lost 6–1 to Wayne Jones in the 1st round.
After returning to the circuit in 2019 without a great deal of success, Blades entered Q-School on 16 January 2020 and won his Tour Card on the first day by beating Tony Newell 5–1 in the final round. He will play on the PDC ProTour in 2020 and 2021.
So far in 2020 he has had moderate success, making the last 32 twice in the first 8 PDC Players Championship events, beating Darren Webster and Scott Waites among others.
References
- "Gary Blades - Mastercaller.com". Mastercaller. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- "PDC Order of Merit". PDC.tv. 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
External links
- Player profile on Gary Blades from Dartsdatabase