Aaron Beeney (born 1 January 1984) is an English professional
darts player who competes in the
Professional Darts Corporation
The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) is a professional darts organisation in the United Kingdom, established in 1992 when a group of leading players split from the British Darts Organisation (BDO) to form what was initially called the World ...
events.
Career
Working in the prison service, Beeney represented English Prisons against Danish Prisons. He also has three caps for county in his county career for London.
2020
Beeney entered PDC Q-School in January 2020 and won his Tour Card on the third day by beating
Jarred Cole 5–4 in the final round, after surviving match darts. He will play on the PDC ProTour in 2020 and 2021.
After 15 defeats across Players Championship and European Tour qualifying tournaments, Beeney picked up his first win as a tour card holder at Players Championship 11 by beating
Scott Waites 6–5.
2021
At Players Championship 2, Beeney defeated reigning World Champion
Gerwyn Price 6–5.
In the
2021 UK Open
The 2021 Ladbrokes UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the nineteenth year of the tournament where players compete in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held f ...
, Aaron Beeney was defeated 6-2 by
Lisa Ashton, the first woman to win at this tournament in 16 years, whilst setting a new world record for women in a televised match.
Beeney had his best run to date at Players Championship 10, where he reached his first ever PDC semi-final. On the way, he defeated former World Champions
Rob Cross and
Raymond van Barneveld
Raymond van Barneveld (born 20 April 1967) is a Dutch professional darts player. Nicknamed Barney, although originally known as The Man, he is one of the most successful darts players in history. Van Barneveld is a five-time World Darts Champ ...
, before losing out to
Michael Smith 7–4.
References
External links
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1984 births
Living people
Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders
English darts players
People from Sittingbourne
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