Campbell Jackson (born 20 June 1981) is a former
Northern Irish
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darts
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player who currently played 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 ...
tournaments.
Career
In 2010, Jackson won an Irish Players Championship by beating
Shane O'Connor 6–2 in the final. A year later he almost won the Players Championship Grand Final but lost 6–3 to
Damien O'Driscoll in the final.
In January 2013, Jackson entered Qualifying School in an attempt to secure a full-time place on the PDC tour. On the third day he won six matches concluding with a 6–5 victory over
Ryan de Vreede
Ryan de Vreede (born 1 September 1992) is a professional Dutch darts player. He plays in the Professional Darts Corporation events.
Career PDC
De Vreede's first Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) event was the 2009 German Darts Championship ...
to earn a two-year tour card.
He qualified for the
UK Open
The Cazoo UK Open is a ranking major darts tournament held annually at the Butlins Minehead Resort by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) in England. Often referred to as the "FA Cup of darts", the UK Open replicates the abolition of seedin ...
for the first time but was beaten 5–2 by
Connie Finnan
Connie Finnan (born 20 May 1962) is a former Irish professional darts player.
Career
BDO
In September 2009, Finnan qualified for the televised stages of the World Masters. He defeated Darryl Fitton 3–1 in the last 16 before losing 3–0 to ...
in the preliminary round. He also qualified for his first European Tour event, the
Austrian Darts Open and lost 6–4 to
Wayne Jones in the opening round. His deepest run in a PDC to date came at the
Dutch Darts Masters where Jackson saw off three time world champion
John Part
John Part (born June 29, 1966) is a Canadian former professional darts player and current commentator. Nicknamed Darth Maple, he is a three-times World Champion, having won the 1994 BDO World Darts Championship on his world championship debut, a ...
6–3 and came back from 5–0 down against
Mark Cox to level their last 32 game, but then lost the deciding leg.
Jackson had a very disappointing 2014 season as he played in 27 events but only reached the last 64 on four occasions and suffered a loss once there in all of them. He won the 2014 Weigh Inn Irish Open with a 5–4 victory in the final over Davy Guy and a year later was beaten 5–0 by
Joshua Richardson
Joshua () or Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' lit. 'Yahweh is salvation') ''Yēšūaʿ''; syr, ܝܫܘܥ ܒܪ ܢܘܢ ''Yəšūʿ bar Nōn''; el, Ἰησοῦς, ar , يُوشَعُ ٱبْنُ نُونٍ '' Yūšaʿ ...
in the Weigh Inn Bar Shootout Classic final.
Jackson has not played in an event since failing to come through Q School in January 2016.
Personal life
Jackson works as a stonemason. He travels to darts events with compatriot
Daryl Gurney
Daryl Gurney (born 22 March 1986) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Gurney is a winner of two majors, having won the World Grand Prix in 2017 in his native Ireland, and the P ...
.
References
External links
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1981 births
Living people
Darts players from Northern Ireland
Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders
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