Dennis Harbour (born 28 June 1961) is a former

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player. His nickname was The Harbour Master.

Career

Harbour played in the 1989

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and lost in the first round to

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. He returned to the Masters in 1994, again losing in the first round to

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. After many years in the circuit, Harbour finally qualified for the

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in 2003, defeating

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in the first round before losing to Mervyn King. Harbour then played in the PDC in UK Open regionals and a last 16 place in the Welsh Regional Final helped him qualify for the 2004 UK Open, beating the only lady on the field

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in the first round and then defeated

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and

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to reach the last 32 stage where he lost to

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. Harbour qualified for Lakeside a second time, doing so in 2006. On this occasion, he was drawn against another qualifier

Jelle Klaasen Jelle Klaasen (born 17 October 1984), nicknamed The Cobra, is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. In 2006, he became the youngest darts player to win the ...

of the

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. Harbour took a 2–0 lead before Klaasen mounted a comeback and went on to win the match 3–2 and eventually became the youngest ever World Champion in history. Harbour appeared as a contestant on the popular darts quiz show

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and managed to win a car.Flights of fancy
/ref> Harbour has qualified for the 2016 BDO World Championships, this was a result of a fine performance in 2015 winning the Scottish Open and Isle of Man Open beating

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in both finals. Dennis also owns the world record for most 180s in a row without winning a set with 7.

World Championship results

BDO

* 2003: Second round (lost to Mervyn King 1–3) * 2006: First round (lost to

2–3) * 2016: Quarter-finals (lost to Jeff Smith 2–5) * 2017: First round (lost to

Scott Waites Scott Waites (born 17 February 1977) is an English professional darts player who plays in tournaments of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He is a two-time BDO World Darts Champion having won the 2013 tournament and 2016 tournament. ...

1–3)

WSDT

* 2023: Second round (lost to

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0–3)

References

External links

Profile and stats on Darts Database
1961 births English darts players Living people British Darts Organisation players Professional Darts Corporation associate players {{UK-darts-bio-stub