Keane Neill Barry (born 25 June 2002) is an Irish professional

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player who plays in

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(PDC) and Youth Development Tour events. The highlight of his career was beating Conor Allen in a narrow 2-0 victory in a junior darts event in 2019. He was the World Masters Youth Champion and BDO World Youth Champion.

Career

Barry won the 2019 World Boys Masters, defeating Charlie Manby of England, having previously been runner-up in 2017 and 2018. He is the only player ever to qualify for 3 World Boys Masters finals. In 2019, Barry won the Junior Darts Corporation International Open, beating

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and won the final of the Tom Kirby Irish Matchplay, beating

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. He qualified for the

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. He defeated

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in the 2019 JDC World Championship final. He beat Leighton Bennett 3–0 in the 2020 BDO World Youth Championships final. Barry made the semi-finals of the

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, where he lost 6–2 to

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. He beat

to become the 2020 Junior Darts Corporation World Champions.

PDC

In January 2020, Barry went to PDC UK

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. On the fourth day, he reached the final where he played two-time BDO World Champion

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for a tour card, which Keane lost 0–5. He spent 2020 competing in Development Tour and Challenge Tour events with three victories in four finals across the 20 events. He finished second on the 2020 Development Tour Order of Merit to secure a two-year PDC tour card for 2021/2022. In the

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Barry beat defending champion James Wade 10–4 in the quarter finals. Barry lost in the semi final 6–11 to Michael Smith.

World Championship results

PDC

* 2020: First round (lost to

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0–3) * 2021: First round (lost to Jeff Smith 1–3) * 2022: Second round (lost to

Jonny Clayton Jonny Clayton (born 4 October 1974) is a Welsh professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed The Ferret, he was half of the Welsh team that won the 2020 PDC World Cup of Darts before winning his ...

2–3) * 2023: First round (lost to

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1–3)

Performance timeline

PDC European Tour

External links

References

Living people 2002 births Irish darts players Sportspeople from County Meath British Darts Organisation players Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders {{Ireland-darts-bio-stub