Jamie Harvey

Jamie Harvey (born 15 August 1955, in Glasgow) is a retired Scottish professional darts player who plays for the Professional Darts Corporation and formerly for the British Darts Organisation tournaments. He resides in Barrhead. Harvey used the nickname Bravedart for his matches – a play on the lead character from the film Braveheart. As darts began to introduce entrance tunes for its players during the 1990s, Harvey used to come to stage whilst the tune "The Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond" was played.[1]

Jamie Rhys Harvey
Personal information
NicknameBravedart
Born (1955-08-15) 15 August 1955
Glasgow, Scotland
Home townBarrhead
Scotland
Darts information
Playing darts since1977
Darts21 Gram B&W Signature
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Loch Lomond" by Runrig
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO1983–1993, 2011–2013
PDC1993–2009 (Founding Member)
BDO majors – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 16: 1992
World MastersLast 32: 1988, 1991, 1992
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipSemi Final: 1996
World MatchplaySemi Final: 1996
World Grand PrixLast 16: 2003
Desert ClassicLast 24 Group: 2003
UK OpenLast 32: 2008
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
Antwerp Open
Isle of Man Open
Scottish Masters
WDF Europe Cup Pairs		2000
1991
1992
1992
Updated on 18 February 2019.

Career

Having made his World Championship debut in 1992, he was one of the players who started the Professional Darts Corporation (then known as the World Darts Council, WDC) in 1993 and played at every PDC World Championship between 1994 and 2006.

His best performance came in 1996 at the Circus Tavern, when he reached the World Championship semi-finals but lost 1–5 to Dennis Priestley. Later that year he also reached the semi-finals of the World Matchplay – losing 9–13 to eventual champion Peter Evison. He never made the final of any of the major PDC tournaments, but has won the Antwerp Open[2] and also the Scottish Masters[3] in his home country. He remained one of the most popular players on the circuit throughout his career.[4]

Although he has reached the quarter finals of the World Championship in 2001 and the quarter finals of the World Matchplay as recent as 2004, his ranking has slipped in the past few years. He started 2007 ranked 48 in the world, but failed to qualify for the World Championship for the first time that year. In the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship qualifiers, he won four matches before falling at the final hurdle to Jacko Barry and he slipped to 73rd in the PDC Order of Merit. He still competed at nine PDC Pro Tour non-televised events in 2007, but collected only £300 in prize money with a last 32 performance being his best. Harvey is now ranked 129th on the PDC Order of Merit.

Harvey is currently battling throat cancer. On 2 September 2009 he underwent surgery to remove a cancerous growth in his throat and had his voice box removed.[5]

In 2011 Harvey returned to the BDO and plays just Scottish events.

World Championship and League Results

BDO

PDC

Performance timeline
Tournament19831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008
BDO World Championship Did not participate 2R 1R No longer a BDO Member
Winmau World Masters 2R Did not participate 3R 1R 1R 3R 3R Did not participate RR Did not participate
PDC World Championship Not yet founded RR QF SF QF RR 2R 2R QF 1R 3R 3R 3R 1R DNQ
World Matchplay Not held QF 2R SF 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 2R 2R QF 1R Did not qualify
World Grand Prix Not held DNQ 1R DNQ 1R 2R 1R 1R Did not qualify
Las Vegas Desert Classic Not held DNQ RR Did not qualify
UK Open Not held 3R 2R 3R 2R 3R 4R
Performance Table Legend
DNP Did not play at the event DNQ Did not qualify for the event NYF Not yet founded #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QF lost in the quarter-finals SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament
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References
  1. beaten 3–0 in Paisley Darts League by Robert McPherson. The Sandy Road lessons worked!Darts Database Profile.Retrieved 2010-12-27.
  2. 2000 Antwerp Open.Retrieved 2010-12-27.
  3. 1992 Scottish Masters.Retrieved 2010-12-27.
  4. Throat Op For Harvey Archived 8 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine PDC.tv
  5. Throat Op For Harvey Archived 8 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine PDC.tv
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