Prakash Jiwa

Prakash Jiwa (born 21 May 1970 in Rugby, Warwickshire) is an English–Indian professional darts player.[1] He has won a tour card through Qualifying School to compete in Professional Darts Corporation events on three occasions.

Prakash Jiwa
Personal information
NicknameThe Apache
Born (1970-05-21) 21 May 1970
Mumbai, India
Home townRugby, Warwickshire
England
Darts information
Playing darts since1990
Darts22g Showtime Own Brand
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Apache" by The Sugarhill Gang
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2008–
Current world ranking110
PDC premier events – best performances
UK OpenSecond round: 2012, 2013

PDC career

Jiwa qualified in 2010 as an amateur for the UK Open but lost in the first round to Simon Cunningham 6–4. He took part in the PDC Qualifying School in 2011 and earned a Tour Card to compete on the PDC Circuit full-time on the fourth and final day.[2] In 2012 he reached the quarter-finals of two UK Open qualifiers to enter the tournament itself in the second round, where he lost 4–2 to Mark Barilli.[3][4] Jiwa also reached the quarter-finals of the 12th Players Championship where he was edged out 6–5 by Michael van Gerwen.[5]

In 2013, Jiwa could not advance beyond the last 32 in any tournament and lost 5–1 to Terry Temple in the second round of the UK Open.[6] In September 2014 he won five games to play in the final of the 13th Challenge Tour event, but missed five darts for the title in the deciding leg to be defeated 5–4 by Mark Frost.[7] He matched his best performance on the main PDC tour at the final Players Championship of the year by reaching the quarter-finals in a run which began with a 6–4 victory over five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld. In the last eight he was whitewashed 6–0 by Peter Wright who averaged 108.65.[8]

Jiwa won a new two-year tour card in January 2015 by finishing joint fifth on the Q School Order of Merit.[9] The only European Tour event he could qualify for was the Dutch Darts Masters and he was defeated 6–4 by John Henderson in the first round.[10] Jiwa did not progress past the last 32 of any tournament during the year.[11]

The last 32 was the furthest he could reach in 2016 too, which he did in two Players Championship events.[12]

In 2017 he had to enter Q School again in order to regain his tour card, and did so on the first day. This was the third time Jiwa had come through the event and he said, with the help of new equipment, he was aiming to get into the top 64 on the Order of Merit in the next two years.[13]

Personal life

Jiwa is based in Rugby, Warwickshire, and works as a warehouse manager.[5]

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References
  1. PDC darts player Prakash Jiwa completes 9 darter and Qualifies for European darts event
  2. "Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  3. "Prakash Jiwa 2012". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  4. "2012 UK Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  5. "Wizard Ends Two-Year Wait!". PDC. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  6. "Prakash Jiwa 2013". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  7. "Frost Bites Back With Double Challenge Tour Success". PDC. Archived from the original on 30 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  8. "Seventh Heaven For Super Scot Anderson". PDC. Archived from the original on 25 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  9. "PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  10. "2015 PDC Dutch Darts Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  11. "Prakash Jiwa 2015". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  12. "Prakash Jiwa 2016". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  13. "2017 PDC Qualifying School Day One". PDC. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
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