Steve Farmer (darts player)

Stephen Farmer (born 24 March 1965 in West Bromwich) is a former English professional darts player.

Steve Farmer
Personal information
Full nameStephen Farmer
NicknameThe Train
The Tractor Boy
Born (1965-03-26) 26 March 1965
West Bromwich, England
Home townTelford
England
Darts information
Playing darts since1985
Darts16 Gram Target
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Boom Boom Boom" by The Outhere Brothers
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2004–2009
PDC2010–2013
BDO majors – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 32: 2008
World MastersSemi Final: 2006
Int. Darts LeaguePreliminary: 2007
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 16: 2012
World Grand PrixLast 32: 2010
UK OpenLast 96: 2010
Players Ch'ship FinalsSemi Final: 2011
Other tournament wins

Players Championships

Players Championship (HOL) 2010
Other achievements
9 Dart Finish UK Open Qualifier 2012

Career

Farmer's first big run came in the 2006 Winmau World Masters, reaching the semi-finals with wins over Tony Eccles, Michael Rosenauer and John Walton before losing 6-0 in sets to Martin Adams. He then reached the final of the 2007 British Classic, losing to Co Stompé. He was then part of the England team in the 2007 WDF World Cup, reaching the Quarter-Finals of the Men's Singles event and helping England to victory in the Team Event.

Farmer qualified for the 2008 BDO World Darts Championship outright but lost in the first round to England team-mate Tony O'Shea. Farmer though was unable to maintain his form from the previous year and was forced to qualify for the 2009 BDO World Darts Championship and lost in the early qualifying rounds. He did though reached the quarter finals of the 2008 World Masters, qualifying for the last 16 where he beat Gary Robson before losing to Martin Adams.

In 2010, Farmer switched to the PDC. On 4 September he reached his first PDC ProTour event final in Crawley, losing to Adrian Lewis 4-6 in the final. Two weeks later, on 19 September, he won his first career title: the Dutch Players Championship by beating Kevin Painter 6-4 in the final. This win meant that Farmer qualified for his first PDC major, the 2010 World Grand Prix. He lost in the first round against Steve Brown by 2 sets to 1. In the 2011 PDC world championship, Farmer came up against a strong player in Paul Nicholson. He lost 0-3 in sets. He reached the semi finals of the 2011 Players Championship, but lost to an on form Gary Anderson, 7-10.

He reached the second round of the PDC World Championship for the first time in 2012. In a tight game against number fourteen seed Ronnie Baxter, Farmer trailed 1–2 in the best-of-five-sets match. He then produced some of his best darts by hitting five 180's in taking six of the final eight legs to seal a 3–2 victory.[1] He continued his run by beating German qualifier Kevin Münch in the second round, but was then whitewashed 0–4 by world number three James Wade in the last 16.[2][3] In March he hit a nine-dart finish in the third UK Open Qualifier during a first round match against Andy Relf. Farmer was knocked out in the last 16 of the event by Andy Smith.[4] Farmer lost in the preliminary round of the UK Open 1–4 to Jamie Lewis,[5] and reached the last 16 once more in his final ten tournaments of 2012, at the penultimate Players Championship where he was beaten by Gary Anderson 6–1.[6]

Farmer began 2013 ranked world number 49.[7] He reached the last 16 of the final UK Open qualifier where he lost 6–4 to Matthew Edgar, but the £600 he earned was enough to see him enter the tournament in the preliminary round.[8] Farmer defeated Chris Aubrey 5–3, before being beaten 5–2 by Gareth Cousins in the first round.[9] He played in 10 more events during the rest of the year but couldn't advance beyond the last 64 in any of them.[10] Farmer dropped 61 places on the Order of Merit during the year to start 2014 110th in the world, well outside the top 64 who remain on the tour.[11] He did not enter Q School and has not played in a PDC event since.[12]

World Championship results

BDO

PDC
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gollark: If it just means it in some fuzzy sense of "we are somewhat connected and should be nice to each other" then... sure, but it should say that directly (in a more eloquent way I can't be bothered to come up with).
gollark: I'm not aware of *other* definitions which, well, make sense.
gollark: Impressive sleep schedule.
gollark: That's not the same thing, though.

References
  1. "World Championship - Day Three". PDC. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  2. "World Championship - Night Nine". PDC. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  3. "World Championship - Day 12". PDC. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  4. "Taylor Claims Qualifier Three Win". PDC. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  5. "2012 UK Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  6. "Steve Farmer 2012". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  7. "Order of Merit on 1 January 2013". PDC. Archived from the original on 6 January 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  8. "Van Gerwen's Five Alive With Whitewash!". PDC. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  9. "2013 UK Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  10. "Steve Farmer 2013". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  11. "Order of Merit on 2 January 2014". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  12. "Record Entry For 2014 Qualifying School". PDC. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
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