Barrie Bates
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| Barrie Bates | ||
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| Personal information | ||
| Nickname | Batesy | |
| Date of birth | October 17, 1969 (age 37) | |
| Place of birth | Merthyr Tydfil,  |
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| Home town | Belinog, |
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| Darts information | ||
| Playing darts since | 2003 | |
| Darts | 22g | |
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| PDC | since 2003 | |
| Current World Ranking | 17 (February 2007) | |
| PDC Televised Events - Best Performances | ||
| World Ch'ship | 1st Round 2007 | |
| World Matchplay | 1st Round 2006 | |
| World Grand Prix | 1st Round 2006 | |
| UK Open | Runner-up 2006 | |
| Desert Classic | Last 16, 2006 | |
| Other Tournament Wins | ||
| Tournament | Years | |
PDPA Players Championship  John Smiths Singles |
2006 2006 |
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Infobox last updated on: March 4, 2007. |
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Barrie Bates (born 17 October 1969 in Merthyr Tydfil) is a Welsh darts player currently residing in Belinog, Mid-Glamorgan. He plays in the Professional Darts Corporation and is a regular on the circuit.
Bates made his PDC televised debut at the 2003 UK Open reaching the third round. In 2005 he narrowly lost a last-32 match to Lionel Sams at the UK Open and made a superb run to the final in 2006 before losing to Raymond van Barneveld.
He made a great impression on the circuit in 2006, winning the John Smiths Singles in February and May's Le Skratch Sarantos Retsinas Memorial event in Montreal. He also reached two Regional Finals of the UK Open in March (losing to Chris Mason and to van Barneveld in November. He reached two PDPA Players Championship finals in 2006 losing to Colin Lloyd in the Isle of Wight in June, but beat Phil Taylor to take his biggest title to date in the Netherlands event in November.
He made his World Championship debut in 2007 as the number 17 seed, but suffered a surprise first round defeat to Canadian Brian Cyr.
His success at events away from the television cameras during 2006 helped him to win the award of "Best Floor Player" at the first PDC Awards dinner. It refers to the non-televised events which feature many boards alongside each other on a smaller arena floor.
