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Stephen Bunting

Stephen Bunting
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Personal information
Nickname The Bullet
Born (1985-04-09) 9 April 1985 (age 32)
Liverpool, England
Home town St. Helens, Merseyside
England
Darts information
Playing darts since 1997
Darts Target Bullet Darts
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music Surfin' Bird By The Trashmen
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2002–2014
PDC 2014–
Current world ranking 22
BDO majors - best performances
World Ch'ship Winner: 2014
World Masters Winner: 2012, 2013
World Darts Trophy Last 32: 2003, 2004, 2005
Int. Darts League Last 16: 2005
Zuiderduin Masters Winner: 2012
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship Quarter Final: 2015
World Matchplay Last 16: 2014
World Grand Prix Semi Final: 2014
Grand Slam Quarter Final: 2014
Premier League 8th: 2015
European Ch'ship Quarter Final: 2014
UK Open Semi Final: 2015
Players Ch'ship Finals Last 16: 2014
The Masters Last 16: 2016
Other tournament wins
BDO Gold Cup 2012
BDO British Classic 2009
British Teenage Open 2001
Cheshire Open 2012
Eastbourne Open 2000
England Classic 2010, 2011
England Masters 2013
England Matchplay 2013
England Open 2013
Granite City Open 2012
Hal Open 2013
Isle of Man Open 2013
Jersey Classic 2013
Jersey Open 2013
Lancashire Open 2000
Lytham St Annes Open 2008
Morecambe Bay Summer Classic 2011
Northern Ireland Open 2008
Soft Tip Dartslive France 2013
Soft Tip Dartslive Hong Kong 2013
Stanton Open 2009
Sunparks Masters 2012
Tops of Ghent 2011
Tyne and Wear Open 2009
UK Open Qualifier 2014
WDF Europe Youth Cup 2002
WDF World Cup Pairs 2013
WDF World Youth Cup 2001
Welsh Classic 2012
Welsh Open 2013
World Youth Masters 2001

Players Championships

Players Championship (BAR) 2016

Players Championships

Stephen Bunting (born 9 April 1985) is an English professional darts player who competes for the Professional Darts Corporation. His nickname is The Bullet. He won the 2014 BDO World Championships, and is a twice former World Masters champion.

Bunting won both the British Teenage Open and the World Youth Masters in 2001 and also captured the WDF Europe Youth Cup in 2002. He made his BDO World Darts Championship debut in 2004 aged 18, where he beat Vincent van der Voort in the first round before losing in the second round to former World Champion Ted Hankey. He returned to Lakeside in 2005 but was beaten in the first round by John Henderson.

In 2008 Bunting won the Lytham St Annes Open and was also recalled to the England squad. In July 2008 he reached the quarter-finals of the BDO British Classic where he lost to Scotland's Ross Montgomery live on Setanta. In November 2008 Bunting captured his maiden BDO ranked open title when he won the Northern Ireland Open, beating fellow Cheshire player Darryl Fitton two sets to nil in the Final.

Bunting was successful in qualifying for the 2009 BDO World Darts Championship as the standby qualifier, but was beaten by Gary Robson in the first round.

On 21 May 2009 Bunting finished joint fourth in the Dutch Pentathlon in Oosterhout, Netherlands. The pentathlon had a field of 20 BDO and PDC players and was won by Gary Anderson with Scott Waites 2nd and Gary Robson 3rd. It was played in Oosterhout Holland.


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