Scott Waites
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| Scott Waites | |
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| Personal information | |
| Nickname | Scotty 2 Hotty |
| Born | 17 February 1977 Bradford, England |
| Home town | Halifax, West Yorkshire England |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 2004 |
| Darts |
Red Dragon Darts / Penetrators - 23 gram |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 2004 to present |
| Current world ranking | 7 (BDO), 3 (WDF) |
| BDO majors - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Quarter-final 2008, 2009, 2010 |
| World Masters | Winner 2011 |
| World Darts Trophy | Last 16 2007 |
| Int. Darts League | Last 16 2007 |
| Zuiderduin Masters | Winner 2011 |
| PDC premier events - best performances | |
| Grand Slam | Winner 2010 |
| UK Open | Last 32 2008 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| Dutch Open Welsh Masters BDO Gold Cup Belgium Open Swedish Open Turkish Open Czech Open |
2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2010 2010 |
| Updated on 7 December 2008. | |
Scott Waites (born 17 February 1977 in Bradford, Yorkshire) is an English professional darts player who plays in tournaments organised by the British Darts Organisation.
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[edit] Darts career
Waites' first career success came in February 2007 when he won the Dutch Open an event which attracted 2867 entries. He also took the Welsh Masters title in March 2007 and earlier reached the final of the 2007 Scottish Open.
Barry Hearn confirmed on 13 August 2007 via the official PDC website, that Scott Waites was the highest ranked non-qualifier in the BDO that had accepted his invitation to compete in the inaugural Grand Slam of Darts, alongside Dennis Priestley (highest PDC non-qualifier). At the tournament he failed to qualify for the knockout stage, losing all three group matches to Michael van Gerwen, Mervyn King and Roland Scholten.
He made his World Championship debut at the 2008 BDO World Darts Championship and reached the quarter-finals, defeating Mike Veitch and Remco van Eijden before losing to Brian Woods.
Waites was one of 32 pub qualifiers for the 2008 PDC UK Open, reaching to the last 32 stage, losing to Ronnie Baxter.
On 12 July 2008 Waites won the 2008 BDO Gold Cup, beating Gary Anderson four sets to two in the final. In December 2008, Waites reached his first major BDO final, reaching the Winmau World Masters final. He was beaten 7-6 by Martin Adams, but ended the year ranked #1 on the WDF rankings due to his consistent season.
Through his performances at the World Masters, the World Championship and also the Zuiderduin Masters, Waites became the number one ranked player on the BDO world rankings. Waites reached the quarter finals of the 2009 BDO World Championship, losing to Darryl Fitton 5-4 having led 4-2.
He entered the 2009 Winmau World Masters as the number two seed, but lost in the last 16 stage in a major upset to Lourence Ilagan of The Philippines having had several darts to win the match.
Waites reached the final of the 2009 Grand Slam of Darts, a PDC major held at Wolverhampton Civic Centre, where he was beaten 16-2 by PDC world number one Phil Taylor. This earned Waites £50,000, which was at the time his biggest success in the game.
For some of his matches he has used Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis as his entrance music.[1] However at the 2009 Grand Slam of Darts, Waites used Walk This Way by Run-D.M.C., to avoid a clash with Chelsea Dagger, the music played during breaks.
Waites entered the 2010 BDO World Championship as the 2nd seed. For the third consecutive year, he was knocked out at the quarter final stage, this time by Martin Phillips of Wales. Waites had recovered from 4-0 down to level at 4-4 before Phillips prevailed.
At the 2010 World Masters, Waites reached the Quarter Finals, before losing to eventual champion Martin Adams.
At the 2010 Grand Slam of Darts, Waites once again reached the final by winning all three of his group matches, then following up with comprehensive victories over Raymond van Barneveld, Co Stompe and Steve Beaton (who had earlier eliminated Taylor). Waites played James Wade in the final, and defeated the PDC world #2 16-12 having trailed 8-0. The win was Scott's first in either a PDC or a BDO major, and made him the first player from the BDO (and the first player from either code other than Phil Taylor) to win the Grand Slam.
Waites was the sixth seed for the 2011 BDO World Championship and was second favourite with bookmakers at the start of the tournament. In the first round he defeated the unseeded two-time champion Ted Hankey 3-0, but in the second round he lost 4-2 to another unseeded player, Stephen Bunting.
At the 2011 World Masters in Hull, Waites defeated Ewan Hyslop in the Last 16, Gary Robson in the Quarter-Finals, defending champion Martin Adams in the semi-finals, and World Championship runner-up Dean Winstanley in the final to win his first World Masters title.
Waites has continued his impressive run of form by winning the BDO British Open beating Willy van de Wiel 3-1 and WDF World Cup beating Martin Adams 6-2. He then won his third major championship at the Zuiderduin Masters, beating former champion Darryl Fitton 5-4 in the final after Fitton missed darts to win. However, Waites was beaten in the second round at the 2012 BDO World Championship 4-3 by Ted Hankey.
[edit] World Championship Performances
- 2008 (BDO): Quarter Final (lost to Brian Woods 3-5)
- 2009 (BDO): Quarter Final (lost to Darryl Fitton 4-5)
- 2010 (BDO): Quarter Final (lost to Martin Phillips 4-5)
- 2011 (BDO): 2nd round (lost to Stephen Bunting 2-4)
- 2012 (BDO): 2nd round (lost to Ted Hankey 3-4)
[edit] Personal life
He currently resides in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire with partner Sally and their son Michael. Sally was seriously ill during most of 2010, which was believed to have been a major factor in Waites's decision to continue playing in the BDO rather than turn professional and join the PDC.
Waites is not a full-time professional player and he earns his full-time living as a carpenter for the council linked Pennine Housing 2000, Calderdale.
