Sean Reed
| Sean Reed | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Sean Reed |
| Nickname | The Silver Surfer |
| Born | 28 June 1965 Isle of Wight, England |
| Home town | Sydney, New South Wales |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 1995 |
| Darts | 22g Puma Darts |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | "20th Century Boy" by T-Rex |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| PDC | 2009–2012 |
| PDC premier events – best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2012 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| Australia National Ch'ships DPA Australian Matchplay Mittagong RSL Open Redcliffe Darts Open Victoria Open Warilla Bowls Club Open | 2009 2012 2010 2011, 2012 2012 2012 |
| Updated on 22 January 2019. | |
Sean Reed (born 28 June 1965 in Sydney) is a retired English born Australian professional darts player.
Career
Reed qualified for the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship as the winner of the Australian Grand Prix series.[1] In the first round, he played against Justin Pipe. Despite winning the first set, Reed lost the match 1–3.[2]
World Championship results
PDC
- 2012: 1st Round: (lost to Justin Pipe 1–3)
Personal life
Reed started playing darts at the age of 29. At the time, he was living in Japan, where he was working as an English language teacher. During his time in Japan Sean won more than 60 state and national titles including 4 Grand Master Titles in '98, '99, '02, '03. In 2004 Sean started playing soft-tip darts. He had moderate success picking up 16 titles over a 3-year period. In 2007 he set an unofficial world record of more than 28,000 points scored in just 1 hour retrieving his own darts and operating the setting of the darts machine. In darting circles he known as the creator of Target Darting a new hybrid form of the sport utilizing a target rather than a board. In 2014 he became a co-founder and CEO of the International Target Darting Organization (I.T.D.O.).
References
- ^ Reed Ensures AGP Glory PDC.tv
- ^ World Championship – Night Two Archived 8 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine PDC.tv
External links
- Player profile for Sean Reed from Dartsdatabase
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