Anne Kirk (born 6 April 1951) is a Scottish former professional

darts Darts is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small projectile point, sharp-pointed projectile, projectiles known as dart (missile), darts at a round shooting target, target known as a #Dartboard, dartboard. Point ...

player. She was nicknamed "Captain Kirk".

Career

Kirk won the 2001 Women's World Masters, beating American Marilyn Popp in the final. The following year, she reached the semi-finals of the 2002 Women's World Darts Trophy, beating

Trina Gulliver Catrina Elizabeth Gulliver (born 30 November 1969) is an English professional darts player. She is the 10-time Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the British Darts Organisation (BDO). Her nickname is Golden Girl and in 2003, she was ...

in the quarter-finals before losing to Crissy Manley. Kirk made her World Championship debut in 2003, and defeated Gaynor Williams and

Francis Hoenselaar Francisca Hoenselaar (born 15 January 1965) is a Dutch former professional darts player. She was nicknamed "The Dutch Crown". A leading player in the women's game, Hoenselaar was the 2009 British Darts Organisation Women's World Darts Champion, ...

to reach the final. There, she was defeated by reigning champion Gulliver who made it a hat-trick of wins. She then lost in the quarter-finals in 2004 to

Karin Krappen Karin Krappen (born 10 December 1973) is a Dutch former darts player. She is a former winner of the Women's World Darts Trophy and the Women's World Masters. She was nicknamed Dolphin. Career Krappen made her World Championship debut in 2003, ...

and in 2005 to Gulliver. Kirk qualified for the 2009 Women's World Championship and faced Krappen in the quarter-finals, losing 1–2.

World championship results

BDO

* 2003: Runner-up (lost to

0–2) (sets) * 2004: Quarter Finals (lost to

0–2) * 2005: Quarter Finals (lost to Trina Gulliver 0–2) * 2009: Quarter Finals (beat Karin Krappen 1–2)

References

External links

Profile and stats on Darts Database
1951 births Living people Scottish darts players Sportspeople from Castle Douglas Female darts players British Darts Organisation players {{UK-darts-bio-stub