Campbell Jackson (born 20 June 1981) is a Northern Irish former

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player who played in

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(PDC) tournaments.

Career

In 2010, Jackson won an Irish Players Championship by beating

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6–2 in the final. A year later he almost won the Players Championship Grand Final but lost 6–3 to

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in the final. In January 2013, Jackson entered Qualifying School in an attempt to secure a full-time place on the PDC tour. On the third day he won six matches concluding with a 6–5 victory over Ryan de Vreede to earn a two-year tour card. He qualified for the

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for the first time but was beaten 5–2 by

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in the preliminary round. He also qualified for his first European Tour event, the Austrian Darts Open and lost 6–4 to Wayne Jones in the opening round. His deepest run in a PDC to date came at the Dutch Darts Masters where Jackson saw off three time world champion

John Part John Part (born 29 June 1966) is a Canadian former professional darts player and current commentator, who competes in World Seniors events. Nicknamed "Darth Maple", he is a three-time World Champion, having won the 1994 BDO World Darts Champions ...

6–3 and came back from 5–0 down against Mark Cox to level their last 32 game, but then lost the deciding leg. Jackson had a very disappointing 2014 season as he played in 27 events but only reached the last 64 on four occasions and suffered a loss once there in all of them. He won the 2014 Weigh Inn Irish Open with a 5–4 victory in the final over Davy Guy and a year later was beaten 5–0 by

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in the Weigh Inn Bar Shootout Classic final. Jackson has not played in an event since failing to come through Q School in January 2016.

Personal life

Jackson works as a stonemason. He travels to darts events with compatriot

Daryl Gurney Daryl Gurney (born 22 March 1986) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twenty-five; he reached a peak ranking of world number thre ...

References

External links

* 1981 births Living people Darts players from Northern Ireland Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders {{NorthernIreland-darts-bio-stub