Kyle McKinstry (born 26 August 1986) is a Northern Irish professional

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player who is currently serving an eight-year ban from the sport after admitting to match fixing in 2020.

Career

In 2017, McKinstry won the Hal Masters and the Northern Ireland Open. He qualified for the

2018 BDO World Darts Championship The 2018 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 41st World Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 33rd staging at the Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green. Glen Durrant who was the defending men's c ...

as number 17 in the BDO rankings, but he lost 3–2 to

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in the first round. The following year, he qualified for the tournament once again, and has beaten

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3–2 in the first round,

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4–3 in the second round and losing to

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5–2 in the Quarter Finals. In 2020, McKinstry debut of the

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has beaten

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in the first round, Jason Heaver in the second round,

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in the third round,

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in the fourth round,

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in the fifth round and losing to

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10–8 in the Sixth Round. In August 2020, McKinstry and

Wessel Nijman Wessel Nijman (born 26 June 2000) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won his first ranking PDC title at 2024 Players Championship 24. Following a match-fixing scandal in 2020 tha ...

were suspended for match-fixing during Modus Live League games. McKinstry was eventually served with an eight-year ban from the sport following the DRA inquiry.

World Championship results

BDO

* 2018: 1st round (lost to

2–3) * 2019: Quarter-finals (lost to

2–5)

Performance timeline

External links

Kyle McKinstry's profile and stats on Darts Database

References

1986 births Living people Darts players from Northern Ireland British Darts Organisation players Professional Darts Corporation associate players Match fixers {{NorthernIreland-darts-bio-stub