Paul Jennings (born 22 September 1976) is an English former

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player who competed in

British Darts Organisation The British Darts Organisation (BDO) was a darts organisation founded on 7 January 1973 by Olly Croft, and dissolved in 2020 under the stewardship of Des Jacklin. Made up of 66 member counties, it oversaw professional, semi-professional and ...

(BDO) events.

Career

A native of

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in the north-east of the country, Jennings came to wider attention when he qualified for the

2012 BDO World Darts Championship The 2012 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 35th BDO World Darts Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 27th staging at the Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green. It took place from January 7th to ...

. After defeating Garry Thompson 3–1 in the first round, Jennings defeated Steve Douglas 4–2 in their second round clash. He lost to fellow tournament debutant

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in the quarter-finals, being defeated 5–3 in sets. Despite a difficult 2012 season, Jennings once again qualified for the BDO World Championship in

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. His first round opponent was sixth seed

Ross Montgomery Ross Montgomery (born 16 October 1962), nicknamed The Boss, is a Scottish former professional darts player who competes in World Seniors Darts (WSD) events. He formerly participated in both World Darts Federation (WDF) and Prof ...

. Montgomery was in control of the match when Jennings hit a 144 checkout to save the third set, followed by a 102 checkout to win it. Jennings proceeded to win the match 3–1. In the second round, Jennings continued his fine finishing with a comprehensive 4–0 victory over

Jason Cullen Jason Cullen (born 11 June 1988) is an Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Darts career Cullen represented the Republic of Ireland in the WDF Europe Cup Youth in 2004 and was runner-up in ...

. Jennings then played eventual champion

Scott Waites Scott Waites (born 17 February 1977) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a two-time BDO World Darts Champion having won the 2013 tournament and 2016 tournament. He is also ...

in the quarter-finals, where he trailed 4-0 but won back two sets before eventually being defeated 5–2.2013 Schedule
/ref> He has not participated in any event since September 2016.

World Championship results

BDO

* 2012: Quarter-finals (lost to

3–5) * 2013: Quarter-finals (lost to

2–5) * 2014: 1st round (lost to

0–3) * 2015: 1st round (lost to

Darryl Fitton Darryl Fitton (born 5 May 1962) is a former English professional darts player. He was nicknamed The Dazzler and worked as an undertaker before embarking on his darts career. Fitton won the 2009 Finder Masters and the 2016 BDO World Trophy. ...

0–3)

Performance timeline

References

1976 births English darts players Living people Sportspeople from Hartlepool British Darts Organisation players {{UK-darts-bio-stub