Peter Locke is a

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former

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player.

Darts career

Locke made his World Championship debut in the

1983 BDO World Darts Championship The 1983 Embassy World Darts Championship was staged at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent from 1–8 January 1983. The tournament saw one of the World Darts Championship's biggest upsets, when Keith Deller defeated Eric Bristow, by 6 sets ...

, losing in the first round to

Terry O'Dea Terence "Terry" O'Dea (3 May 1945 – 18 May 2021) was an Australian professional darts player who competed in the 1970s and 1980s. Darts career O'Dea rejoined of the BDO in March 1978. O'Dea played in ten successive BDO World Darts Champions ...

. A year later in the

1984 BDO World Darts Championship The 1984 Embassy World Darts Championship was held from 31 December 1983 to 7 January 1984 at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent. Eric Bristow made up for his defeat against Keith Deller in the previous year's final by winning his third wo ...

, he reached the quarter-finals, defeating

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in the first round and then Malcolm Davies in the second round before losing to the eventual champion

Eric Bristow Eric John Bristow, (25 April 1957 – 5 April 2018), nicknamed "The Crafty Cockney", was an English professional darts player. He was ranked World No. 1 by the World Darts Federation a record five times, in 1980, 1981 and 1983–1985. He was ...

in a 5-0 whitewash. In the

1985 BDO World Darts Championship The 1985 Embassy World Darts Championship was the 8th World Professional Championships. The tournament was held between 5 and 12 January. It was the seventh and final time that the tournament was held at the Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Tren ...

, he lost in the first round to Fred McMullan. Locke then reached the final of the 1985 British Open, losing to John Cosnett. In the

1986 BDO World Darts Championship The 1986 Embassy World Darts Championship was held between 4–11 January 1986. For the first time, the tournament was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey, having been held at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent f ...

, Locke succeeded in reaching the quarter-final for the second time by defeating

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Bill Steinke in the first round and then

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player

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in the second round before losing again to Bristow in another whitewash with Bristow again going on to win his third successive world championship. Locke made one more appearance in the world championships in 1987, losing in the first round Bob Anderson. Peter Locke/

also lost in the 1986 MFI world pairs final. Then went on to become MFI world pairs champions a year later in 1987 ocke/Bristowwho then beat John Lowe and

Tony Payne Thomas Anthony Payne (born April 10, 1955) is an American former professional darts player. He is also well known for publishing an article in the ''Bulls Eye News'' magazine famously titled "Thermonuclear Cricket". Career Payne played in s ...

for the 1987 title. Locke also played in the

Winmau World Masters The World Masters is one of the longest-running and most prestigious of the BDO/WDF tournaments, which began in 1974. The tournament is sponsored by darts board manufacturer, Winmau. The World Masters was unusual in darts in that its sets are th ...

four times, and lost in the first round each time: losing in 1984 to

Steve Brennan Stephen Edward Brennan (born 2 November 1951) is an English professional darts player who competed in the 1980s. He was a civil engineer from Leiston and began playing county darts for Suffolk in 1979–1980. He was eligible to play for North ...

, in 1986 to Stewart, in 1991 to Donnie MacLean, and in 1992 to

Keith Sullivan Keith Sullivan is an Australian former professional darts player. Career Sullivan played in three BDO World Darts Championships. In 1991, he defeated future world champion Raymond van Barneveld in the first round, but lost to Alan Warriner in ...

. Locke, having lost to Norman Fletcher in the 2006 Budweiser UK Open. Locke quit the PDC in 2006.

World Championship results

BDO

* 1983: 1st round (lost to

0–2) * 1984: Quarter-finals (lost to

0–5) * 1985: 1st round (lost to Fred McMullan 0–2) * 1986: Quarter-finals (lost to

0–4) * 1987: 1st round (lost to Bob Anderson 0–3)

External links

Profile and stats on Darts Database
Living people Welsh darts players British Darts Organisation players Professional Darts Corporation associate players Sportspeople from Merthyr Tydfil 1956 births {{UK-darts-bio-stub