Ronnie Davis (born 10 August 1942) is a retired English professional

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player who played 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 ...

events in the 1970s and 1980s.

Career

Davis won the 1978

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, beating Keith Harvey,

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and

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before beating Tony Brown in the final. Davis then played in the

1979 BDO World Darts Championship The 1979 Embassy World Darts Championship was the second World Professional Championships. Having been held the previous year at the Heart of the Midlands Club in Nottingham, the event moved to Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent where it wa ...

, beating

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in the first round before losing in the second round to

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World Championship results

BDO

* 1979: Last 16: (lost to

0–2) (sets)

External links

Profile and stats on Darts Database
Living people English darts players British Darts Organisation players 1942 births {{UK-darts-bio-stub