Jamie Harvey

Jamie Harvey
Personal information
Nickname	Bravedart
Born	(1955-08-15) 15 August 1955 Glasgow, Scotland
Home town	Barrhead Scotland
Darts information
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	The Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1988-1993, 2011-2013
PDC	1993-2009 (Founding Member)
BDO majors - best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 16: 1992
World Masters	Last 32: 1988, 1991, 1992
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship	Semi Final: 1996
World Matchplay	Semi Final: 1996
World Grand Prix	Last 16: 2003
Desert Classic	Last 24 Group: 2003
UK Open	Last 32: 2008
Other tournament wins
Tournament	Years
Antwerp Open Isle of Man Open Scottish Masters WDF Europe Cup Pairs	2000 1991 1992 1992

Jamie Harvey (born 15 August 1955, in Glasgow) is a Scottish darts player who plays for the British Darts Organisation and formerly for the Professional Darts Corporation. He resides in Barrhead. Harvey used the nickname Bravedart for his matches - a play on the lead character from the film Braveheart. As darts began to introduce entrance tunes for its players during the 1990s, Harvey used to come to stage whilst the tune "The Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond" was played.

Career

Having made his World Championship debut in 1992, he was one of the players who started the Professional Darts Corporation (then known as the World Darts Council, WDC) in 1993 and played at every PDC World Championship between 1994 and 2006.

His best performance came in 1996 at the Circus Tavern, when he reached the World Championship semi-finals but lost 1-5 to Dennis Priestley. Later that year he also reached the semi-finals of the World Matchplay - losing 9-13 to eventual champion Peter Evison. He never made the final of any of the major PDC tournaments, but has won the Antwerp Open and also the Scottish Masters in his home country. He remained one of the most popular players on the circuit throughout his career.

Although he has reached the quarter finals of the World Championship in 2001 and the quarter finals of the World Matchplay as recent as 2004, his ranking has slipped in the past few years. He started 2007 ranked 48 in the world, but failed to qualify for the World Championship for the first time that year. In the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship qualifiers, he won four matches before falling at the final hurdle to Jacko Barry and he slipped to 73rd in the PDC Order of Merit. He still competed at nine PDC Pro Tour non-televised events in 2007, but collected only £300 in prize money with a last 32 performance being his best. Harvey is now ranked 129th on the PDC Order of Merit.

Harvey is currently battling throat cancer. On 2 September 2009 he underwent surgery to remove a cancerous growth in his throat and had his voice box removed.

In 2011 Harvey returned to the BDO and plays just Scottish events.

World Championship Results

BDO

• 1992: Last 16: (lost to Kevin Kenny 2-3)
• 1993: First Round: (lost to Mike Gregory 0-3)

PDC

• 1994: Last 24 Group: (lost to Phil Taylor 1-3) & (lost to Jim Watkins 2-3)
• 1995: Quarter-Final: (lost to Rod Harrington 2-4)
• 1996: Semi-Final: (lost to Dennis Priestley 1-5)
• 1997: Quarter-Final: (lost to Peter Evison 3-5)
• 1998: Last 24 Group: (Beat John Ferrell 3-0) & (lost to Rod Harrington 2-3)
• 1999: Second Round: (lost to Bob Anderson 1-3)
• 2000: Second Round: (lost to Dennis Priestley 2-3)
• 2001: Quarter-Final: (lost to Dave Askew 0-4)
• 2002: First Round: (lost to Shayne Burgess 3-4)
• 2003: Third Round: (lost to John Part 3-5)
• 2004: Third Round: (lost to Steve Beaton 0-4)
• 2005: Third Round: (lost to Roland Scholten 2-4)
• 2006: First Round: (lost to Tomas Seyler 0-3)

Performance timeline

Tournament	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
BDO World Championship	DNP				L16	L32	No longer a BDO Member
Winmau World Masters	L32	DNP		L32	L32	DNP							L192	DNP
PDC World Championship	NYF						L24G	QF	SF	QF	L24G	L16	L16	QF	L32	L16	L32	L32	L64	DNP
World Matchplay	NYF						QF	L16	SF	L32	L16	L16	L32	L32	L16	L16	QF	L32	DNP
World Grand Prix	Not held										DNP		L24	DNP	L32	L16	L32	L32	DNP
Las Vegas Desert Classic	Not held														DNP	L24G	DNP
UK Open	Not held															L64	L96	L96	L96	L96	L32

Performance Table Legend
DNP	Did not play at the event	DNQ	Did not qualify for the event	NYF	Not yet founded	L#	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QF	lost in the quarter-finals	SF	lost in the semi-finals	RU	lost in the final	W	won the tournament

External links

• Profile and stats on Darts Database