Type of Dart Used:
Tex

Sponsors:
None

Which Association(s) do you play in? Mornington Peninsula Dart League, Mountain Dart League and Dandenong Super League

What age did you start playing darts?
I started playing aged 26

What year did you make your State Debut? 1980

What year did you make your Australian Debut?
1995

Ambition: Grow old gracefully

Achievements:
· Open Tournaments:
· Too many to mention –
Have won tournaments in Victoria, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania and South Australia.
· State:
· Won every State title many times
· Australian:
· Australian Masters 1997
· Australian Masters Finalist – 1998,1999, 2000 and 2002
Pacific Masters 1998
· Australian Grand Masters 1998 & 1999
· Australian Grand Masters Finalist 2002
· Australian Doubles Champion 1998
· International:
· Quarter Finals Embassy 1999 (First Aussie to make QF’s on debut)
· Semi Finals Philippines Open 2000
· Semi Finals Asia Cup Singles 2002
· Member of winning Asia Cup Team 1998
· Australian World Cup Team 1997, 1999 & 2003

What do you remember about your State debut game?
How good it felt to be playing alongside all these good players

How did you get into darts?
Moved into a new house, neighbour came over, gave me a hand with furniture, asked if did I want to come out for a beer that night. He picked me up and took me to a dart match and then that was it! Hooked!

Who has been the biggest influence on your career?
Early on my mother, lately my son.

What is the best advice your parents ever gave you?
Be good to your sisters.

What has been your most memorable win? Australian Masters 1997

Who is the best player you have seem?
Phil Taylor

Do you have any superstitions or rituals before competition?
My socks and jocks have to be comfy.

Sports Person you most admired:
Greg Norman

What is the best sporting event/match you ever attended as a spectator?
Watching Embassy Finals in 1999 and 2000.

Who’s the biggest entertainer you have seen live?
Rolling Stones

Who is the most famous person you have ever met?
Eric Bristow

Best place to spend your time away from darts?
In my boat.

Where is your ultimate holiday destination? Tropical Queensland

If you could be any other person – who would it be?
No body else.

If you could have any four guests at a dinner party, who would they be?
My four children because they are all over the place.

If you could meet anyone in history, who would it be?
Thomas Henry Duke in 1915.

If you were marooned on island, what would be the one thing you would take if you could? Fishhooks and line.

If you had a superpower, what would it be?
I wish my eyesightwas better.

What would you do if you had a million dollars?
Retire

Did you excel in any other sports as a junior? No

Do you follow any other sport?
A little bit of Aussie Rules and Golf.

Apart from darts, what is your biggest talent? Can draw and paint.

Your most memorable moment:
Pegging 164 to win Embassy match on stage.

Your most embarrassing moment:
Not being selected for Malaysia World Cup.

What makes you angry?
Bad tempered people.

Tell us something we don’t know about you?
I work for a Company which maintain the National Golf Club, which is Australia’s largest private Golf Club.

Something that you like, but shouldn't?
I like prawns, but can’t eat too many cos of gout.

What is your worst habit?
Ask Lyn.

Do you have any phobias?
Scared of heights.

What is your most prized possession?
My Grandfathers Military Medal for bravery in the field in WWW1.

What do you wish you could do, but are bad at?
Play Golf.

Describe yourself in 3 words:
Hard – Work - King.

Hobbies/Interests:
Fishing, boating, used to do a lot of scuba diving.

Anything you would like to comment on or add:
Before darts – I liked gardening etc. I tag Snapper for the Marine and Freshwater Research Institue.