Jamie Harvey

Jamie Harvey
Personal information
Nickname	Bravedart
Born	(1955-08-15) 15 August 1955 Glasgow, Scotland
Home town	Barrhead, Scotland
Darts information
Playing darts since	1977
Darts	21 Gram B&W Signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Loch Lomond" by Runrig
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1983–1993, 2011–2013
PDC	1993–2009 (founding member)
WDF major events – 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
UK Open	Last 32: 2008
Desert Classic	Last 24 Group: 2003
Other tournament wins
Tournament	Years
Antwerp Open Isle of Man Open Scottish Masters WDF Europe Cup Pairs	2000 1991 1992 1992
Updated on 18 February 2019.

Jamie Harvey (born 15 August 1955) is a Scottish former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments. Originally nicknamed “The Tartan Terror” he later 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, Harvey 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 and League results

BDO

• 1992: 2nd round (lost to Kevin Kenny 2–3)
• 1993: 1st round (lost to Mike Gregory 0–3)

PDC

• 1994: Group stage (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: Group stage (Beat John Ferrell 3–0) & (lost to Rod Harrington 2–3)
• 1999: 2nd round (lost to Bob Anderson 2–3)
• 2000: 2nd round (lost to Dennis Priestley 2–3)
• 2001: Quarter-final (lost to Dave Askew 0–4)
• 2002: 1st round (lost to Shayne Burgess 3–4)
• 2003: 3rd round (lost to John Part 3-5)
• 2004: 3rd round (lost to Steve Beaton 0–4)
• 2005: 3rd round (lost to Roland Scholten 2–4)
• 2006: 1st round (lost to Tomas Seyler 0–3)

Performance timeline

Tournament	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
BDO World Championship	Did not participate									2R	1R	No longer a BDO Member
Winmau World Masters	2R	Did not participate				3R	1R	1R	3R	3R	Did not participate							RR	Did not participate
PDC World Championship	Not yet founded											RR	QF	SF	QF	RR	2R	2R	QF	1R	3R	3R	3R	1R	DNQ
World Matchplay	Not held											QF	2R	SF	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	QF	1R	Did not qualify
World Grand Prix	Not held															DNQ		1R	DNQ	1R	2R	1R	1R	Did not qualify
Las Vegas Desert Classic	Not held																			DNQ	RR	Did not qualify
UK Open	Not held																				3R	2R	3R	2R	3R	4R

Performance Table Legend
DNP	Did not play at the event	DNQ	Did not qualify for the event	NYF	Not yet founded	#R	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	F	lost in the final	W	won the tournament

External links

• Profile and stats on Darts Database