|
Alan Norris (born 21 February 1972 in Yeovil) is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Norris was the runner-up at the 2012 Zuiderduin Masters and his best achievement to date came in reaching the final of the 2014 BDO World Championship where he lost to Stephen Bunting. In January 2015 he moved from the British Darts Organisation to the PDC. ==BDO career== Norris won the 2007 Sweden National Championships, beating Daniel Larsson in the final.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2007 Sweden National Championships Player Prize Money )〕 He had earlier reached the semi-finals of the Finnish Open.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2007 Finnish Open Results )〕 Norris then narrowly missed out qualifying for the last 16 of the 2007 Winmau World Masters, having beaten Michael Rosenauer, Mitchell Crooks and Daniel Brouwer before losing to Jordy Terburg.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2007 World Masters Results )〕 A quarter-final defeat in the Swedish Open followed. Norris made his televised debut by reaching the quarter-finals of the 2008 Welsh Open, which was shown live on Setanta Sports. He defeated Martin Adams in the earlier rounds and then went on to beat Ian Jones, before losing to eventual winner Gary Anderson in the semi-finals.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2008 Welsh Open Results )〕 He then reached the quarter-finals of the Norway Open, Denmark Open and the Zuiderduin Masters and also reached the semi-finals of the Welsh Classic and the Swedish Open. Norris made his World Championship debut in 2009, taking one of the automatic non-seeded spots. He defeated 13th seed Steve West 3–0 in the first round but lost 4–0 to fourth seed Scott Waites in the second round.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2009 BDO World Championship Results )〕 He was defeated in the final of the Welsh Classic 5–2 by Tony O'Shea. Norris advanced through Group B at the Zuiderduin Masters and then eliminated Martin Atkins 3–1 to play in his first major semi-final where Darryl Fitton whitewashed him 4–0.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2009 Zuiderduin Masters Results )〕 Norris returned as the eighth seed at the 2010 World Championship, but lost 3–2 to Robert Wagner in the first round despite averaging 90 compared to Wagner's 86.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2010 BDO World Championship Results )〕 He had a mixed 2010 season, in which he won the French Open by beating Kim Huybrechts and also got to the semi-finals of the European Open in Airdrie.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2010 French Open Results )〕 Norris attempted to qualify for the UK Open but fell in the last 64 to Ryan Murray.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2010 PDC UK Open Pub Qualifiers Results )〕 In the first round of the 2011 World Championship, Norris beat seventh seed Ross Montgomery 3–1, but was beaten in the second round by 10th seed Garry Thompson.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2011 BDO World Championship Results )〕 He edged out Dean Winstanley 6–5 to win the England Open Early Bird and retained his French Open title by defeating Garry Thompson 5–3.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2011 England Open Early Bird Results )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2011 French Open Results )〕 Norris also claimed the Luxembourg Open after beating Christian Kist 6–4.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2011 Luxembourg Open Results )〕 Norris played in his fourth successive World Championship in 2012 and once again won his first round match, this time against 14th seed Benito van de Pas 3–2. In the second round, he recovered from 3–1 down against third seed Dean Winstanley to win 4–3 and reach his first World Championship quarter-final, where he was beaten 5–1 by eventual champion Christian Kist.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2012 BDO World Championship Results )〕 Norris had a shot at double 12 for a nine-dart finish, which would have been only the second in the history of the tournament, but missed the shot and ended up losing the leg. He won the Welsh Masters and the Luxembourg Open for the second year in a row. In December, Norris reached the final of the Zuiderduin Masters, a run that included a 112 three-dart average in his final group match as well as two 170 checkouts. However, he was eventually beaten 5–0 by BDO number one Stephen Bunting in the final.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2012 Zuiderduin Masters Results )〕 Norris was then the number nine seed for the 2013 World Championship. He beat Welshman Wayne Warren in the first round 3–1, however, was beaten in a tightly contested second round game, losing 4–3 to eighth seeded Dutchman, Wesley Harms.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2013 BDO World Championship Results )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alan Norris (darts player)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|