Sean Reed

Sean Reed (born 28 June 1965 in Sydney) is a retired English born Australian professional darts player.

Sean Reed
Personal information
Full nameSean Reed
NicknameThe Silver Surfer
Born (1965-06-28) 28 June 1965
Isle of Wight, England
Home townSydney, New South Wales
Australia
Darts information
Playing darts since1995
Darts22g Puma Darts
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"20th Century Boy" by T-Rex
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2009–2012
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 64: 2012
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
Australia National Ch'ships
DPA Australian Matchplay
Mittagong RSL Open
Redcliffe Darts Open
Victoria Open
Warilla Bowls Club Open		2009

2012

2010
2011, 2012
2012
2012
Updated on 22 January 2019.

Career

Reed qualified for the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship as the winner of the Australian Grand Prix series.[1] In the first round, he played against Justin Pipe. Despite winning the first set, Reed lost the match 1–3.[2]

World Championship results

PDC

Personal life

Reed started playing darts at the age of 29. At the time, he was living in Japan, where he was working as an English language teacher. During his time in Japan Sean won more than 60 state and national titles including 4 Grand Master Titles in '98, '99, '02, '03. In 2004 Sean started playing soft-tip darts. He had moderate success picking up 16 titles over a 3-year period. In 2007 he set an unofficial world record of more than 28,000 points scored in just 1 hour retrieving his own darts and operating the setting of the darts machine. In darting circles he known as the creator of Target Darting a new hybrid form of the sport utilizing a target rather than a board. In 2014 he became a co-founder and CEO of the International Target Darting Organization (I.T.D.O.).

References
  1. Reed Ensures AGP Glory PDC.tv
  2. World Championship - Night Two Archived 8 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine PDC.tv


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