Martin McCloskey

Career

McCloskey reached the semi-finals of the 1999 WDF World Cup Men"s singles, beating England captain Martin Adams in the first round and Richie Davies in the last 16 before beating Belgium"s Chris van den Bergh 4-0 in the quarter-finals. He was eventually beaten by Raymond van Barneveld who went on to lift the title. McCloskey finally made his Lakeside debut in the 2010 BDO International World Championship after winning one of four places in the Inter-Playoffs in Bridlington.

He defeated Steve West in the first round after being 2-1 down in sets.

McCloskey failed to qualify for the 2011 World Championship, but he did play in the 2010 Winmau World Masters where he reached the semi-finals. BDO International

2010: 2nd Round (lost to Garry Thompson 1-4).

Achievements

• McCloskey won the 2008 Republic of Ireland Open, beating Damien O"Driscoll in the final. However, he was defeated by Garry Thompson in the second round by 4 sets to 1.martin has since stopped playing the game he loved so much because he is apparently classed as a professional, martin was a very good amateur who was lucky enough to achieve his dream and play at lakeside he is a great loss to the game off darts He was defeated by Martin Adams, who won the title.