Career
In 2014, Kirk reached the last 64 in two of the six United Kingdom Open qualifiers to enter the event in the first round stage. In Kirk"s first televised match he caused one of the biggest shocks in the history of darts by winning 9–7. He then played Peter Wright, who had been the World Championship runner-up at the beginning of the year, and continued his amazing run by taking out two ton-plus finishes and coming back from 5–3 down to triumph 9–5.
Kirk earned £5,000 for his run in the tournament, by far the biggest of his career to date.
In July, Kirk reached the final of the 12th Challenge Tour event of the year where he was edged out 5–4 by Brett Claydon. He saw off Jamie Lewis 4–3 in the semi-finals and Benito van de Pas 4–1 in the final.
Kirk reached the last 16 of a Personal Digital Cellular event for the first time since his United Kingdom Open exploits at the 15th Players Championship with victories over William O"Connor, Justin Pipe and Ronny Huybrechts, before he lost 6–1 to Peter Wright.