Career
Gittins played twice at the BDO International World Darts Championship. In 1989, he beat Finland"s Kexi Heinäharju in the first round but lost in the second round to five-time World Champion Eric Bristow. He returned to the Lakeside a year later and again reached the second round, beating Australian Wayne Weening in round one, but again lost in the second round to Bristow.
Gittins also played twice at the Winmau World Masters, reaching the quarter-finals in 1985.
Gittins disappeared from the scene after the 1990 BDO International World Darts Championship but briefly made a comeback at the 2005 Personal Digital Cellular United Kingdom Open. Winning through the preliminaries he lost in the first round.
On 20 February 2013 Gittins died.
