Mitchell Clegg
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Mitchell Clegg is an Australian darts player. He lives in Newcastle, New South Wales
. Clegg won the Oceanic Masters title at the age of just 15 years, 345 days. This meant he was the youngest player ever to qualify for the PDC World Darts Championship
. Around the time of his 16th birthday, Clegg suffered a personal loss, when a fire in a plug point on the kitchen wall of his home led to it being burned down and subsequently demolished.
His debut at the 2007 PDC World Championship
ended in the first round with a 0-3 defeat to Raymond van Barneveld
who went on to win his fifth world title.
After his World Championship experience, Clegg competed in the AGP tour affiliated with the PDC as well as competing in WDF ranked events in the Oceanic region but has failed to gain much success thus far. He reached the final of the 2009 Central Coast Australian Classic but lost 6-0 in the final to Anthony Fleet
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Newcastle, New South Wales
The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...
. Clegg won the Oceanic Masters title at the age of just 15 years, 345 days. This meant he was the youngest player ever to qualify for the PDC World Darts Championship
PDC World Darts Championship
The PDC World Darts Championship is a world championship competition for the sport of darts, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation . It was introduced following a dispute in 1994 with the British Darts Organisation, which has run its own world championship since 1978...
. Around the time of his 16th birthday, Clegg suffered a personal loss, when a fire in a plug point on the kitchen wall of his home led to it being burned down and subsequently demolished.
His debut at the 2007 PDC World Championship
2007 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2007 Ladbrokes.com PDC World Darts Championship was the 14th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The tournament began on Monday 18 December 2006 and the final was played on Monday 1 January 2007...
ended in the first round with a 0-3 defeat to Raymond van Barneveld
Raymond van Barneveld
Raymond van Barneveld , nickname Barney is a professional darts player. He is a five time World Darts Champion, and two time UK Open Champion. From January to June 2008, he was the PDC world number one ranked player...
who went on to win his fifth world title.
After his World Championship experience, Clegg competed in the AGP tour affiliated with the PDC as well as competing in WDF ranked events in the Oceanic region but has failed to gain much success thus far. He reached the final of the 2009 Central Coast Australian Classic but lost 6-0 in the final to Anthony Fleet
Anthony Fleet
Anthony "Tony" Fleet is an Australian darts player who competes in the BDO/WDF system.-Darts career:Fleet qualified for the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship, but was defeated 3-0 by Adrian Lewis in the first round....
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