Barrie Bates (born 17 October 1969) is a Welsh former professional darts player who competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. His original nickname was Batesy, but since 2007 he was known as Champagne.
Career Bates made his PDC televised debut at the 2003 UK Open reaching the third round. In 2005 he narrowly lost a last-32 match to Lionel Sams at the UK Open and made a superb run to the final in 2006 before losing to Raymond van Barneveld.
He made a great impression on the circuit in 2006, winning the John Smiths Singles in February and May's Le Skratch Sarantos Retsinas Memorial event in Montreal. He also reached two Regional Finals of the UK Open in March (losing to Chris Mason and to van Barneveld in November. He reached two PDPA Players Championship finals in 2006 losing to Colin Lloyd in the Isle of Wight in June, but beat Phil Taylor to take his biggest title to date in the Netherlands event in November.
His success at events away from the television cameras during 2006 helped him to win the award of "Best Floor Player" at the first PDC Awards Dinner. It refers to the non-televised events which feature many boards alongside each other on a smaller arena floor.
He made his World Championship debut in 2007 as the number 17 seed but suffered a surprise first-round defeat to Canadian Brian Cyr. In the 2008 World Championship, Bates got to the third round only to lose to Kirk Shepherd. In the 2009 tournament, Bates defeated Northern Ireland's Felix McBrearty and American Bill Davis to reach the third round again, this time meeting Mark Dudbridge, winning 4–0 with checkout percentage of 60% to reach the quarter-finals for the very first time. He lost in the quarters, however, falling to twelfth seed Mervyn King by five sets to two.
In 2010, he represented Wales in the inaugural PDC World Cup of Darts alongside Mark Webster, where despite losing all seven singles in which he competed in, he and Webster reached the final, after defeating New Zealand, Spain, Scotland and Australia (thanks to Bates's 116 checkout in the sudden death leg), before losing to the Netherlands pairing of Raymond van Barneveld and Co Stompé.
In January 2019, after several years struggling with injury and playing his darts on the PDC Challenge Tour, Bates won back his PDC Tour Card for the first time since 2012. He squeezed into the top eleven of the UK Q-School Order of Merit to seal a two-year Tour Card.
He participated in 2024 Q–School but failed to re-gain his Tour Card.
World Championship results PDC 2007: First round (lost to Brian Cyr 2–3) (sets) 2008: Third round (lost to Kirk Shepherd 2–4) 2009: Quarter-finals (lost to Mervyn King 2–5) 2010: Second round (lost to Kevin McDine 0–4) 2011: First round (lost to Kevin McDine 1–3)
Career statistics
Performance timeline Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 PDC World ChampionshipDNQ1R3RQF2R1RDNQ UK Open3R3R5RF4R4R3R3R1RDNQ 3RDNQ 1R 2R World MatchplayDNQ1R2RDNQ1RDNQ World Grand PrixDNQ1R1RDNQQFDNQ European ChampionshipNot heldDNQ2RDNQ Not heldDNQ1RDNQNon-ranked televised events PDC World Cup of DartsNot heldFNHDNP Grand Slam of DartsNot heldRRDNQRRRRDNQPast major events Las Vegas Desert ClassicDNQ 2RDNQ 1RDNQNot held International Darts LeagueDNPRRNot held Championship League DartsNot heldRRRRDNQNot held US OpenNot held5R3RNot heldCareer statisticsYear-end ranking838364171222363165109143168144178142169153139
PDC European Tour Tournament 2014 2015 2018Austrian Open1RNHDNQEuropean OpenDNQ1RDNQGibraltar TrophyDid not qualify1RDutch ChampionshipDid not qualify2R
PDC Players Championships Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 372004BLADNPNEWDNPDUB2RROTDNPEDI4R2005IOW3RIOWQFBLA3RNEW1RDUB2RIRV3RLIS2RLIS2R2006GIB2RHAIFHAI2RBLA2RNEW4RDUB3RIRV1RLIS4RLISW2007GIB4RGIB1RBAD4RANT4RSCHSFHEE4RHAI4RHAIQFLVEQFBLAQFATLDNPCASDNPCHIDNPNEW3RDUB2RIRV3RKIR3RKIL4RLIS3RLIS3R2008GIBDNPESS3RWIG2RBAD3RBAD2RTEL3RTEM1RGLA3RAMS2RBRI3RBRI2RLVE3RBLA3RNSWDNPKIT3RATL4REIN3REIN1RDRO3RCHI3RNEWQFNEW3RDUB3RDUB3RIRV2RIRV3RKIR2RKILSFLEI3RLEI1R2009DON1RGIB1RGIB4RGLA3RGLA1RIRVPRWIG2RBRE1RCOV2RNUL2RNUL2RTAU2RDER3RNEW2RBAR4RBAR2RDIN4RDIN1RLVE3RSYDDNPONT3RATL3RATL3RSAL2RSAL3RDUB1RDUB2RKIL2RNUL2RNUL3RIRV3RIRV1R2010GIB1RGIB2RSWI1RDER2RGLA3RGLA3RWIG1RCRAWBARQFDER1RWIGQFWIG3RSAL4RSAL4RBAR1RBAR2RHAA2RHAA2RLVE4RLVE3RLVE3RSYDDNPONT3RONT4RCRA1RCRA1RNUL1RNUL1RDUB1RDUB4RKILQFBAD1RBAD2RBAR1RBAR1RDER2RDER3R2011HAL2RHAL2RDER1RDER3RCRA1RCRA2RVIE2RVIE1RCRA1RCRA1RBAR2RBAR1RNUL1RNUL1RONT2RONT2RDER1RDER2RNUL1RNUL1RDUB1RDUB1RKIL1RGLA1RGLA1RALI1RALI1RCRA1RCRA2RWIG2RWIG1R2012ALI1RALI2RREA1RREA1RCRA1RCRA1RBIR1RBIR1RCRA1RCRA1RBAR3RBAR1RDUB2RDUB1RKIL1RKIL1RCRA1RCRA2RBAR1RBAR1R2013Not a Tour card holderBARDNPWIG2RWIG1RDNPDUBPRDUB1RKIL2RKILPRWIG1RWIG2RBARDNP2014Did not participate2015Did not participateCOV3RCOV3RCOV1RCRA1RCRA1RBAR1RBAR1RWIG1RWIG1RBAR1RBAR1RDUB2RDUB1RCOV1RCOVDNP2016Did not participateBAR1RDid not participateBAR2RBARDNPBAR3RDNP2017Did not participateBAR1RBAR2RDNPBAR2RBAR1R2018Did not participateBAR1RDid not participate2019WIG2RWIG1RWIG2RWIG2RBAR1RBAR2RWIG1RWIG1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RWIG2RWIG2RBAR3RBAR1RHIL2RHIL1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RDUB2RDUB1RBAR1RBAR3R2020BAR2RBAR2RWIG1RWIG1RWIG1RWIG1RBAR1RBAR1RMIL1RMIL1RMIL1RMIL1RMIL1RNIE1RNIE1RNIE1RNIE1RNIE1RCOV1RCOV1RCOV1RCOV1RCOV1R
PDC Challenge Tour Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Prize money Ranking2014WIGPRWIGL128REAL128REAL64WIGL64WIGL64COVL128COVL128WIGL64WIGL128COVL128COVL32COVL128COVL128WIGL64WIGL128£35095th2015WIGL128WIGL128WIGL256WIGL256WIGL32WIGL256WIGL256WIGL128WIG DNPCOVL128COVL16COVL128COVL128£300113th2016WIGL128WIGL64WIGL32WIGL64WIGL256WIGL32WIGL32WIGL128MILL128MILL128MILQFMILSFWIGL32WIGQFWIGL128WIGF£260014th2017MILQFMILL256MILL16MILL64BARL32BARL128BARL64BARL16MILL128MILL64MILL128MILL16MILL64MILPRMILL32MILFWIGL128WIGL16WIGL64WIGL128£255021st2018WIGL64WIGL128WIGL256WIGL128MILL64MILL64MILL16MILL256WIGL256WIGL128WIGSFWIGL128WIG DNPWIGQFWIGQFPETL128PETL128PETL64PETL64£155039th2021UKMILL64MILL32MILL256MILL32MILL256MILL256MILL64MILL256MILL64MILL64MILL64MILL256£45078th2022MILL128MILL256MILL16MILL128MILL128HIL Did not participateLEI Did not participate£200196th
PDC major finals: 1 OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore(l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets, (p) = score in points.Runner-up 1. 2006 UK Open 7–13 (l)
PDC team finals: 1 Outcome No. Year Championship Team Teammate Opponents in the final Score Runner-up 1. 2010 2–4 (p)
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