Bert Vlaardingerbroek (born 24 March 1960) is a Dutch former professional darts player who has competed in events of the British Darts Organisation (BDO), Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), and World Darts Federation (WDF).
Vlaardingerbroek was the first Dutch darter to qualify for a world championship tournament.
Career In 1985 he was the first Dutch darter who qualified for the WDF World Cup, his represented Team Holland with Ellis Elsevijf, Paul Hoogenboom & Graeme Stoddart was not going to Brisbane, Queensland in Australia of 1985.
In 1988 he was the first Dutch darter who qualified for the BDO World Darts Championship.Darts Greatest Games, Matt Bozeat, 2017 Dartsgekte, Marcel Abrahams, NRC Handelsblad, 9 January 1999 Nederlandse darters al sinds 1995 aan de top, Frank Huiskamp, NRC, 1 January 2017
Vlaardingerbroek made four BDO World Darts Championship appearances One hundred and eighty!, de Volkskrant, 4 January 2013 Andere Tijden Sport - season 6 episode 1 and lost in the first round each time, losing to Bob Anderson in 1988, Dennis Hickling in 1989, Cliff Lazarenko in 1990 and Martin Phillips in 1992.
He also played in the Winmau World Masters thirteen times, his best performance was a quarter finals in 1986, who beating Paul Shefford, Alex MacKinnon, Lars Erik Karlsson, Mike Gregory and Lyndon Hextall before losing to Jocky Wilson.
His most successful period in the game came during 1992–93, when he reached the final of the Swiss Open (1992) and twice reached the last four of the Dutch Open (1992–93). He also reached the quarter-finals of the Swiss Open and Belgian Open in 1993. The 1993 Swiss event was the first event to suffer the loss of the 16 "rebel" players who had formed the World Darts Council which led to the split in darts.
The loss of the top players from the BDO/WDF led to opportunities for players to make progress up the world rankings. However, Vlaardingerbroek was not one of those who capitalised and faded from the scene after the 1993 World Masters.
He never featured in the final stages of a major event until reaching the last 32 of the Winmau World Masters in 1999 and then competed in some PDC Pro Tour events in 2003, 2005 & 2006 in his native country, which invites resident country players to compete without having to commit to affiliation of the Professional Dart Players Association.
World Championship results
BDO
1988: 1st Round: (lost to Bob Anderson 1–3) (sets) 1989: 1st Round: (lost to Dennis Hickling 0–3) 1990: 1st Round: (lost to Cliff Lazarenko 2–3) 1992: 1st Round: (lost to Martin Phillips 0–3)
Performance timeline Tournament 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Did not qualify1R1R1RDNQ1RDid not qualify 2RQF2RRR1R4R2R4R3R1R2RDNQ2R3R News of the World???RRNot heldDNPNot held
Performance Table LegendDNP Did not play at the eventDNQ Did not qualify for the eventNYF Not yet founded#R lost in the early rounds of the tournament(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)QF lost in the quarter-finalsSF lost in the semi-finalsF lost in the finalW won the tournament
References
External links Profile and stats on Darts Database