Peter Machin (darts player)

Peter Machin
Personal information
Nickname The Machine
Born 1973
Australia
Home town Adelaide, Australia
Darts information
Playing darts since 1983
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music Earthquake by Labrinth
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2005-
Current world ranking (BDO) 41
BDO majors - best performances
World Masters Last 136: 2008
World Darts Trophy Runner Up: 2016
Other tournament wins
Australian Grand Masters 2015
Murray Bridge Grand Prix 2016
NDDA Open 2010
Pacific Masters 2015
South Australian Open 2015
Van Diemen Classic 2014

Peter Machin (born 1973) is an Australian darts player who plays for the British Darts Organisation.

Career

Australian Machin started to play darts when he was ten years old - his father Brian is a darts player. With 14 Peter for the first time played on stage in the inaugural Australian Youth Masters and reached the final. 2001 he for the first time played as a senior for South Australia. 2008 he for the first time was nominated for the national team and took part in the Asia-Pacific Cup. He won the singles and was part of the winning 'Australian team. Since 2011 Machin is a permanent member of the national team and took part in several World Cups. 2015 he won the Pacific Masters and the Australian Grand Masters. 2016 he took part in the BDO World Trophy and reached the final where he lost to Darryl Fitton.

Personal life

In 2014 Machin trained to be a darts coach. Peter's wife Debbie is a successful darts player as well.

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