Steve Maish

Steve Maish
Personal information
Nickname Mr Magic
Born (1963-11-22) 22 November 1963
Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England
Home town Wigan
England
Darts information
Playing darts since 1977
Darts 21g Target Pure
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music Burning Love by Elvis Presley
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 1996–
Current world ranking 99
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship Last 32: 2004, 2008
World Matchplay Last 16: 2006
Grand Slam Group stages 2009
Desert Classic Last 32: 2007, 2008
UK Open Last 32: 2006
US Open/WSoD Last 16: 2009
Players Ch'ship Finals Last 32: 2009
Other tournament wins
Grand Slam Wild Card Qualifier 2009
Sheppey Darts Classic 2008
UK Open Scottish Regional Final 2004
Updated on 17 February 2008.

Steve Maish (born 22 November 1963 in Southend, Essex) is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Mr Magic for his matches.

Career

Maish made his televised debut at the 2003 UK Open beating Vic Hubbard but lost 5–0 to former World Champion Steve Beaton. He then played in his first PDC World Darts Championship in 2004, beating former World Masters semi-finalist Tony Payne of the United States in the first round and then beat four-time World semi-finalist Cliff Lazarenko in the second round before losing in the third round to Wayne Mardle. He followed this with victory in the UK Open Scottish Regional and began his 2004 UK Open campaign in the third round, but was drawn against Phil Taylor who eventually beat him 8–3.

In 2005 he reached the final of the Irish Masters, losing to James Wade. He followed this good run though with a surprise early exit from the 2005 UK Open, losing to former Norway Open champion Andy Hayfield and failure to qualify for the Las Vegas Desert Classic and World Grand Prix. He did however play in the 2006 PDC World Darts Championship, but lost in the first round to Jason Clark. He made then made two finals, the first being the UK Open North West Regional losing to Alan Tabern. The second was the Antwerp Open which he lost to defending champion Terry Jenkins. He then made the fourth round of the 2006 UK Open, starting in the third round stage with a win over Colin Osborne and eventually losing to Colin Lloyd.

Maish then got his own back on 'Jaws' in the 2006 World Matchplay in which Lloyd entered as the defending champion. Maish beat him 10–6 in the first round, listed as one of the biggest upsets in the history of the tournament. He ended up losing in the next round to Chris Mason. Maish then had a poor run of form leading up the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship, and the poor form continued, losing in the first round to unknown South African Wynand Havenga. This was followed with a first round exit from the inaugural US Open, losing to Canadian Dan Olsen. He did however qualify for the Las Vegas Desert Classic for the first time, losing in the first round to defending champion John Part.

Maish qualified for the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship, he defeated former World Champion Dennis Priestley (who was diagnosed with prostate cancer before the event), but lost in the second round to Tony Eccles.

Maish enjoyed a fine weekend at the Scottish Players Championship regional in Irvine on 18 October 2008 reaching the semi-finals.

Maish suffered a first round exit in the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship, losing 3–0 to Denis Ovens.

World Championship Results

PDC

External links

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