Mike Veitch

For other people named Michael Veitch, see Michael Veitch (disambiguation).

Mike Veitch
Personal information
Nickname	The Cat
Born	August 15, 1960 (1960-08-15) (age 51) Scotland
Home town	Bonnyrigg, West Lothian Scotland
Darts information
Playing darts since	1990
Darts	-
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	Ready to Go by Republica
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	since 1990
Current world ranking	72 (WDF)
BDO majors - best performances
World Ch'ship	QF 2006
World Masters	QF 2002
World Darts Trophy	SF 2005
Int. Darts League	Last 16 2005
Other tournament wins
Tournament	Years
England Open Scottish Open Welsh Classic Scottish National Championship	2006 2004 2005 2008
Updated on January 7, 2008.

Michael "Mike" Veitch (born 15 August 1960) is a Scottish darts player who competes in events staged by the British Darts Organisation.

Playing career

He made his televised debut at the 1990 Embassy World Championship losing in the first round to Brian Cairns, but it would be another 12 years before he returned to the Lakeside Country Club to play at the tournament again.

He has won several non-televised Open events including the Scottish Open in 2004, the Welsh Classic in 2005 and the England Open in 2006 - but has failed to make an impression in the World Championship. His best run at Lakeside came in 2006 when he beat Ulf Cedar and Stephen Roberts before losing to Martin Adams in the quarter-finals.

Controversy

Veitch has been involved in some controversy during his career. At the 2007 BDO World Darts Championship he refused to shake hands with Mervyn King after his defeat in the last 16. King had been rumoured (which were subsequently true) to be joining the rival organisation, the Professional Darts Corporation. Veitch later said that he had been put off by King shouting whilst collecting his darts from the board.

At the 2007 Glencarn International Classic during a 7-0 win against Gary Robson, Veitch's mobile phone went off twice during the match causing upset to his opponent who offered to concede the match as a result of the incident.

Veitch has also been known to be a stickler for the rules, refusing to play games if players have access to water (in case it contains alcohol)

World Championship performances

2008 (BDO) last 32 lost to Scott Waites 1-3

2007 (BDO) last 16 lost to Mervyn King 2-4

2006 (BDO) Quarter Final lost to Martin Adams 2-5

2005 (BDO) last 16 lost to Raymond van Barneveld 1-3

2002 (BDO) last 32 lost to Co Stompé 0-3

1990 (BDO) last 32 lost to Brian Cairns 0-3

References

External links

• Veitch profile Lakeside 2006 World Championship brochure.
• Mike Veitch's profile and stats on Darts Database

Persondata
Name	Veitch, Mike
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1960-08-15
Place of birth	Scotland
Date of death
Place of death