Cameron Menzies
{{Short description|Scottish darts player (born 1989)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox darts player
| image = Cameron Menzies PC.png
| caption = Menzies at the 2024 Players Championship Finals
| name = Cameron Menzies
| fullname =
| nickname = "Cammy"
| birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1989|6|27|df=y}}}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mastercaller.com/players/cameron-menzies|title=Cameron Menzies player profile |website=Mastercaller|access-date=2 January 2018}}
| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland
| hometown = Milton Keynes, England
| since = 2003
| darts = 24g Unicorn
| laterality = Right-handed
| music = "I'm Feelin It (In the Air)" by Sunset Bros X & Mark McCabe
| BDO = 2006–2018
| PDC = 2018–2020, 2022–
(Tour Card: 2022–)
| WDF = 2006–2022
| currentrank = {{PDC Rankings|Cameron Menzies}}
| BDO World = Semi Final: 2022
| World Masters = Semi Final: 2017
| World Darts Trophy = Last 32: 2017
| Zuiderduin Masters = Last 24 Group: 2017
| PDC World = Last 64: 2023, 2024
| Matchplay =
| Grand Prix = Last 32: 2024
| Grand Slam = Quarter Final: 2024
| UK Open = Last 32: 2025
| Premier League =
| PC Finals = Last 32: 2022, 2024
| Masters = Last 16: 2025
| World Series Finals = Last 32: 2024
| results = {{aligned table|leftright=y|fullwidth=y|class=nowrap
| Benidorm Open| 2011, 2024
| British Open| 2016
| Isle of Man Classic| 2020
| PDC Challenge Tour| 2018, 2019 (x2), 2021
| Scottish Classic| 2017
| Scottish Open| 2017
| Welsh Open| 2021
}}
Players Championships
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| Players Championship (Leicester)| 2024, 2025
}}
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Cameron Menzies (born 27 June 1989) is a Scottish darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
A PDC Tour Card holder since 2022, Menzies has won two PDC ranking titles in Players Championship events. He reached his first PDC major quarter-final at the 2024 Grand Slam.
Menzies previously participated in British Darts Organisation (BDO) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He reached the semi-finals at the 2017 Winmau World Masters and the 2022 Lakeside World Championship.
Career
=BDO=
Menzies first played darts on the BDO circuit in 2006, playing in the Gibraltar Open. However, he did not emerge to prominence until 2016 where he won the British Open. He played in the 2016 World Masters but lost to Irish darts player John O'Shea in the last 80. In 2017 he became the first Scottish player to win the Scottish Open since Gary Anderson 10 years before. He qualified for the 2017 BDO World Trophy through the regional qualifiers. He reached the semi-finals of the 2017 World Masters before losing to eventual champion Krzysztof Ratajski.
=PDC=
Menzies qualified for the 2017 Grand Slam of Darts virtue of his BDO ranking.{{cite web|last1=Allen|first1=Dave|title=BDO Confirm Final Grand Slam Qualifiers|url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2017/10/10/bdo-confirm-final-grand-slam-qualifiers|publisher=Professional Darts Corporation|accessdate=11 October 2017|date=10 October 2017}} Menzies finished third in his group losing to Gary Anderson 5–3 and Berry van Peer 5–4 but winning 5–2 against Simon Whitlock.
Menzies entered the PDC 2018 Q-School after his early loss at the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship. He then qualified the 2018 European Darts Open (ET1) and beat Mark Wilson 6–2 in the first round, before losing to the eventual champion Michael van Gerwen.
Menzies won one Challenge Tour event in 2018 and two in 2019 but failed to get a tour card at Q-School until 2022.
In October 2024 Menzies won his maiden senior PDC title at Players Championship 29, defeating Stephen Bunting 8–4 in the final.{{cite web |date=30 October 2024 |title=Players Championship 29: Cameron Menzies beats Stephen Bunting to claim maiden PDC ranking title |url=https://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/13244841/players-championship-29-cameron-menzies-beats-stephen-bunting-to-claim-maiden-pdc-ranking-title |website=Sky Sports |access-date=31 October 2024}}
In November Menzies reached the quarter-finals of the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts, losing to Mickey Mansell 16–15 in a deciding leg.{{cite web |last=Wellens |first=Megan |date=16 November 2024 |title=Grand Slam of Darts 2024: Rob Cross suffers shock defeat to Martin Lukeman in quarter-finals as Mickey Mansell survives Cameron Menzies scare |url=https://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/13254674/grand-slam-of-darts-2024-rob-cross-suffers-shock-defeat-to-martin-lukeman-in-quarter-finals-as-mickey-mansell-survives-cameron-menzies-scare |access-date=16 November 2024 |website=Sky Sports}}
=WDF=
Menzies qualified for the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship by winning the 2021 Welsh Open. As the number 14 seed Menzies achieved wins over Ian Jones, Wayne Warren and James Hurrell before losing 5–4 to Thibault Tricole in the semi-finals.
Personal life
Menzies is a goalkeeper for senior footballing side Lugar Boswell Thistle.{{Cite web|title=Squad|url=https://lugarboswellthistle.wixsite.com/lugarboswellthistle/ourteam|access-date=2021-12-24|website=lugarboswellthistle|language=en}} As of 2022, Menzies lives in Milton Keynes with his girlfriend, and fellow darts player, Fallon Sherrock where he works as a plumber. {{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/12770796/world-darts-championship-fallon-sherrocks-partner-cameron-menzies-says-he-is-proud-of-what-she-has-done|title=World Darts Championship: Fallon Sherrock's partner Cameron Menzies says he is proud of what she has done|publisher=Sky Sports|date=20 December 2022|accessdate=20 December 2022}}
World Championship results
=BDO=
- 2018: First round (lost to Conan Whitehead 1–3)
=WDF=
- 2022: Semi-finals (lost to Thibault Tricole 4–5)
=PDC=
- 2023: Second round (lost to Vincent van der Voort 0–3)
- 2024: Second round (lost to Dave Chisnall 1–3)
- 2025: First round (lost to Leonard Gates 1–3)
Performance timeline
BDO
| class="wikitable" style="width:20%; margin:0" | |||||||
| Tournament | 2007 | 2010 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="10" align="left" |'''BDO Ranked televised events | |||||||
| style="background:#efefef;" align=left| {{nowrap|Winmau World Masters}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|3R | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF |
WDF
| class="wikitable" style="width:20%; margin:0" | |
| Tournament | 2022 |
|---|---|
| colspan="10" align="left" |{{nowrap|WDF Major/platinum events}} | |
| style="background:#efefef;" | World Championship
| style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF |
PDC
| class="wikitable" style="width:20%; margin:0" | |||||||
| Tournament | 2017 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="8" align="left" |PDC Ranked televised events | |||||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| World Championship
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not qualify | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R | |||||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| World Masters
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not qualify | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R | |||||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| UK Open
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 3R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 4R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 5R | |||||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| World Matchplay
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not qualify | | |||||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| World Grand Prix
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not qualify | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R | | |||||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| Grand Slam
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| RR | colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"| QF | | |||||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| {{Nowrap|Players Championship Finals}}
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not qualify | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R | | |||||||
| colspan="8" align="left" |PDC Non-ranked televised events | |||||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| World Series Finals
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not qualify | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | | |||||||
| colspan="8" align="left" |Career statistics | |||||||
| bgcolor="efefef"
| align="left" |Season-end ranking (PDC) | style="text-align:center;|NR | style="text-align:center;|161 | style="text-align:center;|203 | style="text-align:center;|74 | style="text-align:center;|54 | style="text-align:center;|39 | |
PDC European Tour
| class="wikitable" style="width:50%; margin:0" | ||||||||||||||
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;"| 2018
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|EDO | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|GDG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|GDO | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|ADO | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|EDG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|DDM | colspan="7" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | 2019
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not participate | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|CDO | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;|ADC | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | ||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | 2022
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|ADO | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|EDO | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|EDM | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BDO | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|GDT | ||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | 2023
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|GDG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|ADO | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DDC | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|BDO | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|GDO | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | ||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | 2024
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|BDO | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|GDG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|IDO | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|DDC | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|FDT | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|HDT | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|SDT | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|CDO | ||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | 2025
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BDO | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;|EDT | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|IDO | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|GDG | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|ADO | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|EDG | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DDC | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|EDO | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|BSD | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|FDT | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|CDO | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|HDT | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|SDT | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|GDC |
PDC Players Championships
| class="wikitable" style="width:20%; margin:0; font-size:84%"
! 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 |
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;"| 2018 Not a Tour card holder | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | colspan="8" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not participate | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|DUB | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|DUB | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR |
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;"| 2019 Not a Tour card holder | colspan="16" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not participate | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not participate | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|DUB | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|DUB | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP |
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;"| 2020 Not a Tour card holder | colspan="8" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not participate | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | colspan="10" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not participate |
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;"| 2021 Not a Tour card holder | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not participate |
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;"| 2022
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR |
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;"| 2023
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR |
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;"| 2024
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:lime;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI |
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;"| 2025
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|ROS | style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|ROS | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:lime;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|ROS | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|ROS | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|WIG |
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References
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External links
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