Daryl Peach was born on 8 March 1972 and is an English professional pool player, from Lancashire, who resides in Blackpool, England.
34 Facts About Daryl Peach
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Daryl Peach represented Great Britain and won the inaugural World Team Championship in 2010.
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Daryl Peach has represented Europe in the Mosconi Cup in 1995 and 2007, and was a member of the winning team on both occasions.
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Daryl Peach was the youngest winner of the World Pool Masters, his first pool tournament, winning the 1995 event at the age of 23 years and three months.
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Daryl Peach is the first player to have been ranked number one in the UK rankings, European tour rankings, and WPA World rankings concurrently.
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Daryl Peach is a five-time winner on the Euro Tour, having won events from 2007 until 2012.
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Daryl Peach was born on 8 March 1972 in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, and moved to Blackpool when he was 14 years old.
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Daryl Peach played alongside the likes of Ronnie O'Sullivan, Mark Williams and John Higgins, who were all battling in the qualifying rounds at the same time.
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Daryl Peach reached a peak ranking of 250th in the world on the World Snooker Tour.
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Daryl Peach won this event in convincing fashion, beating some of the highest ranked UK players along the way.
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Daryl Peach quickly rose to the top of the UK pool rankings, and consequently received an invitation to the 1995 European Pool Masters tournament.
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Daryl Peach sailed through the event and defeated Lee Kendall in the final, making Peach the youngest winner of the tournament at age 23 years and three months.
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Daryl Peach was then invited to represent Europe at the 1995 Mosconi Cup, partnering pool players Kendall, Oliver Ortmann and Tom Storm, and snooker players Steve Davis, Alex Higgins and Jimmy White.
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Daryl Peach slowly started to filter more and more European events into his calendar, along with the occasional world major event.
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Daryl Peach competed in the World Pool Masters, twice reaching the semi-finals.
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Daryl Peach was starting to make a breakthrough on the tough Euro Tour, reaching the semi-finals of the Austria Open, and later the final of the German Open where he finished runner-up to Ortmann.
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In 2005, Daryl Peach reached the main stages of all six Euro Tour events.
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Daryl Peach progressed to the round-of-16 stage at the Belgium and Swiss Opens, the quarter-finals at the German and Costa Del Sol Opens, and the semi-finals of the Austria Open.
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Daryl Peach later reached the quarter-finals of the WPA World Eight-ball Championship, after defeating Ralf Souquet in the round of 16, losing to eventual champion Wu Jia-qing.
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In late 2006, Daryl Peach decided to enter a qualifying event in Holland to win a place on the new International Pool Tour, which he won.
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Daryl Peach played in the IPT World Open, finishing in 17th place, and the IPT North American Open, where he finished seventh.
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In 2007, Daryl Peach won his first Euro Tour event, the German Open.
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In November, Daryl Peach entered the 2007 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, held at the Araneta Coliseum in Manila, Philippines, seeded 17th for the event.
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Daryl Peach won his double elimination rounds, reaching the knockout rounds.
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Daryl Peach convincingly ran the rack to win the championship, becoming the first-ever British winner of the event.
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Daryl Peach was then selected to represent Europe , at the 2007 Mosconi Cup, where he partnered Souquet, Feijen, Konstantin Stepanov, and Tony Drago.
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Daryl Peach won his second Mosconi Cup winners medal, making it two from two attempts.
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In October 2008, Daryl Peach partnered Mark Gray at the 2008 World Cup of Pool.
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The World Nine-ball Championship was cancelled, so Daryl Peach retained his world championship status until the event returned in 2010.
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Daryl Peach was chosen to represent Great Britain at the 2010 World Team Championship alongside Darren Appleton, Imran Majid, Karl Boyes, and Mark Gray.
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In 2011, Daryl Peach won both the international nine-ball and international eight-ball, a feat which has never been repeated.
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Daryl Peach reached the quarter-final of both the World nine-ball and ten-ball championships.
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Daryl Peach is married to Lesley Daryl Peach; they have one child named Ellie.
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Daryl Peach is an amateur golfer, having gained a handicap of eight in 2010.