Kirk Shepherd is a professional darts player from the United Kingdom. Kirk began playing competitively at 13 for his local pub, and was soon crowned Boys Champion at the Winmau World Masters in 2003. Shepherd was voted Young Player of the Year by the British Darts Organisation in 2005 and 2006.
Shepherd is perhaps best known for his performance at the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship. Forced to qualify for the televised tournament, he then proceeded to knock out a number of well-known players live on television, including Terry Jenkins, Wayne Mardle and former finalist Peter Manley. He ultimately went on to come second in the tournament, becoming the youngest ever finalist, and losing out to John Part in the final.
He has also previously managed to defeat the then world number one, Gary Anderson. Due to his performance at the world championship he will play in this year's Grand Slam of Darts next month. Ahead of that appearance Wikinews was able to conduct an interview with Kirk, which is now available below:
The Grand Slam's coming up soon. Do you feel confident you can do well in another major tournament?
((WN))  How's this year been going so far?
((WN))  When you were at the world championships, did you find playing top-level darts players daunting?
((WN))  How do you approach a match as an underdog without giving up immediately?
((WN))  Your website says that in playing darts live on TV and defeating the world number one at the time—Gary Anderson—you have achieved two of your aims. What are your other aims, and when do you hope to achieve them?
((WN))  Who are your darting heroes?
((WN))  What first got you interested in darts?
((WN))  What were your your ambitions before you entered darts professionally, or was that what you had always wanted to do?
((WN))  Do you see yourself joining the premier league in a few years?
((WN))  What do you think you would be doing now if it wasn't for darts?

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Wikinews interviews UK pro darts player Kirk Shepherd