Daryl Peach (born 8 March 1972) is an English professional pool player, from Lancashire, who resides in Blackpool, England.
Representing England with partner Mark Gray, Peach has competed at the World Cup of Pool on six occasions, reaching the final in 2008 and 2015.
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.
[1][4] He sailed through the event and defeated Lee Kendall in the final,[5] making Peach the youngest winner of the tournament at age 23 years and three months.
[6][7][8] The European team won the series, 16–15, with Peach playing an integral part in Europe's first-ever victory in the event.
[11] He 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.
[11] This success gave him the opportunity to represent England at the 2006 World Cup of Pool doubles event, where he partnered Steve Davis.
In the first round, the pair defeated the South Korean team of Jeong Young-hwa and Lee Gun-jae 9–6, but lost in the quarter-finals to Earl Strickland and Rodney Morris of the United States.
[14][15] In late 2006, Peach decided to enter a qualifying event in Holland to win a place on the new International Pool Tour (IPT), which he won.
En route to the final, he beat Alex Lely 10–6, Dzmitry Chuprov 10–3, Niels Feijen 10–7, Thorsten Hohmann 10–7, and David Alcaide 10–5.
He then defeated defending champion Ronato Alcano 10–6, former runner-up Lee Kung-fang 10–7, and Harald Stolka 11–5, to reach the quarter-finals.
[23] Despite Bustamante celebrating the victory, referee Nigel Reese consulted a television replay of the shot, and declared it to be a foul, awarding Peach ball in hand.
[23][24] In the semi-final, Peach defeated Hungarian player Vilmos Foldes 11–2 to set up a final match against Roberto Gomez.
[25][26][27] Peach was then selected to represent Europe once again, at the 2007 Mosconi Cup,[13] where he partnered Souquet, Feijen, Konstantin Stepanov, and Tony Drago.
[32] Peach was chosen to represent Great Britain at the 2010 World Team Championship alongside Darren Appleton, Imran Majid, Karl Boyes, and Mark Gray.
At the 2015 World Cup of Pool, Peach and partner Mark Gray reached the final once again, but lost 8–10 to the Chinese Taipei team of Ko Pin-yi and Chang Yu-lung.