[1] After leaving school at age 15, he worked as an apprentice electrician at Chatham Dockyard, often playing darts during lunchtime.

[3] He played for and captained Kent in the inter counties league, winning the BDO (Darts World Magazine Sponsored) Tons Trophy and individual averages.

[3] However, in other Major championships like the British Matchplay and the World Masters, Whitcombe defeated Bristow in both the semi and finals.

[4] In May 2008, Whitcombe once again graced the big stage in a televised tournament, taking part in the BetFred League of Legends which was shown live on Setanta Sports, playing along with Bristow, Lowe, Lazarenko, Bobby George, Peter Evison, Keith Deller, and the eventual winner Bob Anderson.

However, on the final league night on week 7, due to his own loss to Deller and the match between Evison and Lazarenko ending in a draw, Whitcombe slumped to fifth and failed to reach the semi-final stage.