Josh Payne (darts player)

Josh Payne
Personal information
Full name Josh Payne
Born 10 December 1993
England
Home town Wolverhampton
England
Darts information
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music Boom Boom Pow by The Black Eyed Peas
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2012–2013
PDC 2013–
Current world ranking 89
BDO majors - best performances
World Masters Last 48: 2012
PDC premier events - best performances
UK Open Last 32: 2015
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour England 2013
PDC Youth Tour England 2014

Josh Payne (born 10 December 1993) is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events.

Career

Payne won his first title in 2013 at a PDC Challenge Tour event by beating Rowby-John Rodriguez 4–3 in the final.[1] He also qualified for the Gibraltar Darts Trophy and beat Wayne Jones 6–2, before losing 6–1 to Dave Chisnall in the second round despite averaging 100.50.[2]

In 2014, Payne reached the final of the first two Youth Tour events, losing to Nick Kenny and Lewis Venes respectively.[3] He qualified for the UK Open for the first time and lost 5–4 to Andy Boulton in the second round.[4] At the fifth Players Championship of the year Payne recorded wins over three-time world champion John Part and 2012 UK Open winner Robert Thornton to reach the last 16 of a PDC event for the first time, where he was whitewashed 6–0 by Mervyn King.[5] He also won through to the last 16 of the World Youth Championship and lost 6–4 to Jack Twedwell.[6] In September, Payne came from 3–0 down in the final of a Youth Tour event to beat Jake Jones 4–3 and he lost by a reverse of this scoreline in the final of the 16th event to Dean Reynolds.[7][8] He finished second on the Youth Tour Order of Merit to earn a two-year PDC tour card which commences in 2015.[9]

At the 2015 UK Open, Payne defeated Lionel Sams 5–3, Dave Prins 5–4 and Andy Jenkins 9–6 to play in the fourth round, where Mensur Suljović beat him 9–4.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "2013 PDC Challenge Tour England Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "2013 PDC Gibraltar Darts Trophy Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Youth Tour Wins For Kenny And Venes". PDC. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Coral UK Open - Friday Afternoon". PDC. 12 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Dolan Wins Second Title Of The Year". PDC. 12 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "2014 PDC Under 21 World Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "Youth Wins For Payne & Van Den Bergh". PDC. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "PDC Unicorn Youth Tour Latest". PDC. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "Brown & Reynolds Earn Youth Wins". PDC. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "Coral UK Open Fourth Round". PDC. Retrieved 7 March 2015.

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