Josh Payne (darts player)

Josh Payne
Personal information
Full name	Josh Payne
Born	10 December 1993 England
Home town	Gravesend 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	65
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 Players Championships Players Championship (BAR) 2016

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 commenced 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] Payne beat Wayne Jones, Stephen Bunting and Michael Smith at the Dutch Darts Masters to play in the quarter-finals of a PDC event for the first time, where he lost 6–4 to Justin Pipe.^[11] Payne finished as the runner-up in two Development Tour in the second half of the year, as well as being a quarter-finalist in the World Youth Championship.^[12]

In May 2016, Payne beat Gerwyn Price, Ronny Huybrechts, Wes Newton, Mensur Suljović and Steve Brown to play in the final of the sixth Players Championship. He then claimed the title with a 6–5 victory over James Wade, sealing it with a 116 finish with Wade waiting on 40.^[13]

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.
11. "Four-Some Van Gerwen's Dutch Glory!". PDC. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
12. "Josh Payne 2015". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 29 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
13. "Josh Payne wins Players Championship Six in Barnsley". Sky Sports. Retrieved 3 May 2016.

External links

• Player profile on Josh Payne from Dartsdatabase