James Hurrell

James Hurrell (born 7 July 1984) is an English darts player.

James Hurrell
Personal information
NicknameHillbilly
Born (1984-07-07) 7 July 1984
Banbury, Oxfordshire
Home townMoreton-in-Marsh
Darts information
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on musicHillbilly Rock by The Woolpackers
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2010–2020
PDC2020 Q School
WDF2010-
Current world ranking69 (23 September 2021)[1]
BDO majors – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 32: 2017
World MastersQuarter Final: 2017
World Darts TrophyLast 16: 2017
Finder MastersGroup Stages: 2015
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
BDO International Open
Finnish Masters
Police Masters
WDF Europe Cup Team
Isle of Man Classic
Scottish Open		2017
2015
2016, 2017
2016
2022
2022

Career

BDO

Hurrell reached the Last 32 of the 2015 World Masters, he played Martin Phillips and lost 3–2 in sets. He qualified for the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship and was beaten by Larry Butler in the preliminary round, During 2016 he hit a 9 dart finish against Daniel Day. He qualified for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship but withdrew before the tournament started.

Despite the Pandemic causing obvious delays. Hurrell has comeback well and is currently world number 1 in the World Darts Federation world rankings. He has won the Isle of Man Classic beating young prospect Luke Littler. He has also reached the final of the Welsh Open (Darts) losing to Cameron Menzies in October 2021 and the Italian Masters losing to Richard Veenstra. He was the number 6 seed in the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship which took place in April 2022 where he lost 4–0 (s) to Cameron Menzies, averaging 88.77, in the quarter-finals.

PDC

He competed for a tour card at the 2020 Q School to join the Professional Darts Corporation. Hurrell finished outside the rankings needed to get a PDC Tour Card.

Personal life

He is also a club cricketer of moderate standard for Moreton-in-Marsh.

World Championship results

BDO

WDF

References
  1. "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.


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