| James Hurrell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | "Hillbilly" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 July 1984 Banbury, Oxfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Moreton-in-Marsh, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing darts since | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 23g Mission | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Hillbilly Rock" by The Woolpackers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2010–2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2024– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2010–2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | 175  20 (3 January 2024)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World Ch'ship | Quarter Final: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Quarter Final: 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Trophy | Last 16: 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Finder Masters | Group Stages: 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dutch Open | Last 16: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Hurrell (born 7 July 1984) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He is a WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup medalist. In January 2022, he became the leader of the World Darts Federation ranking and held this position until November 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 come back 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, However he is having a good 2022 so far by picking up the Isle of Man Classic & Scottish Open.
PDC
Hurrell 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
Hurrell is also a club cricketer of moderate standard for Moreton-in-Marsh.
World Championship results
BDO/WDF
- 2016: Preliminary round (lost to Larry Butler 2–3)
- 2017: First round (lost to Mark McGeeney 1–3)
- 2022: Quarter-finals (lost to Cameron Menzies 0–4)
- 2023: Second round (lost to Dennis Nilsson 2–3)
References
- ↑ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.