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Joe Murnan
Personal information
Full nameJoe Murnan
NicknameShaggy
Born (1983-09-28) 28 September 1983 (age 41)
Hindley, Wigan, England
Home townHalliwell, Bolton
Darts information
Playing darts since1993
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on musicCotton Eye Joe by Rednex
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2006–2011
PDC2011–
Current world ranking64
WDF major events – best performances
World MastersLast 40: 2010
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 32: 2016
World MatchplayLast 32: 2015
UK OpenLast 32: 2011, 2014, 2016
Grand SlamGroup Stages: 2017
PC FinalsLast 32: 2015
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour England 2015 (x2)
Romanian International Darts Open 2011

Players Championships

Players Championship (CRA) 2015

Joe Murnan (born 28 September 1983) is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.

Career

Murnan reached the last 40 of the 2010 Winmau World Masters, losing 3–0 to Filipino Ronald L Briones.[1]

Murnan qualified for the 2011 UK Open where he reached the last 32. He defeated Mark Dudbridge 9–8 in a close affair, before losing to the 1995 BDO World Darts Champion Richie Burnett 9–6.[2]

In March 2014, he reached the last 32 of the UK Open again, this time being beaten 9–3 by Raymond van Barneveld.[3] Later in the month he progressed to the last 16 of a PDC event for the first time as he beat the likes of Dean Winstanley and Dave Chisnall at the first Players Championship, before losing 6–4 to Andy Hamilton.[4] He won through to the same stage of the third event where he was defeated 6–1 by Gary Anderson.[5] Murnan also qualified for the German Darts Masters, but was eliminated 6–2 by Andy Smith in the first round.[6]

In February 2015 at the German Darts Championship, Murnan beat Michael Barnard 6–5, Ian White 6–4 (averaged 99.72) and Brendan Dolan 6–4 to play in his first PDC quarter-final. He fell 4–0 down to world number one Michael van Gerwen, before closing to 4–3 with a 12 dart leg, but went on to lose 6–4.[7]

In May 2015, at the 10th Players Championship in Crawley, Murnan won his first PDC title and the £10,000 first prize. His run included 6–3 and 6–4 victories over Premier League players Stephen Bunting and Dave Chisnall in the quarter-finals and final, respectively.[8] The win saw him qualify for the World Matchplay for the first time and he trailed Adrian Lewis 7–2 in the opening round. Murnan won four successive legs, but went on to be beaten 10–7 on his televised debut.[9] He was whitewashed 6–0 by Dave Chisnall on his Players Championship Finals debut.[10]

Murnan's title saw him finish the third highest of the non-qualified players on the Pro Tour Order of Merit for the 2016 World Championship.[11] He played 2012 runner-up Andy Hamilton in the first round and, having trailed 2–1 in sets (missing five darts to lead 2–1 himself) and 2–0 down in legs, Murnan managed to pull off a comeback victory to set up a second round match with Alan Norris, which he lost 4–1.[12][13] He was knocked out in the fourth round of the UK Open 9–8 by Jelle Klaasen.[14] Murnan's first quarter-final of 2016 was at the 11th Players Championship event and he was edged out 6–5 by Joe Cullen.[15] He qualified for the World Series of Darts Finals and again lost 6–5 to Cullen.[16] He was also knocked out in the first round of the Players Championship Finals 6–0 by Jermaine Wattimena.[17]

Mark Webster defeated Murnan 3–0 in the opening round of the 2017 World Championship.[18]

World Championship results

PDC

References

  1. ^ http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=2593
  2. ^ http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=2582
  3. ^ "Coral UK Open - Saturday Afternoon". PDC. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Anderson Wins Third Title Of The Year". PDC. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Anderson Pips Taylor In Crawley". PDC. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "2014 PDC German Darts Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Mighty Mike's Epic Win In Germany". PDC. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Debut PDC Title For Super Murnan". PDC. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  9. ^ "BetVictor World Matchplay Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Cash Converters PCF - Day One". PDC. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  11. ^ "2016 PDC World Championship Qualifiers". Darts Database. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  12. ^ http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1mioot5go7iqx1trx6chy3u09c/title/william-hill-world-championship-day-four
  13. ^ "William Hill World Championship Day Ten". PDC. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  14. ^ "2016 Coral UK Open Fourth Round". PDC. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  15. ^ "White Denies Cullen For Barnsley Win". PDC. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  16. ^ "2016 World Series Of Darts Finals Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  17. ^ "2016 Players Championship Finals Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  18. ^ "William Hill World Championship Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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