Justin Hood (darts player)

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Justin Hood
Personal information
NicknameHappy Feet
Born (1993-04-29) 29 April 1993 (age 31)
Bath, Somerset, England
Home town Glastonbury, Somerset, Somerset
Darts information
Playing darts since2008
Darts23g
Laterality Left-handed
Walk-on music"Happy Feet" by Kermit the Frog
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2019–2020
WDF 2020-
Current world ranking 141 Steady2.svg (24 November 2024) [1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 32: 2020
World Masters Last 32: 2019

Justin Hood (born 29 April 1993) is a professional English darts player.

Career

In October 2019, Hood reached the Last 32 of the World Masters. He has qualified for the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship as one of the Playoff Qualifiers, he defeated former finalist Jeff Smith and Craig Venman to secure his place in the tournament. He beat Gabriel Pascaru in the preliminary round, before losing 3–1 to Richard Veenstra in the last 32. [2]

Currently participating in the PDC Challenge tour, after the first weekend Happy Feet is joint 16th on the rankings, while also getting to the Semi Finals on Tournament 1 of the weekend.

Justin has been selected to play for England in the up-and-coming international games.

In 2023 Justin Hood made his debut at the Modus Super Series and performing well with a good deal of consistency he won the week beating Jacob Taylor in the final 4-0

Justin successfully gets his 1st PDC challenge tour title in event 14 this weekend at Leicester with the highest ever challenge tour final game average of 107.24.

World Championship results

BDO

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References

  1. ↑ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "Fullwell and Hammond among final qualifiers for 2020 BDO World Championship". dartsnews.com. 30 October 2019.


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