Ryan Joyce
| Ryan Joyce | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | Relentless |
| Born |
September 20, 1985 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England |
| Home town |
Bristol England |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 2004 |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | "Another Night" By Real McCoy |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 2013–2018 |
| PDC | 2018- |
| Current world ranking | 78 |
| BDO majors - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Last 32: 2017 |
| World Masters | Last 48: 2014 |
| World Darts Trophy | Last 32: 2016 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| BDO Gold Cup | 2017 |
Ryan Joyce (born 20 September 1985) is an English darts player who currently plays in the Professional Darts Corporation events.
Career
BDO
In 2014 he reached the Last 48 of the World Masters. He took part in the 2016 BDO World Trophy, he was knocked out in the first round losing to Jamie Hughes. He has qualified for the 2017 BDO World Darts Championship, where he won 3-0 against Dennis Nilsson in the Preliminary round. In the First Round, he lost to Martin Adams 2-3.
Outside of the major tournaments he has reached 3 BDO ranked event finals, the first was the 2013 Turkish Open where he lost 5-0 to Martin Phillips, then the Isle of Man Open in 2016, losing 6-4 to Tony O'Shea and also the Denmark Masters in 2016 losing 6-4 to Glen Durrant. He has had more success in pairs competitions winning the Turkish open pairs 2013, Welsh open pairs 2015 and losing in the final of the British open pairs 2016 all while partnering Andy Chalmers. He won the Scottish open pairs 2017 title with Kevin McDine. His most recent success came in the BDO Gold cup singles tournament 2017 which he won beating Wayne Warren 6-3 in the final.
In October 2017 Joyce along with Kevin McDine, Andy Lynn, Alan Davey, David Gradwell, Shaun Pomeroy and Tony Hardy won the National Punch Tavern pub darts team event, representing the Black Bull of Blaydon defeating The Red Lion of Bradford. The Red Lion team included Double BDO World Champion Scott Waites and former British open winner Martin Atkins. The Black Bull won 6-5 with Shaun Pomeroy defeating Martin Atkins in the nail biting deciding leg.
World Championship results
BDO
- 2017: 1st Round: (lost to Martin Adams 2–3)