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Krispy Brown Talks To Scott Johnson
As the darts year comes to an
end, many players, young and
old, experienced and new
to the PDC will be thinking
about the 2014 Qualifying
school. There are rumours
of more players from the BDO
giving it a go this year, due to
the extra option of the 2nd
“Challenge” tour if a tour
card isn’t won.
Krispy Brown took the
opportunity to talk to
a
young
p l a y e r,
Scott
Johnson, who has played on
the challenge tour this year,
and taken part in the world
youth championships.
He
will be heading to Wigan in
the new year hoping to gain
his ProTour tour card, and
he thought it would be good
to hear from one of those
wanting to live the dream of
PDC professional
darts.
Stoke-On-Trent and moved to
Trent Vale, Stoke-On-Trent In
2001.
My hobbies are fishing, playing
darts obviously and playing music
on my guitars and other various
instruments.
I currently work at Stoke City
Football Club and Port Vale
Football Club as a steward.
When did you first take up
darts, and when did you realise
you wanted to be a professional
darts player?
I was introduced into darts by my
childhood friend Jake Jones, who
is a well accomplished dart player
and England International from
Stoke-On-Trent, at the age of 1213. I then spent many weekends
away at the Welsh Open which
Jake took part in.
Jake
was
playing
for
Staffordshire County Youth
Darts under Mrs Pat Smith
and asked me if I’d like to come
along and sign up.
First
of all,
for those
darts
fans
reading this and
seeing your name for
the first time, tell us a
bit about yourself?
I am 21 soon to be 22 in May
2014, I was born in Hanley,
I played my first game for
Staffordshire County Youth that
day and hit an average of 10.19
or something very similar, looking
back how it’s embarrassing, but I
was over the moon because I won
2-1.
After entering my first tournament
at Fegg Hayes Club and reaching