Steve Hine
Stephen Hine is an English professional darts player who competes in World Darts Federation events. He works as a baker and consequently he is nicknamed the Muffin Man. He is well known for bringing muffins and throwing them to the crowd during his walk-on.
Darts career
PDC
He reached the quarter-finals of the 2007 UK Open, claiming victories over Alan Tabern, Adrian Gray and Colin Monk before losing 6–11 to Colin Lloyd.Hine has played in the PDC World Darts Championship four times. He lost in the first round in 2006 and 2008, but made the second round on his third attempt in 2010 after defeating 32nd seed Roland Scholten. This set up a second round meeting with Phil Taylor, who soundly defeated Hine in straight sets.
At the 2011 World Championship, Hine played against Raymond van Barneveld in the first round. He took the first set before eventually losing 1–3.
Hine lost his Tourcard in 2019. He's not managed to win his tourcard since
WDF
As of January 2020, Hine rejoined the World Darts Federation some decent performances in the Tournaments which saw him get to the Scottish Open final but losing 6–2 to Jim Williams. He qualified for the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship and made it to the third round where he lost 3-1 to the eventual runner-up Thibault Tricole.World Championship results
PDC
- 2006: First round
- 2008: First round
- 2010: Second round
- 2011: First round
WDF
- 2022: Third round
Performance timeline
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