Brett Claydon (born 11 October 1982) is an English professional

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player who competes in

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(PDC) events. He is a current

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holder, with his best major performance being reaching the last 64 at the 2024 UK Open. He won a title on the PDC’s secondary tour, the Challenge Tour, in 2014.

Career

Claydon won a PDC Challenge Tour event in

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, defeating

Aden Kirk Aden Kirk (born 3 March 1992) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is also a published children's book author with Austin Macauley Publishers. Kirk is most known for his third r ...

5–4 in the final. He attended 2021 PDC Qualifying School (Q–School), finishing 11th on the UK Q-School Order of Merit, which earned him a

for the

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and

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seasons. Claydon won his Tour Card back at 2024 Q–School by finishing 8th on the UK Q-School Order of Merit. He reached the last 64 at the 2024 UK Open, where he lost to

Ryan Meikle Ryan Thomas Meikle ( born 13 August 1996) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached the last 16 at the 2019 Players Championship Finals. In his youth career, Meikle won six ti ...

Performance timeline

PDC Players Championships

References

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* 1982 births Living people English darts players People from Soham Sportspeople from Newmarket, Suffolk Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders Long stubs with short prose {{England-sport-bio-stub