JONNY CLAYTON is a Welsh darts pro and former plasterer who won four televised titles in 2021 alone. Within two years he almost packed the game in altogether, but will be glad he persevered as he's competing on the biggest stage of them all at the PDC World Darts Championship.
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Jonny Clayton was born on October 4, 1974, in Pontyberem, Wales. He's ranked No 7 on the PDC Order of Merit as of December 19, 2024. Before his professional darts career took off, he worked as a plasterer, a job he continued to hold even after becoming a successful thrower.
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In 2022, he told the Daily Star he was "too scared" to quit, explaining: "I would be a liar to say I have not considered it. "But in a way, I am scared to give up my job, because things are working for me at the moment. "I have not changed anything and I am doing well.
"I do not know what would happen if I finished my work and concentrated on my darts. "If things went wrong, I don't know how I'd take that. "At the moment, I would be a liar to say I haven't thought about quitting my job, but I am not going to at the moment because I just feel that things are working for me.
"I have always played the game darts while working so I am not changing that at the minute and I don't plan to anytime soon.". Jonny finally hung up his plastering trowel in 2022 after speaking to his employers — Carmarthenshire County Council. At the time, he said: "I’ve basically taken five months off work already this year, and as the Premier League season comes to an end, my time as a plasterer is probably coming to an end, too.
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