Steve Hine

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Steve Hine
Personal information
Nickname	The Muffin Man
Born	(1969-04-20) 20 April 1969 (age 52) Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Home town	Coventry, Warwickshire
Darts information
Playing darts since	1986
Darts	23g Loxley Darts Signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"I Predict a Riot" by Kaiser Chiefs
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2004–2020
WDF	2020–
Current world ranking	(WDF) 16 7 (23 September 2021)[1]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32: 2010
World Matchplay	Last 32: 2006
World Grand Prix	Last 32: 2005
UK Open	Quarter Final: 2007
Grand Slam	Group Stage: 2018
Desert Classic	Last 32: 2005
US Open/WSoD	Last 32: 2007
Players Ch'ship Finals	Last 32: 2010, 2017
Other tournament wins
LPKD The Hasbury Inn 2011 UK Open Regionals/Qualifiers UK Open Regional (NEE) 2005

Stephen "Steve" Hine (born 20 April 1969 from Coventry) is an English professional darts player who plays 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 tossing 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 Quit the PDC in 2020.

BDO[]

As of January 2020, Hine rejoined the British Darts Organisation and is currently ranked world number 66.

World Championship results[]

PDC[]

• 2006: First round (lost to Chris Mason 1–3)
• 2008: First round (lost to Mark Dudbridge 1–3)
• 2010: Second round (lost to Phil Taylor 0–4)
• 2011: First round (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 1–3)

WDF[]

• 2022:

Outside darts[]

Hine supports Coventry City F.C. and the Coventry Bees speedway team.^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website
• Player profile on Steve Hine from Dartsdatabase

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