Vic Hubbard is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 former darts

Darts

Darts is a form of throwing game where darts are thrown at a circular target fixed to a wall. Though various boards and games have been used in the past, the term "darts" usually now refers to a standardised game involving a specific board design and set of rules...

 player.

Hubbard qualified for the 1986 World Professional Darts Championship

1986 BDO World Darts Championship

The 1986 Embassy World Darts Championship was held between 4–11 January 1986. For the first time, the tournament was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey, having been held at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent for the previous seven years...

, beating Tony Payne

Tony Payne

Tony Payne is an American darts player. He is also well known for publishing an article in the Bulls Eye News magazine famously titled "Thermonuclear Cricket". The article discusses Payne's strategies on how to play a better cricket game...

 in the first round before losing in the second round to Jocky Wilson

Jocky Wilson

John Thomas Wilson known as "Jocky" Wilson, is a former Scottish darts champion. He retired from the game in 1995.Wilson was twice World professional Darts Champion in 1982 and 1989...

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17 years later, Hubbard joined the Professional Darts Corporation

Professional Darts Corporation

The Professional Darts Corporation is a professional darts organization, established in the United Kingdom during 1992, when a group of leading professional players split from the British Darts Organisation to form what was initially called the World Darts Council...

 and qualified for the 2003 UK Open but lost his first match 5-0 to Steve Maish

Steve Maish

Steve Maish is a darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname Mr Magic for his matches....

. He played in three more UK Open championships, reaching the third round in 2004 and 2005, losing to Wayne Mardle

Wayne Mardle

Wayne Mardle is a darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation, and former player in the BDO. He now lives in Romford...

 and Adrian Lewis

Adrian Lewis

Adrian Lewis is an English professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion...

 respectively, and reaching the second round in 2006, losing to Roland Scholten

Roland Scholten

Roland Scholten is a Dutch professional darts player who plays for the Professional Darts Corporation and formerly for the British Darts Organisation. He is nicknamed Tripod or The Flying Dutchman and uses Hey Ya by Outkast as his walk-on. He is currently ranked 45th in the PDC...

. He retired from PDC darts in 2006.

Hubbard's son James

James Hubbard (darts player)

James Hubbard is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.Hubbard reached the final of the 2011 PDC World Youth Championship. He will play against Michael van Gerwen in the final at the O2 Arena in London on May 17, 2012...

 reached the final of the 2011 PDC World Youth Championship

2011 PDC World Youth Championship

The 2011 PDC World Youth Championship is the second edition of the PDC World Youth Championship, a tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for darts players aged between 14 and 21....

 and qualified for the 2011 Grand Slam of Darts

2011 Grand Slam of Darts

The 2011 Grand Slam of Darts, the fifth staging of the darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation was known as the William Hill Grand Slam of Darts for sponsorship purposes. The event took place from 12–20 November 2011 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall...

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