His parents are friends of professional players Tony O'Shea, Gary Robson and Darryl Fitton, who used to stay with them when playing in tournaments in Holland; his father is also a darts player, it was during these stays that they saw the promise in the young Jimmy and have mentored him during his success in breaking into the professional ranks in the WDF and BDO.
He followed this up with his best showing at the BDO World Championship, maintaining a 90+ tournament average in wins over Richie George (3-0), Gary Robson (4-1), and a 5-2 win over Tony Eccles in which he hit back-to-back checkouts of 125 and 164, to reach the semi-finals at Lakeside for the first time in his career, where he was defeated by top seed Stephen Bunting 1-6.
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