He is one of the brightest young talents in world darts and now Jamie Caven has become the latest member of the world’s top darts team!
Caven, who is currently in the form of his life, has signed a three-year-deal as a Unicorn Contender as he continues his bid for a place in the world’s top 32.
And the man they call ‘Jabba’ will wear the Team Unicorn colours for the first time this weekend in Germany at the Players Championship double-header in Dinslaken.
“I am chuffed!” he said. “It is perfect timing for me, because I’ve had a good six months. When I look at Team Unicorn, it really is the best of the best, so it is an exciting time for me. It will be an honour to play under the Unicorn banner.”
Caven is the third new face to sign for Unicorn in the last three months – following on from Raymond van Barneveld and Anastasia Dobromyslova.
The 33-year-old has catapulted himself from nowhere to the top 40 in the world in just two years and earlier this month he enjoyed his best ever run at a TV ‘Major’ when he reached the quarter-finals of the UK Open in Bolton.
He beat the likes of Jelle Klaasen and Alex Roy, before losing to his great friend Colin Osborne in the quarter-finals.
The pair are both in great form at the moment and they practice together three times a week in their hometown of Derby.
Caven has already played in two World Championships at the Alexandra Palace and last month, he won his first PDC Pro Tour title – beating Alan Tabern in the final of the UK Open Welsh Regional in Newport.
And only last weekend, Caven reached the final of the Players Championship tournament in Barnsley but was edged out 6-4 by Mark Walsh in a tight match.
And Caven revealed his dream move to Team Unicorn came about purely by chance!
“After the UK Open Final, I was on Facebook and Edward Lowy (Unicorn’s Managing Director) came to the page and we started talking. He congratulated me on reaching the quarter-finals in Bolton and I said it would be great to be involved in Team Unicorn one day….but I did put ‘ha ha’ at the end of my message!”
Caven continued: “Edward came back with a message saying ‘I’m not joking’ and it all sprung from there!”
He is also heading out to Las Vegas later this month and has qualified for the World Matchplay in Blackpool through the Players Championship Order of Merit.
His darts career is all the more amazing because Jamie has been blind in his right eye since he was a baby.
“It hasn’t really affected me, because it is all I’ve known, so I just get on with it!” he said.
It’s been quite a year for Caven and it’s about to get better when he gets married to fiancée Debbie in August.
From unicorn website
Congrats Jamie
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