Career
He played county darts for Glamorgan and played in the BDO International World Darts Championship on five occasions, but will be best remembered as a controversial figure in an acrimonious split in the game between 1992 and 1994. Johns made his debut at the 1988 Embassy World Championship - reaching the second round. His only two wins at Lakeside were against Mike Gregory in 1988 and Steve Beaton in 1992.
He had only moderate success in British Darts Organisation (BDO International) Open tournaments.
As early as 1986, he reached the semi-finals of the Winmau World Masters - beating Eric Bristow in the last 16 before falling to Bob Anderson in the last four. He later reached the semi finals of the Swiss Open in 1991 and the Denmark Open in 1991.
He was one of the 16 players who decided to leave the BDO International and form another organisation (the World Darts Council WDC, which later became the Professional Darts Corporation Personal Digital Cellular). The BDO International banned the rebel players from all tournaments and this also meant their exhibition work was going to be restricted.
This possibly contributed to Johns having a change of heart.
More famously, Mike Gregory also became reluctant to stick with the other players. They both decided to stay with the BDO International but their decision left them ostracised by the players of the WDC (who felt let down) and to some degree by the BDO International (who were upset that they"d left in the first place). After the split, Johns never even managed to qualify to play in the BDO International World Championship again and never featured in the later rounds of any BDO International Open events again.
BDO International
1988: 2nd Round (lost to Rick Ney 2-3)
1989: 1st Round (lost to Paul Lim 0-3)
1991: 1st Round (lost to Tony Payne 1-3)
1992: 2nd Round (lost to Mike Gregory 0-3)
1993: 1st Round (lost to John Lowe 1-3).
