Career
Rand joined the Personal Digital Cellular in April 2010, and within a month qualified for the United Kingdom Open. He defeated Andy Murray and Jyhan Artut before losing to Anthony Broughton in the last 96. In May 2011, he reached the semi-finals of a Players Championship in Crawley.
This result helped him to qualify for the 2011 World Matchplay, where he lost 6–10 to Wayne Jones in the first round.
Rand qualified for the 2011 Players Championship Finals in Doncaster. Nevertheless, his performance left him with a cheque for £15,000 and on the cusp of a place in the top 32.
2012 Rand enjoyed the perfect debut at the Personal Digital Cellular World Championship in 2012 as he beat Andy Smith 3–0, without dropping a legal He played Colin Lloyd in the second round and was beaten 1–4.
In April, he earned a place in the European Tour Event 1 in Vienna by defeating Keith Stephen and Nigel Heydon in the United Kingdom qualifier.
He played Gary Anderson in the first round and lost 4–6. Rand reached the last 64 of the United Kingdom Open where he lost 6–9 to Andy Smith. He also qualified for the third European Tour Event with wins over John Henderson and Paul Rowley, and then received a bye through to the second round of the event in Düsseldorf due to Gary Anderson withdrawing.
There he played Richie Burnett and lost 3–6.
At the fifth European Tour Event, the Dutch Darts Masters, Rand saw off Lloyd 6–3 in the first round, before being whitewashed 0–6 by Andy Smith in round two. He played the runner-up of the previous major, the Players Championship Finals, Kim Huybrechts in the first round and came back from 2–1 down in sets to triumph 3–2 in a high quality match.
Rand played Wes Newton in the next round and was beaten 4–0. He lost 9–7 to John Henderson in the third round of the United Kingdom Open.
However, he was whitewashed 6–0 in the semis by Simon Whitlock as he averaged just 78.57.
He reached the last 32 of two tournaments in the following months, but has not played in a Personal Digital Cellular event since July. Rand worked as a lorry driver before turning professional. Personal Digital Cellular 2012: Second round (lost to Colin Lloyd 1–4): Second round (lost to Wes Newton 0–4).
