Josephus Schenk

{{short description|Dutch darts player}} {{no footnotes|date=March 2013}} {{Infobox darts player | name = Josephus Schenk | image = | fullname = | nickname = "The Orange Machine" | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|8|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Zutphen, Netherlands Management: Ricardo (Kwast) Jansen | death_date = | death_place = | hometown = | since = 1998 | darts = 23g | laterality = Left-handed | music = | BDO = 2008–2010 | PDC = 2004–2008 | BDO World = | World Masters = | World Darts Trophy = | Int. Darts League = | PDC World = Last 16: 2005 | Matchplay = | Grand Prix = | UK Open = Last 128: 2007 | Vegas = | Premier League = | US Open = | tournament = | resultyears = }} '''Josephus Schenk''' (born 19 August 1980) is a Dutch former professional darts player.

==Career==

Schenk began playing in the Professional Darts Corporation made his PDC World Darts Championship debut in 2005 where he defeated American Darin Young in the first round and Alan Caves in the second round before defeating Peter Manley in the round three stage. His run was ended though in the Last 16 stage by Andy Hamilton. In the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Schenk was beaten in the first round by Dennis Priestley. This was followed by an appearance in the 2007 UK Open but was beaten early in the competition by Geoff Harkup.

In 2008, Schenk began playing in the Nederlandse Darts Bond, an affiliation of the British Darts Organisation and in 2009 he began playing in the BDO/WDF circuit.

In 2019, Schenk competed playing in the Dutch Open Men's Pairs with Derk Telnekes, losing in the quarter-finals to Gino Vos and Berry van Peer.

==World Championship results== ===PDC=== * 2005: Fourth round (lost to Andy Hamilton 1–4) (sets) * 2007: First round (lost to Dennis Priestley 0–3)

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080204180133/http://www.josephusschenk.nl/ Website] * [http://www.DartsDatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=1398 Profile and stats on Darts Database]

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