Lorraine Winstanley
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| Lorraine Winstanley | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 28 October 1975 Buxton, Derbyshire, England |
| Home town | Buxton, Derbyshire, England |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 1996 |
| Darts | Target Darts |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | "Happy" by Pharrell Williams |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 2010–2020 |
| WDF | 2010– |
| Current world ranking | (WDF W) 7  1 (23 September 2021)[1] |
| BDO majors – best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Runner Up: 2019 |
| World Masters | Winner (1): 2017 |
| World Darts Trophy | Runner Up: 2018 |
| Finder Masters | Last 6 Group: 2012 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| BDO Gold Cup British Open Romanian Open Scottish Open Slovak Open Swedish Open Welsh Masters | 2011 2011 2011 2010, 2011 2020 2013, 2014 2012 |
Lorraine Winstanley (née Farlam, born 28 October 1975) is an English darts player who plays in events of the World Darts Federation (WDF).
Career[]
Winstanley won the 2011 Romanian International Darts Open beating Jane Shearing 5–1 in the final.[2]
She qualified for the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship, where she lost 0–2 to Irina Armstrong in the quarter-finals. The following year, she went one step further by making it through to the semi-finals, where she was narrowly defeated by Deta Hedman in a tie-break final leg decider.
Winstanley qualified again for the World Championships in 2013, and made it as far as the quarter-finals, where she was beaten 2–0 by Anastasia Dobromyslova. Lorraine captured her first major at the 2017 world masters.
Announced on 14 January, she confirmed her intention to compete in Q School for 2019 to earn a tour card and compete for the Professional Darts Corporation. She was one of only a few of the big names remaining in the ladies' game not to have announced her intention to gain a tour card; but she will now join the likes of Deta Hedman, Anastasia Dobromyslova, Fallon Sherrock, Lisa Ashton, and Corrine Hammond in Wigan.
World Championship results[]
BDO[]
- 2011: Quarter-finals (lost to Irina Armstrong 0–2)
- 2012: Semi-finals (lost to Deta Hedman 1–2)
- 2013: Quarter-finals (lost to Anastasia Dobromyslova 0–2)
- 2014: First round (lost to Deta Hedman 0–2)
- 2015: First round (lost to Sharon Prins 0–2)
- 2016: Quarter-finals (lost to Deta Hedman 0–2)
- 2017: Quarter-finals (lost to Anastasia Dobromyslova 1–2)
- 2018: Quarter-finals (lost to Anastasia Dobromyslova 0–2)
- 2019: Runner-up (lost to Mikuru Suzuki 0–3)
- 2020: Quarter-finals (lost to Lisa Ashton 0–2)
WDF[]
- 2022:
Personal life[]
Winstanley is not a full-time professional darts player, and works as a beauty therapist.[3] She is married to fellow darts player Dean Winstanley and has two children, Josie and Jess, from a previous relationship. Josie was a contestant on One Hundred and Eighty in 2015, winning £2,400; Lorraine was on her team.[4]
References[]
- ^ "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ Dodds, Jonathan (15 October 2011). "Buxton darts ace secures Lakeside berth". Buxton Advertiser. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ Profile for Lorraine Farlam Archived 10 August 2011 at WebCite
- ^ "Series 1, Episode 3". One Hundred and Eighty. 29 September 2015. Sky One.
External links[]
- Player profile on Lorraine Winstanley from Dartsdatabase
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