Ian Moss (darts player)

Christian "Ian" Moss (born 3 April 1963) is an English former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments.

Ian Moss
Personal information
Full nameChristian Moss
Nickname"Mossy"
Born (1963-04-03) 3 April 1963 (age 61)
Witney, Oxfordshire, England
Home townWitney, Oxfordshire, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2003
Darts26 Gram Elven
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Cum On Feel the Noize" by Slade
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2011–2018
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 72: 2014
UK OpenLast 96: 2015

Career edit

Moss reached the final of the qualifier for the 2014 PDC World Championship, but was whitewashed 5–0 by Matt Clark.[1] However, for winning through to the final he earned a spot in the preliminary round of the event where he was beaten 4–3 by New Zealand's Rob Szabo.[2] Moss entered Qualifying School in January 2014 and finished eighth on the Order of Merit to earn a two-year PDC tour card.[3] His deepest run during the year came at the fifth Players Championship where he lost 6–4 in the last 32 to Wayne Jones.[4][5]

At the 2015 UK Open, Moss defeated Adi Acott and Connie Finnan, before losing 5–3 to Christian Kist in the second round.[6] In May at the 10th Players Championship, Moss beat Roxy-James Rodriguez, Terry Jenkins and Stuart Kellett to reach the last 16 of a PDC event for the first time, but lost 6–2 to Keegan Brown.[7] He won through to the final of the non-ranking Worthingtons Darts Champion of Champions event where he lost 2–0 in sets to Gerwyn Price.[8] Moss had one last 16 appearance in a Challenge Tour event in 2016 and had no success in the main Pro Tour events.[9]

Ian Moss stopped playing PDC Events in 2018.

World Championship results edit

PDC edit

  • 2014: Preliminary round (lost to Rob Szabo 3–4) (legs)

References edit

  1. ^ "2014 PDC World Championship Qualifiers Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Ladbrokes World Championship Day One". PDC. 18 July 2014. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013.
  3. ^ "2014 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Ian Moss 2014". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  5. ^ "2014 PDPA Players Championship Wigan Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Coral UK Open - Friday Afternoon". PDC. Archived from the original on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Debut PDC Title For Super Murnan". PDC. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  8. ^ "2015 Worthingtons Darts Champion of Champions Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Ian Moss 2016". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 25 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.

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