Lorraine Winstanley (née Farlam, born 28 October 1975) is an English darts player who plays in both World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
| 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 |
| PDC | 2020– |
| WDF | 2010– |
| Current world ranking | (WDF W) 9  2 (5 September 2022)[1] |
| WDF major events – best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Runner Up: 2019 |
| World Masters | Winner (1): 2017 |
| World Trophy | Runner Up: 2018 |
| Finder Masters | Last 6 Group: 2012 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| BDO Gold Cup British Open PDC Women's Series Romanian Open Scottish Open Slovak Open Swedish Open Welsh Masters | 2011 2011 2022 2011 2010, 2011 2020 2013, 2014 2012 |
Career edit
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 last leg decider.
Winstanley qualified again for the World Championships in 2013, and made it as far as the quarter-finals, where she was beaten 0–2 by Anastasia Dobromyslova. Winstanley captured her first major at the 2017 world masters.
She beat Gallagher, Gulliver and Dobromyslova to reach the 2019 World Championship Final but in the final she lost 0–3 to Suzuki. A few days later Winstanley confirmed her intention to compete in Q School for 2019 to try and earn a tour card to compete in the Professional Darts Corporation Pro Tour. She didn't get a tour card.
In 2022 she competed in the inaugural Women's World Matchplay. She reached the Semi-finals but lost 2–5 to Fallon Sherrock.
World Championship results edit
BDO/WDF edit
- 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)
- 2022: Semi-finals (lost to Beau Greaves 0–3)
- 2023: Quarter-finals (lost to Aileen de Graaf 0–2)
Personal life edit
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 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 edit
- ^ "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ 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 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Series 1, Episode 3". One Hundred and Eighty. 29 September 2015. Sky One.
External links edit
- Player profile on Lorraine Winstanley from Dartsdatabase
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