Lorraine Winstanley
| Lorraine Winstanley | |
|---|---|
 Winstanley in 2021 | |
| 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) 99  (8 December 2024)[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 |
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.
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.[3] 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.[3]
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.[3]
She beat Gallagher, Gulliver and Dobromyslova to reach the 2019 World Championship Final but in the final she lost 0–3 to Suzuki.[3] 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.[3]
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.[4] She is married to fellow darts player Dean Winstanley and has two children from a previous relationship. Her daughter Josie was a contestant on One Hundred and Eighty in 2015, winning £2,400; Lorraine was on her team.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f "Lorraine Winstanley Results". clickondarts.com. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "Profile for Lorraine Farlam". lakesideworlddarts.co.uk. 28 September 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011.
- ^ "Series 1, Episode 3". One Hundred and Eighty. 29 September 2015. Sky One.
External links
[edit]- Player profile for Lorraine Winstanley from Dartsdatabase
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