Lorraine Winstanley
| Lorraine Winstanley | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Lorraine Winstanley |
| Born | 28 October 1975 |
| Home town |
Buxton, Derbyshire England |
| Darts information | |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | Happy by Pharrell Williams |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 2010- |
| Current world ranking | (WDF) 7 |
| BDO majors - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | (Women's) Semi Final: 2012 |
| World Masters | (Women's) Semi Final: 2012 |
| World Darts Trophy | (Women's) Last 16: 2015 |
| Zuiderduin Masters | (Women's) Last 6 Group: 2012 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| BDO Gold Cup British Open Romanian Open Scottish Open Swedish Open Welsh Masters |
2011 2011 2011 2010, 2011 2013, 2014 2012 |
Lorraine Winstanley (née Farlam, born 28 October 1975) is an English darts player currently ranked World No7 [1] by the WDF.
Career
She won the 2011 Romanian International Darts Open beating Jane Shearing 5-1 in the final.[2]
Winstanley 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.
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 Final: (lost to Deta Hedman 0–2)
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 2 children, Josie and Jess, from a previous relationship.
References
- ↑ "WDF Womens Rankings". http://www.dartswdf.com/. World Darts Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ↑ Dodds, Jonathan (15 October 2011). "Buxton darts ace secures Lakeside berth". Buxton Advertiser. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ↑ Profile for Lorraine Farlam Archived 10 August 2011 at WebCite
External links
- Player profile on Lorraine Winstanley from Dartsdatabase