Maureen Flowers

Maureen Flowers
Personal information
Nickname Goldfinger
Born (1945-12-06) 6 December 1945
Home town Norton Green, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Darts information
Playing darts since 1971
Laterality Right-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 1971-1988
BDO majors - best performances
World Masters Runner Up: 1982, 1988
Other tournament wins
Tournament Years
British Open
Denmark Open
Finnish Open
Pacific Masters
Swedish Open
North American Open
WDF World Cup Pairs
WDF World Cup Champions
1982
1980, 1981, 1982, 1983
1985, 1987
1986
1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
1977, 1979, 1981
1983
1983
Updated on 10 January 2014.

Maureen Flowers (born 6 December 1945) was for many years the number-one female darts player in the 1970s and the 1980s.[1]

Flowers grew up in Norton Green in Stoke-on-Trent, England.[2] She grew up learning to play darts in her father's pub.[3]

She won the Ladies National Pairs with her friend Yvonne Allen.[3] Flowers began competing in the Indoor League, a first for televised darts, from 1976 and later became the first professional female darts player.[3]

She won the North American Open Dart Tournament (NAODT) three years in the Ladies' Singles category: 1977, 1979, and 1981.[4]

Twice a World Masters finalist, Flowers lost on both occasions to Ann Marie Davies in 1982 and Mandy Solomons in 1988. At the WDF World Cup in 1983, she did win the Women's Pairs (with Audrey Derham) and Women's Overall events.[5]

Sponsored by Unicorn, Flowers designed her own signature darts.[3]

In 1988, Flowers quit professional darts.[2] In 1996, she was entered into the National Darts Hall of Fame.[6]

From 1978 to 1987, Flowers was in a relationship with Eric Bristow. Flowers was also the first manager of Bristow's protégé, Phil Taylor, during the late 1980s and early 1990s, before Tommy Cox took over as Taylor's manager.[7]

References

  1. Gulliver, Trina (2008-01-01). Golden Girl: The Autobiography of the Greatest Ever Ladies' Darts Player. John Blake Publishing, Limited. p. 10. ISBN 9781782192633.
  2. 1 2 "Former darts champion putting historic Tunstall pub up for auction". Stoke Sentinel. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Maureen Flowers". Global Darts. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  4. Kramer, Anne. The Ultimate Book of Darts: A Complete Guide to Games, Gear, Terms, and Rules. pp. 81–83. ISBN 9781626365261.
  5. "WDF World Cup Roll of Honour" (PDF). WDF. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  6. "National Darts Hall of Fame: The Hall of Fame (1990s)". Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  7. Taylor, Phil. The Power: My Autobiography.
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