Lorraine Winstanley
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| Lorraine Winstanley | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 28 October 1975 |
| Home town | Buxton, Derbyshire |
| Darts information | |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | Happy by Pharrell Williams |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 2010- |
| Current world ranking | (BDO Women) 1 |
| WDF major events – best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Semi Final: 2012 |
| World Masters | Winner (1): 2017 |
| Finder Masters | 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.
Career
She won the 2011 Romanian International Darts Open beating Jane Shearing 5-1 in the final.[1]
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. Lorraine captured her first major at the 2017 world masters.
World Championship results
BDO
- 2011: Quarter Final (lost to Irina Armstrong 0–2)
- 2012: Semi Final (lost to Deta Hedman 1–2)
- 2013: Quarter Final (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)
- 2017: Quarter Final (lost to Anastasia Dobromyslova 1–2
- 2018: Quarter Final (lost to Anastasia Dobromyslova 0-2)
Personal life
Winstanley is not a full-time professional darts player, and works as a beauty therapist.[2] She is married to fellow darts player Dean Winstanley and has 2 children, Josie and Jess, from a previous relationship.
References
- ^ 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 for Lorraine Winstanley from Dartsdatabase
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