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Lorraine Winstanley
Personal information
Born (1975-10-28) 28 October 1975 (age 48)
Buxton, Derbyshire, England
Home townBuxton, Derbyshire, England
Darts information
Playing darts since1996
DartsTarget Darts
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Happy" by Pharrell Williams
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2010–2020
PDC2020–
WDF2010–
Current world ranking(WDF W) 9 Decrease 2 (5 September 2022)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipRunner Up: 2019
World MastersWinner (1): 2017
World TrophyRunner Up: 2018
Finder MastersLast 6 Group: 2012
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
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

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

BDO/WDF

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 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

  1. ^ "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Profile for Lorraine Farlam Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Series 1, Episode 3". One Hundred and Eighty. 29 September 2015. Sky One.

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