Lorraine Winstanley

English darts player

Darts player

Lorraine Winstanley

Winstanley in 2021

Personal information
Born|  (1975-10-28) 28 October 1975 (age 49)
Buxton, Derbyshire, England
Darts information
Playing darts since| 1996
Darts| 24g Target Signature[1][2]
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| (PDC) NR (30 July 2025)[3]
(WDF W) NR (9 July 2025)[4]
WDF major events – best performances
World Championship| 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

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Winstanley won the 2011 Romanian International Darts Open beating Jane Shearing 5–1 in the final.[5]

She qualified for the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship, where she lost 0–2 to Irina Armstrong in the quarter-finals.[6] 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.[6] Winstanley made another World Championship quarter-final in 2013, losing 0–2 to Anastasia Dobromyslova. After first-round defeats in 2014 and 2015, Winstanley reached the quarter-finals again in 2016 before being once again being defeated by Hedman.[6]

In 2017, Winstanley won her first major title at the 2017 World Masters, defeating Corrine Hammond 5–2 in the final.[7] Having entered the tournament in the Round of 16, she defeated Rachna David, Dobromyslova and Tricia Wright en route to the final.[8] She followed this success with another World Championship quarter-final in 2018. Later in the year, she reached the final of the World Trophy, losing to Fallon Sherrock 6–3 in the final after beating Paula Jacklin, Anca Zijlstra and Dobromyslova earlier in the tournament.[9][10]

The 2019 BDO World Championship saw Winstanley's most successful run at Frimley Green, having entered as top seed.[11] She started the tournament by beating Casey Gallagher 2–1, before beating ten-time world champion Trina Gulliver 2–0 in the quarter-final.[11][12] In the semi-final, she beat long-time rival Dobromyslova to reach the final 2–1 despite losing the first set.[13] In the final, she faced unseeded qualifier Mikuru Suzuki, but was only able to win two legs in the match, losing 3–0.[14] Shortly after the tournament, Winstanley announced that she would compete in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Q-School tournament to try and earn a PDC Tour Card, but was unsuccessful and continued competing in the BDO.[15]

In 2020, she was unable to match her 2019 World Championship performance, losing to Lisa Ashton in the quarter-final.[16] Following the collapse of the BDO, Winstanley did not compete in a World Championship in 2021, but in the first edition of the successor tournament, the 2022 WDF World Championship, she reached the semi-final before losing to eventual champion Beau Greaves.[17]

During the collapse of the BDO in 2020, Winstanley also began competing on the PDC Challenge Tour and the PDC Women's Series.[18] She won her first PDC event in 2022, defeating Rhian O'Sullivan in the final of event 10.[19] Her Women's Series performances in the first half of 2022 led to her qualification for the inaugural Women's World Matchplay. Winstanley won her quarter-final against Rhian Griffiths 4–3 before losing 2–5 to Fallon Sherrock in the semi-final.[20]

In 2023, Winstanley failed to qualify for the Women's World Matchplay, narrowly missing out on qualification after being overtaken in the qualification race by Noa-Lynn van Leuven in the final Women's Series event of the qualification period. Later in the year, she was knocked out in the quarter-final of the 2023 WDF World Championship by Aileen de Graaf.[21]

After failing to qualify for the 2024 Women's World Matchplay and 2024 WDF World Championship, Winstanley qualified for the 2025 Women's World Matchplay, her first televised major tournament since the 2023 WDF World Championship.[22]

## World Championship results

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### BDO/WDF

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* 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)

## Performance timeline

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Tournament  | 2011  | 2012  | 2013  | 2014  | 2015  | 2016  | 2017  | 2018  | 2019  | 2020  | 2021  | 2022  | 2023  | 2024  | 2025

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BDO/WDF Ranked televised events
World Championship | QF | SF | QF | 1R | 1R | QF | QF | QF | F | QF | NH  | SF | QF | DNQ  |
World Masters | 1R | SF | 1R | 4R | 4R | 1R | W | QF | SF | NH  | DNQ  | NH  | DNQ  |
Finder Masters | DNQ  | RR | DNQ  | RR | DNQ  | NH
Dutch Open[a] | QF  | F  | F  | R16  | DNP  | F  | SF  | R16  | DNP  | R16 | NH  | QF | DNP
World Trophy | NH  | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | F | SF | NH
PDC Non-ranked televised events
Women's World Matchplay | NH  | SF | DNQ  | QF

1. ^ Round of 16 onwards only.

## Personal life

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Winstanley is not a full-time professional darts player, and works as a beauty therapist.[23] She is married to fellow darts player Dean Winstanley and has two children from a previous relationship.[24] Her daughter Josie was a contestant on One Hundred and Eighty in 2015, winning £2,400; Lorraine was on her team.[25]

## References

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1. ^ "Lorraine Winstanley player profile". Mastercaller.
2. ^ "Lorraine Winstanley". Professional Darts Players Association.
3. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 30 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
4. ^ "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
5. ^ 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.
6. ^ a b c "Lorraine Winstanley Results". clickondarts.com. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
7. ^ Lubbers, Henno (27 September 2017). "Lorraine Winstanley wins Winmau World Masters". Dartsnews.com. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
8. ^ "Results of World Masters Women 2017 - Mastercaller". mastercaller.com. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
9. ^ "Results of BDO World Trophy Women 2018 - Mastercaller". mastercaller.com. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
10. ^ "Sherrock storms to BDO World Trophy title". Milton Keynes Citizen. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
11. ^ a b "BDO World Championships: Glen Durrant and Lorraine Winstanley secure Lakeside wins". BBC Sport. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
12. ^ "BDO World Championships: Glen Durrant beats Scott Baker at the Lakeside". BBC Sport. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
13. ^ "BDO World Championships: Lorraine Winstanley reaches her first Lakeside final". BBC Sport. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
14. ^ "BDO World Championships: Mikuru Suzuki beats England's Lorraine Winstanley". BBC Sport. 12 January 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
15. ^ "Lorraine Winstanley enrols for PDC UK Qualifying School". Buxton Advertiser. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
16. ^ "BDO World Darts Championships 2020: Draws, schedule, results, Eurosport TV coverage & tickets". www.sportinglife.com. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
17. ^ "Results of World Championship Women 2022 - Mastercaller". mastercaller.com. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
18. ^ Gorton, Josh (20 January 2020). "Dave Parletti and Lorraine Winstanley on PDC Q-School". Sky Sports. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
19. ^ Gill, Samuel (25 June 2022). "Winstanley seals maiden PDC Women's Series title defeating O'Sullivan to win Event Ten". Dartsnews.com. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
20. ^ "Women's World Matchplay: Fallon Sherrock wins inaugural title". BBC Sport. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
21. ^ ""Finally, my first final on the Lakeside stage" - Aileen de Graaf one win away from achieving her dream". Dartsnews.com. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
22. ^ "World Matchplay Darts 2025: Blackpool dates, draw, format, favourites and prize money for tournament at Winter Gardens". Sky Sports. 15 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
23. ^ "Profile for Lorraine Farlam". lakesideworlddarts.co.uk. 28 September 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011.
24. ^ "Darts players get hitched in Buxton". Buxton Advertiser. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
25. ^ "Series 1, Episode 3". One Hundred and Eighty. 29 September 2015. Sky One.

## External links

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* Player profile for Lorraine Winstanley from Dartsdatabase

*[PDC]: Professional Darts Corporation Order of Merit
*[NR]: Not ranked
*[WDF W]: World Darts Federation Women's Rankings