Darren Webster | |||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||
Nickname | Demolition Man | ||||||||||
Born |
Norwich, England |
10 June 1968 ||||||||||
Home town | Norwich England |
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Darts information | |||||||||||
Playing darts since | 2002 | ||||||||||
Darts | 16g Gram Cosmo's | ||||||||||
Walk-on music | Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen | ||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||
PDC | 2002– | ||||||||||
Current world ranking | 32 | ||||||||||
PDC premier events - best performances | |||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Quarter Final: 2007 | ||||||||||
World Matchplay | Last 32: 2005, 2014 | ||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Last 32: 2014 | ||||||||||
Grand Slam | Group Stage: 2014, 2016 | ||||||||||
Desert Classic | Last 32: 2004, 2005 | ||||||||||
UK Open | Last 16: 2007, 2016 | ||||||||||
Players Ch'ship Finals | Semi Final: 2016 | ||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||
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Darren Webster (born 10 June 1968 in Norwich) is an English darts player nicknamed Demolition Man. He is a full-time professional who used to work in property maintenance.
Webster won the 2005 Open Oust Nederland, beating Co Stompé in the final.
Webster reached the quarter-finals of the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship, where he beat former champion Bob Anderson, Adrian Gray and South African Wynand Havenga. He was beaten 5–1 by Phil Taylor.
Webster reached the last 16 at the 2007 UK Open. He beat Andy Hamilton and James Wade, before losing to Alan Green.
In December 2013, Webster lost to James Wade in the first round of the 2014 World Championship, despite leading 2 sets to 1 (first to 3). He missed six darts to win the match, to which Wade responded in three straight legs, thus winning the match. He played in the World Matchplay for the first time since 2005 and was beaten 10–4 by Taylor in the first round. Webster's resurgence of form also saw him play in his first World Grand Prix and Grand Slam of Darts, but he lost in the opening round of the former and was defeated in all three of his group games in the latter. A final appearance in a major event of the year came at the Players Championship Finals where he missed two match darts in the deciding leg of the first round against Robert Thornton to lose 6–5.