Warren Parry
| Warren Parry | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Wazza | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
9 January 1964 Wrey's Bush, New Zealand |
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| Home town | Invercargill, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing darts since | 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | Bad to the Bone by George Thorogood & The Destroyers | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| BDO | 1999–2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2005– | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | 135 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events - best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2006, 2008, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Warren Parry (born 9 January 1964) is a New Zealand darts player. He is not a full-time professional and works as a slaughterman.
Parry reached the final of the 1999 WDF World Cup Men's Singles event, beating Marko Kantele in the last 16, Andy Fordham in the quarter-finals and fellow New Zealander Herbie Nathan in the semis before losing to Raymond van Barneveld 4–1. Parry then went on to win the 2000 WDF Asia-Pacific Cup. Despite losing his opening group game to Australia's Tony David, Parry won his next two group games to secure qualification for the knockout stage. He defeated Malaysia's Tengku Hadzali Shah 4-3 to win the trophy. During that time, Warren won the New Zealand Open back to back in 1999 and 2000. He went on to win it again in 2005.
Parry won the 2005 Oceanic Masters beating Russell Stewart 6-2 in the final. This earned him a place in the 2006 PDC World Championship at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet. He lost in the first round 3–0 to Mark Walsh. Parry reached the final of the 2006 WDF Asia-Pacific Cup, but lost 4-3 to Amin Abdul Ghani and beat Neville Moss 5–3 to claim the 2007 New Zealand Masters. Also in 2007, Parry claimed his second Oceanic Masters title and made his second appearance in the PDC World Championship in 2008 which moved from the Circus Tavern to the larger Alexandra Palace. He was drawn against Alex Roy in the first round, narrowly losing by three sets to two.
Parry won the 2009 Oceanic Masters and won a spot in the World Championship for the third time. He played five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld in the first round was beaten 3–0.
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