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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Wesley Newton | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | The Warrior | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Blackpool, England |
27 August 1977 ||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town |
Fleetwood, England |
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Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Darts | 22g Unicorn | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Walk-on music | Crazy Crazy Nights by Kiss | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC | 2002– | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Current world ranking | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC premier events - best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Quarter-finals: 2011, 2013, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
World Matchplay | Quarter-finals: 2011, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Semi-finals: 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam | Last 16: 2011, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Premier League | 9th: 2013, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Ch'ship League | Semi-finals: 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Desert Classic | Semi-finals: 2005, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
European Ch'ship | Runner-up: 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
UK Open | Runner-up: 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
US Open/WSoD | Semi-finals: 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Players Ch'ship Finals | Semi Finals: 2011, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The Masters | Quarter-finals: 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||||||||
European Tour Events
Players Championships
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Other achievements | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 Throws first televised nine-dart finish during the World Matchplay. |
European Tour Events
Players Championships
Wesley "Wes" Newton (born 27 August 1977 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments. He has been playing on the circuit since 2002 but waited until 2009 to turn professional and had won his first ranking event and entered the world's top eight within two years. He is yet to win a PDC major title having lost both of the finals he has reached.
Newton's first PDC major was the 2003 UK Open where he lost 8–6 to Mark Thomson in the last 32. He was beaten in the semi-finals of the Eastbourne Open in 2003 and 2004 and reached the first final of his career at the Golden Harvest North American Cup, but lost 4–0 to John Part. Newton qualified for the 2004 Las Vegas Desert Classic and was beaten 2–1 by Wayne Mardle in the first round. His World Championship debut came in 2005 when he lost 3–0 to Gerry Convery in the second round. His first semi-final in a major event was at the 2005 Las Vegas Desert Classic where he knocked out George Walls, Mark Walsh and Ray Carver, before losing 4–0 to Phil Taylor. Newton suffered a broken collarbone by slipping in the shower shortly after the event which kept him out of action for three months but returned to play in his first World Grand Prix, losing 3–0 in the second round to Colin Lloyd.