Introduction
Lorraine Winstanley (née Farlam, born 28 October 1975 in Buxton, Derbyshire) is an English professional darts player.
Career
She won the 2011 Romanian International Darts Open beating Jane Shearing 5-1 in the final.
Winstanley 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 tie-break final leg decider.
Winstanley qualified again for the World Championships in 2013, and made it as far as the quarter-finals, where she was beaten 2–0 by Anastasia Dobromyslova. Lorraine captured her first major at the 2017 world masters.
Announced on 14th January, she confirmed her intention to compete in Q School for 2019 to earn a tour card and compete for the Professional Darts Corporation. She was one of only a few of the big names remaining in the ladies' game not to have announced her intention to gain a tour card; but she will now join the likes of Deta Hedman, Anastasia Dobromyslova, Fallon Sherrock, Lisa Ashton and Corrine Hammond in Wigan.
World Championship results
BDO
- 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)
Personal life
Lorraine Winstanley is not a full-time professional darts player, and works as a beauty therapist. She is married to fellow darts player Dean Winstanley and has 2 children, Josie and Jess, from a previous relationship.