Ben Ward (darts player)

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Ben Ward
Personal information
NicknameWardy
Born (1988-12-10) 10 December 1988 (age 35)
London, England
Home town Dorchester, Dorset
Darts information
Playing darts since2006
Darts22 Gram
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"No Limit" by 2 Unlimited
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2011–2012
PDC 2013–2018
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters Last 144: 2012
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 72: 2014
UK Open Last 96: 2014
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour England 2013, 2013
Southern Counties Open 2011

Ben Ward (born 10 December 1988 from Dorchester) is a former English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments.

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Darts career

Ward competed on the PDC Challenge Tour in 2013 and won two events to finish second in the Order of Merit behind Ross Smith. [1] Ward was awarded a place in the preliminary round of the 2014 PDC World Championship, which was reserved for the Challenge Tour winner, as Smith had already qualified for the first round via the Pro Tour Order of Merit. [2] Ward played against Austria's Zoran Lerchbacher in the preliminary round and lost 4–1. [3]

In March, Ward qualified for his first UK Open but was beaten 5–0 by Steve Maish in the second round. [4] He reached the quarter-final stages of a PDC ProTour event for the first time at the seventh Players Championship of the year, where he lost 6–1 against Keegan Brown, who averaged 112.32 during the match. [5] He made his European Tour debut at the Austrian Darts Open and beat Barrie Bates 6–4, before losing 6–5 to Brendan Dolan in the second round. [6]

Ward beat Jason Lovett 5–2 in the preliminary round of the 2015 UK Open, but lost 5–1 to Mark Cox in the first round. [7] He couldn't get past the last 64 of any event during the year and added just £500 to his Order of Merit ranking, meaning his ranking plunged to number 102. [8] [9] He tried to win his place back on tour via 2016 Q School, but failed to advance beyond the last 128 on any of the four days. [10] He did not qualify for the 2016 UK Open and played in all 16 of the Challenge Tour events, reaching the last 32 once. [8]

World Championship results

PDC

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References

  1. ↑ "2013 Challenge Tour Order of Merit". PDC . Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Ladbrokes World Championship Field". PDC. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Ladbrokes World Championship Day Five". PDC. 17 December 2013. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Coral UK Open - Friday Afternoon". PDC. 7 March 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Thornton Denies Brown In Wigan". PDC . Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "2014 PDC Austrian Darts Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "2015 UK Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Ben Ward 2015". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 29 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "Order of Merit on 4 January 2016". PDC. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "2016 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2016.


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