Dave Ladley

Dave Ladley
Personal information
Full name	David Ladley
Nickname	Ladders
Born	(1975-09-29) 29 September 1975 (age 48) Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England
Home town	Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire
Darts information
Darts	Elven own design
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	Wake me up by Aveci
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1992–2002
PDC	2002–
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32: 2007
UK Open	Last 96: 2004, 2007, 2009
US Open/WSoD	Last 64: 2008, 2010

Dave Ladley (born 29 September 1975) is an English darts player that competes in Professional Darts Corporation events.

Career

Ladley joined the PDC in 2002, and qualified for the 2004 UK Open, where he lost to Barrie Bates in the second round.

Ladley qualified for the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet. He defeated Lionel Sams 3-1 in the first round, before losing 3-4 to James Wade in the second round. Ladley had two darts to win at one point, before Wade came back and won in a sudden death leg. ^[1]

After the tournament, Ladley earned a sponsorship deal with a local entrepreneur and decided to join the PDC Pro Tour. Although Ladley has been a regular on the Pro Tour since 2007, he has not qualified for the televised stages of a major tournament (excluding the UK Open) since.

As of 2010, Ladley lives in Scunthorpe. He plays and supports the local darts scene, by running the annual Scunthorpe Open competition. He has been part sponsored by national newspaper the Daily Sport and is on the books of Dave Holland Management.

In May 2012, he earned a place in the German Darts Championship by defeating Andy Relf and Steve Hine in the UK qualifier. ^[2] Ladley beat Denis Ovens in the first round of the event in Berlin 6–3, ^[3] and then lost to Kevin Painter 6–4 in round two. ^[4] He also qualified for the Dutch Darts Masters, where he was beaten 6–2 by Wayne Jones in the first round. ^[5] Ladley finished 2012 ranked world number 114, well outside of the top 64 who retained their places on the PDC tour. ^[6] He entered Q School in an attempt to win back his place but could not advance past the last 256 on any of the four days and did not have automatic entry into any PDC event in 2013. ^[7] Ladley failed to qualify for the 2013 UK Open as he finished 115th on the Order of Merit, outside of the top 96 who claimed their places. ^[8] In October, he qualified for the Dutch Darts Masters, but lost 6–1 to Ronnie Baxter in the opening round. ^[9]

In January 2014, Ladley lost in the final round of the third day of Q School to Tony Newell but the result helped him finish inside the top 24 on the Order of Merit to earn a PDC tour card for 2014 and 2015. ^{[10] [11]} At the first UK Open Qualifier of the year he hit a nine-dart finish in the second round against Nick Fullwell but went on to lose 6–3. ^[12] He didn't win enough matches to qualify for the main event and in the rest of the season his best finishes were two last 32 defeats in Players Championships. ^[13] At the 2015 European Darts Grand Prix, Ladley edged past Magnus Caris 6–5 and then lost 6–4 to Kim Huybrechts in the second round. ^[14]

Ladley had three last 64 finishes in Players Championship events during 2016 and went one better at the 18th event by beating Michael Smith and Wes Newton both 6–4, before losing 6–0 to David Pallett ^{[15] [16]}

In September 2018 Ladley entered the BDO British Open and reached the semi-final losing out to the eventual winner Richard Veenstra. His run to the semi-final included a win over the BDO World Champion Glen Durrant in round 3.

In March 2022 Ladley was selected to play for England in the Home Internationals in Merthyr Tydfil in May 2022.

World Championship results

PDC

• 2007: Second round (lost to James Wade 3–4)

References

1. Day Seven Reports Archived 30 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
2. "2012 PDC European Tour Berlin UK Qualifier Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
3. "German Darts Champs Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 25 June 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
4. "German Darts Champs Day Two". PDC. Archived from the original on 26 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
5. "Dutch Darts Masters Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
6. "Order of Merit on 1 January 2013". PDC . Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
7. "Dave Ladley 2012". Darts Database. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
8. "Van Gerwen's Five Alive With Whitewash!". PDC . Retrieved 28 April 2013.
9. "2013 PDC Dutch Darts Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
10. "2014 PDC Tour Card Qualifying School Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
11. "2014 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
12. "Long Wait For Hamilton Ends". PDC . Retrieved 7 February 2014.
13. "Dave Ladley 2014". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
14. "2015 PDC European Darts Grand Prix Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
15. "Whitlock Edges To Dublin Triumph". PDC . Retrieved 26 October 2016.
16. "Dave Ladley 2016". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.

External links

• Player profile on Dave Ladley from Dartsdatabase
• Dave Ladley's Official Site