Dave Prins

Dave Prins
Personal information
Full name David Michael Prins
Nickname The Badger
Born (1968-11-16) 16 November 1968
Durham, County Durham, England
Home town Peterlee, County Durham
England
Darts information
Playing darts since 1988
Laterality Left-handed
Walk-on music "Teenage Kicks" by The Undertones
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2005-2018
PDC 2018-
Current world ranking 119
BDO majors - best performances
World Ch'ship Last 16: 2014
World Masters Last 16: 2009, 2012
Finder Masters Last 24 Group: 2009, 2010
PDC premier events - best performances
UK Open Last 64: 2018
Other tournament wins
Tournament Years
Czech Open
Fife Open
Isle of Man Open
Hungarian Open
Swiss Open		 2008
2011
2010
2011, 2012
2015

David Michael "Dave" Prins (born 16 November 1968) is an English professional darts player.

Career

Prins reached the last 16 of the 2009 Winmau World Masters, where he lost to Tony O'Shea in three straight sets.

Prins qualified for his first BDO World Darts Championship in 2010. He was the seventh seed, but lost in the first round to eventual semi-finalist Martin Phillips.

He won the 2010 Isle of Man Open, beating Joey ten Berge. He also qualified for the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship as the number 16 seed, but lost 1-3 to John Walton. After the match, Prins said that he believed he would not be able to compete on the BDO Circuit in 2011 due to work commitments. However, he continued playing and subsequently qualified for the 2012 BDO World Darts Championship, where he again lost in the first round, 3-0 to Willy van de Wiel;[1] this match then became the focus of a match-fixing controversy where it was alleged that Prins had intentionally played poorly, though no evidence was ultimately found and no action was taken.[2] Prins once again reached the World Championship in 2013, this time missing seven match darts in a 3-2 defeat by Richie George. In 2014, Prins entered the tournament at the newly implemented preliminary round and finally won his first match at the Lakeside, defeating Dutch debutant Jeroen Geerdink 3-0. Prins followed this up with a 3-0 first round victory over Jim Williams to set up a second round clash with world number one Stephen Bunting, which Prins lost 4-0 despite averaging almost 90 while Bunting averaged over 100.

World Championship results

BDO

References

  1. ↑ BDO World Championship: John Walton out in first round
  2. ↑ Bookies probe ‘unusual betting patterns’ in darts match featuring Peterlee’s Prins
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