Nolan Arendse

Nolan Arendse
Personal information
Nickname The Nigel
Born (1968-12-16) 16 December 1968
South Africa
Home town Cape Town
South Africa
Darts information
Playing darts since 1995
Darts 22 Gram Unicorn
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 2007–
Current world ranking 222
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship Last 64: 2015
Other tournament wins
PDC World South Africa Qualifying Event 2014

Nolan Arendse (born 16 December 1968) is a South African darts player.

Career

Arendse failed to qualify for the 2008 and 2010 PDC World Darts Championships. In 2010 he was diagnosed with a hypo-thyroid which forced him to give up darts for 18 months due to being partly paralysed. Two of his vertebrae were then crushed in a car accident after which Arendse had to wear a body brace for six months. Soon afterwards he suffered a heart attack.[1]

Arendse lost in the final of the 2013 SAPDO 501 Double Away to Charles Losper.[2] He won the 2014 South African Masters by beating Devon Petersen 9–5 to qualify for the 2015 PDC World Darts Championship. Arendse needed two doctors' letters to get his daily medicine through customs at Heathrow Airport.[1] After defeating Alex Hon in the preliminary round, he lost 3–0 in sets in the first round to Brendan Dolan without picking up a leg.[3] In January 2015, he played in the PDC Qualifying School but a single last 32 appearance out of the four days was not enough to earn him a tour card.[4] He has not played in an event since.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Just call me lucky Nolan". The Sun (United Kingdom). Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "2013 SAPDO 501 Double Away Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "PDC Darts: Brendan Dolan eases into second round of worlds". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "2015 PDC Tour Card Qualifying School Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Nolan Arendse". Darts Database. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
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