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Preston Ridd

Preston Ridd (born 28 October 1953 from Christchurch) is a former New Zealand professional darts player. He won the New Zealand Open three times and the New Zealand Masters once.

Career

He qualified for the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship as the New Zealand champion. He whitewashed Northern Ireland's Michael Mansell 4–0 in the preliminary round, but won only one leg in losing to Vincent van der Voort 3–0 in the first round.

Ridd represented New Zealand with Warren French in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and together they were beaten 5–3 by Austria in the first round who will be Mensur Suljović & Dietmar Burger.[1]

Personal life

Ridd, whose parents originated from Devon, holds a British passport.[2]

World Championship results

PDC

References

  1. ^ "Cash Converters World Cup RD1". PDC. 3 February 2012. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  2. ^ Profile for Preston Ridd