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Zoe Jones (darts Player)
Zoe Jones (born 2 September 1992) is an English former professional darts player. Career Her first professional tournament victory was when she was sixteen, in the 2009 Girls WDF Europe Youth Cup, when she beat Aliisa Koskivirta of Finland in the final. She has also won consecutive Girls World Masters in 2009 and 2010, beating Emily Davidson and Sara Rosen respectively. In 2011, she competed in three BDO women's events, namely the Scottish, Welsh and English Opens, losing in the last 16 of all three. She is currently sponsored by Red Dragon Darts, who describe her thus: "We have no doubt that in Zoe we have found a rising star and someone with a bright future in the game."http://www.reddragondarts.com/pages/2108/Zoe-Jones/, Red Dragon darts profile She also competes at county level for Worcestershire. World Championship results BDO * 2015: Quarter Final (lost to Anastasia Dobromyslova 0–2) * 2016: Quarter Final (lost to Ann-Louise Peters Ann Louise Peters (née An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
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Red Dragon Darts
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Sportspeople From Redditch
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English Darts Players
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Living People
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1992 Births
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Ann-Louise Peters
Ann Louise Peters (née Andersen; born 3 February 1975) is a former Danish darts player. Biography Peters learnt to play darts at the Gåsen club in Assens. She made her debut at the 1990 WDF Europe Youth Cup, where she won the singles three years in a row (1990, 1991, 1992); as well as the pairs in 1991 and 1992, and the team events in 1991 and 1992. She later won the Norway Open in 1993, beating Deta Hedman, and again in 1996 against Sandra Pollet. Her last major win before she stopped, was the 1999 Swedish Open where she beat Satu Ikonen from Finland. Unfortunately, she dropped the glass sculpture trophy on the floor. She has won the Danish Championships five times, in 1993, 1996, 2006, 2013 and 2014. Peters has been picked 23 times for thDanish national team which is a record for the ladies (20 as senior and 3 times as a youth player). Peters made her comeback in 2013, and qualified for the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship. She beat Rachel Brooks 2–0 in the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasia Dobromyslova
Anastasia Petrovna Dobromyslova-Martin (russian: Анастаси́я Петро́вна Добромы́слова; born 26 September 1984) is a professional darts player. She is a three-time Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the British Darts Organisation (BDO). After winning her first title in 2008, Dobromyslova decided to join the rival male-dominated Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) to play in their World Championship in 2009. After rejoining the BDO in 2011, she won her second World Championship in 2012 and a third in 2013. Dobromyslova uses the song "Bring Me to Life" by Evanescence. She carries the name From Russia with Love, although she has stated herself that it is not an official nickname. She is more commonly known as just Anastasia due to the difficulty English-speaking commentators and announcers have pronouncing her surname. Career Dobromyslova started to play darts at the age of 12, and has won the Russian National Championship a total of 10 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worcestershire
Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see History of Worcestershire). Over the centuries the county borders have been modified, but it was not until 1844 that substantial changes were made. Worcestershire was abolished as part of local government reforms in 1974, with its northern area becoming part of the West Midlands and the rest part of the county of Hereford and Worcester. In 1998 the county of Hereford and Worcester was abolished and Worcestershire was reconstituted, again without the West Midlands area. Location The county borders Herefordshire to the west, Shropshire to the north-west, Staffordshire only just to the north, West Midlands to the north and north-east, Warwickshire to the east and Gloucestershire to the south. The western border with Herefordshire includes a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Rosen (darts Player)
Sara Rosen (born 1973) was the publisher of Miss Rosen Editions, her own imprint, at powerHouse Books, where she was also Associate Publisher and Publicity & Marketing Director. She left after ten years to start her own company, Miss Rosen. Early life Sara Rosen was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and moved to the Bronx in 1978. She attended Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music and Art as a fine art major (graduating in 1991). She received her B.A. in Art History from The City College of New York, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa/Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and M.A. in Journalism focusing in Cultural Reporting and Criticism from New York University in 1998. Publishing The culture of the Bronx at that time greatly influenced Rosen, who went on to publish several books about New York City in the 1970s and 1980s under her imprint, Miss Rosen Editions, with powerHouse Books including the legendary hip-hop epic, '' Wild Style'' by Charles Ahearn (2007), "Do Not Give Way to Evil: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redditch
Redditch is a town, and local government district, in north-east Worcestershire, England, approximately south of Birmingham. The district has a population of 85,000 as of 2019. In the 19th century, it became the international centre for the needle and fishing tackle industry. At one point, 90% of the world's needles were manufactured in the town and its neighbourhoods. In the 1960s, it became a model for modern new town planning. History The first recorded mention of Redditch (''Red-Ditch'', thought to be a reference to the red clay of the nearby River Arrow) is in 1348, the year of the outbreak of the Black Death. During the Middle Ages, it became a centre of needle-making and later prominent industries were fish-hooks, fishing tackle, motorcycles and springs, the last of which was notably undertaken by Herbert Terry and Sons. Redditch was designated a new town on 10 April 1964, and the population increased dramatically from 32,000 to around 77,000. Housing development ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Davidson (darts Player)
Emily Wilding Davison (11 October 1872 – 8 June 1913) was an English suffragette who fought for votes for women in Britain in the early twentieth century. A member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and a militant fighter for her cause, she was arrested on nine occasions, went on hunger strike seven times and was force-fed on forty-nine occasions. She died after being hit by King George V's horse Anmer at the 1913 Derby when she walked onto the track during the race. Davison grew up in a middle-class family, and studied at Royal Holloway College, London, and St Hugh's College, Oxford, before taking jobs as a teacher and governess. She joined the WSPU in November 1906 and became an officer of the organisation and a chief steward during marches. She soon became known in the organisation for her militant action; her tactics included breaking windows, throwing stones, setting fire to postboxes, planting bombs and, on three occasions, hiding overnight in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
