Alan Warriner-Little
| Alan Warriner-Little | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | The Iceman |
| Born |
24 March 1962 Lancaster, Lancashire, England |
| Home town |
Crosby, Cumbria England |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 1980 |
| Darts | 22g Red Dragon |
| Laterality | right-handed |
| Walk-on music | Cold as Ice (1977) - Foreigner |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 1985-1993 |
| PDC | 1993-2009 (Founding Member) |
| BDO majors - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Runner-up 1993 |
| World Masters | Runner-up 1998 |
| PDC premier events - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Semi-finalist 1999, 2003 |
| World Matchplay | Runner-up 1997, 2000 |
| World Grand Prix | Winner 2001 |
| Desert Classic | Quarter Final 2003 |
| UK Open | Quarter Final 2004 |
| US Open/WSoD | Last 16 2007 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| Atlantic City Open Belgium Open Boston Pro British Open British Pentathlon Cleveland Darts Extraveganza Dutch Open England Open Finnish Open German Open Isle Of Man Open Jersey Festival Of Darts North American Open PDC Eastbourne Open PDC Scottish Masters PDC UK Matchplay Witch City Open |
1996 1989, 1990 2000 1990 1988 1999 1989, 1993, 1998 1998 1993 1998 1986 2000 1992 2002 1997 1995 2000 |
| Other achievements | |
|
PDC World Number 1 BDO World Number 1 WDF World Number 1 | |
| Updated on 15 May 2012. | |
Alan Warriner-Little (born Alan Warriner on 24 March 1962 in Lancaster, Lancashire) is an English former professional darts player. He currently lives in Crosby, Cumbria and played with the nickname The Iceman.[1] He is a former World Grand Prix champion, and a former runner-up at the World Professional Darts Championship.
Darts career
Before coming to prominence as a darts professional, Warriner-Little appeared as a contestant in a 1987 edition of the ITV gameshow Bullseye whilst working as a psychiatric nurse at a Lancaster hospital.
He made his World Championship debut in 1989, losing a second-round match to Jocky Wilson in a sudden death leg, after missing 8 match darts, with Wilson going on to win the tournament for his second World Championship. Warriner reached the quarter-finals in 1991 and 1992, before reaching his first World Final in 1993 - but he lost 3-6 to John Lowe. This form took him to the top of the world rankings.
He joined the top players in the game when they separated from the BDO after that 1993 final.
He has a consistent record in the PDC World Championship - reaching the quarter-finals seven times (1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2006) and the semi-finals twice (1999 and 2003).
He won the 2001 World Grand Prix and also recorded the highest 3-dart average with a double start (106.45) which he did in the first round of that tournament.[2] As well as that he was runner-up in this event in 2004. He also was runner-up in the World Matchplay in 1997 and 2000, as well as in the World Masters in 1998.[3]
Personal life
Warriner was married to his first wife, Joanne, from 1987 to 1992, and married to his second wife, Kim, from 1992 to 2003.[4] He married his third wife, Brenda Little, in the summer of 2005, and changed his name from Alan Warriner to Alan Warriner-Little.[5]
World Championship Results
BDO
- 1989: Second Round (lost to Jocky Wilson 2-3)
- 1990: First Round (lost to Mike Gregory 0-3)
- 1991: Quarter Final (lost to Bob Anderson 3-4)
- 1992: Quarter Final (lost to Kevin Kenny 0-4)
- 1993: Final (lost to John Lowe 3-6)
PDC
- 1994: Quarter Final (lost to Steve Brown 3-4)
- 1995: Last 24 Group (finished second in Group 4 behind Dennis Smith)
- 1996: Quarter Final (lost to Dennis Priestley 1-4)
- 1997: Quarter Final (lost to Eric Bristow 3-5)
- 1998: Last 24 Group (finished bottom in Group 8)
- 1999: Semi Final (lost to Phil Taylor 3-5)
- 2000: Quarter Final (lost to Phil Taylor 0-5)
- 2001: Quarter Final (lost to John Part 1-4)
- 2002: Second Round (lost to Colin Lloyd 4-6)
- 2003: Semi Final (lost to Phil Taylor 1-6)
- 2004: Quarter Final (lost to Phil Taylor 1-5)
- 2005: Third Round (lost to Paul Williams 1-4)
- 2006: Quarter Final (lost to Wayne Mardle 0-5)
- 2007: First Round (lost to Alan Tabern 0-3)
- 2008: Second Round (lost to Peter Manley 1-4)
Performance timeline
| Tournament | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDO World Championship | L16 | L32 | QF | QF | RU | No longer a BDO Member | ||||||||||||||
| Winmau World Masters | L16 | L16 | QF | SF | DNP | RU | L32 | DNP | ||||||||||||
| PDC World Championship | NYF | QF | L24G | QF | QF | L24G | SF | QF | QF | L16 | SF | QF | L32 | QF | L64 | L32 | ||||
| World Matchplay | NYF | L16 | L16 | QF | RU | L16 | L16 | RU | L16 | L16 | QF | L16 | L32 | L32 | L32 | DNP | ||||
| World Grand Prix | NYF | L16 | L16G | QF | W | L32 | QF | RU | L32 | L32 | DNP | |||||||||
| Las Vegas Desert Classic | Not held | L16 | QF | L16 | L32 | DNP | ||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Not held | L64 | QF | L96 | L64 | L96 | L64 | |||||||||||||
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DNP | Did not play at the event | DNQ | Did not qualify for the event | NYF | Not yet founded | L# | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) |
| QF | lost in the quarter-finals | SF | lost in the semi-finals | RU | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
References
- ↑ Profile from Warriner's website
- ↑ http://www.pdpa.co.uk/Page/Content/8
- ↑ "Alan Warriner-Little". Darts Database. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ↑ "Lucky to still be alive, says champ". The Visitor. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ↑ Planet Darts profile Archived 9 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine