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.

Preston Ridd
Personal information
Nickname	Bing
Born	(1953-10-28) 28 October 1953 (age 71) Christchurch, New Zealand
Home town	Christchurch, New Zealand
Darts information
Playing darts since	1981
Darts	23 gram Puma Darts
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1989, 1993, 1996, 2001–2007
PDC	2008–2012
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship	Last 64: 2011
Other tournament wins
Tournament	Years
New Zealand Open New Zealand Masters PDC World New Zealand Qualifying Event	1989, 1993, 1996 2001 2010

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

• 2011: First round (lost to Vincent van der Voort 0–3) (sets)