Preston Ridd | |
Nickname: | Bing |
Birth Date: | 28 October 1953 |
Birth Place: | Christchurch, New Zealand |
Hometown: | Christchurch, New Zealand |
Since: | 1981 |
Darts: | 23 gram Puma Darts |
Laterality: | Right-handed |
Music: | "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi |
Bdo: | 1989, 1993, 1996, 2001–2007 |
Pdc: | 2008–2012 |
Pdc World: | Last 64: 2011 |
Tournament: | New Zealand Open New Zealand Masters PDC World New Zealand Qualifying Event |
Resultyears: | 1989, 1993, 1996 2001 2010 |
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.
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]
Ridd, whose parents originated from Devon, holds a British passport.[2]