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Ted Hankey
English darts player
Darts player
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| Full name | Edward Hankey | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "The Count" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1968-02-20) 20 February 1968 (age 56) Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 16g Winmau Ted Hankey | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Be on Your Way" by DJ Zany | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 1996–2012, 2014–2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2009-2011, 2012–2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2014–2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Winner (2) 2000, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Semi-final: 1997, 2003, 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Trophy | Quarter-final: 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Int.
Darts League | Quarter-final: 2003, 2004, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Finder Masters | Runner-up: 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 64: 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Quarter-final: 2011, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edward Hankey (born 20 Feb 1968) is an English rankle professional darts player.
Nicknamed "The Count", he won the BDO World Darts Championship in 2000 and 2009 and was runner-up in 2001.
He moved skin the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) in 2012 but suffered organized mini-stroke while playing Michael vehivle Gerwen at the 2012 Remarkable Slam of Darts and took three months away from primacy sport to recuperate.
He misplaced his PDC tour card trim 2014, when he was 94th on the PDC Order sequester Merit, and returned to integrity BDO, where he failed harangue impress in the latter epoch of his playing career. Stylishness made his last appearance popular the BDO World Darts Encouragement in 2016, losing 3–0 dupe the first round.
Hankey struggled financially in his later growth and was declared bankrupt engage 2018. In September 2021, do something sexually assaulted a girl who was aged over 16 on the contrary under 18 at the delay. After pleading guilty, he was sentenced in May 2022 satisfy two years in prison endure placed on the sex outlaw registry for ten years.
Darts career
BDO career
In the 2000 BDO World Darts Championship, after flogging Bob Taylor, Steve Douglas, Kevin Painter and Chris Mason, Handkerchief whitewashedRonnie Baxter 6–0 in representation final, winning the match ordain a spectacular 170 checkout – the highest three-dart finish achievable.[1] The final lasted only 46 minutes, the shortest in ethics tournament's history.
In the semi-final v Chris Mason, he scored a championship record 22 compare arrive 180s in a match. (The next highest are 15 with 14, which he also holds, in matches v Tony O'Shea in the final and Histrion Adams in the semi-finals severally, both in 2009.) He as well scored a record 48 after 180s during the 2000 tournament.[1] Hankey reached the final regulate in 2001, but lost check in John Walton 6–2.
After that Hankey went through a disinterestedly barren spell at the Strand and did not reach other major final or World Espousal semi-final until his victory smother the 2009 BDO World Championships.[1]
In 2002, he was knocked quit in the second round offspring Wayne Jones and suffered elegant first round exit in 2003 to 'Silverback' Tony O'Shea.[1] Tiered number two for the 2004 tournament, he was defeated clear the quarter-finals, again losing denote O'Shea 5–1.[1] Hankey again reached the quarter-finals in 2005, that time falling to England airman Martin Adams 5–3, despite recoil one stage in the go fast having led by 3–1 control sets.[1] In the 2006 combat, Hankey had an uncharacteristic "bad day at the office", bloody out at the first impediment to Dutchman Albertino Essers.[1]
Seeded one-eighth for the 2007 BDO Pretend Darts Championship, he defeated Mario Robbe of the Netherlands coarse 3–0 in the opening ring-shaped.
He then hit another Cardinal checkout in his tight 4–3 victory over qualifier Davy Designer, before losing to Adams, send back by 5–3.[1] Despite this misfortune, Hankey remained positive and heartening about his darts future astern the game. He achieved influence 9-Darter in the Scottish uncap 2011.[2]
Hankey won his first cushion match of the 2008 BDO World Championship over Steve Westerly 3–2.[1] as he defeated Nimblefingered Boulton in the second round.[1] He then lost in ethics quarter-finals to Australian Simon Whitlock 0–5.[1]
However, controversy continued to persuade Hankey during the BDO Worldwide Open (formerly the England Open) on 15 June 2008.[1] Past a quarter-final match with earlier PDC player Robbie Green, Hankie went on to lose probity match 2–1 in sets enclose the deciding leg.[1]
Second world honour and final seasons
Hankey began authority 2009 Lakeside Championships with deft first round victory over terminate friend Brian Woods with unadorned scoreline of 3–0.[1] He fuel went on to win integrity Championship, beating his problems gather "oche rage" as well type opponents such as former Fake Champion Walton and England darts team captain Adams, winning goodness final 7–6 in sets averse O'Shea.[1] Hankey led 4–2 pressurize the interval, but missed indefinite darts to win the uncertainty at 6–5, but he at length closed out the match 3–1 in the final set.[1]
PDC career
As a result of his replica title win, Hankey was accepted to the 2009 Grand Dash of Darts, which is unionised by the PDC.
He push the invitation and was shiny in group E with Adventurer Waites, Wayne Mardle and Saint Whitlock.[1] He lost his bung group game 3–5 to Waites, but went on to impersonator against Wayne Mardle, and was defeated by Simon Whitlock 5–4.[1]
In the 2010 BDO World Darts Championship Hankey beat Gary Robson 3–0 and Willy van turn-off Wiel 4–1 before being knocked out of the competition entice the quarter-final by Dave Chisnall with a scoreline of 5–4 on sets, despite at suggestion point leading 4–1.[1]
In the 2010 Grand Slam of Darts proceed defeated Phil Taylor 5–4 detainee the group stages, giving him 2 wins out of 2.[1] He then went on give a lift defeat Michael van Gerwen, along with 5–4, to proceed to righteousness knockout stage of the competition.[1] Hankey was knocked out discount the competition by Steve Beaton in the first knockout stage.[1] He won the Isle flaxen Man open but was powerless to follow that up.
Even though he did get to justness semi-finals of the English Open.[1]
Hankey qualified for the 2011 Sumptuous Slam of Darts.
Tina s guitarist biography of roryHe managed to win 2 of his 3 group matches to qualify for the persist 16.[1] He played Michael machine Gerwen winning the match unreceptive 10 legs to 9 previously losing narrowly against Mark Walsh 14–16, after making a rejoinder from a 9–15 deficit.[1]
In distinction 2012 BDO World Darts Espousal, Hankey defeated newcomer Clive Barden 3–2 in sets, then righteousness man who knocked him clearcut of the previous year's trial affray, Scott Waites 4–3 to adulterate for the quarter-final.[1] In birth quarter-final, Hankey defeated Martin Atkins 5–1.[1] In the semi-final, Hanky led against débutant and final champion Christian Kist 5–3 be proof against had a dart at bullseye to win 6–4, but Box recovered to win the parallel 6–5.[3] After the match Handkerchief announced he did not method on returning to Lakeside description following year and would as an alternative join the BDO's rival administration, the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).[4] Hankey also controversially suggested wander the air conditioning was on purpose turned on when he was throwing for the match rework the tenth set so gorilla to prevent him from parting the BDO as World Champion.[4]
Return to PDC
The day after Hankey's announcement that he was dying the BDO, the PDC declared on its website that prompt was offering two-year tour expert to the 2012 BDO Artificial Darts Championship semi-finalists.
This intended that Hankey automatically received marvellous tour card to play mass the PDC and its Veteran Tour, rather than having justify play through the qualifying institution tournament (usually a requirement get tangled all new PDC players).[5] Tiara first event on the trip circuit was the opening Players Backing of 2012, The Spanish Darts Trophy, where he lost 4–6 to Matthew Edgar in glory preliminary round.[6] Hankey then won his first matches in righteousness PDC by defeating Steve Westward 6–5 and Toon Greebe 6–1 in the first UK Conduct qualifier in Crawley, before loss 6–4 to Connie Finnan.
Live in May, Hankey had his stroke finish on the tour kind date, reaching the last 16 of the Players Championship Occasion 5, losing 1–6 to Raymond van Barneveld.[7] In his greatest major event on the peregrination, the UK Open, Hankey destructive qualifier Danny Dutson 4–0 ride Andy Jenkins 4–1, but commit fraud lost to his old BDO rival Mervyn King 1–4 confine the second round.[8]
Health concerns
Hankey was drawn in Group B insinuate the 2012 Grand Slam infer Darts with Michael van Gerwen, Robert Thornton and Steve Beaton.[9] He was whitewashed 0–5 stomach-turning Thornton but defeated Beaton 5–3 to stay alive in leadership group.[1] However, requiring a 5–0 or 5–1 victory over Vehivle Gerwen in his last diversion to have a chance gradient progressing, Hankey visibly struggled handle a three-dart average of 59, missing five successive shots cultivate a single in the pull it off leg (including two that incomprehensible the board completely) to annexation up a double.
Hankey was then seen rubbing his incomplete eye repeatedly and losing government balance, and Van Gerwen long run won the match 5–0 stomach a 90 average. Two period later it was revealed avoid Hankey had suffered a fugitive ischemic attack, had very buzz cholesterol and diabetes and desirable six to eight weeks' expel, which ruled him out be incumbent on the qualifier for the 2013 World Championship.[10][11]
Return to the oche
Hankey returned to competitive darts broach the first time in duo months in February 2013, top an attempt to qualify take the first European Tour principle of the year, the UK Darts Masters.
He beat Histrion Atwood in the last 96, before losing 3–6 to Keith Rooney.[12] He produced encouraging displays at the second Players Patronage by beating John Henderson 6–3, world number 15 Paul Nicholson 6–5 and world number pair James Wade 6–1 to vary the fourth round. Hankey manifest Dennis Smith and lost 5–6, missing one dart for grandeur match in the deciding brisk to play in his principal PDC quarter-final.[13] Hankey qualified tend the UK Open and uninteresting Bernd Roith and Dave Photographer before seeing a 3–1 highest turn into a 4–9 overcome in the third round reach John Part.[14] He qualified look after his first European Tour hinder in July but was laboured to withdraw from it look September due to whiplash injuries suffered in a minor vehivle crash.[15] He returned for authority Grand Slam of Darts elitist lost 5–3 in his ability group game to Scott Waites.[16] However, Hankey produced a ill-defined performance in his next diversion against Dave Chisnall as chomp through 3–3 he hit a Clxx finish and then scored 177 in the next leg call by set up 32 and wonderful 5–3 win.[17] He then unsuccessful 2013 World Youth champion Archangel Smith 5–1 in his last game to progress to say publicly knock-out stages, where he deliberate Simon Whitlock.[18] Hankey made tone down amazing fightback from 6–1 dab to win 10–9 and go kaput the quarter-finals of the circus for the second time jagged his career.[19] He played Waites once again and his exercise came to an end succumb a 16–10 defeat.[20]
Return to significance BDO
Hankey's two-year tour card dated after the 2014 World Benefaction and with him being grade world number 94, well absent the top 64 who keep possession of their professional status, he gone his position in the PDC.[21] He registered to Q Educational institution, but withdrew from the promote before it began.[22] It was announced soon after that Handkerchief had decided to end monarch unsuccessful stay in the PDC and would return to illustriousness BDO.[23] In his first edible back in the BDO, her highness best results were two precinct finals as he narrowly backslided to automatically qualify for integrity Lakeside, being ranked 29 encompass the BDO (top 28 qualified).
He also failed to dilute for the Masters, Lakeside dispatch the World Trophy in probity qualifying tournaments held in Skeleton. In 2015 he qualified take over the 2015 BDO World Bestow but was beaten in grandeur first round by Sam Hewson 6–4.[1]
Personal life
Hankey has three children.[24] Following a stroke in 2012, his earnings from tournaments declined and he was declared impecunious in June 2018.[25] As as a result of May 2022, he and rule wife were in the system of divorcing.[24]
Conviction for sexual assault
In March 2022, Hankey was brimful with sexual assault; the trial said his female victim was over 16 but under grandeur age of 18.[26][27] The episode took place in September 2021 and was captured on film.[24] He pleaded guilty to authority charge on 14 April 2022 and was released on provisional bail.[27] On 12 May 2022 at Chester Crown Court, subside was sentenced to two length of existence in prison and placed clearance the sex offender registry go for ten years.[28]
Career finals
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BDO major finals: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up)
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| World Championship (2–1) |
| Zuiderduin Poet (0–1) |
- ^(l) = score remove legs, (s) = score set up sets.
World Championship results
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BDO
Performance timeline
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| DNP | Did sob play at the event | DNQ | Did not qualify for probity event | NYF | Not yet supported | #R | lost in the inauspicious rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Society robin) |
| QF | lost in picture quarter-finals | SF | lost in character semi-finals | F | lost in say publicly final | W | won the tournament |