(Darren pictured after winning the 2022 Jersey Open at The Mechanics Institute, St. Helier, Jersey)
Overview
- Location:
- Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, England
- Profession:
- User Interface/Experience Designer
- Highest Break (Practice):
- 437
- Highest Break (Match):
- 218
- Cue:
- 1 piece Jonathan Lonergan Ash cue
- Tip:
- Elk Master (from the 80’s/90’s)
- World Billiards 100+ Breaks:
- 37
- World Billiards High Breaks:
- 218, 193, 174, 173, 171
Achievement(s):
- 2022 Jersey Open Champion (Results / Watch the Final).
- Darren was appointed to the World Billiards board of Directors as a Player Representative in July ’19. Read more on that here.
- World Championship Long Format Quarter Finalist in 2023.
- World Championship Short Format Quarter Finalist in 2019, 2022 & 2023.
- Semi Finalist in the Austrian Open (2024), Beglian Open (2022), European Open (2022) & English Open (2019).
- Represented England 3 times in the Home Internationals.
- In the Jim Williamson Open in Leeds 2018, in a 45 minute game Darren was trailing 50-136 with around 12 minutes to go. He made a break of 154 with his last visit to win the match.
- As a 16 year old scored 303 points in a 30 minute match in the Teesside Boys Billiards League.
Biography/Information:
- Darren lives with his wife Sarah and 2 young children Charlie & Molly.
- Darren orginates from Middlesbrough, England and therefore is a product of the famous Teesside Boys Billiards League.
- Darren had a break from Billiards post juniors (circa 2000), but returned to play again a few years ago (circa 2015).
- He is very proud and counts himself lucky to have recently developed an area of his home to house his very own Billiard table. A heated Riley Aristocrat steel block table.
- Now living in Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, Darren plays and supports his local league in York (the Fabershield Billiards League).
- Middlesbrough Football Club fan (unfortunately).
Darren’s Statistics:
Below you will find statistics on the player performance over recent seasons:
2023/24
Tournaments Played
9
Match Win %
79% (45 of 57)
Hourly Rate
255
Rank (Pts)
6 (72075)
Best K/O perf
SF
High Break
193
2022/23
Tournaments Played
9
Match Win %
77% (40 of 52)
Hourly Rate
254
Rank (Pts)
6 (59744)
Best K/O perf
QF (x6)
High Break
218
2021/22
Tournaments Played
9
Match Win %
78% (42 of 54)
Hourly Rate
230
Rank (Pts)
4 (47483)
Best K/O perf
Final
High Break
171
Contacting Darren:
You can contact Darren via email here.