David Michael Prins (born 16 November 1968) is an English professional

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player.

Career

Prins reached the last 16 of the 2009 Winmau World Masters, where he lost to

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in three straight sets. Prins qualified for his first BDO World Darts Championship in

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. He was the seventh seed, but lost in the first round to eventual semi-finalist Martin Phillips. He won the 2010 Isle of Man Open, beating

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. He also qualified for the

2011 BDO World Darts Championship The 2011 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 34th World Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 26th staging at the Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green. Martin Adams was the defending men's champ ...

as the number 16 seed, but lost 1–3 to John Walton. After the match, Prins said that he believed he would not be able to compete on the BDO Circuit in 2011 due to work commitments. However, he continued playing and subsequently qualified for the

2012 BDO World Darts Championship The 2012 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 35th BDO World Darts Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 27th staging at the Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green. It took place from January 7th to ...

, where he again lost in the first round, 3–0 to

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; this match then became the focus of a match-fixing controversy where it was alleged that Prins had intentionally played poorly, though no evidence was ultimately found and no action was taken. Prins once again reached the World Championship in

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, this time missing seven match darts in a 3–2 defeat by

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. In

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, Prins entered the tournament at the newly implemented preliminary round and finally won his first match at the Lakeside, defeating Dutch debutant Jeroen Geerdink 3–0. Prins followed this up with a 3–0 first round victory over Jim Williams to set up a second round clash with world number one

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, which Prins lost 4–0 despite averaging almost 90 while Bunting averaged over 100. Prins returned to the TV Screens in 2022 qualifying for 2 TV Events, Firstly the inaugural

2022 World Seniors Darts Championship The 2022 World Seniors Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2022 JENNINGSbet World Seniors Darts Championship) was the first World Seniors Darts Championship organised by the World Seniors Darts Tour and was held at the Circus ...

reaching the Quarter-Final beating

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& John Lowe before losing to Robert Thornton in the last 8. Prins also qualified for the

2022 WDF World Darts Championship The 2022 Lakeside WDF World Championship was the first World Professional Darts Championship, World Championship organised by the World Darts Federation (WDF). The tournament was held at the Lakeside Leisure Complex, Lakeside Country Club in Frim ...

Beating Mark Graham in the Last 48 before falling in a Lakeside classic last leg decided to Welshman

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World Championship results

BDO/WDF

* 2010: First round (lost to Martin Phillips 0–3) * 2011: First round (lost to John Walton 1–3) * 2012: First round (lost to

0–3) * 2013: First round (lost to

2–3) * 2014: Second round (lost to

0–4) * 2022: Second round (lost to Mike Warburton 2–3) * 2023: First round (lost to Reece Colley 0–2)

WSDT

* 2022: Quarter-finals (lost to Robert Thornton 0–3) * 2023: First round (lost to

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External links

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Profile for Dave Prins

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prins, Dave 1968 births Living people British Darts Organisation players English darts players People from Peterlee Sportspeople from County Durham Sportspeople from Durham, England