Career
Ladley joined the Personal Digital Cellular in 2002, and qualified for the 2004 United Kingdom Open, where he lost to Barrie Bates in the second round. Ladley qualified for the 2007 Personal Digital Cellular World Darts Championship at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet. He defeated Lionel Sams 3-1 in the first round, before losing 3-4 to James Wade in the second round.
After the tournament, Ladley earned a sponsorship deal with a local entrepreneur and decided to join the Personal Digital Cellular Pro Tour.
Although Ladley has been a regular on the Pro Tour since 2007, he has not qualified for the televised stages of a major tournament (excluding the United Kingdom Open) since. As of 2010, Ladley lives in Scunthorpe.
He plays and supports the local darts scene, by running the annual Scunthorpe Open competition. He has been part sponsored by national newspaper The Daily Sport and is on the books of Dave Holland Management.
In May 2012, he earned a place in the German Darts Championship by defeating Andy Relf and Steve Hine in the United Kingdom qualifier.
Ladley beat Denis Ovens in the first round of the event in Berlin 6–3, and then lost to Kevin Painter 6–4 in round two. He also qualified for the Dutch Darts Masters, where he was beaten 6–2 by Wayne Jones in the first round. Ladley finished 2012 ranked world number 114, well outside of the top 64 who retained their places on the Personal Digital Cellular tour.
In October, he qualified for the Dutch Darts Masters, but lost 6–1 to Ronnie Baxter in the opening round.
At the first United Kingdom Open Qualifier of the year he hit a nine-dart finish in the second round against Nick Fullwell but went on to lose 6–3. At the 2015 European Darts Grand Prix, Ladley edged past Magnus Caris 6–5 and then lost 6–4 to Kim Huybrechts in the second round.
Personal Digital Cellular
2007: Second round (lost to James Wade 3–4).
