Warren Parry

Career

He is not a full-time professional and works as a slaughterman. Parry reached the final of the 1999 WDF World Cup Men"s Singles event, beating Marko Kantele in the last 16, Andy Fordham in the quarter-finals and fellow New Zealander Herbie Nathan in the semis before losing to Raymond van Barneveld 4–1. This earned him a place in the 2006 Personal Digital Cellular World Championship at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet.

He lost in the first round 3–0 to Mark Walsh.

Parry reached the final of the 2006 WDF Asia-Pacific Cup, but lost 4-3 to Amin Abdul Ghani and beat Neville Moss 5–3 to claim the 2007 New Zealand Masters. Also in 2007, Parry claimed his second Oceanic Masters title and made his second appearance in the Personal Digital Cellular World Championship in 2008 which moved from the Circus Tavern to the larger Alexandra Palace.

He was drawn against Alex Roy in the first round, narrowly losing by three sets to two. He faced Paul Nicholson in the first round and lost 6–4.

In 2014, Parry participated in the inaugural Perth Darts Masters and lost 6–1 against Nicholson in the first round.

Parry played James Wade in the quarter-finals and was defeated 8–2. They faced Northern Ireland in the second round with Szabo losing 4–1 to Brendan Dolan and Parry losing 4–0 to Michael Mansell to exit the tournament. Parry qualified for his third Sydney Darts Masters, but was whitewashed 6–0 by Gary Anderson in round one.

Personal Digital Cellular

2006: First round (lost to Mark Walsh 0–3)

2008: First round (lost to Alex Roy 2–3)

2010: First round (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 0–3).

Achievements

• Parry then went on the win the 2000 WDF Asia-Pacific Cup. Despite losing his opening group game to Australia"s Tony David, Parry won his next two group games to secure qualification for the knockout stage. He defeated Malaysia"s Tengku Hadzali Shah 4-3 to win the trophy. During that time, Warren won the New Zealand Open back to back in 1999 and 2000. He went on to win it again in 2005. Parry won the 2005 Oceanic Masters beating Russell Stewart 6-2 in the final. Parry won the 2009 Oceanic Masters and won a spot in the World Championship for the third time. He played five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld in the first round was beaten 3–0. In 2013, Parry won the Southland Masters by defeating Stephen Padget 5–2 in the final. Later in the year he won the DartPlayers New Zealand Qualifier for the inaugural Sydney Darts Masters, a tournament which formed the new World Series of Darts. Parry also won the Wainuiomata Open courtesy of a 7–5 victory over Greg Moss. A week later he qualified for the Sydney Darts Masters as New Zealand"s number one player and recorded the biggest win of his career by coming back from 5–1 to beat world number one and reigning world champion Michael van Gerwen 6–5. Parry won through to the final of the 2015 South Island Masters, where he lost 6–2 to Peter Hunt. Parry played with Rob Szabo in the 2015 World Cup and they secured New Zealand"s first win in the event since 2010 by knocking out Canada 5–4. He won through to the final of the Oceanic Masters, but lost 8–4 to Koha Kokiri.