Nickname Wazza Home town Invercargill Name Warren Parry | PDC 2005– BDO 1999–2005 | |
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Born 9 January 1964 (age 60)
Wrey's Bush, New Zealand ( 1964-01-09 ) Walk-on music Bad to the Bone by George Thorogood & The Destroyers World Ch'ship Last 64: 2006, 2008, 2010 | ||
Darts World Cup 2015: Canada vs New Zealand | 1st Round | German
Warren Parry (born 9 January 1964) is a New Zealand darts player. He is not a full-time professional and works as a slaughterman.
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Career
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. Parry then went on to 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. This earned him a place in the 2006 PDC 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 PDC 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.
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. He faced Paul Nicholson in the first round and lost 6–4. Parry also won the Wainuiomata Open courtesy of a 7–5 victory over Greg Moss.
In 2014, Parry participated in the inaugural Perth Darts Masters and lost 6–1 against Nicholson in the first round. 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 played James Wade in the quarter-finals and was defeated 8–2.
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. 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. He won through to the final of the Oceanic Masters, but lost 8–4 to Koha Kokiri.
In 2016, Parry secured the South Island Masters title by beating Graeme Ryder in the final. Parry and new partner Cody Harris moved 3–1 up on Scotland in the first round of the World Cup, but they lost 5–3. Parry and Harris contested the final of the DPA Australian Matchplay, with Harris prevailing 6–5. He was also edged out in the final of the Alan King Memorial 5–4 by Mark McGrath.
Parry won the New Zealand Qualifier for the 2017 World Championship with a 7–3 success over Rob Szabo in the final. He lost 2–0 in the preliminary round to Jerry Hendriks with both sets going to deciding legs.