(Darren being presented his 2025 World Championship semi-final trophy by WPBSA Chairman Jason Ferguson at Landywood Snooker Club.)
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:
- Elkmaster
- World Billiards 100+ Breaks:
- 68
- World Billiards High Breaks:
- 240, 218, 193, 185, 179
- Highest 60 Min Score:
- 510 v Aonghus McAnally (2023 Welsh Open)
- Highest 90 Min Score:
- 650 v Daniel Locke (2025 European Open)
Achievement(s):
- 2025 World Championship semi-finalist.
- 2022 Jersey Open Champion (Results / Watch the Final). Darren made three centuries in a group game match (75 mins) in this event (139, 103, 167).
- Darren is a member of the World Billiards board of Directors, appointed in July ’19. Read more on that here.
- World Championship Long Format Quarter Finalist in 2023 & 2024.
- World Championship Short Format Quarter Finalist in 2019, 2022 & 2023.
- Semi Finalist in the Austrian Open (2026 & 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 against Alok Kumar of India, 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 around 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:
2026/27
Tournaments Played
1
Match Win %
86% (6 of 7)
Hourly Rate
301
Rank (Pts)
6 (46015)
Best K/O perf
QF
High Break
113
2025/26
Tournaments Played
9
Match Win %
81% (46 of 57)
Hourly Rate
247
Rank (Pts)
5 (85043)
Best K/O perf
SF (x2)
High Break
240
2024/25
Tournaments Played
10
Match Win %
75% (47 of 63)
Hourly Rate
251
Rank (Pts)
6 (78952)
Best K/O perf
QF (x5)
High Break
185
Contacting Darren:
You can contact Darren via email here.