Ian Moss (darts player)

Christian "Ian" Moss (born 3 April 1963 from Oxfordshire) is a former English professional darts player who has played in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments.

Ian Moss
Personal information
Full nameChristian Moss
NicknameMossy
Born (1963-04-03) 3 April 1963
Witney, Oxfordshire, England
Home townWitney, Oxfordshire, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2003
Darts26 Gram Elven
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Cum On Feel the Noize" by Slade
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2011–2018
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 72: 2014
UK OpenLast 96: 2015

Career

Moss reached the final of the qualifier for the 2014 PDC World Championship, but was whitewashed 5–0 by Matt Clark.[1] However, for winning through to the final he earned a spot in the preliminary round of the event where he was beaten 4–3 by New Zealand's Rob Szabo.[2] Moss entered Qualifying School in January 2014 and finished eighth on the Order of Merit to earn a two-year PDC tour card.[3] His deepest run during the year came at the fifth Players Championship where he lost 6–4 in the last 32 to Wayne Jones.[4][5]

At the 2015 UK Open, Moss defeated Adi Acott and Connie Finnan, before losing 5–3 to Christian Kist in the second round.[6] In May at the 10th Players Championship, Moss beat Roxy-James Rodriguez, Terry Jenkins and Stuart Kellett to reach the last 16 of a PDC event for the first time, but lost 6–2 to Keegan Brown.[7] He won through to the final of the non-ranking Worthingtons Darts Champion of Champions event where he lost 2–0 in sets to Gerwyn Price.[8] Moss had one last 16 appearance in a Challenge Tour event in 2016 and had no success in the main Pro Tour events.[9]

Ian Moss stopped playing PDC Events in 2018.

World Championship results

PDC
  • 2014: Preliminary round (lost to Rob Szabo 3–4) (legs)

References
  1. "2014 PDC World Championship Qualifiers Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  2. "Ladbrokes World Championship Day One". PDC. 18 July 2014. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013.
  3. "2014 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  4. "Ian Moss 2014". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  5. "2014 PDPA Players Championship Wigan Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  6. "Coral UK Open - Friday Afternoon". PDC. Archived from the original on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  7. "Debut PDC Title For Super Murnan". PDC. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  8. "2015 Worthingtons Darts Champion of Champions Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  9. "Ian Moss 2016". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 25 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
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