Maureen Flowers

Maureen Flowers (born 5 December 1946 from London) is a retired English professional darts player who was in the 1980s the number-one female darts player.[1]

Flowers grew up in Norton Green, Stoke-on-Trent.[2] She grew up learning to play darts in her father's pub.[3]

She won the Ladies National Pairs with her friend Yvonne Allen.[3] Flowers began competing in the Indoor League, a first for televised darts, from 1976 and later became the inaugural professional female darts player.[3]

She won the North American Open Dart Tournament (NAODT) three years in the Ladies' Singles category: 1977, 1979, and 1981.[4]

Twice a World Masters finalist, Flowers lost on both occasions to Ann Marie Davies in 1982 and Mandy Solomons in 1988. At the WDF World Cup in 1983, she did win the Women's Pairs (with Audrey Derham) and Women's Overall events.[5]

Sponsored by Unicorn, Flowers designed her own signature darts.[3]

Flowers appeared on the UK television show 'Bullseye' in 1987 to score 310 for charity which was doubled to £620.

In 1988, Flowers quit professional darts.[2] In 1996, she was entered into the National Darts Hall of Fame.[6]

From 1978 to 1987, Flowers was in a relationship with Eric Bristow. Flowers was also the first manager of Bristow's protégé, Phil Taylor, during the late 1980s and early 1990s.[7]