Ted Hankey moved to the Professional Darts Corporation in 2012 but suffered a mini-stroke while playing Michael van Gerwen at the 2012 Grand Slam of Darts and took three months away from the sport to recuperate.
13 Facts About Ted Hankey
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Ted Hankey lost his PDC tour card in 2014, when he was 94th on the PDC Order of Merit, and returned to the BDO, where he failed to impress in the latter years of his playing career.
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Ted Hankey achieved the 9-Darter in the Scottish open 2011.
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Ted Hankey accepted the invitation and was drawn in group E with Scott Waites, Wayne Mardle and Simon Whitlock.
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Ted Hankey was knocked out of the competition by Steve Beaton in the first knockout stage.
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Ted Hankey won the Isle of Man open but was unable to follow that up.
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Ted Hankey managed to win 2 of his 3 group matches to qualify for the last 16.
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Ted Hankey was drawn in Group B of the 2012 Grand Slam of Darts with Michael van Gerwen, Robert Thornton and Steve Beaton.
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Two days later it was revealed that Ted Hankey had suffered a transient ischemic attack, had very high cholesterol and diabetes and needed six to eight weeks' rest, which ruled him out of the qualifier for the 2013 World Championship.
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Ted Hankey returned to competitive darts for the first time in three months in February 2013, in an attempt to qualify for the first European Tour event of the year, the UK Darts Masters.
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Ted Hankey registered to Q School, but withdrew from the event before it began.
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Ted Hankey failed to qualify for the Masters, Lakeside and the World Trophy in the qualifying tournaments held in Hull.
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Ted Hankey pleaded guilty to the charge on 14 April 2022 and was released on conditional bail.