Dee Bateman is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 darts

Darts

Darts is a form of throwing game where darts are thrown at a circular target fixed to a wall. Though various boards and games have been used in the past, the term "darts" usually now refers to a standardised game involving a specific board design and set of rules...

 player.

Bateman made her World Championship debut in 2008, losing in the quarter-finals to eventual champion Anastasia Dobromyslova

Anastasia Dobromyslova

Anastasia Dobromyslova-Martin is a professional darts player. She is a former winner of the Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the British Darts Organisation, winning it in 2008...

. Bateman reached the semi-finals of the 2009 World Masters, with wins over Karen Lawman and Anne Kirk

Anne Kirk

Anne Kirk is a Scottish female darts player. She is nicknamed Captain Kirk.Kirk won the 2001 Women's World Masters, beating American Marylin Popp in the final...

 before losing to the eventual winner, outsider Linda Ithurralde.

Bateman's partner is BDO

British Darts Organisation

The British Darts Organisation, or the BDO for short, is a darts organisation founded on 7 January 1973 by Olly Croft, OBE. The BDO is a founder member of the World Darts Federation which was formed in 1976....

 referee Rab Butler.

External links

• Profile and stats on Darts Database