Lisa Ashton 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...

 female 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.

Ashton reached the quarter finals of the 2007 Women's World Masters, beating 1996 finalist Heike Ernst of Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 in the last 16 before losing to Rilana Erades

Rilana Erades

Rilana Erades is a Dutch female darts player. She uses the nickname Pebbles for her matches.Erades made her World Championship debut in 2008, losing in the quarter finals to Karin Krappen...

. The next year she reached the semi finals, beating 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...

 in the last 16 and then beat Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

's Cathy Shaw before losing to eventual winner Francis Hoenselaar

Francis Hoenselaar

Francisca Hoenselaar is a professional darts player from the Netherlands. She is nicknamed The Dutch Crown....

. Ashton then won the 2008 Women's Zuiderduin Masters, beating Trina Gulliver

Trina Gulliver

Trina Gulliver is an English professional darts player. She is the nine-time Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the British Darts Organisation. Her nickname is the 'Golden Girl' and has been sponsored by the leading Global Darts Brand Winmau for over 10 years...

 in the final.

Ashton qualified for the 2009 Women's World Championship and made her debut at the event. She met Gulliver once more in the quarter-finals but was beaten 2-0.

In 2011, Ashton defeated Trina Gulliver 4-1 to win the Winmau World Masters.

External links

• Profile and stats on Darts Database