Dave Prins

David Michael Prins (born 16 November 1968) is an English professional darts player.

Prins qualified for his first BDO World Darts Championship in 2010. He was the seventh seed, but lost in the first round to eventual semi-finalist Martin Phillips. this match then became the focus of a match-fixing controversy where it was alleged that Prins had intentionally played poorly, though no evidence was ultimately found and no action was taken.

Prins once again reached the World Championship in 2013, this time missing seven match darts in a 3–2 defeat by Richie George. In 2014, Prins entered the tournament at the newly implemented preliminary round and finally won his first match at the Lakeside, defeating Dutch debutant Jeroen Geerdink 3–0. Prins followed this up with a 3–0 first round victory over Jim Williams to set up a second round clash with world number one Stephen Bunting, which Prins lost 4–0 despite averaging almost 90 while Bunting averaged over 100.

Prins returned to the TV Screens in 2022 qualifying for 2 TV Events, Firstly the inaugural 2022 World Seniors Darts Championship reaching the Quarter-Final beating Paul Lim & John Lowe before losing to Robert Thornton in the last 8. Prins also qualified for the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship Beating Mark Graham in the Last 48 before falling in a Lakeside classic last leg decided to Welshman Michael Warburton.

World Championship results

BDO 2010: First round (lost to Martin Phillips 0–3) 2011: First round (lost to John Walton 1–3) 2012: First round (lost to Willy van de Wiel 0–3) 2013: First round (lost to Richie George 2–3) 2014: Second round (lost to Stephen Bunting 0–4)

WDF 2022: Second round (lost to Mike Warburton 2–3) 2023: First round (lost to Reece Colley 0–2)

WSDT 2022: Quarter-finals (lost to Robert Thornton 0–3) 2023: First round (lost to Martin Adams 1–3)