Profile

Name: Trina Gulliver MBE

Nick name: Golden Girl *

Born: 30th November 1969

Star Sign: Sagittarius

Home Town: Southam, Warwickshire

Occupation: Professional Darts Player

Nationality: English

Location: Southam, Warwickshire

County Darts: Currently plays for Lincolnshire

PDPA: Official Coach

Status: Married to Nicole Van Gils

Likes / Dislikes:
Likes Fishing, Cooking, Music. Dislike nothing.

Favourite food: Steak and Tiger Prawns

Walk-on music: 'You Sexy Thing' by Hot Chocolate

Trina has changed her Walk-on a couple of times but returned to the fan's favourite intro; 'You Sexy Thing' in 2022

* See FAQ

Darts: Trina plays with bespoke 23g 90% tungsten darts designed by her to suit her play. However, she used to play with a 27g dart for many years.

Walk-on

'You Sexy Thing’ by Hot Chocolate '

Trina’s original Walk-On Music ‘You Sexy Thing’ by Hot Chocolate which she first used in 2000.

In 2015 Trina changed her Walk-On to 'These Days' by Take That however she reverted back later that year too, ‘You Sexy Thing’ by Hot Chocolate’.

Trina changed her Walk-On again for the 2019 Lakeside World Championships to 'This is Me' Sung by 'Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble' Writer(s) Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

In 2022 Trina Switch Back to Walk-on Music most fans associate her with, ‘You Sexy Thing by Hot Chocolate.

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Trivia

• Trina Gulliver Darts are her own design 27 gram, 90% Tungsten but she has occasionally used a 25-gram version. No longer comercailly avialble.
• Trina is a skilled craftswomen, carpenter & joiner
• Trina taught carpentry and joinery at Mid Warwickshire College
• Trina first played darts in her parent's pub at the age of 2 standing on a chair!
• Trina has been playing the drums since the age of 6
• Trina was given the first ever "Civic Reception" in her hometown Southam on the 16th February 2003.
• Trina has the highest 3 dart average in the Women's World Championship. It is 95.96 v Clare Bywaters in achieved 2006
• Trina published her her autobiography "Golden Girl" in 2008

• Trina qualified for all the BDO staged World Darts Championships finals from 2002 – 2020, Winning ten times, and was runner up a further two.  Since 2022 the Women's World Darts Championships is now managed by the WDF.

Honours

• Awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2013 for 'Services to Darts and Fund Raising'
• England Ladies Team Captain 2003 - 2014
• 'Trina Trail' Southam, Stratford: 2009
• BBC Midlands Sports Personality: 2003
• BBC South Sports Awards' Female Team: 2005
• Coventry, Solihull & Warwickshire Sports Awards: 2005 / 2006
• BDO Sports Personality: 1998 - 2006

 

TV Commentor & Punit

• Trina has featured on several TV channels as a darts in-play commentator and pundit. Trina is a regular feature at the Modus Super Series on Pluto.tv. She has also taken to the mic for the BBC, Sky, and other broadcasters, providing her insight into both male and female dart events.