Editing Ted Hankey (section)

===Return to the BDO===
Hankey's two-year tour card expired after the [[2014 PDC World Darts Championship|2014 World Championship]] and with him being ranked world number 94, well outside the top 64 who retain their professional status, he lost his position in the PDC.<ref>{{cite web|title=Order of Merit on 2 January 2014|url=http://www.pdc.tv/pdc-order-of-merit|work=[[Professional Darts Corporation|PDC]]|access-date=13 January 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140102233715/http://www.pdc.tv/pdc-order-of-merit|archive-date=2 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> He registered to Q School, but withdrew from the event before it began.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/imuu8h7ko4fxzhk04jblaifg/title/record-entry-for-2014-qualifying-school | title=Record Entry For 2014 Qualifying School | publisher=[[Professional Darts Corporation|PDC]] | access-date=13 January 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116073336/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/imuu8h7ko4fxzhk04jblaifg/title/record-entry-for-2014-qualifying-school | archive-date=16 January 2014 }}</ref> It was announced soon after that Hankey had decided to end his unsuccessful stay in the PDC and would return to the BDO.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.shropshirestar.com/sport/other-sport/2014/01/14/ted-hankey-returns-to-the-bdo/ | title=Telford's Ted Hankey returns to the BDO | newspaper=Shropshire Star | access-date=14 January 2014}}</ref>
In his first season back in the BDO, his best results were two quarter finals as he narrowly failed to automatically qualify for the Lakeside, being ranked 29 in the BDO (top 28 qualified). He also failed to qualify for the Masters, Lakeside and the World Trophy in the qualifying tournaments held in Hull. In 2015 he qualified for the [[2015 BDO World Trophy]] but was beaten in the first round by Sam Hewson 6–4.<ref name="data"/>