Fallon Sherrock into Final Stage at Q-School; tournament will be played each day from Thursday to Sunday, with the winner receiving a PDC Tour Card; There will also be an Order of Merit with points available for wins with nine more players receiving a PDC Tour Card for 2023 and 2024
Wednesday 11 January 2023 21:32, UK
Fallon Sherrock has made it through to the Final Stage at UK Q-School following a brilliant run in Milton Keynes on Wednesday.
The Women's World Matchplay winner joins 104 players in qualifying for the final stage, which, supplemented by the 24 players who were automatically qualified, means that a total of 128 players will compete for the 13 available Tour Cards from Thursday.
Sherrock produced a series of fine displays at the Marshall Arena, defying a ton-plus average from former UK Open runner-up Colin Osborne, before defeating Steven Beasley to win through in impressive style.
Sherrock, who made history by becoming the first woman ever to win a match at the PDC World Darts Championship in 2019, is pleased with her progress but is also aware of the hard work ahead to earn her Tour Card.
She said on Twitter: "Very pleased with my game the past 3 days, especially today - but nothing won yet as the hard work starts tomorrow.
"But win or lose I'm just pleased to be part of QS and playing my game the best I can. Good luck and well done to everyone else who plays tomorrow."
Sherrock joins the likes of Christian Perez, Jamie Lewis, Josh Payne, Andy Hamilton, Nick Kenny and 2011 World Youth Champion Arron Monk in managing to secure a spot for the remainder of Q-School.
Meanwhile, Jelle Klaasen, Nico Kurz, Diogo Portela, World Cup finalist Ronny Huybrechts, former UK Open runner-up Corey Cadby and American legend Larry Butler - the winner of the inaugural World Matchplay in 1994 - will feature in the final stage at European Q-School.
Emerging American ace Danny Lauby, former Lakeside runner-up Mark McGeeney and experienced duo Alan Tabern and James Richardson also progressed.
Four-time Women's World Champion Lisa Ashton was among those who missed out on First Stage qualification in Milton Keynes, with former Premier League star Wes Newton and 2017 UK Open semi-finalist Alan Norris also failing to qualify.
A total of 27 PDC Tour Cards will be on offer in Final Stage from January 12-15, with each of the daily winners in the UK and Europe receiving an automatic Tour Card.
The remaining 19 Tour Cards will be allocated to players from the UK and European Q-School Final Stage Orders of Merit, and split on a pro-rata basis of total participants in each region.
Any ties in the Q-School Orders of Merit will be split as follows based on all match results: Leg Difference, Legs Won, then DartConnect average. If players still cannot be split, a play-off would be organised.
