Fallon Sherrock failed to qualify for the Darts World Championship. Shortly before the start she was allowed to take part in the tournament. That caused a stir.
The short-term participation in the World Cup by darts player Fallon Sherrock caused criticism in the field of participants. Dutch veteran Vincent van der Voort considered the criteria for starting the 28-year-old Englishwoman in London to be unfair. “I like Fallon, she’s a great player and has done a lot of good things for darts, but if you don’t qualify, you don’t qualify,” van der Voort told the online darts TV portal.
The world association PDC had decided just a few weeks before the World Championships that Sherrock’s title at World Matchplay in the summer would be enough for qualification. For the PDC, Sherrock, who three years ago was the first woman in history to win World Cup games against men, is easy to market. The “Queen of the Palace” made her first appearance at the World Cup on Tuesday evening against Englishman Ricky Evans, but lost the match.
“If you come into the tournament, it should happen because of the right criteria and not because someone says: ‘You may not have qualified, but we will find a way to get you into the tournament’,” criticized the 47-year-old van der Voort . Years ago, the Dutchman had fundamentally criticized and doubted the women’s quota, according to which the two best women are allowed to start at the World Cup.