Fallon Sherrock’s hopes of winning her PDC Tour Card have taken a hit after being defeated in her first Qualifying School Stage One match.
PDC Qualification Schools give any darts player aged 16 or over the opportunity to obtain a two-year PDC Tour Card, with the Qualification School taking place at venues in the UK and Germany simultaneously over a period of seven days.
The First Stage is held from Monday to Wednesday, with the eight quarterfinalists of each day automatically qualifying for the Closing Stage, while the remaining places in the Closing Stage – up to a total of 128 in each venue – are decided by Order of Merit.
Sherrock were playing in the UK Qualifying School, held at the Marshall Area in Milton Keynes, where they were beaten 5-4 in the last 16 stage on Monday by Shaun Carroll, although they will have opportunities over the next two days to achieve it. to the Closing Stage.
The ‘Queen of the Palace’ averaged 83.37 before being defeated in the decider of the final match, with Sherrock joined by Noa-Lynn van Leuven, the first trans player to complete the World Darts Championship by losing early in the opening day.
Van Leuven beat Jordy Jozee with straight legs in his first match, but lost 5-3 to Riccardo Rech in the round of 16 of the European Qualifying School, held at Wunderland in Kalkar.
Elsewhere, former world champion John Half was beaten 5-2 in his first match by Thomas Cromwell, while former world runners-up Mark Dudbridge and Andy Hamilton also lost their first matches against Frankie Ansell and Chris Hurds respectively.
Mason Whitlock, son of former world runner-up Simon Whitlock, was beaten 5-1 in his first match, and Devon Petersen was knocked out straight by Jarred Cole in the last 16.
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What happens next at Q-Faculty?
There are 474 players in action in the First Stage of the European Qualifying School, with 354 players in the UK Qualifying School and players who lost their Tour Card at the end of 2024 are exempt until the Closing Stage in either countries.
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They will be joined in the final stage by players among the top 16 of the respective Orders of Merit of the Winmau Problem Tour 2024 and the Improvement Tour who do not yet have Tour Playing cards for 2025.
Players exempt from the UK finals: Andy Boulton, Keegan Brown, Henry Coates, Lee Cocks, Tavis Dudeney, Lee Evans, Callum Goffin, Beau Greaves, Graham Hall, John Henderson, Jamie Hughes, Mervyn King, Aden Kirk, Jim Long, Charlie Manby, Arron Monk, Josh Payne , Christian Pérez, Daniel Perry, Darryl Pilgrim, Adam Smith-Neale, Graham Usher, Adam Warner, Brandon Weening, Simon Whitlock.
Players exempt from the European final phase: Stefan Bellmont, Jeffrey De Zwaan, Adam Gawlas, Dominik Gruellich, Andreas Harrysson, Dragutin Horvat, Danny Jansen, Daniel Klose, Robbie Knops, Boris Krcmar, Maik Kuivenhoven, Darius Labanauskas, Jacques Labre, Alexander Merkx, Kayden Milne, Geert Nentjes, Rowby -John Rodríguez, Owen Roelofs, Karel Sedlacek, Jeffrey Sparidaans, Jurjen van der Velde, Jimmy van Schie, Danny van Trijp, Marvin van Velzen.
A total of 29 PDC Tour Cards will be offered in the final stage, with each of the daily winners in the UK and Europe receiving an automatic Tour Card. The remaining 21 Tour Playing cards will be allocated to players on the UK and European Q Faculty Closing Stage Orders of Merit, and will be divided pro rata among the entire field of participants in each region.
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