Fallon Sherrock’s hopes of earning his PDC Tour Card have been dashed after he lost his opening match of the first round of the Qualifying School.
The PDC Qualifying Schools enable any darts player aged 16 and over to earn a two-year PDC Tour Card, and the Qualifying School will be held simultaneously at venues in the UK and Germany over seven days.
The first round is held from Monday to Wednesday, and each day’s eight quarter-finalists automatically qualify for the final round, while the remaining final round places, up to a total of 128 at each location, are determined by merit.
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Sherrock was playing at the UK Qualifier at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, where he beat Sean Carroll 5-4 in the final round of 256 on Monday, although he will have chances to overcome over the next two days. until the final stage.
The “Queen of Palace” shot an average of 83.37 before losing the last match, Sherock was joined by Noah-Lynn van Leeuwen, the first trans player to end the World Darts Championship, losing early on the opening day.
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Noah-Lynn van Leeuwen said at the World Darts Championships that it’s a terrible time for trans athletes in the sport as they receive abuse.
Van Leeuwen crushed Jordi Jose in straight legs in his opening match, but lost 5-3 to Riccardo Recci in the last-256 round of the European Qualifying School at Calgary’s Wonderland.
Elsewhere, former world champion John Part beat Thomas Cromwell 5-2, while former world runners-up Mark Dudbridge and Andy Hamilton also lost their first matches against Frankie Ansell and Chris Herds respectively.
Mason Whitlock, son of former World Championship runner-up Simon Whitlock, lost 5-1 in his opening match, while Devon Petersen sent Jared Cole straight-leg in the last round of 64.
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What happens next at Q-School?
There are 474 players in first-round action in the European Qualifying School and 354 in the UK Qualifying School, and players who lose their tour card at the end of 2024 are exempt until the final round in any country.
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They will be joined in the final round by players in the top 16 of the 2024 Winmau Challenge Tour and Development Tour Medals of Merit who do not already hold tour cards for 2025.
Players released from the final round of Great Britain. Andy Boulton, Keegan Brown, Henry Coates, Lee Cox, Tavis Dudney, Lee Evans, Callum Goffin, Bo Greaves, Graham Hall, John Henderson, Jamie Hughes, Mervyn King, Aden Kirk, Jim Long, Charlie Munby, Aaron Monk, Josh Payne Christian Perez, Daniel Perry, Darryl Pilgrim, Adam Smith-Neill, Graham Usher, Adam Warner, Brandon Winning, Simon Whitlock.
Players released from the European finals. Stefan Belmont, Geoffrey De Zwaan, Adam Gavlas, Dominic Gruelich, Andreas Harrison, Dragutin Horvat, Danny Jansen, Daniel Close, Robbie Knopps, Boris Krchmar, Mike Kuivenhoven, Darius Labanauskas, Jacques Labre, Alexandre Genert Merckx, John Rodriguez, Owen Rulows , Karel Sedlacek, Jeffrey Sparidaans, Jurgen van der Velde, Jimmy van Shea, Danny van Tripp, Marvin van Velzen.
A total of 29 PDC Tour Cards will be offered in the final round, with the daily winners in the UK and Europe each receiving an automatic tour card.
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