‘I’m a female darts player – women are too scared to play against the men’

A prominent female darts player believes her fellow women are scared of playing against men because they are comfortable in their ‘own little league’. Fallon Sherrock is a trailblazer for women’s darts, having made history at the World Darts Championship back in 2019.She became the first woman to win a match at the tournament with victory over Ted Evetts in the first round. Her next win over Mensur Suljovic captured the attention of the mainstream media before she was eventually knocked out by Chris Dobey.Sherrock believes many female players could reach the same level as their male counterparts by putting in the effort to improve their game. However, her view is that some are reluctant to push themselves because they are frightened of playing against men.

“If the women actually put in the effort and the practice and actually played against the men more regularly, then they would get up to that standard,” Sherrock told William Hill.”That’s why I keep saying we need more opportunities to play against the men because doing so will make our game better. So many women play exceptionally well in the MODUS Super Series, which is proof of that.”Gemma Hayter is an example of a woman who brought out her best game when playing against the men in the MODUS. I think female players might be scared to play against the men on a regular basis.”They’re comfortable just staying in their own little league and they’re happy just to compete against each other. If they pushed themselves then they’d see just how much their game could actually improve.”

Sherrock is determined to keep testing herself against men with the ultimate goal of winning the World Darts Championship, but she may go down the route of chasing the women’s title first.”I want to start winning more titles and at some point, I want to be a world champion,” she added. “Because I’m 30 years old, I feel as though I have so much time left to achieve these goals because there’s no age limit in darts.”As long as I can maintain my standard, I should be okay. I want to win more titles and keep getting to the World Championships. Eventually I want to be a world champion, whether that be in the women’s game or the men’s. That is one of the boxes I want to tick.”I’m not sure how I’ll go about it, whether I’ll play in the women’s until I win it and then play in the PDC, I don’t really know. Either way, I want to be a world champion.”