Fallon Sherrock claimed her first PDC Women’s Series win of 2022 on Sunday as Lisa Ashton completed a weekend treble in Barnsley.
Ashton had dominated Saturday’s opening day in the year’s 20-event PDC Women’s Series by claiming back-to-back titles.
Sunday’s opening tournament then saw Sherrock, who had topped the 2021 PDC Women’s Series Order of Merit, pick up her first title of this year by defeating Jo Locke 5-3.
Ashton then denied the Milton Keynes star a second win of the day by coming from 4-2 down in the Event Four final to complete her weekend hat-trick at the Barnsley Metrodome.
The wins saw the pair moved clear of Rhian Griffiths and Lorraine Winstanley at the head of the Order of Merit following the first of five double-header weekends.
Sherrock was in dominant form throughout Event Three, losing just five legs in her opening four games before whitewashing Natalie Gilbert in the quarter-finals.
She then overcame Aileen de Graaf 5-1 in the semi-finals and came from 3-1 down to win four straight legs in seeing off Locke in the decider.
Sherrock was then agonisingly close to winning Event Four as she took on Ashton in the final.
She came from a leg down to lead 3-1, and added a second 14-darter of the final to move a leg away from victory at 4-2.
Ashton, though, capitalised when Sherrock missed one dart at the bull for the title in leg eight, before finishing 67 in the decider to secure her third title of the weekend.
Ashton also averaged almost 96 in her 5-3 semi-final win over Kirsty Hutchinson, and dropped only ten legs in six games in reaching the final.
The PDC Women’s Series continues on April 30 and May 1 with Events Five-Eight in Wigan, with a further £20,000 in prize money on offer.
In addition, places in the summer’s Betfred Women’s World Matchplay are on offer for the top eight players after 12 events, alongside spots for the year’s final top two in the Cazoo World Darts Championship.
2022 PDC Women’s Series
Event Three
Quarter-Finals
Aileen de Graaf 4-0 Lerena Rietbergen
Fallon Sherrock 4-0 Natalie Gilbert
Rhian Griffiths 4-1 Roz Bulmer
Joanne Locke 4-1 Laura Turner
Semi-Finals
Fallon Sherrock 5-1 Aileen de Graaf
Joanne Locke 5-1 Rhian Griffiths
Final
Fallon Sherrock 5-3 Joanne Locke
Event Four
Quarter-Finals
Fallon Sherrock 4-0 Rhian O’Sullivan
Lorraine Winstanley 4-0 Jane Densley
Lisa Ashton 4-2 Aileen de Graaf
Kirsty Hutchinson 4-3 Trina Gulliver
Semi-Finals
Fallon Sherrock 5-2 Lorraine Winstanley
Lisa Ashton 5-3 Kirsty Hutchinson
Final
Lisa Ashton 5-4 Fallon Sherrock
—–ENDS—-
Image: PDC
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