Consistency is key in most sports, and since late 2019, Fallon Sherrock and the PDC World Championship have pretty much gone hand in hand. The Queen of The Palace spoke exclusively to Darst World magazine.
‘The Queen of the Palace’ has just qualified for her sixth appearance in the last seven years at Alexandra Palace, having only missed one Sid Waddell Trophy tilt since her debut in a COVID-hit 2021, and she is ready to smash glass ceilings once again after a solid 2025.
Most of the talk on the PDC Women’s Series has rightly been about Beau Greaves, but Sherrock has largely kept herself under the radar, still winning two events on the Series, while making another six finals overall during the year.
Those performances saw the Milton Keynes native finish second on the season-end Order of Merit, comfortably £3,500 ahead of her closest rival Lisa Ashton. In turn, that finish has guaranteed Fallon a return to the Palace in December, with three players from the merit table qualifying for the Worlds.
With Greaves finishing second in the PDC Winmau Development Tour standings, and Ashton winning the Women’s World Matchplay, Sherrock, Noa-Lynn van Leuven and Gemma Hayter have all qualified, taking the Women’s Series representation in North London at the end of the year to an unprecedented five.
As one of the players to have progressed the Women’s game on in recent times, that amount comes as no surprise to Sherrock.
“It just goes to show how strong the ladies’ game is now”, said Fallon.
“The standard just keeps rising and you have to be on your game to be able to compete, and that keeps you on your toes and motivated. If you don’t play well, you’ll be out, it’s that simple. To have five female players at the World Championship is incredible, and we’ll all be looking to do well and make our mark when we get our chance to be on stage”.
One of Fallon’s finest moments came at the top of Muswell Hill came in late 2019, when she became the first female player to win a match at the PDC World Championship, defeating Ted Evetts to make history, and she backed that up by eliminating Mensur Suljovic from the same tournament, before bowing out to Chris Dobey in round three. Notable sports luminaries and other figures from around the world came out in appreciation of Fallon’s achievements, and it elevated the sport to new heights.
She would back those feats up in 2021 with a run to the quarter finals of the Grand Slam, as well as the final of the Nordic Darts Masters, and she has also pinned nine-darters on both the PDC Challenge Tour and the MODUS Super Series. All eyes will be on the PDC World Championship though in December, and Sherrock can’t wait to get started for the sixth time.
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Her place was confirmed days before the final block of the last PDC Women’s Series events of the year, but Fallon would still impress, edged out in consecutive finals by Beau Greaves, but averaging 96.16 and 95.67 in a pair of 5-4 defeats which showed that she still has high-standard performances in the locker and plenty more to come.
“I’ll always have happy memories of playing at Ally Pally, and every time I go up the steps to the venue, I get goosebumps”.
“It’s such a special place, and 2019/20 will always be the one that started everything for me, but I feel like I’ve got more history to write in the future, and I’d love to have another good run there”.
“The pressure was off me in Wigan (at the Women’s Series) in the end having qualified for the Worlds earlier in the week, but I still wanted to put in some good performances, and I was pleased overall in the way that I played over the weekend”.
“We all know how good Beau is, but to lose by a leg both times and to put in averages like I did in both finals gives me confidence going forward. I know I’m not too far behind and I know I have the game to compete with Beau and many others when I’m on form”.
2025 saw Fallon claim her 20th PDC Women’s Series title overall, and she came within match darts of claiming a second Women’s World Matchplay title, denied by Lisa Ashton in the end. With her season being a consistent one, Sherrock is feeling positive for the period leading up to the big event at Christmas.
“It didn’t go my way against Lisa, but these things happen, and I’m proud that I made another final in the end. There’s loads of positives from that for me to build on”.
“My game is in a really good place at the minute, and I’ll be looking to increase my practice in the lead-up to Ally Pally. I want to make sure I give my absolute best against whoever I play there, and I know I have to put the work in to be able to do that”.
“I don’t fear anyone, and I’ll go up on the stage and enjoy every second of it like I always do. The fans are always amazing at Ally Pally, and I can’t wait to get back on stage”.
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