The penultimate weekend of Women’s Series action took place this weekend, where the top players continued to fight it out for spot at Alexandra Palace and the Grand Slam. With Beau Greaves not playing Saturday’s darts doubleheader, it meant opportunities for everyone else involved.
With Beau Greaves winning the Women’s World Matchplay, the World Championship spot Blackpool had to offer was passed down to the Women’s Series, meaning there are now four spots up for grabs.
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Beau Greaves
Another two titles this weekend for Beau, number 58 and 59 on the Women’s Series, while also reaching the milestone of 100 events played. While Beau has nothing to gain from playing on the Women’s Series qualification wise, having already qualified for the Worlds through the ProTour and the Slam through the Women’s World Matchplay, she will likely only be eligible for one more block of events for the foreseeable future, so worth making the most of it.
Lisa Ashton
The Lancashire Rose picked up her 21st Women’s Series title on Saturday morning, while also reaching the final of Event 18 in the afternoon. This ensured she would become the first qualifier from the 2026 Women’s Series for the World Championships, where she will make her sixth appearance in December. She debuted in 2019, losing to Jan Dekker in the first round, before qualifying for three consecutive events from 2021-23, losing out to Adam Hunt, Ron Meulenkamp and Ryan Meikle. After two years away, she returned in 2026 where she lost to Michael Smith in the opener. She will be looking to pick up a first win this year.
Ashton also has a £5,400 lead on Fallon Sherrock in the Grand Slam race, with just four events of £2,500 each to go, she is in a very good position to reach Wolverhampton for a sixth time in her career, and a second year in a row.
Fallon Sherrock
The Queen of the Palace managed to pick up her 21st Women’s Series Title too on Saturday, overcoming Ashton in the Final. Paired with a Quarter-Final run on Sunday, Sherrock now has a £4,400 advantage on the World Championship Race, a gap she is very likely to maintain over the remaining four events. Fallon will be looking to return to the World Championships for a seventh time, having only failed to qualify once since 2020.
Gemma Hayter
Two Semi-Finals on Saturday saw Gemma Hayter overtake Vicky Pruim in the World Championship Race, who she now has a comfortable £1,850 lead over. While she has a way to go yet to ensure a return to Ally Pally after her debut last year, it is well and truly in her own hands.
Deta Hedman
Despite not pulling up any trees this weekend, reaching one Quarter-Final and one Last 16, the Lakeside World Championship managed to do enough to overtake Vicky Pruim and move into the fourth and final World Championship spot. Hedman only has a £50 lead over the Swede, so it will be all to play for in the final block of events, as the Caribbean Queen aims for a return to Ally Pally after six years.
Vicky Pruim
Having gone into the weekend fourth on the Order of Merit, in a position to make her World Championship debut, it was a very poor weekend for Vicky Pruim. Two Last 128 losses in Saturday, paired with runs to the Last 64 and the Last 32 on Sunday meant she lost a lot of ground, dropping down to sixth. She still remains just £50 short of Deta Hedman in the final World Championships spot, but will need to improve in the final four events to have chances of reaching the show piece event.
The final weekend of action will come from Wigan on the 10th and 11th October, where the battle between Deta Hadman and Vicky Pruim for the final World Championship spot will be the main focus point of the weekend.
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