What I have done tonight, I hope it just proves that women, we can beat the men. We can play well against the men,” said Fallon Sherrock moments after ousting Ted Evetts on Tuesday when she became the first woman to defeat a male darts player at the PDC world championship.
As she spoke, tears welled in her eyes because it was a moment Sherrock had been chasing for a long time. She grew up surrounded by darts. Her parents both played darts and so did her twin sister, Felicia, but it was not until she was 17 that she took it up after starting her adult life as a professional hairdresser.
Written by Tumaini Carayol
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/dec/18/fallon-sherrock-darts-history-maker-world-championship under the title “Fallon Sherrock: the quiet history-maker letting her darts do the talking”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
