MENZIES BACK IN ACTION AFTER ALLY PALLY INJURY

CAMERON MENZIES is ready for action for the first time since injuries he sustained at the Ally Pally.

The popular Scot endured a nightmare end to his World Championship bid after losing to Charlie Manby in London.

He needed an emergency trip to hospital after punching his water table and badly cutting open his right hand during a shock post-match outburst.

But Menzies, 36, has made a swift recovery and will build-up for next week’s qualification bid at the Winmau World Masters with an outing at Twickenham on Friday night (Jan 23).

The Ayrshire star takes on James Wade, Jonny Clayton and Brendan Dolan in The Battle of Four Nations at the home of English rugby.

Menzies will be hoping for a strong showing to prepare for the cut throat pre-tournament shootout at Arena MK as he hopes to earn a place in the first major TV ranking event of the season. He was successful at that a year ago and qualified.

Defending champion Luke Humphries heads the 24 pre-qualified players for the Winmau World Masters as he seeks back-to-back titles.

Obviously Luke Littler is his biggest threat with the World Champion hunting the trophy for the first time – and he’s determined to tick it off the list of his titles to win.

Ally Pally runner-up Gian van Veen will make his World Masters debut along with fellow Premier League stars Michael van Gerwen, Clayton, Stephen Bunting, Josh Rock and Gerwyn Price.

Gary Anderson and Ryan Searle, semi-finalists at the Worlds, also feature with Dutch No3 Danny Noppert and former Masters winners Wade and Chris Dobey amongst the seeded representatives.

Wednesday’s preliminary Rounds will be open to all non-qualified PDC Tour Card Holders, the top eight players from each of the PDC’s 2025 Secondary Tours and Global Affiliate Tours, plus four players from the Junior Darts Corporation.

Former World Champions Peter Wright, Michael Smith and Raymond van Barneveld are set to be amongst the high-profile names fighting for the final available spots in the £500,000 event alongside the likes of Belgian star Dimitri Van den Bergh, 2022 Masters champ Joe Cullen and Menzies.

Image by Taylor Lanning.