SHERROCK BACK ON TRACK AFTER HEALTH SCARE

FALLON SHERROCK has revealed that she’s gradually finding her way again in the sport after previously thinking about stepping away due to health concerns.

‘The Queen of the Palace’ has qualified for the PDC World Darts Championship for the sixth time in seven years after finishing second on the Women’s Series Order of Merit.

Sherrock admitted over the summer that she had been weighing up a break from darts after an undisclosed illness left her struggling with low energy.

But the 31-year-old insists her health is now improving as she looks to rediscover her best form.

She said: “Life isn’t too bad. I’ve had some positive news recently.

“I’m not going to be struggling next year. Hopefully I can just push forward now and have the game that I was having five or six years ago.

“I feel 100% better than what I did. I’m not going to jinx anything.

“I definitely feel a bit more energetic and you know, more positive in myself and less tired.

“My darts are slowly getting back to normal, so I have nothing to be unhappy about. I feel very happy at the moment.

“My game is there so I feel a little bit more confident going into the Worlds.”

Sherrock rose to fame after famously stunning Ted Evetts and Mensur Suljovic in 2019 to become the first woman to win a World Championship match.

But the Milton Keynes thrower has not tasted victory at Ally Pally since, as she prepares for a first-round showdown with Dave Chisnall on Thursday night.

And Sherrock has since been pushed out of the spotlight by the rise of women’s world No1 Beau Greaves, who reached the World Youth Championship final and secured a Tour Card.

She added: “It is frustrating because I never think I played that bad since.

“Obviously, I believe it’s like a little bit of luck you need as well. You just need someone to falter or you hit the big scores at the right time.

“This year with all the practice and stuff leading up, hopefully, I can get that win again because it’s such a great feeling even just to win at Ally Pally, especially hearing all the audience.

“I think I could be better than what I was because, when I obviously done everything, I didn’t have that much experience.

“I had enough. But over the other few years I’ve had, I have had wins, defeats, stuff like that. So I know how to deal more with pressure situations now.

“I’ve always said I’d rather be under the radar because I’ve always been that person to just kind of slip through the net and kind of do something special and not expect it.

“When people don’t expect it. I’d rather create a shock than be expected.

“I’ve never been that person to be kind of like the face of women’s darts. So for me that was a lot of pressure.”

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