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Tearful Menzies admits it “wasn’t pretty”

By Phil Lanning

TEARFUL Cameron Menzies admitted it “wasn’t pretty” after winning his opening WDF World Championship clash.

The Ayrshire ace beat Ian Jones 3-1 in a cracking encounter at the Lakeside yesterday afternoon.

Menzies, 32, was watched by girlfriend Fallon Sherrock as he led 1-0 only for Jones to peg it back. But he then scorched home with ease. 

He said: “It was one of those games. It wasn’t great, it wasn’t pretty, it wasn’t fancy, it wasn’t nice, it was a battle.

“It was a left punch, right punch, left punch. I broke his throw, he broke me back. There was spells of scoring and then spells of nothing. 

“I didn’t want to go last set, I was like please just hold your throw and get off that stage. 

“All I could think about was it’s my first time up there, I’ve never won up there. So that was why I was getting adrenalin and nerves were packing in. 

“I’ve played in big venues but that stage has been there for years. That was adrenalin, I don’t know!

“I just wanted to win I didn’t want that last set and go that far, I wanted to kill it off. Just get it done and chill out. 

“I had spells when I was banging them in. But he didn’t let me go. I wasn’t great, I’ve played better. 

“Sometimes it’s not how good you are, it’s the mentality difference. He kept making sure I wasn’t making mistakes, he was always there.”

Known as ‘Mad Cammy’ in WDF circles, Menzies could now face former BDO World Champ Wayne Warren in the last 16.

He added: “I’m just chuffed to win, that means a lot to me. Hopefully I won’t be as nervous next time. 

“There’s something about that stage that makes you nervous. Lakeside is a famous stage and it brings back memories, there’s nostalgia about it, a whole buzz about it. I just wanted to win a game and it meant a lot.”

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Fallon admits that Menzies is her oche rock

By Phil Lanning

EXCLUSIVE

FALLON SHERROCK has revealed that Scottish ace Cameron Menzies is her rock and pushing her to more glory.

The oche queen is undoubtedly the most talked about player in the world since becoming the first woman to beat a man at the Worlds in late 2019.

But Sherrock, 27, has now found a soul mate in fellow oche star boyfriend Menzies who won a PDC Tour Card last week. 

She revealed: “Cameron proper pushes me. He will be like, go practice, go practice, even when I am tired.

“He will even ring me, have you had a practice today? Mate, give me a break! 

“Then even we I am here, we all practice 2-3 hours, stuff like that. But then I am trying to help him as well by trying to get him ready for Q School, so he can get his Tour Card as well. 

“We do help each other, we need each other in that aspect. We do get distracted a lot. I will sit there and get bored and he will say: No, you need to do it.

“He is so supportive. It is quite nice to have someone who is willing to help. I haven’t had the support since everything happened. I have not had someone there, it is nice. I can chill out.”

Menzies, managed by Scottish promoter Tommy Gilmour, has admitted on social media that Sherrock is “unplayable” in practice.

She added: “Sometimes I leave him on well high, I am like: bang, bang, bang, bang. He will come back at me and nearly miss a nine-darter. 

“I am like: Go away. When the blokes are hitting it against me, he has done it to me. I don’t feel nervous. Well, I am used to it, I know what to expect, I know what to do to put the pressure on. I know I have to finish this because they are going out.”

Sherrock also admitted that she will fight back to be at the Worlds this year.

She added: Yeah, I am not going to say no. I will be back next year. 100 per cent.

“I definitely felt the love of the crowd. I could feel that. The game was very good in itself. It was nip and tuck, you didn’t know which way it was going to go. Yes, today wasn’t my day. But who is to say that next time won’t be mine? I have got to take each game as it comes. Each game is different on each day.”

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Menzies more upset over Defoe Rangers blow!

By Phil Lanning

CAMERON MENZIES admitted he was more upset about Jermaine Defoe quitting Rangers than missing out on a PDC Tour Card.

The Muirkirk ace reached the final Q School in the opening event but lost to James Wilson in Milton Keynes. 

That meant Menzies didn’t gain an automatic tour card to join the likes of Peter Wright, Gary Anderson and Alan Soutar.

But he can still qualify in the points table after the entire Qualifying School events finish on Saturday. 

After losing the final, he said: “I don’t know what I am more gutted about. Bottling it today or Jermaine Defoe leaving Rangers.”

Menzies also appeared to lash out at the social media haters aimed at his girlfriend Fallon Sherrock.

Sherrock has lost her opening two games at Q School and faces an uphill fight to gain a tour card. Darts fans have hit out on social media about the constant media attention on her.

Menzies added on his Twitter: “I hate social media..full of negative opinions degrading people who do things they can dream about. Who sacrifice alot to get where they are. Why we so jealous man.

“BTW this isn’t me most of people have been amazing to me. A mean In general were all human we don’t deserve that s***.”

Wilson was ecstatic to regain his tour card after a dreadful run of injuries had seen him slump down the rankings.

He said: “I feel fantastic – I’ve played in the Worlds in the first round, and failed to keep my card. I knew I had to come here, kick on and things went really well.

“I just had to keep focused all day and I’m delighted I have done it. With Covid, I couldn’t defend my money on the European Tour and fell down the rankings, as well as injuries hampering me.

“Here it is really hard work, but after competing at the World Championship I felt confident I could do it.”

Images by Taylor Lanning.