Fallon Sherrock’s hopes of a PDC Tour card suffered a setback after he was beaten in his first match of the school’s qualifying stage.

The PDC Q-Schools offer all darts players aged 16 and over the opportunity to earn a two-year PDC Tour card and are held over seven days simultaneously at venues in the UK and Germany.

The first stage takes place from Monday to Wednesday, with the eight quarter-finalists from each day automatically qualifying for the final stage, while the remaining places in the final stage (a total of 128 places per venue) are determined according to the following order: advantage.

Sherlock, who was competing at the British Q-School event at Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, beat Sean Carroll 5-4 in the top 256 on Monday but still has a chance to advance over the next two days. to the final stage.

The ‘Queen of the Court’ averaged 83.37 but was beaten in the final leg decider, where she was joined by Sherlock and Noa-Lynn van Leuven. Noa-Lynn van Leuven is the first transgender player to suffer an early defeat on the opening day of the World Darts Championship.

Van Leeuwen beat Jordy Joze via straight leg in his opening match, but lost 5-3 to Ricardo Rehe in the final stages of the European qualifying round of 256 at Wunderland in Kalka.

Elsewhere, former world champion John Pat was beaten 5-2 by Thomas Cromwell in his opening match, while former world champions Mark Dudbridge and Andy Hamilton also lost to Frankie Ansel and Chris Hertz.

Mason Whitlock, the son of former World Championship runner-up Simon Whitlock, was beaten 5-1 in his first match, and Devin Peterson was eliminated by a straight leg from Jared Cole in the round of 64.

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What happens next at Q-School?

There are 474 players participating in the first stage of the European Qualifying School and 354 players in the British Qualifying School. Players who lose their tour cards at the end of 2024 can be exempted from entering the final stage of either country.

The top 16 players in the 2024 Winmau Challenge Tour and Development Tour Merit Awards who do not already have a 2025 Tour card will join them in the finals.

Players exempt from the UK finals stage: Andy Bolton, Keegan Brown, Henry Coates, Lee Cox, Tavis Dewdney, Lee Evans, Callum Goffin, Beau Greaves Eham Hall, John Henderson, Jamie Hughes, Mervyn King, Aden Kirk, Jim Long, Charlie Manby, Aaron Monk, Josh Payne, Christian Perez, Daniel Perry, Daryl Pilgrim, Adam Smith-Neal, Graham Arthur, Adam Warner, Brendan Vining, Simon Whitlock.

Exempted players for the European finals: Stefan Belmont, Jeffrey Dezwan, Adam Golas, Dominik Grulic, Andreas Harrison, Dragutin Horvath, Danny Jan Sen, Daniel Klose, Robbie Knops, Boris Kelma, Mike Quavenhoven, Darius Rabanaskas, Jacques Labré, Alexander Merckx ,Kayden Milne, Geert Nantes, Rowby -John Rodriguez, Owen Roulofs, Karel Sedlacek, Jeffrey Spridance, Jurjan van de Velde, Jimmy Fanshie, Dan Ni Van Trip, Marvin Van Velzen.

A total of 29 PDC Tour cards will be available in the final stage, with the UK and European daily winners automatically receiving a Tour card. The remaining 21 Tour cards will be allocated to players from the UK and European Q School Finals Merit Awards, proportionally based on the total number of entries in each region.

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