Sherrock plans to take break from darts next year

Fallon Sherrock says she will not beryllium backmost to her champion for "a mates of years" and has indicated she plans to return a break from darts successful 2026 for wellness reasons.

The 30-year-old became sick aft nan commencement of her boy Rory successful 2014 and has suffered from kidney problems since then.

Sherrock has been a pioneering fig successful darts since she became nan first woman to triumph a lucifer astatine nan PDC World Championship successful 2019.

In an interview pinch Online Darts, external, nan English subordinate said she is having to standard backmost connected playing commitments because her power levels are lower.

"I consciousness for illustration it will beryllium my B-game [at nan moment] and I don't cognize if I americium capable to get my A-game out," Sherrock said.

"If I'm going to person a twelvemonth retired adjacent twelvemonth I want to make a bang this year. I want to effort to get to everything moreover if I'm not playing 100%.

"I request to benignant myself out, get myself good and past nan entity is nan limit."

Sherrock, who is nicknamed nan 'Queen of nan Palace', said she is "determined to support fighting" and will proceed to play for nan clip being contempt nan effect of her wellness issues.

"All I want to do is practise astatine location for a mates of hours a time and I can't do that astatine nan moment, truthful it is difficult," she added.

"I've had to propulsion retired of immoderate exhibitions precocious because I haven't had nan stamina.

"I person had to constrictive down what I americium playing successful astatine nan moment, and that hurts because I emotion darts.

"Fingers crossed that successful a mates of years' clip I'll beryllium alright and backmost to winning well."