On Tuesday evening, Fallon Sherrock became the first women to ever beat a man in the PDC World Darts championship.
The 25-year-old from Milton Keynes bested Ted Evetts by 3 sets to 2, in a stunning comeback, to qualify for the next round of the knockout tournament held every year at Alexandra Palace.
I’m buzzing !!!!!!! can’t believe I’ve made history tonight ... done it for the girls 😎😎🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 that was amazing! https://t.co/LfDeqGYUzE— Fallon Sherrock (@Fallon Sherrock) 1576623486
Sherrock who is only the fifth woman to ever compete at the competition became an instant internet hero after her victory with many singing her praises.
Pure. Electricity. Fallon Sherrock is the first woman ever to win a win a @OfficialPDC World Championships darts m… https://t.co/yjSCwnb08j— Bleacher Report (@Bleacher Report) 1576625058
What a day for Fallon Sherrock! What a day for Darts! What a day for women’s sport! What a day for sport! #WorldDartsChampionship— Wayne Mardle (@Wayne Mardle) 1576621555
Fallon Sherrock! https://t.co/UWgO6VtgTU— James Dart (@James Dart) 1576621516
Fallon Sherrock - what a story! 91.12 average 6️⃣x 180s 41% on the doubles Recovered from 2-1 down! A brillian… https://t.co/yROVDZWBe5— PDC Darts (@PDC Darts) 1576625134
However, whenever a woman achieves anything of note there is always a group of men who think that they can do better.
Remember when eight men thought they could win a single point against Serena Williams? Yeah, that didn't go too well, did it?
Unfortunately the same has already happened to Sherrock. During an appearance on Good Morning Britain, she participated in a very short game of darts against that great champion of women's rights; Piers Morgan.
The game involved them simply throwing three darts at the board and whoever got the highest score won. Sherrock, possibly attempting to go easy on Morgan, threw 41 which, in fairness, isn't the highest score.
A gleeful Morgan responded to that score by saying:
I've got a chance here. I could do this with one dart. Treble 20. Men's pride restored. Here we go.
He threw 22...
Piers vs darts hero Fallon Sherrock! Easiest victory ever, @Fsherrock 👏👏 Unlucky @piersmorgan 😏 https://t.co/0Mri7FhaxX— Good Morning Britain (@Good Morning Britain) 1576655093
Needless to say, he wasn't too happy.
😡😡😡 https://t.co/VH3yEvXn5T— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1576655348
We don't always enjoy revelling in someone's misfortune but when it's Piers Morgan we would be more than happy to watch this at least 180 more times.
Thankfully, it looked like everyone was friends by the end of things.
Pretty good morning beating @piersmorgan and meeting the @GMB team, lovely people.... https://t.co/NQL3r9NfqX— Fallon Sherrock (@Fallon Sherrock) 1576657288
Last night Fallon Sherlock became the first woman to ever beat a man in the World Men’s Darts Championship.. and to… https://t.co/5py3XAJ9Eh— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1576655296
Morgan has even agreed to donate £1000 to the National Autistic Society as a result of his loss.
Because you beat me this morning, I'll donate £1000 to @Autism. And I urge all my generous followers to bid for yo… https://t.co/RdNXUq56rZ— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1576667580