Menzies wiser in Q-School approach after claiming Tour Card: “This year I stayed in the venue and out of the toilet”

Cameron Menzies put multiple close shaves ar Q-School behind him to seal a PDC Tour Card and for the Scot, he made sure he didn’t make the same mistake twice after he was defaulted due to a toilet break last year.

“Last year was a nightmare. My contract was up after Q School and I was worried Dunvegan would give up on me. Boss Tommy Gilmour must be sitting at home pulling his hair out sometimes saying that boy is nuts, said Menzies to Oche.

“But this year I stayed in the venue and out of the toilet. I was much older and wiser this time!

“I made sure my toilet breaks were well before I played. I double-checked.

“The first day got me a few points. I knew after that one or two points could be definitely enough.

“But a couple of guys played really well against me and every defeat put more pressure on the next game. It just gets harder and harder.

“I feel sorry for the guys who were there for seven days. I was knackered after four days so I don’t know how they feel after seven.

“I’ve had a day off and back to work for Monday morning. But it’s been mentally draining. You’re up early, practising and focusing on your next game. It’s very tiring.”

For Menzies who is known to play well on stage, he has his sights set on playing on TV again in particular at the Alexandra Palace.

“It’s a big relief. I’ve been so close to many times and I’m happy to finally get through it. This is something I wanted to do. I need to focus on climbing the rankings now and build on it for the future.”

“I’ve never played at the Ally Pally so that would be one of the big aims. I also want to make TV tournaments to really climb the rankings.

“The boys like Alan Soutar and Willie Borland got their tour cards and focused. You can see the massive difference. I need to try and follow suit.”

A player who knows the Ally Pally stage quite well is his girlfriend, Fallon Sherrock and he believes her time will come.

“Fallon played quite well, she beat some good players. The pressure she is under is more than anyone, especially from social media.

“But I just think she’ll get better over the next year or so. She’s quite young still for a dart player. In the next couple of years she’ll get a tour card and kick on from there.

“We do have a similarity, we both play better on stage. My best games have, I don’t know why. I think on the floor you think about it more. On stage, you just play.”