"She belongs on the big stage" - Bobby George lauds Beau Greaves, understands Ally Pally snub in favour of Lakeside

Beau Greaves made great grace at the UK Open last weekend. A player without a PDC Tour Card, she won three consecutive matches only to eventually fall in the fourth round after a very good match against Luke Humphries. This weekend she will be in action at the PDC Women's Series.

Living darts legend Bobby George became impressed with Greaves' performance at the UK Open. “She belongs on the big stage.” George said as per Mirror.: “The girl is not stupid - she had the chance to play at Ally Pally last year but she turned it down because she wanted to be a multiple ladies’ world champion at Lakeside.

“What did she get for winning the ladies’ world championship - about £25,000, wasn’t it? Beau would have to win at least two games at Ally Pally to earn that amount, but she’s virtually 100 per cent nailed-on to win 25 grand for the women’s world title.

“The standard of ladies’ darts has been going up, but she’s the captain of them all. When she played Humphries at the UK Open, poor old Luke didn’t know what had hit him - 126 checkout on bullseye, 124 checkout - Beau was exceptional, and Humphries had to pull out all the stops.

“He must have been wondering, ‘What’s happening here?’ I’m glad I wasn’t playing her that night. She would have scared me to death. Trina Gulliver won 10 ladies’ world titles, Lisa Ashton has won four, Fallon Sherrock was terrific when she beat a couple of the fellas at Ally Pally, but Beau is way ahead of them.

George therefore hopes that Greaves does participate in this year's PDC Darts World Championship after snubbing the last few years. “Yes, it would be nice to see her go back to Ally Pally (Greaves lost 3-0 against William O’Connor in the first round of the PDC World Championship in 2022) and mix it with the boys because she will frighten a few of them if she plays like she did against Humphries. She’s a smart young lady and she’ll know when the time is right to have another go at the Palace."