Winstanley hoping for PDC Women's Series success: "I only played at probably 60% of my ability last year"

Lorraine Winstanley will be one of the leading lights when the PDC Women's Series returns this weekend with six events to begin in Milton Keynes.

Winstanley has set her aims like many with the World Championship and Grand Slam of Darts spots on offer.

"I'm really looking forward to it. It's going to be hard. Obviously if we do well and get deep into each tournament, it's going to be very long days. We're not used to playing three tournaments in a day, I don't know anybody that is. So it's going to be hard but it's going to be exciting because we've got good prize money on offer and of course that ultimate goal of being in the Grand Slam and the World Championship," said Winstanley to the Weekly Dartscast.

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Last year, Winstanley played the first Women's Series but admits now she is better prepared due to the lockdown affecting competitive action last year.

"We'd been in lockdown since March and that was November so for me personally, I felt there was a lot of pressure on that because that was the only competitive darts we'd played face to face.

"To come in a normal year, we would have been well warmed up and well prepared for it and of course to have such a massive prize on offer to be going in cold, I know I only played at probably 60% of my ability because I found it a very strange environment to be back just around people let alone playing competitive for such a massive prize."

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Return to Lakeside

Away from the PDC, Winstanley is also in the spots for the WDF World Championship and is looking forward to settling the score this time out.

"It is definitely the home of darts for us. I enjoy playing at the O2 but it didn't feel like the World Championship because it wasn't at Lakeside so it would mean everything to qualify to be back on that stage and I've got a score to settle with that stage, I've got to go one further than last time I was there."

Drawing husband Dean at Challenge Tour

Also recently the former World Master drew her husband, Dean Winstanley during a Challenge Tour and said it was a potential that was going through her head but not one she thought would happen.

"To be fair, I'd been watching the draws come up for each tournament thinking please I don't want this to happen and to be fair what are the chances of that happening with all those players in that room."