World Darts Championship star is ‘again to blocked bathrooms’ after Ally Pally exit

Darts star Cameron Menzies is “back to normality” after his World Championship efforts – unblocking bathrooms in his day job as a plumber.

Menzies, 34, made headlines earlier than the match forward of his first-round match on the opening evening. Hours out from taking over Rusty-Jake Rodriguez, the Scotsman was fixing a sink having solely been in a position to get a half day without work work.

He headed right down to Ally Pally and claimed a convincing 3-0 victory regardless, however could not get previous the subsequent problem of seeded Dave Chisnall and was adopted out the door by companion Fallon Sherrock, after her defeat to Jermaine Wattimena.

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After two weeks of motion the Worlds got here to an in depth on Wednesday (January 3) evening with new world No. 1 Luke Humphries triumphing 7-4 over teen sensation Luke Littler to carry the Sid Waddell trophy for the primary time.

Reacting on social media, Menzies joked: “Back to normality. What a time of year. Blocked toilets let’s goooooo.” He can not less than take some solace from rising 9 locations to 54th on this planet within the PDC’s Order of Merit.

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He’ll be hoping to maintain pushing up the rankings and be capable of go away the plumbing behind. In the final two years he is gained £94,500 in prize cash. Sherrock, compared, has amassed £15,500.

Menzies continues along with his commerce given his sporting revenue is not assured. He’s admitted it has had an influence on his efficiency prior to now, explaining to The Sun: “I had issues with my hands at the Players Championship. It happens after I use certain power tools which vibrate. My hands were a bit numb-ish.”

Explaining how he and Sherrock received collectively, Menzies added: “I had recognized Fallon for years in darts and performed doubles together with her years in the past. We met in a web based league in Southampton. The relaxation is historical past as they are saying. It began off with a KFC.’’