Women’s World Darts Champion Lisa Ashton has qualified for the PDC World Darts Championship.
Ashton, who has won the BDO Women’s World Championship for the last four years, qualified through the PDC’s UK and Ireland Women’s World Championship qualifier after beating Maria O’Brien 6-3 in the final in Milton Keynes.
The Lancashire thrower will become the third women to take part in the PDC championships, after Gayle King in 2001, and Anastasia Dobromyslova in 2009, Dobromyslova secured a return to Ally Pally after winning the rest of the World qualifier last week in Dusseldorf.
As part of the expansion of the PDC World Darts Championship, the Professional Darts Corporation added two female qualifiers for the tournament, which takes place over Christmas at London’s Alexandra Palace.
The BDO have also announced that female players playing at the championships are also allowed to play in their World Championships at Lakeside in January.
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