Daryl Gurney’s first Grand Slam of Darts look since 2019 is over – and he appeared to take his frustrations out on the referee.
The 39-year-old suffered a 5-3 defeat to Karel Sedlacek in his second Group E match on Sunday night time in Wolverhampton.
It adopted his loss to Connor Scutt the day prior, with ‘Superchin’ realizing he wanted to beat Sedlacek to face any likelihood of remaining within the main match.
However he was second greatest in opposition to the 46-year-old, who made historical past by changing into the primary participant from the Czech Republic to win on the Grand Slam of Darts.
He did so on the eleventh time of asking having missed ten match darts, with ‘Evil Charlie’ letting out a sigh of aid earlier than partaking in a quick handshake with Gurney.
No Grand gesture
For Gurney, he minimize a annoyed determine as he instantly approached referee Kirk Bevins in what gave the impression to be a heated chat.
It stays unclear what sparked the dialog, with Gurney strolling off stage shaking his head.
He subsequently refused any to do any interviews with the media following his defeat.
Gurney may now face punishment from the PDC ought to they appear into the incident.
That is in line with the Solar, who’ve claimed that Gurney could land himself in sizzling water.
The PDC enforces strict guidelines on respect for officers and participant conduct.
A warning or monetary penalty can’t be dominated out if the darts organisation deems Gurney’s actions as unacceptable.
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Gurney’s defeat to Sedlacek led him to be getting ready to an early Grand Slam of Darts exit.
He wanted defending champion Luke Littler to endure a shock defeat to Scott later within the night time.
However the 18-year-old received 5-3 – condemning Gurney to elimination.
Scott and Sedlacek will now sq. off for a spot within the knockout stage, whereas Littler and Gurney will participate in a useless rubber match.
Gurney, who didn’t qualify for the Grand Slam of Darts between 2020-2024, has endured a irritating 2025 to date.
Whereas he helped scoop Northern Eire’s first World Cup triumph alongside Josh Rock in June, he has didn’t raise any particular person trophies.
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His greatest run in a PDC main this 12 months has been on the European Championship, which noticed him knocked out within the quarter-finals.
In the meantime, the Flanders Darts Trophy was the one PDC European occasion that he made it into the final 4.
And within the Gamers Championship, he solely made it to the quarter-finals on one event, which got here at Gamers Championship 20 in July.
