Darts Cameron Menzies will not be remembered fondly not even at this year’s World Cup. He performed a fit of rage right on the stage at Alexandra Palace, which immediately began to amuse not only darts viewers around the world. It only took a few seconds of emotion and the viral footage was born.
“I would like to apologize very much for what happened,” the thirty-six-year-old Scot later lamented. What exactly did he mean? Favored Menzies simply couldn’t stand a surprise first-round defeat. He was eliminated by the debuting twenty-year-old Englishman Charlie Manby.
Menzies started the match well, but as time went on, he bought mistakes (at the same time he took it hard that the audience was on the opponent’s side) and eventually fell 2-3 in sets. His reaction? While the opponent was celebrating, the stocky Scotsman, a civil plumber by profession, hit the table three times with all his might, on which the players keep water and darts. Only then did he congratulate the winner.
The referee immediately motioned for the enraged Menzies to calm down from the scene, and the Scottish player also injured his hand during his fit and was bleeding profusely.
“I am very sorry that I behaved in this way,” he apologized. “It’s been really a lot for me lately, my uncle Gary passed away recently. Towards the end of the game it probably all fell on me,” he explained.
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Even a year ago, Menzies surprisingly left the WC in the first round. Then, for a change, he moved the audience by finishing the unsuccessful match in tears. He couldn’t help himself, he had to show his emotions. Then he explained it by his father’s serious illness.
Menzies also lived for a time the famous darts player Fallon Sherrockanother participant in this year’s WC in London. Two Czechs also qualified for the tournament. Karel Sedláček initially lost with Dutchman Nijman, Adam Gawlas faces a hell of a fight against former world champion Gerwyn Price on Tuesday night.
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