WADC Winmau Tour Championship South Returns – Four More Titles Up for Grabs at Bradmoor Farm

 

The women's WADC Winmau Tour Championship South returns to Bradmoor Farm this weekend, 8th-9th August, with Events 5-8 taking place and four more titles up for grabs.

And if the opening four events are anything to go by, predicting where those titles will go won't be easy.

The first four South tournaments produced four different winners — Gemma Hayter, Louise Pearson, Deta Hedman and Trina Gulliver — while some of the most consistent performers across the series are still waiting for their first victory.

Add Fallon Sherrock to this weekend's field, together with several players arriving in excellent wider form, and the second half of the South series looks fascinating.

Who Has Performed Best at Bradmoor Farm?

As with the men's preview, I've created a Q4QS performance score based on how far players progressed across the previous South events.

It is important to stress that these are not official WADC ranking points or official standings. The score is simply a Q4QS measure designed to highlight sustained performance across Events 1-4.

Player	Q4QS South Performance Score
Jo Locke	22
Gemma Hayter	22
Louise Pearson	21
Eve Watson	21
Vicky Pruim	21
Deta Hedman	20
Trina Gulliver	18
Rebecca Rose	17
Steph Clarke	16
Lisa Brosnan	16

And there is an immediate story in those numbers.

Jo Locke jointly leads the measure despite not winning an event.

Locke has instead built her score through consistency: a runner-up finish, semi-final, quarter-final and Last 16 across the four tournaments.

Gemma Hayter reaches the same 22 points via a rather different route, including both a title and a runner-up finish.

Is Vicky Pruim the Ultimate Consistency Pick?

There is another name that particularly stands out.

Vicky Pruim has reached at least the quarter-finals in all four South events.

She hasn't yet won one, but a semi-final and three quarter-finals have given her 21 points on the Q4QS measure.

And her wider form makes that record even more interesting.

Pruim has subsequently won WADC Winmau Championship North Event 6, averaging 77.92 across the tournament, and then won the UKDA National Finals. She also reached the Women's World Matchplay quarter-finals.

If there is a player whose previous Bradmoor Farm consistency and wider form combine particularly well, Pruim has an excellent case.

Gemma Hayter Already Has the Bradmoor Formula

Gemma Hayter doesn't need to wonder whether she can win here.

She already has.

One title and one runner-up finish from the opening four events put Hayter alongside Jo Locke at the top of the Q4QS South performance measure.

Her form elsewhere has strengthened considerably too.

Hayter's recent results include winning the WDF World Masters with a 78.04 tournament average and another recent Vault victory at Fareham. Her database form stands at eight wins from her last ten matches.

That combination of previous Bradmoor success and current winning form makes her difficult to overlook.

The Champions Are Back

Hayter isn't the only previous South champion returning.

Deta Hedman has already lifted one of the four titles and arrives with significant recent success elsewhere. Hedman won an England Open event with an 81.36 tournament average, reached the UKDA National Finals final and subsequently made the Women's World Matchplay quarter-finals.

Trina Gulliver is another of the four South winners. Her wider results include a run to a PDC Women's Series final, where she averaged 70.21 across the event before being stopped by Beau Greaves.

Then there is Louise Pearson, whose South title and other solid finishes leave her just one point behind the leaders in the Q4QS performance measure.

Four events.

Four different champions.

There has been no monopoly on winning at Bradmoor Farm so far.

But Now Fallon Sherrock Enters the Equation

And this is where the second set of South events becomes particularly interesting.

Fallon Sherrock heads the Q4QS Six Players to Watch.

Sherrock arrives after reaching the Women's World Matchplay final, averaging 87.93 across the tournament before losing to Beau Greaves. Her run included a 5-1 victory over Lisa Ashton with a 90.55 average and a 5-0 win over Deta Hedman.

The tournament generator gives Sherrock a 73% win rate in its analysed sample and a best recorded average of 102.12.

Previous Championship South results give us plenty of established contenders.

Sherrock gives them another major obstacle.

Q4QS Six Players to Watch

The preview generator analyses the wider Q4QS database rather than simply selecting the six players who have performed best in the previous South events.

That gives us:

1. Fallon Sherrock

The obvious headline name, but also a selection backed by the numbers.

Sherrock's recent Women's World Matchplay final demonstrates her current level, while a best recorded average of 102.12 shows the scoring ceiling available.

If she brings anything approaching her Matchplay form to Bradmoor Farm, she will take some stopping.

2. Vicky Pruim

Perhaps the most compelling combination of course form and current form in the field.

Four Championship South events have brought four quarter-finals or better, and since then Pruim has added Championship North and UKDA National Finals titles.

The generator gives her a 76% win rate and best recorded average of 95.43.

Can she finally turn all that Bradmoor consistency into a South title?

3. Trina Gulliver

Already a winner here and capable of another deep run.

Her Women's Series final provides further evidence that Gulliver remains capable of negotiating big fields, while the generator records a 74% win rate and best average of 92.49.

4. Gemma Hayter

One of the strongest cases of all.

Hayter has already won a South event, jointly leads the Q4QS South performance table and comes into this weekend with an 8-2 last-ten record.

Her generator numbers are equally impressive: an 82% win rate and best recorded average of 98.02.

There isn't much missing from that profile.

5. Deta Hedman

Another previous South winner with significant recent form.

The generator gives Hedman an 82% win rate, while her recent England Open success demonstrates that she continues to collect titles.

Her experience in long tournament days hardly needs explaining either.

6. Steph Clarke

Steph Clarke completes the six — and could be one of the particularly interesting selections.

She has already reached a South final this year, but her subsequent form includes winning WADC Championship North Event 8 and reaching a WDF World Masters semi-final.

Her last-ten database record is 8-2, while the generator identifies a 78% win rate and a best recorded average of 96.97.

And Don't Forget the Players Outside the Six

As ever, Six to Follow doesn't mean six possible winners.

Jo Locke hasn't made the graphic despite jointly leading the Q4QS South performance measure. She has also reached a PDC Women's Series quarter-final and carries a 7-3 recent record in the database.

Eve Watson is only a point behind the leaders in the South measure and has been winning WADC Vault events, including one with an 82.37 tournament average.

Rebecca Rose could be a particularly interesting outsider. She sits eighth in the South performance measure but comes into the weekend having won nine of her last ten recorded matches, with a string of recent Vault victories.

That depth is why four titles across two days could produce almost any combination of winners.

Four Events Could Change Everything

There is one final reason this weekend is particularly significant.

We have played four South events.

We're about to play another four in a single weekend.

Everything we've learned from the opening half of the series could therefore look very different by Sunday night.

Can Jo Locke turn consistency into her first South title?

Can Vicky Pruim maintain her extraordinary record of reaching at least the quarter-finals every time?

Will Gemma Hayter, Deta Hedman or Trina Gulliver become the first two-time South champion of 2026?

What happens when Fallon Sherrock is added to the equation?

And can Steph Clarke carry her Championship North form into the South?

The first four tournaments established the contenders.

Events 5-8 could completely reshape the picture.

ADC Winmau Tour Championship South Returns – Who Can Make Their Mark This Weekend?

 

The ADC Winmau Tour Championship South returns this weekend, 8th-9th August, with another two days of action and a strong field preparing to battle it out.

With eight South events already completed during 2026, we now have something we didn't have at the beginning of the season: a meaningful body of evidence.

Who consistently goes deep in these tournaments? Who appears particularly comfortable in this environment? And, just as importantly, who arrives this weekend in the best form away from the Championship?

For this preview, Q4QS has combined results from the previous eight South events with its wider player database to look at both Championship South consistency and current form.

And they don't necessarily point towards the same players.

Who Has Performed Best in the South Events?

To measure consistency across the previous Championship South tournaments, I've created a simple Q4QS points system based on how far each player progressed in each event.

These are not official ADC ranking points or official Championship standings. They are a Q4QS measure designed purely to identify the players who have consistently gone deepest across the South events played so far.

The leading ten are:

Player	Q4QS South Performance Score
Lloyd Pennell	27
Chas Barstow	27
Ashley Coleman	25
Mark Stafford	25
Archie Self	25
Robbie Martin	24
Matt Gallett	23
Michael Wiles	23
Harrison Leigh	22
Jack Main	22

Rather than showing one dominant player, the numbers reveal just how competitive the series has been.

Only five points separate first from tenth.

Barstow and Pennell Lead Through Different Routes

Chas Barstow and Lloyd Pennell sit together at the top of the Q4QS measure, but they have got there in different ways.

Barstow has already captured a Championship South title and, perhaps even more significantly for this weekend, his wider form is excellent. The Q4QS database currently shows him winning his last ten recorded matches, with several recent tournament victories elsewhere.

Pennell's South record has been built more around consistency. He reached the final of Event 3 and has continued accumulating solid finishes across the series.

They demonstrate why looking beyond tournament victories can be useful. Winning titles matters, but repeatedly putting yourself into the latter stages says plenty too.

Is Mark Stafford Due One?

Perhaps nobody illustrates that better than Mark Stafford.

Stafford reached the final of both Event 7 and Event 8, averaging 84.52 and 83.96 respectively across those tournaments.

He also arrives with nine wins from his last ten recorded matches.

He hasn't yet converted one of those Championship South runs into a title, but two consecutive finals suggest he has been getting extremely close.

If there is a player knocking particularly loudly on the door, Stafford has a strong claim.

Archie Self and Ashley Coleman Remain Major Threats

Archie Self is another player whose South record is backed up by strong performances elsewhere.

Recent Development Tour results include a quarter-final and semi-final, while he has also won a Vault event with a 90.52 tournament average. His last-ten record stands at 9-1.

Ashley Coleman, meanwhile, sits alongside Stafford and Self on 25 points in my South performance measure.

His recent record includes Vault victories at Leighton Buzzard and Hemel Hempstead, while the database gives him an overall average of 85.97.

These are players who have already shown they can negotiate the Championship South environment.

But there is another question to ask.

Who does the wider Q4QS data like this weekend?

Q4QS Six Players to Watch

My tournament preview generator analyses the wider database rather than simply selecting players from previous Championship South results.

That produced a very different-looking six:

1. Daniel Lee

Daniel Lee heads the Q4QS Six to Follow.

The database gives him an 83% win rate within the generator's analysed sample, alongside a best recorded average of 98.02.

He may not be one of the names at the very top of my South performance table, but that's precisely why combining the two approaches is useful. Current and wider form can identify threats that previous results at Bradmoor Farm alone might miss.

2. Dom Taylor

Dom Taylor brings one of the strongest statistical profiles in the field.

His analysed 86% win rate is accompanied by a best recorded average of 104.86, demonstrating the scoring level he can reach.

If Taylor finds his upper range this weekend, he has the numbers of a serious contender.

3. Vince Tipple

Perhaps the most eye-catching number among the six belongs to Vince Tipple.

His best recorded average in the database is 107.36, alongside a 77% win rate in the generator's sample.

Tournament darts isn't decided by a player's best performance, of course, but that ceiling demonstrates what Tipple is capable of producing.

4. Josh McCarthy

South West followers may be particularly familiar with Josh McCarthy, and his recent form makes him difficult to ignore.

McCarthy has been winning and reaching finals regularly in Vault competition, including a title at Stonehouse with an 89.53 event average.

The generator gives him an 88% win rate, making him one of the strongest form selections among the six.

5. Steve West

Steve West brings experience alongside some impressive numbers.

His generator profile shows an 83% win rate and a best recorded average of 120.24.

Recent Q4QS data also shows a Vault victory at the Phoenix Club followed by another final and semi-final there.

He is another player capable of becoming very dangerous if he establishes momentum.

6. Pete Hughes

Completing the six is Pete Hughes.

An 86% win rate in the generator's analysed data immediately puts him among the players worth tracking, while a best recorded average of 118.66 shows the scoring ceiling is there too.

Like several players in this six, his selection is driven by the wider numbers rather than simply what has happened in the Championship South series.

And that's exactly the point.

Two Different Ways of Finding a Winner

This weekend gives us an interesting test.

On one side we have the Championship South specialists: players such as Chas Barstow, Lloyd Pennell, Mark Stafford, Archie Self and Ashley Coleman, whose results across the first eight events suggest they repeatedly thrive in these tournaments.

On the other are the players highlighted by the wider Q4QS analysis: Daniel Lee, Dom Taylor, Vince Tipple, Josh McCarthy, Steve West and Pete Hughes.

There is no guarantee either group provides the winner.

Tournament darts rarely works that neatly.

But combining previous performance in this particular series with a player's wider form gives us a much fuller picture than looking at either measure in isolation.

After eight events, we know considerably more about the Championship South than we did at the start of 2026.

This weekend should tell us even more.

Will one of the established Bradmoor Farm performers strengthen their record?

Will Mark Stafford finally turn those deep runs into a title?

Can Chas Barstow maintain his remarkable recent form?

Or will one of the Q4QS Six to Follow break through and change the picture completely?