Eleanor Cairns claimed the first PDC Women’s Series title of her career in Wigan on Sunday, beating Angela Kirkwood in a last-leg Event 16 final as the latest block of PDC women’s action reached its close.
The 22-year-old’s breakthrough came on the same day Lisa Ashton landed Event 15, giving the Wigan weekend a sharp mix of established pedigree and new movement below the very top of the women’s circuit.
Cairns’ run mattered because it was not just a one-off final appearance. The PDC reported that she posted three 4-0 wins across her first four matches, then beat Steph Clarke 5-3 and Vicky Pruim 5-2 before edging Kirkwood in the decider. That sequence turned a strong weekend into a career marker for a player long viewed as one of England’s brighter developing names.
Cairns Adds Fresh Depth To Women’s Series Race
The result also carried immediate knock-on value around the Blackpool picture. Kirkwood’s final defeat meant she missed the chance to force her way into the Women’s World Matchplay field, while Kirsi Viinikainen held the final qualifying position.
Ashton’s Event 15 win over Beau Greaves underlined her readiness to defend the Women’s World Matchplay title next month, but Cairns supplied the weekend’s freshest story. Her first title, sealed under pressure in a deciding leg, adds another credible contender to a Women’s Series landscape that is becoming less predictable at exactly the right time.
The PDC’s Women’s Series 15-16 round-up confirmed Cairns and Ashton as Sunday’s event winners.
