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THE SCOTTISH STAR HAS OPENED UP ON HIS CAREER HOPES AS HE RAIDS INTO LAST 16 OF THE TOURNAMENT IN LEVERKUSEN, GERMANY 17:06, 31 May 2025 Battling Cameron Menzies reckons he'd have got
the sack if he didn’t quit work to pursue his darting dream. But the Scottish star says he can still go back to the plumbing graft if doesn’t fulfil his ambitions of competing consistently
and regularly with the best in darts. Menzies produced another outstanding display to defeat defending champion Dave Chisnall and move into the last 16 of the European Darts Open. His career
is taking off and he is having even more board time having recently given up his previous post. The Ayrshire ace is reaping the rewards, but said: “I only quit my job as I got to the point
it was either quit or sacked as I was never there. “They gave me a choice. I was letting them down as I was travelling mental. I’m never home and I don’t know how the Premier League players
do it. It gives me more time to practice. Now I’ve got time it’s good. Now there’s no excuses. Now it’s up to me. Article continues below “I’ll give it two years, if it fails me I can go
back. I’m quite lucky as I can get a job because of my trade. But it’s working well. My most important aim is keeping my Tour Card. “But the way it’s worked out for me is I’ve done better
than I thought than I would.” Menzies won a decider against Chisnall after fighting back and, speaking to DartsNews, he said: “I’m making darts quite hard, as soon as I go like 4-1 down or
4-2 down or whatever it is, you kind of just go bugger it and then you start flowing because I’m quite a fast player so you start getting the rhythm because you think you’re going to lose
sometimes. “Next thing the 140’s and 180’s start coming in so at the start of the game I was trying too hard. I was dropping too short a lot. I done it later on as well but I kind of thought
4-1 down I’m going out. “That’s darts for you though. I’m my own worst enemy, I get caught up in my head a lot. That one I wouldn’t say it was fighting spirit I’d say there I just thought I
was getting beat. “I know myself personally and I’m sure a lot of players are the same, you can rattle off three or four legs playing awesome. “You’ve seen it on stage with the best players
in the world, they do it more common than me that’s why they’re there. They can rattle off three or four legs with no reply. You can’t compete with that. “I know sometimes I can do that. I
kind of felt I did what I had to do yesterday to get to the Saturday. So this is a bonus. “I’ve known Dave even before I was a PDC player. So I’ve known Dave for donkeys (years). Dave done a
thing in my village, the only exhibition we’ve ever done was Dave and he was great so I respect Dave. He’s a big scorer. He can score with the best of them if not better.” “Maybe not the
best of throws with his snatch. But Jocky Wilson was exactly the same. Chizzy is Chizzy, he’s a great player and a great person. I’m buzzing to beat him. I want to make the European finals
as I’ve never done it.” Menzies now faces Ritchie Edhouse and said: “Ritchie’s maybe not been as good as he was last year. He had a cracking game there. He won the European finals last year,
he can play. Article continues below “If you 90 in the rankings and down they all can play. We all can beat each other. The best players in the world can just do it more frequently. If I
don’t step up, I’ll be out. I need to play well to win that game.”