Richie George

Richie George
Richie George
Personal information
Full name	Richard George
Nickname	"Richie Rich"
Born	18 December 1989 (age 34); Colchester, Essex, England
Home town	Ardleigh, Essex, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	1994
Darts	23g Red Dragon Signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Danza Kuduro" by Lucenzo
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2011–2014
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Semi-Final: 2013
World Masters	Last 32: 2012, 2013
World Trophy	Last 32: 2014
Finder Masters	Last 24 Group: 2012, 2013
PDC premier events – best performances
Grand Slam	Group Stages: 2013, 2014
Other tournament wins
Colchester Open	2011
England Open Early Bird	2012
Southend Open	2011

Richard George (born 18 December 1989) is an English former professional darts player. He was born in Essex and is the son of former world championship finalist Bobby George. They became the first father-and-son duo to play in the BDO version of the World Championship, when Richie played in the 2013 event.^[1]

Career

Richie played darts as a junior, but then left the game. He qualified for the televised stages of the 2012 Winmau World Masters, but lost to Thomas Junghans 3–1 in the last 32.

George qualified for the 2013 BDO World Championship as the 15th seed. He played Dave Prins in the first round, and survived seven match darts en route to a 3-2 win. He then beat Jimmy Hendriks 4-2 in the second round, and recovered from 3-1 down against Jan Dekker to win 5-4 and reach the semi-finals, where he was beaten 6-1 by Scott Waites.

Courtesy of his run at Lakeside, George qualified for the 2013 Grand Slam of Darts, where he was drawn in Group C alongside two-time PDC World Champion Adrian Lewis, former Lakeside winner Christian Kist, and another debutant in the Belgian Ronny Huybrechts. George finished bottom of the group, losing his opening match 5-2 to Lewis, before losing by the same scoreline to Kist to confirm his elimination. George ended his campaign with a 5-3 defeat to group winner Huybrechts.

He has not played competitive darts since the 2014 Grand Slam of Darts, where he also lost all 3 group games. He only won 3 legs in the entire tournament.