Richie George
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| Richie George | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Richard George |
| Nickname | Richie Rich |
| Born | 18 December 1989 |
| Home town | Ardleigh, Essex |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 1994 |
| 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 |
| Finder Masters | Last 24 Group: 2012, 2013 |
| PDC premier events – best performances | |
| Grand Slam | Group Stages: 2013, 2014 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| Colchester Open England Open Early Bird Southend Open | 2011 2012 2011 |
Richard 'Richie' George (born 18 December 1989) is a former English darts player. He is the son of former world championship finalist Bobby George. They became the first father-son duo to play in the BDO version of the World Championship, when Richie played in the 2013 event.[1]
Darting 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.
World Championship Results
BDO
- 2013: Semi Final (lost to Scott Waites 1-6)
- 2014: First Round (lost to Robbie Green 0-3)
Personal life
George is the son of former darts player Bobby George. Richie runs his own company advising businesses how to deal with aggressive and violent behaviour - particularly in the mental health field. George has a son, Edward, born in July 2013. Edward was born less than 24 hours after his cousin, Robert, was born to Richie's brother, also called Robert. In september 2016 George was found to have been guilty of physical assault of Hospital staff it was understood that George had been drinking alcohol after taking sleeping pills, George admitted 2 Counts of assault and was later given a 12 month community order and ordered to do 100 hours of unpaid work, His behaviour was described as out of character and that for a while now he had been struggling with stress and acting in a strange manner [2]
References
- ^ "Continuing the family business: Richie George looking to emulate his famous father at the Lakeside". mirror.co.uk. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
- ^ "Continuing the family business: Richie George looking to emulate his famous father at the Lakeside". mirror.co.uk. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
External links
- Player profile on Richie George from Dartsdatabase
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