Richie Howson

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Richie Howson
Personal information
Full name Richie Howson
Nickname The Owl
Born (1965-12-19) 19 December 1965
England
Home town Rainham
England
Darts information
Darts 25gm Target
Laterality Right-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2011–2012
PDC 2012–
BDO majors - best performances
World Masters Last 24: 2011
PDC premier events - best performances
UK Open Last 64: 2011, 2012, 2013
Other tournament wins
Tournament Years
Dover Open 2011

Richie Howson (born 19 December 1965) is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Career

In 2011, he played in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournament World Masters where he beat Scott Mitchell 3 legs to 0 and Paul Hogan whom he beat by 3 legs to 1 before losing in the last 24 to Andrew Gilding.[1] He lost in the last 64 of the 2011 UK Open after falling to Michael van Gerwen 9 legs to 2, after beating Steve Hardy and Tony Ayres.[2]

In 2012, Howson won a PDC tour card, qualifying on the first day.[3] His best result of 2012 was reaching the quarter-finals of the sixth UK Open Qualifier where he lost 6–2 to Ian White.[4] Howson again lost in the last 64 of the UK Open, in a 2–9 defeat to Andy Hamilton.[5] He was ranked world number 69 going into 2013.[6] Howson played in all eight of the UK Open Qualifiers with his best results being two last 32 defeats to qualify for the event itself where he lost in the last 64 for the third successive year this time 9–2 to Matt Padgett.[7] The rest of the year proved to be disappointing for Howson as he failed to qualify for any European Tour events and could not advance beyond the last 64 in the 14 Players Championships he competed in.[8]

He begun 2014 89th in the world, well outside the top 64 who keep their PDC places and Howson therefore entered Q School to win his place back.[9][10] He lost in the last 32 on the third day but couldn't advance beyond the last 256 in any of the other days to fall short of earning a new tour card. Howson now has PDPA Associate Member status which allows him entry into all UK Open and European Tour qualifiers as well as the Challenge Tour.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "2011 World Masters Results". Dartsdatabase. Retrieved 1 August 2012. 
  2. ↑ "2011 UK Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 6 December 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Qualifying School - Day One". Pdc.tv. Retrieved 1 August 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Richie Howson 2012". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012. 
  5. ↑ "2012 UK Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 6 December 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Order of Merit on 1 January 2013". PDC. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013. 
  7. ↑ "Speedy Services UK Open - Friday". PDC. Retrieved 8 June 2013. 
  8. ↑ "Richie Howson 2013". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013. 
  9. ↑ "Order of Merit on 2 January 2014". PDC. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2014. 
  10. ↑ "2014 PDC Tour Card Qualifying School Entry List". Darts Database. Retrieved 13 January 2014. 
  11. ↑ "2014 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Retrieved 19 January 2014. 

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