Richie Howson

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

Richie Howson
Personal information
Full nameRichard Howson
NicknameThe Owl
Born (1965-12-19) 19 December 1965
Romford, London England
Home townRainham, London
Darts information
Playing darts since1995
Darts25g Target
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"One Vision" by Queen
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2011–2012
PDC2012–
Current world rankingNR (3 January 2021)[1]
BDO majors – best performances
World MastersLast 24: 2011
PDC premier events – best performances
UK OpenLast 64: 2011, 2012, 2013
Other tournament wins
Dover Open 2011

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 of England.[2] He lost in the last 64 of the 2011 UK Open after falling to Michael van Gerwen 9 legs to 2, after beating Stephen Hardy and Tony Ayres.[3]

In 2012, Howson won a PDC tour card on the first day of Q School.[4] His best result of 2012 was reaching the quarter-finals of the sixth UK Open Qualifier where he lost 6–2 to Ian White.[5] Howson again lost in the last 64 of the UK Open, in a 2–9 defeat to Andy Hamilton.[6] He was ranked world number 69 going into 2013.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]

He begun 2014 89th in the world, well outside the top 64 who kept their PDC places and Howson therefore entered Q School to win his place back.[10][11] 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 had PDPA Associate Member status which allowed him entry into all UK Open and European Tour qualifiers as well as the Challenge Tour.[12] Howson failed to qualify for the UK Open for the first time, but made the most out of an appearance at the final Players Championship of the year with wins over Mark Dudbridge, Terry Jenkins, Keegan Brown and Christian Kist to reach his second career PDC quarter-final, where he lost 6–4 against Simon Whitlock.[13][14]

Howson played in all 16 Challenge Tour events in 2015, with his best result being a quarter-final exit in the sixth tournament.[15] He played in 12 of them in 2016, but couldn't get past the last 64 once.[16]

References
  1. "PDC Order of Merit". PDC.tv. 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. "2011 World Masters Results". Dartsdatabase. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  3. "2011 UK Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  4. "Qualifying School - Day One". Pdc.tv. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  5. "Richie Howson 2012". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  6. "2012 UK Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  7. "Order of Merit on 1 January 2013". PDC. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  8. "Speedy Services UK Open - Friday". PDC. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  9. "Richie Howson 2013". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  10. "Order of Merit on 2 January 2014". PDC. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  11. "2014 PDC Tour Card Qualifying School Entry List". Darts Database. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  12. "2014 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  13. "Richie Howson 2014". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  14. "2014 PDPA Players Championship Coventry Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  15. "Richie Howson 2015". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  16. "Richie Howson 2016". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
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