Richie Howson

Richie Howson
Personal information
Full name	Richard Howson
Nickname	"The Owl"
Born	(1965-12-19) 19 December 1965 (age 58) Romford, London, England
Home town	Rainham, London, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	1995
Darts	25g Target Signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Night Boat to Cairo" by Madness
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2010–2012
PDC	2012–2020
WDF	2010–2012, 2022–
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters	Last 24: 2011
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open	Last 64: 2011, 2012, 2013
WSDT major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Runner Up: 2023
World Matchplay	Semi Final: 2024
World Masters	Runner Up: 2023
Champions	Winner (1): 2024
Other tournament wins
Dover Open 2011 Viking Cup 2022 WSDT Open Series 2022,2024 World Seniors Championship Qualifiers 2022(3x),2023(2x) WSDT LP Metal Detecting 2024 - Series 2 2024

Richard Howson (born 19 December 1965) is an English professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events.

Career

In 2011, he played in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournament World Masters where he beat Scott Mitchell by 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. ^[1] 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. ^[2]

In 2012, Howson won a PDC tour card on the first day of Q School. ^[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 began 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. ^{[9] [10]} He lost in the last 32 on the third day but couldn't advance beyond the last 256 on 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. ^[11] 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. ^{[12] [13]}

Howson played in all 16 Challenge Tour events in 2015, with his best result being a quarter-final exit in the sixth tournament. ^[14] He played in 12 of them in 2016, but couldn't get past the last 64 once. ^[15]

Howson left the PDC in January 2020.

Howson rejoined the World Darts Federation in April 2022.

World Championship results

WSDT

• 2022: Second round (lost to Martin Adams 2–3) (sets)
• 2023: Runner-up (lost to Robert Thornton 2–5)
• 2024: Second round (lost to Mark Dudbridge 2–3)

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 31 January 2016. 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 26 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
9. "Order of Merit on 2 January 2014". PDC . Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. 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.
12. "Richie Howson 2014". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
13. "2014 PDPA Players Championship Coventry Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
14. "Richie Howson 2015". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
15. "Richie Howson 2016". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

External links

• Player profile for Richie Howson from Dartsdatabase
• Official Website