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Ritchie Buckle | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Richard Buckle | ||
Nickname | Uncle Fester | ||
Born | [1] Dover, Kent, England | 20 February 1960 ||
Home town | Dover, Kent | ||
Darts information | |||
Playing darts since | 1987 | ||
Darts | 20g | ||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||
Walk-on music | "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco | ||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
PDC | 2002–2009 | ||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||
World Ch'ship | Last 32: 2004 | ||
World Grand Prix | Last 16: 2002 | ||
UK Open | Last 96: 2004 | ||
Other tournament wins | |||
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Buckle qualified for the 2004 PDC World Darts Championship, who defeating at the Last 48 to Jan van der Rassel of Netherlands and Steve Brown of United States in the Last 40, but he lost at the Last 32 stage to Dennis Priestley of England.
Buckle quit the PDC in 2009.
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Player profile on Ritchie Buckle from Dartsdatabase