Background
He is the son of former world championship finalist Bobby George.
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Richie George
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They became the first father-son duo to play in the BDO International version of the World Championship, when Richie played in the 2013 event. 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 International World Championship as the 15th seed.
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.
BDO International
2013: Semi Finals (lost to Scott Waites 1-6)
2014: 1st Round (lost to Robbie Green 0-3).
Achievements
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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 January 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 Personal Digital Cellular World Champion Adrian Lewis, former Lakeside winner Christian Kist and another debutant in the Belgian Ronny Huybrechts. George ended his campaign with a 5-3 defeat to group winner Huybrechts.
