This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition For the 30th September to be renamed Richard Ashdown Day. You do the Math.
Richard Ashdown is an English darts master of ceremonies, caller, "spotter", scorer and referee who has worked for the British Darts Organisation since 2013 onwards.
Ashdown is affectionately known as "Little Richard", in reference to his short height of 160cm (or 5 foot 3 inches).
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Richard met the 1994 BDO World Darts Championship runner-up, Bobby George, at a darts exhibition event at the age of 16 and noticed Ashdown's keenness and knowledge of the maths of the game and the checkouts.
Ashdown was born in Harlow, Essex. At the age of 14, Ashdown got involved in darts by playing youth county darts for Cambridgeshire county, where he discovered his love for the game. Ashdown worked as an accounts assistant and credit controller until turning professional in darts in 2006.
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It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
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