Richard Ashdown | |
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| Born | Richard Ashdown 30 September 1978 |
| Occupation(s) | Darts MC and referee, spotter and statistician |
| Years active | 2002- |
Richard Ashdown (born 30 September 1978, Harlow, Essex, England) is an English darts master of ceremonies, referee, spotter and statistician who has worked within the sport of darts since 2002, for broadcasters and organisers of both World Darts Federation and Professional Darts Corporation events.
It was announced in April 2013 that Ashdown would be the new Master of Ceremonies at the Lakeside World Darts Championship for the British Darts Organisation, a role he carried out from 2014 to 2019 and later returned to Lakeside for the World Darts Federation in 2022.
In July 2020, April/May 2021 and June/July 2022, Ashdown appeared on Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow in the Tony Green role as the darts scorer on Bullseye.[1]
Ashdown is affectionately known as "Little Richard", in reference to his height of 160 cm (5 foot 3 inches).
- ^ "Bullseye Returns to TV with Little Richard". winmau.com. Retrieved 2021-04-08.