Kurt van de Rijck

Kurt van de Rijck (born 28 November 1972) is a former Belgian darts player.

Kurt van de Rijck
Personal information
NicknameStrike
Born (1972-11-28) 28 November 1972
Belgium
Home townMechelen
Belgium
Darts information
Playing darts since1997
Darts21 gram Harrows
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on musicSong 2 by Blur
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2002–2011, 2014-2017
PDC2011–2014
BDO majors – best performances
World MastersLast 64: 2005
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 64: 2012
European Ch'shipLast 32: 2013
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
WDF Europe Cup Team2010

Career

Van de Rijck reached the semi-finals of a PDC Pro Tour event in Nuland in September 2011.[1] This result helped him to qualify for the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship via the European Order of Merit. He lost 3–0 to Wes Newton in the first round, but averaged an impressive 93.84[2]

Van de Rijck entered the 2012 PDC Q School, and earned a PDC Pro Tour card with a 6–5 win over Andrew Gilding on the second day.[3] He represented Belgium with Kim Huybrechts in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and reached the quarter-finals, where they were defeated by Australia 3–1, having beaten Sweden in the second round.[4] In August, van de Rijck beat Roland Scholten in the European Qualifier for the German Darts Masters,[5] but then lost 6–4 to James Wade in the first round in Stuttgart.[6]

Van de Rijck began 2013 ranked world number 98.[7] He qualified for the first European Tour event of the year, the UK Masters and beat Steve Beaton 6–4 in the first round, before losing 6–1 to Michael van Gerwen.[8] This result helped him to qualify for the European Championship for the first time through the European Order of Merit.[9] He played van Gerwen and lost 6–1 again.[10]

World Championship performances

PDC
gollark: I can catch.
gollark: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
gollark: Seems like it. The hatchlings have basically the same time as the other stuff, sooo...
gollark: Hatchlings show up sorted with the other stuff, I think.
gollark: I would not put greenness checking past TJ09.

References
  1. Burnett Takes Incredible Victory Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine PDC.tv
  2. World Championship - Night Two Archived 2012-01-08 at the Wayback Machine PDC.tv
  3. Qualifying School - Day Two Archived 2012-01-23 at the Wayback Machine PDC.tv
  4. "Cash Converters World Cup Quarter-Finals Round-Up". PDC. 5 February 2012. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  5. "2012 PDC European Tour Stuttgart European Qualifier Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  6. "German Darts Masters - Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  7. "Order of Merit on 1 January 2013". PDC. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  8. "2013 PDC UK Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  9. "PartyPoker.net European Championship Update". PDC. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  10. "partypoker.net Euro Champs - Day Two". PDC. Archived from the original on 23 September 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
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