Richard Veenstra


Richard Veenstra is a Dutch darts player who competes in British Darts Organisation. His nickname is Flyers.

Career

BDO

In October 2014 Veenstra won the Luxembourg Open beating Mark Oosterhuis in the Final 6–4. He reached the Semi-finals of the 2015 Denmark Masters and England Open. In October 2015 he won WDF World Cup Pairs with Wesley Harms to beat Scott Mitchell and Mark McGeeney 6–3. On his debut at the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship, Veenstra caused an upset beating compatriot and third seed Jeffrey de Graaf 3–2 in the first round, before beating English player Martin Atkins comfortably 4–0 in the second round. Veenstra then defeated defending champion Scott Mitchell 5-3 to reach the semi-finals, which he narrowly lost to Jeff Smith 6-5.
In September 2016 Veenstra won the WDF Europe Cup singles, He beat Jim Williams in the final 7-5 averaging 93.18.
In September 2018 Veenstra won both the BDO British Open & BDO British Classic in the same weekend.

PDC

He has announced that he intends to compete for a tour card at the 2020 PDC Q School.

World Championship results

BDO

BDO major finals: 2 (2 runner-up)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Runner-up1.2018Zuiderduin Masters Glen Durrant3–5
Runner-up2.2019BDO World Trophy Jim Williams6–8

Performance timeline