00:00Richie Edhouse upset the odds to win Darts' Machine Seeker European Championship in Germany.
00:07The St Leonard's player was a 250-1 outsider prior to the four-day event in Dortmund, and
00:13had never previously gone beyond the last 32 in a televised tournament.
00:18But he played superbly to win five matches, two of them against former world champions
00:23to claim the trophy and £120,000 winner's prize.
00:27Edhouse has also risen ten places to a career-high 29th on the PDC Order of Merit.
00:33Speaking on stage after thrashing Jermaine Wattamina 11-3 in the final, he said this
00:38is unbelievable.
00:39I just want to get a couple of wins under my belt and see what happened, so this is
00:44a dream come true.
00:46Edhouse's success in Germany has also earned him a spot in November's Grand Slam of Darts
00:50in Wolverhampton, another major TV tournament, and he looks set to be among the seeded players
00:56for the World Darts Championships in December.
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