Callan Rydz: I’m a bit of a daft lad but I can beat anyone
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Callan Rydz is a self-confessed nutcase but after a sparkling, and morale-boosting, World Championship campaign he is ready to throw serious darts again. The Riot made the quarter-finals at Alexandra Palace before losing a stunning contest to Michael van Gerwen.
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The 26-year-old chucked three of the four highest match averages over the tournament, peaking at 107.06 and even in defeat to MVG ending on 103.88. It was eye-catching stuff, while there were eyebrow-raising comments about Rydz from his rivals, with Dimitri van den Bergh labelling him ‘unstable’ before their third round clash.
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Rydz took the comment in his own unique way, agreeing with Van den Bergh, but also using the words to fire him up before thrashing the Belgian 4-0. ‘His manager spoke to us the day after we played and the way Dimi was trying to word it was more about my darts,’ Rydz told Metro.
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‘I am unstable normally, like. I kind of gathered what he meant, but I think it was fire in the belly. ‘He’s right, I am unstable, I am a bit of a daft lad, but I don’t know if he was trying to do it as friendly banter, because we are friends, but it ended up being fire in the belly that I needed.’.
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The Riot says his ‘daft lad’ reputation has been with him since school and has not left him as an adult who now sports a tattoo which reads ‘Alreet Mush’ on his thigh and can’t always avoid injuring himself on his BMX. ‘It’s just me friends, they call us a nutcase because I’m not really bothered, like,’ he said. ‘I’ve always been the class clown, you could say.
