The Richardson team consisted of Garnet, his brother and skip Ernie, and their two cousins Arnold and Wes.

[1] Also at the '76 Brier, Richardson had to fill in for former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, who was due to be a guest speaker at the event.

In 2005, Richardson was awarded with the Saskatchewan Order of Merit and he was made the Honorary Chair of the 2006 Tim Hortons Brier, also held in Regina.

After working for 35 years as a carpenter, he moved on to become a realtor, for Monarch Homes, Block Brothers, and finally for the Sutton Group.

Richardson died on January 21, 2016, in Regina of complications from a rare form of Parkinson's disease.