Colin Fowler (born 3 August 1962) is a former English professional darts player.

Colin Fowler
Personal information
Full nameColin Fowler
NicknameRobocol
Born (1962-08-03) 3 August 1962 (age 62)
Blackpool, Lancashire, England
Home townNorthfield, Birmingham
Darts information
Playing darts since1987
Darts23 gram Firefox
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO1997–2012
PDC2013–2017
WDF major events – best performances
World MastersLast 24: 2011
PDC premier events – best performances
UK OpenLast 64: 2015
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour England 2014, 2014, 2014, 2015
Updated on 18 January 2019.

Career

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Fowler reached the quarter-finals of a PDC event for the first time in his career at the opening UK Open Qualifier of 2013, where he lost 6–3 against Ronnie Baxter.[1] He made his debut in the UK Open later in the year and was beaten 5–4 by Matt Padgett in the second round.[2] In April 2014, Fowler won two Challenge Tour tournaments on the same day, winning a total of 14 consecutive matches and amassing £4,000 in prize money. He beat Mark Frost and Matt Clark in the two finals.[3] Fowler also won the 15th event with a 6–3 victory over Dirk van Duijvenbode and finished third on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit, just £300 short of second place which would have seen him earn a two-year PDC tour card.[4][5]

Fowler defeated Steve West 5–0 and Jason Wilson 5–3 at the 2015 UK Open, before losing 9–4 to David Pallett in the third round.[6][7] He took the second Challenge Tour event of the year by beating Steve Maish 5–2.[8] Fowler lost 5–3 to Rob Modra in the semi-finals of the second Challenge Tour of 2016.[9] He only progressed to the last 16 once in the remaining 16 tournaments of the year.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Van Gerwen Races To UK Open Qualifier Win". PDC. Archived from the original on 25 February 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  2. ^ "2013 UK Open Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 16 December 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Memorable Double For Fowler". PDC. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  4. ^ "PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour Latest". PDC. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  5. ^ "PDC Unicorn Youth & Challenge Tour Order of Merit". PDC. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Coral UK Open - Friday Afternoon". PDC. Archived from the original on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Coral UK Open Third Round". PDC. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Wigan Wins For Shepherd And Fowler". PDC. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  9. ^ "2016 PDC Challenge Tour England Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Colin Fowler 2016". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
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