Colin Fowler
English darts player
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Colin Fowler (born 3 August 1962) is an English former professional darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Blackpool, Lancashire, England
| Colin Fowler | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Nickname | Robocol | ||
| Born | 3 August 1962 Blackpool, Lancashire, England | ||
| Home town | Northfield, Birmingham, England | ||
| Darts information | |||
| Playing darts since | 1987 | ||
| Darts | 23g Firefox[1] | ||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||
| Walk-on music | "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake | ||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
| BDO | 1997–2012 | ||
| PDC | 2013–2017 | ||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||
| World Masters | Last 24: 2011 | ||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||
| UK Open | Last 64: 2015 | ||
| Other tournament wins | |||
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| Updated on 18 January 2019. | |||
Career
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.[2] He made his debut in the UK Open later in the year and was beaten 5–4 by Matt Padgett in the second round.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5][6]
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.[7][8] He won the second Challenge Tour event of the year by beating Steve Maish 5–2.[9] Fowler lost 5–3 to Rob Modra in the semi-finals of the second Challenge Tour of 2016.[10][11]