Colin Fowler

Colin Fowler (born 3 August 1962 in Northfield, Birmingham) is a former English professional darts player. Father to 3 and his favourite being his oldest Marky Fowler who is a legend in his own right.

Colin Fowler
Personal information
Full nameColin Fowler
NicknameRobocol
Born (1962-08-03) 3 August 1962
Blackpool, Lancashire, England
Home townNorthfield, Birmingham
England
Darts information
Playing darts since1987
Darts23 gram Firefox
LateralityRight-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO1997–2012
PDC2013–2017
BDO majors – 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

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]

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References
  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. 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 25 November 2014. 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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