Colin Fowler | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Colin Fowler | ||
Nickname | Robocol | ||
Born | 3 August 1962 Blackpool, Lancashire, England | ||
Home town | Northfield, Birmingham | ||
Darts information | |||
Playing darts since | 1987 | ||
Darts | 23 gram Firefox | ||
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. |
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.
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]
Colin Fowler | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Colin Fowler | ||
Nickname | Robocol | ||
Born | 3 August 1962 Blackpool, Lancashire, England | ||
Home town | Northfield, Birmingham | ||
Darts information | |||
Playing darts since | 1987 | ||
Darts | 23 gram Firefox | ||
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. |
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.
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]