Mark Robinson (darts player)

Mark W. Robinson (born 7 November 1963 in Norwich) is a former English professional darts player who played in the Professional Darts Corporation events.

Mark Robinson
Personal information
Full nameMark W. Robinson
NicknameSeaham Red Star
Jam Man
Born (1963-11-07) 7 November 1963
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Home townDerby, Derbyshire
Darts information
Playing darts since1988
Darts22 Gram
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Shout to the Top!" by The Style Council
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2002–2015
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 40: 2003
World MatchplayLast 40: 2002, 2003
World Grand PrixLast 32: 2002
UK OpenLast 64: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
UK Open North West Regional Final
Nottinghamshire Open		2004
2009

Career

Robinson played in his first professional tournament in BDO 1997 which was the News of the World Championship & PDC World Pairs, he was beat in his first match by Colin Fowler 2-1 and his Team England Dean Allsop.[1][2] The next time he played in a professional tournament was 2002 when he played in the World Grand Prix[2] in Dublin. Again, he lost in his first match to Alex Roy 2–1.[3] The first World Championship he played in was the 2003 PDC World Championship.[2] He was beat by Reg Harding in round one, 4–3.[4] His first professional tournament win came in 2004 when he won the UK Open North West Regional Final[2] by beating Mark Dudbridge 2–0 in the Final. He also beat Dennis Priestley 5–4 in First round Wes Newton 5–4 in Second round Vic Hubbard 5–4 in Third Round Steve Johnson in Quarter finals and Wayne Jones in the Semi finals by 2-1 of the tournament.[5] His second and most recent tournament win came in 2009 when he won the Nottinghamshire Open by beating Neil Birkin in the final.[2][6] Robinson quit the PDC in 2015.

Tournament record

Tournament wins
  • Nottinghamshire Open: 2009
  • UK Open North West Regional Final: 2004

Best performances in major tournaments

World Championship results

PDC

References
  1. "1997 News of the World Tournament Results". Dartsdatabase. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  2. "Mark Robinson". Dartsdatabase. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  3. "2002 World Grand Prix Results". Dartsdatabase. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  4. "2003 PDC World Championship Results". Dartsdatabase. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  5. "2004 UK Open North West Regional Final Results". Dartsdatabase. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  6. "2009 Nottinghamshire Open Player Prize Money". Dartsdatabase. Retrieved 3 September 2010.


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