Mark Robinson (darts player)

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Mark Robinson
Personal information
Nickname"Seaham Red Star"
"Jam Man"
Born (1963-11-07) 7 November 1963 (age 61)
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Home town Derby, Derbyshire, England
Darts information
Playing darts since1988
Darts22 Gram
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Shout to the Top!" by The Style Council
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 2002–2015
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 40: 2003
World Matchplay Last 40: 2002, 2003
World Grand Prix Last 32: 2002
UK Open Last 64: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
UK Open North West Regional Final
Nottinghamshire Open		2004
2009

Mark Robinson (born 7 November 1963) is an English former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

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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

Best performances in major tournaments

World Championship results

PDC

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References

  1. ↑ "1997 News of the World Tournament Results". Dartsdatabase. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "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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