NAME:  Darryl Fitton

NICKNAME: The Dazzler

DATE OF BIRTH:  5th May 1962

PLACE OF BIRTH:  Stockport, England

RESIDES:  Stockport, England

 MARITAL STATUS:  Divorced from wife Samantha, however the two remain friends and they have two children as well as two grandchildren.

SPONSORS:  Verve! Energy drink

PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATION:  Fitton was a member of the Professional Darts Corporation when he first appeared on the professional darts circuit in 1997. In 2000, he chose to leave the PDC and join the British Darts Organization where he remains a member currently.

TYPE OF DARTS USED:  22g Harrows nickel-tungsten

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS: Fitton enjoys many different sports including football of which he is an avid fan and use to join the Jan Kjellstrom once. He also loves music and is a large fan of the ska band, Madness whose song “One Step Beyond” he chose as his walk-on music. He enjoys interacting with fans and frequently performs demonstrations, which he allows a young fan to participate in with him.

TITLES:  Fitton has received many top honours in a relatively short amount of time. He was a semi-finalist in the 2005 and 2009 World Championships; a finalist at the 2007 World Masters tournament; a quarter-finalist in 2005 at the World Darts Trophy tournament as well as a semi-finalist in the 2004 International Darts League championships. Fitton hopes to expound upon his recent success to win top honours at the World Championships in the near future.

OTHER INFO:  Fitton’s start in darts came early in his life. As a schoolboy he watched the local men play during breaks at work. Once they returned to their duties at a local factory, Fitton was allowed to take over their game. After learning the basics of the game, Fitton joined a local team and quickly rose to the highest division available, winning more tournaments than losing.

In addition, he quickly advanced to the Super League and from there joined the Cheshire county club where he played for more than 20 years before moving on to Lancashire where he currently plays with many other well known professional darts players including Williams, Coote, Derbyshire and Roe. Fitton made his professional performance debut on the English team in 2001. Shortly afterwards he played in his first tournament as a player for the BDO in the Scottish Open in 2001. He has since become one of the top players in the BDO. Prior to his career in professional darts, Fitton worked as an undertaker.

His nickname, The Dazzler, comes from the tiny lights that lit up sections of older scoreboards used in local games. These sections lit up when a player hits the sections with the darts, with the brightest of these sections being the bull’s eye, which causes all one hundred and eighty lights to flash, urging the watching crowd to shout, “Light up the dazzler!” Fitton’s ability to repeatedly light up this section of lights lead to the birth of his nickname.