Colin Monk

Colin Monk
Personal information
Full name	Colin Monk
Nickname	The Mad Monk
Born	29 September 1967 (1967-09-29) (age 44) Lewisham, England
Home town	Basingstoke England
Darts information
Darts	-
Laterality	Right-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1993 - 2004
PDC	2004 - present
Current world ranking	64
BDO majors - best performances
World Ch'ship	Semi-Final 1998, 2002
World Masters	Winner 1996
World Darts Trophy	Quarter-Finals 2003
Int. Darts League	Last 32 Group 2003
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 64 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
World Matchplay	Last 32 2004
Desert Classic	1st Round 2009
UK Open	Quarter-Final 2003
US Open/WSoD	Last 64 2007
Other tournament wins
Tournament	Years
Denmark Open German Open Norway Open British Open Hampshire Open	1995 1996 1996 1998 2003, 2008, 2009
Other achievements

Colin Monk (born 29 September 1967 in Lewisham) is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events and formerly played in British Darts Organisation events. He is turning full time professional in January 2010.

Monk won the 1996 Winmau World Masters beating Richie Burnett in the final. His best run in the BDO World Darts Championship came in 1998 and 2002 when he reached the semi-finals. Since joining the PDC full-time in 2004, he has struggled for form, losing in the first round in 2006, 2007 and 2008. He reached the quarter finals of the 2003 UK Open but was still a WDF member at the time.

Monk's greatest comeback was at the UK Open Darts Championships 2007 when he was 4-7 down to Martin Turner and finally won the match 8-7.

Monk had a hard time in the 2010 Word Professional Darts Championships when he was drawn against Phil Taylor in the first round and lost 3 sets to nil. But during 2009 he became a member of the 9 Dart Club when he had a nine dart finish in the Blue Square UK Open in Barnsley during his 6-1 win over Ray Farrell.

Away from the oche, Monk is a massive Tottenham Hotspur F.C. fan and is married with five children. His son Arron also competes on the PDC Pro Tour and won the first ever New Kids on the Oche event – Nuts TV's last televised darts tournament. He is currently ranked 81st on the PDC Order of Merit, compared to his father's 51st.

Colin has also won the biggest one-day darts tournament in the UK, the Hampshire Open on 3 separate occasions, in 2003, 2008 and 2009.

External links

• Profile and stats on Darts Database

Persondata
Name	Monk, Colin
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	29 September 1967
Place of birth	Lewisham, England
Date of death
Place of death