Darryl Fitton

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Not to be confused with Darrell Fitton.

Darryl Fitton
Personal information
Nickname	The Dazzler
Date of birth	May 5, 1962 (1962-05-05) (age 46)
Place of birth	Stockport, England
Darts information
Playing darts since
Darts	22g Harrows nickel-tungsten
Walk-on music	"One Step Beyond" by Madness
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	since 2000
PDC	1997
Current World Ranking	15 (WDF, February 2008)
BDO Grand Slam Events - Best Performances
World Ch'ship	Semi finalist 2005
World Masters	Finalist 2007
World Darts Trophy	Quarter finalist 2005
Int. Darts League	Semi finalist 2004
PDC Majors - Best Performances
World Matchplay	Last 32 1997
Other Televised PDC events - Best Performances
Other Tournament Wins
Tournament	Years
British Open British Classic Welsh Classic Belgium Open Vonderke Masters	2003 2004 2006 2006 2008
Infobox last updated on: February 23, 2008.

Darryl Fitton (born 5 May 1962 in Stockport, England) is an English professional darts player currently playing for the BDO. He is nicknamed The Dazzler and comes to the stage dancing to Madness's "One Step Beyond" wearing sunglasses. It is one of the most popular walk-ons with the audience. Before embarking on a career in darts, Fitton worked as an undertaker.

Darryl debuted in the World Championship in 2002 as a qualifier, he lost his first match 1-3 against another qualifier John Burton. In 2004 Darryl went back to Lakeside hitting a 180 score with his very first turn. He reached the quarter-finals before being beaten by Andy Fordham, who went on to win the title. The following year, he reached the semi-finals, this time losing out to Raymond van Barneveld in a hard-fought 5-3 scoreline. Barneveld would also win the title that year. After that, Darryl did not win a match at the World Championship for the next two years, losing to Martin Adams and Phil Nixon in the first round of the 2006 and 2007 championships respectively.

In the 2008 World Championship, Fitton got beyond the first round for the first time since 2005 when he bossed his match against Davy Richardson, running out a 3-1 winner with a 94.86 average. In the second round he put in one of the most dominant performances of the World Championship when he averaged over 100 in a 4-0 hammering of Gary Robson. However he would lose 5-1 in the quarter-finals to number-one seed (and eventual champion) Mark Webster.

Darryl is known as a consistently high scorer, and with good reason - he holds the record for best average in a full, televised match. His 6-0 win against Davy Richardson in the 2007 International Darts League saw him hit 113.91 per every three darts thrown.

Darryl is divorced with two daughters and two grandchildren. He is still good friends with his ex-wife Samantha.