Career
He made a brief return to form in 2006 when qualifying to play in the Personal Digital Cellular World Darts Championship. His best form came in the late 1980s where he reached the semi finals of the 1987 Winmau World Masters losing to Bob Anderson. In 1988, Spiolek reached the final of the prestigious News of the World Darts Championship, losing to Mike Gregory.
Spiolek is one of 9 players to have beaten Philosophy Taylor at the World Championship - having knocked him out in the second round at Lakeside in the 1993 World Championship - the last time that there was a unified World Championship.
Spiolek was one of the 16 players in 1992-1993 who created their own organisation (the World Darts Council which later became the Professional Darts Corporation). In 1994 he reached the final of the Greene King Masters - losing to Taylor.
Spiolek played in the first seven Personal Digital Cellular World Championships after the split in the game with his best performance being another quarter-final in 1995. He reached the final of the North American Cup in 1996 and the quarter finals of the World Matchplay in 1997 but then gradually faded from the scene.
His performance in qualifying for the 2006 Personal Digital Cellular World Championship (where he lost in the first round to Peter Manley) kept him in the top 100 of the Personal Digital Cellular world rankings until January 2008.
He had continued to play in the domestic Pro Tour events on the Personal Digital Cellular circuit during 2005 and 2006 - playing in more than 10 events on the Personal Digital Cellular Pro Tour but he has remained inactive on the circuit since the Players Championship in Gibraltar in January 2007. Due to this two-year inactivity, he is now unranked. He now works as an Area Sales Representative for a stainless steel stockholder.
BDO International
1993: Quarter-finals (lost to John Lowe 3-4)
Personal Digital Cellular
1994: Last 24 Group (beat Keith Deller 3-1) & (lost to Steve Brown (United States of America) 0-3)
1995: Quarter-finals (lost to Peter Evison 1-4)
1996: Last 24 Group (lost to Sean Downs 0-3) & (lost to Keith Deller 2-3)
1997: Last 24 Group (lost to Dennis Smith 0-3) & (lost to Keith Deller 0-3)
1998: Last 24 Group (lost to Philosophy Taylor 0-3) & (lost to Dennis Smith 0-3)
1999: 1st Round (lost to Steve Brown (United States of America) 0-3)
2000: 1st Round (lost to Jamie Harvey 2-3)
2006: 1st Round (lost to Peter Manley 0-3)
Independent major finals: 1 (1 runner-up).
