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1990 Shoot-Out
The 1990 Shoot-Out was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place in September 1990 at Trentham Gardens in Stoke-on-Trent, England. Darren Morgan won the tournament, defeating Mike Hallett 2–1 in the final. All other matches were decided by a single frame. __TOC__ Tournament draw Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 Finals Final Century breaks Only one century break was made during the tournament. The second-highest break was 93, compiled by Willie Thorne. *120 Tony Knowles References {{Snooker Shoot Out 1990 Snooker Shoot-Out Snooker Shoot-Out The Snooker Shoot Out is a professional ranking snooker tournament played under a variation of the standard rules. The 2017 event was the first time the tournament was staged as a ranking event. Hossein Vafaei is the current champion. History S ... Sport in Stoke-on-Trent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trentham Gardens
The Trentham Estate, in the village of Trentham, is a visitor attraction located on the southern fringe of the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, United Kingdom. History The estate was first recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086. At the time it was a royal manor, with a value of 115 shillings. An Augustinian priory originally occupied the site, followed by a convent. Trentham Priory occupied land on the Trentham estate from the 11th century until the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Trentham Hall The property was sold in 1540 to James Leveson, a Wolverhampton wool merchant. The Leveson family occupied the property and Sir Richard Leveson built a new house in 1634. The Leveson heiress Frances married Sir Thomas Gower Bt leading to the creation of the Leveson Gower family. It was a large Elizabethan house, which was probably demolished to make way for a later Georgian house. Their son, Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th Baronet, built a new house on the site in 1690. Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Newbury
Steve Newbury (born 21 April 1956) is a former Welsh professional snooker player from Neath. As an amateur, Newbury won the 1979 National Pairs Championship (with Cliff Wilson), and the 1980 Welsh Amateur Championship. At the 1980 World Amateur Snooker Championship, he was eliminated by Jimmy White in the quarter-finals. Newbury turned professional in 1984. He was runner-up in the 1987 Welsh Professional Championship, defeated 7-9 by Doug Mountjoy; and reached the semi-finals of the 1988 Classic, losing 2–9 to Steve Davis Steve Davis (born 22 August 1957) is an English retired professional snooker player who is currently a commentator, musician, DJ, and author. He is best known for dominating professional snooker during the 1980s, when he reached eight World S .... He reached a high ranking of 19th in 1989/1990. References External linksProfile on globalsnooker.co.uk {{DEFAULTSORT:Newbury, Steve 1956 births Living people Welsh snooker players Snooker playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Oliver (snooker Player)
Bill Oliver (born 3 December 1948) is an English former professional snooker player. Biography Bill Oliver was born on 1 December 1948. As an amateur player, Oliver beat Ian Williamson 7–5 in the final of the 1981 Pontins Autumn Open. He became a professional snooker player in 1983 but never reached the last-16 of a major tournament. His highest ranking was 77. He owns a snooker club in Plymouth. He made his television debut as a player in the 1984 World Doubles Championship, partnering Roger Bales in a 4–5 loss to Terry Griffiths and John Parrott in a match that finished at 12:30 am. Oliver beat former champion Ray Reardon in the second qualifying round of the 1988 World Snooker Championship. Later that year he joined the board of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), taking the place of Rex Williams. He entered the 2010 World Snooker Championship under an arrangement where members of the WPBSA who were not on the main World Snooker Tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Johnson (snooker Player)
Joe Johnson (born 29 July 1952) is an English former professional snooker player and commentator, best known for winning the 1986 World Championship after starting the tournament as a 150–1 outsider. A former English Amateur Championship and World Amateur Championship finalist, Johnson turned professional in 1979, and after several years as an unranked player, reached the final of the 1983 Professional Players Tournament, where he lost 9–8 to Tony Knowles. In 1986, as an underdog, he defeated Steve Davis 18–12 to win the 1986 World Snooker Championship. The following year, he reached the final again, losing 18–14 to Davis. At the 1987 UK Championship, Johnson came close to making a maximum 147 break, missing the pink ball on 134. Johnson also won the 1987 Scottish Masters, the 1989 Norwich Union Grand Prix and the 1991 Nescafe Extra Challenge before retiring from professional play in 2004. He has also won the 1997 Seniors Pot Black and the 2019 Seniors Masters, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Duggan
Steve Duggan (born 10 April 1958) is an English former professional snooker player. Career Steve Duggan was born on 10 April 1958, in Thurnscoe, England. In 1982 he won the Pontins Autumn Open tournament. He was accepted as a professional snooker player by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association in 1983, he finished his first season ranked 54, and fell to 70th after a further year. In the 1985 Matchroom Trophy, Duggan defeated veteran Fred Davis, Ray Reardon, Ian Black and Willie Thorne 5–4 before losing in the quarter-finals, 2–5 to Cliff Thorburn. This marked the best run of Duggan's career up to, and after, that point, and helped improve his world ranking for the 1986–87 season to 35th. Further success followed; Duggan played Rex Williams in the last 32 of the 1986 International Open, losing 4–5, and Jimmy White in the last 16 at the 1987 Classic, where White defeated him 5–2. At the British Open that year, he lost 2–5 to Thorne in the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren King (snooker Player)
Warren King (born 1 April 1955) is a former professional Australian snooker player who was active during the 1980s and 1990s. He reached his highest ranking position, 35th, for the 1985/1986 season, and was the runner-up in the 1990 Classic, where he lost 6–10 to Steve James. In 1994 King made the first 147 break in a tournament in Australia and in doing so became the first Australian to make a 147 break in a tournament. Life and career King lived in Granville, New South Wales during his childhood. He was the Australian amateur snooker champion in 1980 and 1981. He turned professional in 1982. In the 1983/1984 season, he qualified for the semi-final group in the 1984 International Masters, recording a 2–1 victory over Alex Higgins in his qualifying group. In the 1984 World Championship, he defeated Tony Jones 10–9, Mike Watterson 10–8 and Dave Martin 10–8 to qualify for the televised stages at the Crucible Theatre; there, he was drawn against incumbent World Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Johnston-Allen
Mark Johnston-Allen (born 28 December 1968 in Bristol) is a former professional snooker player. Career He reached the final of the 1991 European Open while ranked #59 in the world, a run which included a 5–0 win over Stephen Hendry; Johnston-Allen lost 9–7 to Tony Jones in the final. He reached the final of the same event again a year later, this time losing 9–3 to Jimmy White. He qualified for the World Championship in 1992, and lost 10–4 to Tony Knowles in the first round. At the International Open in 1995, he knocked out Hendry, Mark Williams and Ronnie O'Sullivan before losing 5–0 to White in the quarter-finals. A month later he beat White en route to the semi-finals of the Thailand Open, where he lost to James Wattana. His world ranking peaked at #31 in the 1992/1993 season, but he had dropped out of the world's top 64 by 1997/98. He also holds the distinction of having won each of his three matches against Stephen Hendry. He now works as a commen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gino Rigitano
Gino Rigitano (born 14 August 1957) is a Canadian former professional snooker player. Career Rigitano was accepted as a professional by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) in 1983. In the 1983–84 snooker season he defeated Marcel Gauvreau 9–6 in the first round of the 1983 Canadian Professional Championship, before losing 4–9 to Bernie Mikkelsen. In his four-player pre-qualifying group for the 1984 International Masters he progressed, recording 2–0 wins against both Dennis Hughes and Paul Medati, and 2–1 against Bill Oliver. In the next group round he played Jimmy White and Frank Jonik, with White winning the group and qualifying for the main event. At the 1984 World Snooker Championship, Rigitano was eliminated in the first round, 7–10 by Matt Gibson. At the 1985 World Snooker Championship, Rigitano progressed to the last 48, with wins against Dessie Sheehan (10–9), Bob Harris (10–4), Billy Kelly (10–6), and Mick Fisher (10†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Roe
David Roe (born 11 September 1965) is a former English professional snooker player, and a four-time ranking tournament quarter-finalist. Career Roe was born on 11 September 1965 in Derby. He began his professional career for the 1986–87 snooker season after qualifying through the pro-ticket series. In his second professional season he reached the last 32 or better in four tournaments, and a year later he reached the last 16 of the 1989 World Snooker Championship on his debut in the main event, to reach the top 32 of the rankings. He then had two poorer seasons, before two quarter-finals in 1991/1992. A year later he reached the top 16, despite not reaching a quarter-final in that season. Roe spent three successive seasons in the Top 16 and reached a highest position of 13th in 1994/1995 (up from, and back down to, no. 16 in 1993/1994 and 1995/1996 respectively). Roe fell out of the top 32 after a succession of early defeats, and never regained this status. A run to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascal Burke
Pascal Burke (19 June 1932 – 2001) was an Irish professional snooker player. He played professionally from 1982 to 1991. Career As an amateur, Burke was the Republic of Ireland snooker champion in 1974 and 1976, and the billiards champion in 1980 and 1981. He reached the semi-finals of the 1974 World Amateur Snooker Championship, and was invited to participate in the 1974 Norwich Union Open, where he lost 2-5 to Ray Reardon, the reigning professional World Snooker Champion. Burke was accepted as a member by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) in 1982. His first professional tournament was the 1983 Irish Professional Championship, where he lost 2–6 to Eugene Hughes. Invited to the 1983 Irish Masters, he lost 0–5 to Tony Meo. He also lost in the first match of his third and final tournament of his first season, defeated 9–10 by Paddy Morgan in the qualifying round of the 1983 World Snooker Championship. He started the 1983–84 snooker sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Wright (snooker Player)
Jon Wright (born 10 August 1962) is an English former professional snooker player. Career Jon Wright was born on 10 August 1962 in London. In 1984 he entered two WPBSA Pro Ticket events; he reached the final at Event One, losing 4–5 to David Roe, but won Event Two, defeating Roe 5–1. Wright twice represented England in the World Amateur Snooker Championship (1984 & 1985), reaching the semi-final in 1984. During this period he was a regular winner on the lucrative Pro-Am circuit and was known as a prolific break builder. He did not turn professional until 1986, but in his first season on the main tour, performed well, making a break of 123 - the highest of his career - in a 9–7 win over Martin Smith en route to the last-64 of the 1986 UK Championship. There, he lost 1–9 to the incumbent World Champion, Joe Johnson. In the 1987 Classic, Wright recovered from 2–4 behind to beat Eugene Hughes 5–4 but, having reached the last 32, lost 1–5 to Stephen Hendry. At th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Bond
Nigel Bond (born 15 November 1965) is an English former professional snooker player. Bond competed on the main tour from 1989 to 2022, and was ranked within the world's top 16 players between 1992 and 1999, peaking at 5th for the 1996–97 season. He reached the final of the World Championship in 1995, where he lost 9–18 to Stephen Hendry. He won the 1996 British Open, defeating John Higgins 9–8. Having reached three other ranking tournament finals, Bond won the 2011 Snooker Shoot-Out and, in 2012, defeated Tony Chappel to win the World Seniors Championship. He fell off the tour following his loss to Lukas Kleckers in the first qualifying round for the World Championship in 2022, and subsequently announced his retirement. Career Bond was born in Darley Dale, Derbyshire. After a strong amateur career, Bond turned professional for the 1989–1990 season. He reached his first ranking semi-final in his first season, and his first final in his second season, but his career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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