Troy Shaw (born 6 October 1969)
is an
English
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former professional
snooker player.
Career
Competing on the
main tour from 1991, Shaw won the second leg of minor
ranking tournament the
Strachan Challenge in
1993
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, beating
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 s ...
in the final.
He reached his highest
ranking
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, 74th,
the following year.
At the end of the
2002–03 snooker season
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, Shaw was ranked 94th and did not qualify to remain on the professional tour.
Performance and rankings timeline
Career finals
Minor-ranking finals: 1 (1 title)
Pro-am finals: 2 (1 title)
References
1969 births
Living people
English snooker players
People from Lowestoft
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