CLIFF THORBURN was chased by his old boss after quitting his job to play snooker full-time. Eleven years before he won the ...

Eleven years before he won the 1980 World Snooker Championships, the Canadian cueist decided to try to make ends meet by picking tobacco. But he quit the job after a day to pursue a career in ...

1980 world champion Thorburn also lifted ... the sport's top 16 players as the greatest challenge in snooker outside of the World Championship in Sheffield. "The Masters always had that elite ...

One of those is Cue Haven which is set to be opened by star of the eighties Jimmy White on Friday, January 24 (5.30pm). LATEST NEWS: More than 100 people watch snooker legend attempt a 147 at launch ...

Standout tournaments include the World Championship and World Grand ... The British Open was established in 1980. Organised by the World Snooker Tour, this ranking event has taken place in Derby ...

They were the untamed bad boys of snooker. They would blow away the ... "When Higgins beat White in the semi-final at the 1982 World Championships, he had vodka in his drink.

Only the very toughest of soldiers with supreme physical fitness and mental toughness can join the British Army’s elite and ...

His world success propelled him to the top of the sport. 'Triple Crown' The Welshman won the Masters in 1980 and the UK Championship in 1982 to complete the snooker 'Triple Crown.' He reached a ...