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2016 World Snooker Championship – Day 2

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The opening Sunday at the Crucible was the scene for my first visit of the 2016 World  Snooker Championship – my 12th year in a row and 13th in total!

Attending the afternoon and evening sessions, I saw the Scottish duo of Stephen Maguire and Alan McManus complete their first round battle before watching two young stars in Michael White and Sam Baird get their match started with the opening nine-frame session.

It also turned out to be a momentous day in the history of Snooker as a whole as the legendary 6-time World Champion Steve Davis retired from the game competitively, having failed to qualify for this year’s championship.

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2011 World Snooker Championship – Day 11 + Day 13

On Tuesday 26th April I was once again at the Crucible Theatre, this time watching the Quarter Final between Mark Williams and Mark Allen.

I also went down to the Crucible on Thursday 28th April, and this report includes pictures from both days.

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2011 World Snooker Championship – Day 5

On Wednesday 20th April 2011 I was back at the Crucible Theatre for the World Championship. For the first ever time I would be in the Crucible for the morning, afternoon and evening sessions.

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2010 World Snooker Championship – The Final

On Sunday 2nd and Monday 3rd May 2010 I was back at the Crucible for the final of the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship

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2010 World Snooker Championship – Day 12

On Wednesday 28th April I was back at the Crucible. I met Steve Davis (again) and Chris Edwards from the rock band Kasabian, before going in to watch two brilliant quarter final matches come to an end.

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2010 World Snooker Championship – Day 5

On Wednesday 21st April I was once again back at the Crucible. It was a great day as I got front row seats and even got a mention on the BBC by the great Willie Thorne. (more…)

2010 World Snooker Championship – Day 3

On Monday 19th April 2010 I was back at the Crucible Theatre for the World Championships and the Ronnie O’Sullivan v Liang Wenbo match.

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Paul Collier Q&A

Former professional snooker referee Paul Collier is the latest snooker star to be interviewed on ryan147.com.

Since turning professional in 1991, Paul Collier had a very successful career as a snooker referee.  Paul refereed his first Ranking Event Final in January 2002, the Welsh Open. Then in 2004 Paul was lucky enough to take charge of the 2004 World final between Ronnie O’Sullivan and Graeme Dott at the Crucible Theatre. Sadly at the end of the 2004/05 season Paul gave up being a professional referee, however he still takes charge of the Premier League each year.

Click below to read the interview.

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