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	Highest snooker break - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the Billiards game snooker, a break is the total score achieved by a player in a single visit to the table.
		The highest snooker break possible where fouls are not a factor is 147 (15 reds, 15 fls and then the six colours).
		Wally West was reported to have made a 151 break in the final of a club competition in Hounslow in 1976.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Highest_snooker_break (460 words)

	Snooker - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Snooker is a billiards sport that is played on a large (12' × 6') baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long cushions.
		Snooker is particularly popular in English-speaking countries (Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia and South Africa), and there has recently been a surge of interest in East Asia, with players from Hong Kong, China and Thailand entering the rankings.
		Image:Snooker.png Snooker is played on a rectangular 6' by 12' (about 1.83m by 3.66m) table (often referred to as 'Full Size' as smaller same ratio tables can be used) with six pockets, one at each corner and one in the middle of each long side.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Snooker (4904 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Snooker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Snooker is a billiards sport that is played on a large (12' × 6') baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions.
		Snooker is particularly popular in English-speaking and Commonwealth countries, and the Far East.
		Snooker is played on a rectangular 6' by 12' (about 1.83m by 3.66m) table with six pockets, one at each corner and one in the middle of each long side.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref?title=Snooker (3652 words)

	Highest snooker break: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Highest snooker break[For more, click on this link] possible where fouls are not a factor is 147 (15 reds, EHandler: no quick summary.
		The world snooker championship is the climax of snookers annual calendar and the most important snooker event of the year in terms of prestige, prize money and...
		The malta grand prix was a professional snooker tournament which ran from the 1994/95 season to 2000/2001, sponsored by rothmans....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hi/highest_snooker_break.htm (2820 words)

	Pool & Billiards Frequently Asked Questions
		Highest score wins, and the game ends when all balls are pocketed (or when a foul is made on the final fl).
		At snooker, it is a foul for the cue ball to jump over a ball, whether intended or not (unless the cue ball has already struck an object ball) 4.
		SNOOKER A common opening break in snooker is, to place the cue ball on either side of the brown ball, and aim to thin the second to last row of reds, with outside side spin, travel four cushions for a possible snooker behind either green or yellow.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/sports/billiards/faq (10402 words)

	WWW Snooker: World Records (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The highest break by a woman is 137 by Stacey Hillyard in the General Portfolio Women's Classic at Aylesbury, Bucks on 23 Feb 1992.
		Four consecutive century breaks were first compiled in a major tournament by John Higgins: 103, 104, 138 and 128, in Preston, England on Sun 16th October 2005.
		Three consecutive century breaks were first compiled in a major tournament by Steve Davis: 108, 101 and 104 at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs on 10 Sep 1988.
	www.snooker.org /plr/records.shtml (1625 words)

	Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
		Perhaps the peak of this golden age was the world championship of 1985, when 18.5 million people (one third of the population of the UK) watched Dennis Taylor lift the cup after a mammoth struggle that went on well after midnight.
		Snooker is played on a 6' by 12' (about 1.83m by 3.66m) table with six pockets, one at each corner and one in the middle of each long side.
		If a foul has been committed by not hitting the ball on first and the referee judges that the player has not made the best possible effort to play a legal shot, then a "miss" is called and all balls on the table are returned to their position before the foul.
	www.irelandinformationguide.com /Snooker (2216 words)

	Tony Meo - TheBestLinks.com - England, October 4, Snooker, 1997, ...
		Tony Meo, England, October 4, Snooker, 1997, 1959, 1979, 1989, Jimmy White...
		Meo was a schoolfriend of Jimmy White, and the pair would regularly skip school to play snooker together.
		The match went to the deciding frame, and Meo was on what looked like the winning break when a shout from the audience disturbed him.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Tony_Meo.html (205 words)

	Pool Cues - Shop pool online
		The typical snooker table is 2 bymbyft and has six narrow pockets with rounded openings.
		If he drops a piece of chalk, or knocks off a mechanical bridge head, as examples, he is guilty of a foul should such an object make contact with any ball in play or the cue ball only if no referee is presiding over the match.
		On the break shot, stopping or deflecting the cue ball after it has crossed the head string and prior to hitting the racked balls is considered a foul and loss of turn.
	www.affordablebilliards.com /affob.html (364 words)

	WWW Snooker: FAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		(You must be familiar with those rules, or EO won't make much sense, especially the break shot with the 15th ball.) Each player gets ten turns alone at the table; a turn begins with an open break of a full rack, and ends on a miss, foul, or run of twenty.
		The rules are available on-line (as of October 2001) at http://worldsnooker.com/snooker_and_billiards_rules/snookercont.asp There is a Snooker referees' test paper from 1987 at: http://apeli.tky.hut.fi/~sbo/pub/English_documents/Rules/Refs_test.txt ENGLISH BILLIARDS Two cue balls and a red ball are used on the same table as for snooker; each player has his own cue ball.
		Point are awarded for a cannon (2 points for making your cue ball contact both other balls), going in-off (pocketing the cue ball after contacting a ball, 2 for white, 3 for red), or potting (pocketing) the red (3) or the other white (2).
	www.snooker.org /Doc/FAQ.shtml (7335 words)

	EABA : Online Books : The Breaks Came My Way (Joe Davis)
		In Western Province at that time the highest recorded billiards break was 125 and the highest snooker break made against me was 34 - and even then, with the additional advantage of a 35 start, my opponent lost.
		As I knew the table was not a championship table there was no chance of this break being recognised as a record, but it was heartening all the same and caused a sensation in South Africa which served only to enhance my tour.
		Their game was a sort of volunteer snooker in which any ball could be potted any number of times.
	www.eaba.co.uk /books/davis/chapter17.html (4179 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Other Sport... \| Snooker \| Higgins claims Masters thriller
		The Scot knocked in a brilliant break of 64 to clinch the final frame on the fl after O'Sullivan had taken a 60-point lead in the decider.
		He rattled in a 139 break in the second frame, the highest of the tournament, before following up with a clearance of 138.
		However, Higgins hit back with a break of 73 in the fourth frame, made it 3-2 with a break of 80 and was level after a scrappy sixth.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/4637756.stm (394 words)

	ipedia.com: Snooker Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Snooker is a billiards game, played on a special table, with one white cue ball, 15 red balls and 6 balls of various colours.
		Snooker is a billiards game, played on a special table, with one white cue ball, 15 red balls and 6 balls of various colours (the 'colours').
		If this is a ball that is to be hit, the ball counts as having been hit.
	www.ipedia.com /snooker.html (2243 words)

	Past Snooker News
		The first ever Cardiff league match between the two University Snooker teams took place in an atmosphere of tension with both teams knowing that those who were defeated would have to put up with severe stick from their team-mates for the rest of the year.
		Kamran Majid made the highest Snooker Club break of the season over the weekend with a tremendous 81 against Laurent Viac.
		Not since the last Tory Government has the Cardiff University Snooker club table been recovered but after finally obtaining funding from the Athletic Union, the table was revamped today for the first time in over 2 years.
	www.stusoc.cf.ac.uk /suon/au/snooker/news2.html (1253 words)

	Aussie Snooker (plus Billiards and Pool (8-ball & 9-ball)) Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		During the knock-out stage Steve had breaks of 125, 124 and a 135 (in the first frame of the final).
		Recent meetings with the ABC have led to a commitment by them to support snooker and we are sure that we can regain the profile which we had during "Pot Black" and "Winfield Masters" broadcasts.
		and I was on the Billiards and Snooker Association of New South Wales Committee from 1989 to 2004.
	www.billsnook.com.au (1256 words)

	EABA : Articles : Tom Cleary Looks Back
		I was mildly astonished at this and invited her to play a few shots on the table.
		A set of snooker balls was then produced and I placed the coloured balls on their respective spots.
		The National Snooker Championship was to follow the Billiards Championship and competitors included Wilson Jones, who had just won the world's Amateur Billiards Title, and Rafik Dina, both of whom represented Bombay.
	www.eaba.co.uk /articles/tomCleary/chapter11.html (2025 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Fun and Games \| Game Reviews \| Let's play: World Snooker Championship 2005
		The graphics have been improved from the 2004 version, and World Snooker Championship 2005 even allows you to enter yourself into the fray, as you create your own character when you start the game.
		World Snooker Championship 2005 is as close as you can get to playing the real thing, it's an excellent game and the graphics and animations are superb.
		But, it requires a lot of playing time to succeed at the highest level and this may put a few people off.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/funny_old_game/game_reviews/4440699.stm (514 words)

	Snooker -the Virtual Library of Sport
		Snooker Glossary from Frank Callen with a hundred of the most popular terms used in snooker
		The rules of American Snooker have over the past few years become standardised and are now almost (if not exactly) identical to the rules governing the game as played by our English professionals.
		Snooker Games is a popular UK site with good general resources for improving your game, links to UK clubs
	sportsvl.com /ball/snooker.htm (2169 words)

	Snooker Champions - Snooker Hall of of fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The fastest 147 break in a professional snooker tournament is 5 min 20 sec, by Ronnie O'Sullivan during the World Championships at Sheffield, England, on April 21, 1997.
		He made his first century break when he was just 10 years old and later became the youngest player ever to make a maximum break in a tournament aged 15 years 98 days.
		The first World Snooker Championship was held at Camkin’s Hall in Birmingham in 1927 while, since 1977, the event has been staged at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.
	www.snooker-betting.net /hall-of-fame.htm (457 words)

	Kirk Stevens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stevens started playing young, achieving his first century break aged just 12.
		In 1984, he achieved a televised maximum 147 break in a match against Jimmy White in the Benson and Hedges Masters, which remains the only such break ever made in the competition (Ken Doherty and Stephen Hendry have both since come close to repeating the feat, but unsuccessfully).
		His unorthodox choice of attire also made him a ladies favourite.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kirk_Stevens (158 words)

	Tony Jones - TheBestLinks.com - April 15, England, Snooker, 1960, ...
		Tony Jones, April 15, England, Snooker, 1960, 1992, 1991, 1983, World Snooker...
		Tony Jones (born 15 April, 1960) is an English professional snooker player.
		Jones was the surprise winner of the 1991 European Open when, ranked 35 in the world, he beat Mark Johnston-Allen 9-7.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Tony_Jones.html (112 words)

	Pool Game Downloads
		Note: The iPool application will continuously be updated with new features over the coming year (only the latest version will connect to the game lobby).
		Snooker 147 and Poolster are two games in one, combining great realism and sound effects.
		You have full control over ball spin, ball position, and who you will be playing against (another person or a computer opponent).
	www.fcsnooker.co.uk /snooker_games3 (656 words)

	Robby Foldvari - Australasian Cuesport Academy - Billiards - Snooker
		Robby Foldvari is three times World Champion for Australia and has spent the majority of his time overseas for the past 16 years competing with the world's best at snooker and billiards.
		In late 1996, Foldvari was Captain of the Australian World Cup Snooker Team winning the most amount of frames in the round robin section for his country, which was played in Thailand for $1million Prize money.
		Made the highest Break ever in the Australian Snooker Championship by an Australian - 136 total clearance.
	www.cuesport.com.au (424 words)

	Archives - Reports 2001-02
		League champions Heworth `A' were presented with the Carlsberg-Tetley Snooker League trophy by David Ragan of the sponsors, who also presented the Faber Shield billiards trophy to Acomb and the dedicated player award to Eric Darley, of Bootham.
		John Sykes presented the North Wolds Printers' Cup to Clive Whyte for the highest snooker break of the season (58) and the runner-up prize to Neil Wood, for his 52 break.
		Myers also presented Ken Taylor (Bootham) with the Cameo Engraving billiards highest break trophy for his 69 break.
	www.yorkfabersnooker.com /Archive/0102/reports.htm (346 words)

	FUN FACTS at bottom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He insisted the title should be awarded based on the highest overall average (which he, of course, had at the time).
		Two cue balls and a red ball are used on the same table as for snooker; each player has his own cue ball.
		At snooker, it is a foul for the cue ball to jump over a ball, whether intended or not (unless the cue ball has already struck an object ball)
	www.stonebridgeusa.com /pool_table_faq.htm (12307 words)

	Snooker information from Answerbag
		A common strategy in potting and positioning is to play to pot all loose reds (with colours...
		If your opponent fouls with a snooker, you may get a color for a "free ball" for your first red, and thereby get a "16 red" clea...
		The check side is a left or right-hand spin applied to the cue-ball to reduce the angle of reflection and the speed it travels after contact with a cushion.
	www.answerbag.com /c_view.php/559 (570 words)

	highest snooker break in TutorGig Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In snooker, a break is the total score achieved by a player in a single visit to the table.
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	www.tutorgig.com /ed/highest_snooker_break (406 words)

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		Former snooker champion and have an ongoing enquiry with Limbless Association and Prothetics Services of Abingdon for snooker bridgehand prosthesis.
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	Lynn makes third-round run in Portugal - PGATOUR.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lynn, twice a winner on the European Challenge Tour, made his latest bid for a full Tour title with nine birdies as he attempted to go one better than 1996 when he was pipped for the Austrian Open title by Irishman Paul McGinley's closing 62.
		Lynn, with a highest snooker break of 97, is never far from the green baize and is looking forward to taking on former world champion Steve Davis soon.
		His manager Barry Hearn also runs Davis's affairs and a challenge match is in the offing.
	www.golfweb.com /u/ce/multi/0,1977,3666168,00.html (268 words)

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